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'.Important Conference of Heads
ol Labor Organizations Held
Today.
Belleyed That the Gathering
May Have Material Bearing
on Strike.
Combine Officials Say They Will
Quietly ResumeWith Non
.• union Help.
'Pittsburg, Aug. 23.—The steel strike
situation Is without material change to
day. All the combine plants started re
cently with non-union workmen are in
iil&r.i.-i s. -operation with about the same number
of men as yesterday. Quiet prevailed at
tifSffifiAntuJ A conference of President
Shaffer and other labor leaders is being
lield jit the Hotel 'Henry this morning.
Itjjia (understood the object is to devise
and means to aid the strikers. It
3rand Master Sargent, of the
*3^:. ?to»therh6od of Locomotive Firemen
^VsSsfe^ldent Henry, of the White Gar
ment' Workers of America Ralph W
Easley, secretary of the National Civic
Federation, Chicago, and local leaders
ere-in attendance, but the Amalgamated
officials decllneiJ-to discuss the object of
the meeting or say who.were present,
It is believed the gathering will have
nh important bearing on the strike.
Representatives of the constituent
companies of the United States Steel
Corporation in Pittsburg contend that
there is no movement looking to a set
element of the strike that will be effect'
ual that the combine's program is to
gradually and quietly resume opera
tions. As a result of the strike tlie com
bine has arranged ftp program of cen
tralizing operations and propose# now
to make these centralizations In non
union strongholds. Advices from Mar
tins Ferry, O., are that the strikers
.- have discovered that at least three
member* have been won to the employ
ers and they will probably take a hand
'In starting the Canal l3over plate mill.
The strike is beginning to be felt in the
.coke regions. Last week, with a. few
exceptions, the plants thruout the region
ran but five days. The result was a
slump In production of over 27,000 tons
This week it is likely to decro—* "till
lower.
Nothing was done at Hotel Henry and
^Presidents Mitchell, White and Shaffer
:,t,left about poon. for -Amalgamated head
^'quartersV xyhere theywereclosettdfor
g.gonje thne. ~Y'
stiatedrhls .tbuslneg's
with Shatter was not connected with the"
strike. He knew of no propositions for
peace. Another session will be held this
afternoon.
Shaffer said the conference was not
prearranged. Mitchell, Sargent, White,
Easley and J. W. Jenks of the Industrial
Commission came here without instruc
S'-tlon with a desire only to look over the
Ifessltuatlon. Outside It was stated out
pSs'come conference will either be complete
plans to end the struggle or more com
prehenslve efforts for forcing the fight
into the strongholds of the combine.
RIT AT SILK MILL.
Striking Weavers Attack Non Union
Girls at Pittston.
PIttston, Pa., Aug. 23.—A second riot
occurred at the Sterling silk mill this
morning and was more serious than the
-clash which occurred last night. A howl
ing mob Is now surrounding the mill and
threatens to enter it by force and drag
non-union girls from the looms. The
strikers arrived at the mill before day-
Ilght, armed with scones and other
weapons. They attacked a small Ital
ian settlement near the mill, where non
union girls In last night's riot took ref
uge and there was a clash with the
Italians. Later, when the non-union
•workers arrived, a volley of stones met
them. The mill Is in operation, but seri
ous trouble threatens before nightfall.
ITALY MAY TAKE A HAND.
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A'Killing in Arkansas May Become In
ternational Affair.
Texarkana, Ark., Aug. 23.—An Italian
named Gingottl was killed near Ash
down, twenty miles north of here, yes
terday, and the killing Is likely to de
velop Into an International affair. For
acme time the Kansas City Southern
tallroad has had a large force of ltal
NJan laborers at work on Its line near
Ashdown. From a member of the crew
the'followlng details of the killing are
learned:
"The foreman sent several Italians
with a hand car up the Kansas City
Southern track after some meat. Thru
alleged Ignorance the crew got their car
on the track of another company. A
section foreman took the car from the
Italians, locked the wheels and left them
to return to their camp. Officials gave
«n explanation, however, that four Ital
lans were sent after the car. When they
arrived Where the car was a fight en'
«ue.d between them an an Amrlcan. An
Italian drew a knife aifd'stabbed bis as
sailant. Then they fled to their camp.
Subsequently an Italian foremas was
attacked and badly beaten. Later a
crowd of about fifty armed men went to
the camp and ordered the Italians from
the cars, telling them to "line-up." It
was then tha tsome one fired a rifle,
killing Gingottl Instantly. The dead man
had nothing to do with the fight and
the Italians are greatly. Incensed. Gln
Kottl was a nephew of A. Gingottl, a
.-.ahoeraan bf Texarkana.
The, crew was removed from Ashdown
at once to save trouble.
The Italian minister at Washington
and he Italian government .have been
notified and other developments are ex
pected.
Jkiwr Vicuna's Rsmains,
^Washington, Aug.^23.—The remains of
Benor Morta Vicuna, late minister of
Chile toL the United State* arrived at
.j Washington today from* Buffglo. The
1 funeral cortege was met at the depot by
number of cffllclals and members of the
diplomatic corps and^thr'pfcrty pro-
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ceeded to Rock Creek cemetery, where
the casket was deposited in the receiv
ing vault, pending determination on
final disposition of the remains.
SHAMRCK N TRIAL SPIN.
Performance of the Cup Challenger
Satisfactory to Her Owner.
New York, Aug. 23.—Sir Thomas Up
ton's new challenger for the America's
cup, the Shamrock.II.,'had her first trial
spin in New York lower bay yesterday,
and altho it only lasted ninety minute?
It was a most satisfactory performance
from start to finish.
Sir Thomas Llpton and. Designer
George W. Watson, both of whom were
on board the yacht during her trial, ex
pressed themselves as perfectly satis
fied with the result.
lu sailing about ight miles dead to
windward against a two-knot tide she
covered the distance in fifty-seven min
utes, and the reach back of six miles In
forty minutes. The wind was fresh and
fairly steady from about east and of
trom ten to twelve knots' strength. The
yacht carried maliisal, working topsail,
forestayjsall and jib.
At times while on the wind she put her
lee rail under a trifle, but she showed
herself well able to carry her sail and
she appeared to be quite as stiff as
either the Constitution or the Columbia.
Her sails set remarkably well for the
first time out.
The trial-was all in smooth water, ex
cept during the last mile of the wind
ward work, when she passed out by
Coney Island point. There a slight east
erly swell made her pitch a little, but
not enough to stop her headway to any
extent. She makes very little fuss un
der her lee bow and carries hardly., any
quartering wave. Her wake Is clean and
smooth and from observations taken di
rectly astern while she was close hauled
her sails trim very flat, and she is able
to lie within four points of the wind,
with every sail full. Many thought her
"pointing" was fully as close as that of
the Herreshoft boats, but that remains
to be seen. The yacht is so perfectly
balanced "on the wind" that she carries
neither lee nor weuther helm, her long
tiller being exactly amidsMps.
During the eight or ten tacks the m«4
to fetch,from her anchorage to the buuy
at the junction of the swash and main
ship channel, where she turned back,
the average time from "full to full" in
stays was about seventeen seconds. It
was plain, however, that Captain Syca
more was not putting her through her
best paces In that direction.. The crew
trimmed and handled sails with that
smartness and precision that show ex
perience and a thorough knowledge of
their hip.
MILLIONS ARE INVOLVED.
Fight foi4 a Big Estate Begun in Mis
souri Courts.
St. Jo9eph, JVIpytAu^ 23.—A suit for
the division of the^urnes faintly 'etsate,
estimated to be worth between $10,000,^*
000 and'912.000.400, has been filed here by
Mary B. Mooire, of the heirs, wife of
Gen. Milton Moore, of Kansas City. A
receiver is also asked for the estate of
which Lewis C. Burns, president of the
national bank of St. Joseph is adminis
trator. Mrs. Moore claims one-seventh
of about one-third of the estate, which
covers valuable property in St. Louis,
St. Joseph and Joplln, Mo., and Leaven
worth and Atchison, Kas. The suit
charges Burns with withholding the
books and refusing to permit an inves
tigation of the affairs of the estate.
Among the other defendants is Ellas
Gatch,'manager of the famous Grangy
mine In the Joplln district, valued at
$5,000,000. Congressman James N. Burns,
^•ho died in 1869, had control of the es
tate at the time of his death.
Another suit will be filed, It Is said, by
Mrs. Theo Wlnningham, of Kansas City,
asking for a division of the entire es
tate and an accounting, and that there
will be still another suit charging mis
management of the property.
THE BOER LEADERS.
Many of the Transvaal Officials Are
Dead or Prisoners.
London, Aug. 23.—A Pretoria dis
patch gives some Interesting statistics
of Boer leaders. Of the members of
the old government executive council
only Schalk, Burger and Reltzin are in
the field. Joubert is dead, Cronje is a
prisoner and Koch was killed. Out of
twenty-seven members of the first
Volkesrnad, thirteen are accounted for.
Barnard. Labuschagne and Malan have
been killed. To Sergeant Merrltt of the
Bedfordshire regiment was awarded
the medal for killing Malan, who was
sniping at Magailiesburg in June.
Merrltt stalked him four miles before
he succeeded In shooting him. Tolsen Is
dead. Wolmarens is a prisoner.
Eight members of the first Volkesraad
surrendered. About half the members
of the second Volksraad and all heads
of the state departments are accounted
for except Smuts. Three of the latter
are In Europe, two are prisoners and
fourteen have surrendered. The
judges are all accounted for. Seventy-,
five per cent of the sub heads of the
department are accounted for.
New Order Against Boers.
Capetown, Aug. 23.—A fresh order
proclaiming martial law has been Is
sued providing for closing of all
country stores In Queenstown district
and requiring all goods likely to be
useful to enemy to be taken to certain
specified towns and forbidding country
residents to have In their possesion
more than a week's provisions.
King.and Kaiser.
Wilhelmpohe, Persia, Aug. 23.—King
Edward arrived here today. He was met
at the railroad station by Emperor Wil
liam. After cordial greetings the sover.
elgns entered an open carriage and were
driven to the castle, where they had
luncheon.
Moscow Siege Continues.
St-. Petersburg, Aug. 23.—The govern
ment has decided to continue the state
of siege in Moscow province for another
year. Otheigvies It would expire Sept
7. This indicates the political situation
is still serious.
Czar Will Visit, Oarmany
Berlin, Aug 23.—It is seml-offlclally
announced that the caar, in an auto
graph letter, definitely accepted Em
peror William's Invitation to attend the
naval maneuvers at Dantsi*
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French Ambassador to Tnrhey
Writes Personal Letter to
Sabliine Porte.
Unless Demands art Granted at
Once the Embassy Will Quit
Constantinople.
Regarded as an Ultimatum in
Diplomatic Circles—Knssian
Troops Mobilizing.
Constantinople, Aug. 23.—French Am
bassador Constans today sent a letter to
the sultan personally, Informing him
that the'staff of the embassy would
leave Constantinople if the matters In
dispute were not settled immediately.
The letter Is in the nature of an ultima
tum, according the sultan the briefest
delay within which to comply with the
demands.
-ON TURKISH FRONTIER.
Russian Troops nre Mobilizing on the
Border.
Vienna, Aug. 23.—According to advices
from Galatz, twenty Russian torpedo
boats and several dispatch boats have
arrived at Dniester, Delta. Russian
troops are commencing to mobilize
along the Turkish frontier.
LINCOLN MAN MURDERED.
One of the Most Prominent Citizens
Shot Dead.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 23.—John J. Gilli
Ian, a former member of the Nebraska
'legislature and one of the most promi
rent business men of Lincoln, was shot
dead|shortly after 11 o'clock last night
by unknown men, supposedly footpads
His body was found on a resident!?
street within three blocks of his home.
There were marks of a struggle, Mr. Gil
lilan's coat and shirt being nearly torn
oft him and papers from the pockets
were scattered along the walks. Resi
dents on the street say they heard a
number of shots and two men later were
seen running. The murdered man was
unarmed.
The police have not the slightest doubt
that the murder was the result of an at
tempted robbery. Thelr_ theory Is tnat
the men, knowing about the time Mr.
Gillilan would leave his office, lay in
wait and when he resisted an attempt to
rob they shot him, but fled before secur
ing any valuables. His watch and. some
-money were .found in his,pockets
At mlcrilght bloodhounds ii'ere 'taken
toi-the scene and started in the direction
neighbors think tlie footpads ran. Every
available policeman in the city Is work
ing on the case.
Mr. Gillilan was 45 years old and
leaves a family. He had been a leading
business man of Lincoln for twenty
years. 7-/.
BANK FAILURE.
A Cleveland Institution Goes to the
Wall.
Cleveland, Aug. 23.—Upon application
of the Superior Realty and Improve
ment company, Judge Dellenbaugh com
mon pleas court today appointed Wal
ter D. Sayle receiver for the Superior
Street Savings and Banking company.
Sayle Is quoted as saying after a brief
examination of the books of the bank,
he doubted if the depositors would
realize more than 10 cents on the dollar.
It is said when the doors closed this
morning the total deposits did not ex
ceed M.000.
FOUR KILLED .N KENTUCKY.
Trouble Over a Wagon Leads to Quad
ruple Murder.
Williamsburg, Ky., Aug. 23.—News
just reached here of a bloody battle in
the eastern part of the county, twenty
miles from here, in which Blake Logan
and two sons and two Wilson brothers
were killed by West May's and George
Golden. The trouble originated over
May's wife. A posse left for the scene
to make arrests and bury the dead, as
the neighbors are afraid to go to them.
HOUSEWIVES TO ORGANIZE
Chicago to
Employers of Servants
Form a Union.
Chicago, Aug. 23.—Organization of the
housewives will be the Inevitable result
of the formation of the new servant
gtrls' union. This Is the opinion of Mrs.
Charles Henrotin, former president of
the National Federation of Women's
Clubs, who spoke as the representative
of the employers at the open meeting of
the Working Women's Association of
America last evening at the Auditorium
Recital Hall.
Miss Jane Addams of Hull House,
whose address was oir'the benefit of or
ganization to the domestic employes,
said that organization was necessary to
the domestic In order to secure libera
tion from long hours and a wider scope
in her own family and social life.
It was the concensus of opinion of the
speakers of the evening that organiza
tion of both the housewives and domes
tics is certain to come within a sho/t
time, and that with it will come a read
justment of the conditions lu„the house
hold.
The line of advancement, according to
Miss Addams, will probably be in the
employes living outside and going to
the houses of their employers to work
for a certain fixed number of hours.
With this rearrangement will come a
larger money remuneration to the do
mestic, but she will probably be unable
to place more than usual In the savings
bank.
"I certainly hope an organization of
the employers will follow that of em
ployes, and that these two proposed or
ganizations will co-^p^rate in fixing a
reasonable standard of wages and
hours," said Mrs. Henrqtln. "An Indus
trial, moral and social revolution Is
going on in the home, as In other Instl
tutions. It is generally thought that an
organisation of domestic employes will
not succeed. Ifany people are absolute'
Ijr terrified when jron qmk'tf tu) orgap-
MARSHALIiTOWK, IOWA, FBIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1901
Ization of domestic employes. They
think it means domestic revolution. But
It is going to force- the .employers into
an organization. Hie prejudices of em
ployers against trades unionism will
vanish."
Mrs. Henrotin gave the American
household helpers the credit of the
greatest intelligence of those of any
country. Their greatest- rivals are in
France, where the women have fine
training for domestic service.
"Every housekeeper will tell you that
there must be a readjustment," said
Miss Addams. "There is a life outside
of labor, and the glrl must be given a
definite time to live- this life. The girl
in the household Is given an evening out.
She would rather have all her evenings
out and then work overtime if neces
sary. By organization, and discussing
conditions the glrla will find out what
to demand without, upsetting the house
hold. Organization will give power and
a feeling of right In a rational request.
Both sides have need of broader experi
ence as to what is reasonable in hours
and wages and other considerations."
A number of prominent labor leaders
and club women were present at the
meeting. Mrs. James IS. Loughridge of
the Women's Intisinational Label
League introduced thej speakers.
CLAYTON CHAIRMAN.
Sixth District Member Made Chairman
of Republican State Central Commit
tee—Was Neither Cummins Nor Anti.
Des Moines, Aug. 23.—At a meeting of
the republican state central committee,
held here today, G. W. Clayton, of Qs
kaloosa, member from'the Sixth district,
was chosen chairman^ The selection of
Mr. Clayton was entirely satisfactory to
the candidates, both Mr. Cummins and
Mr. Herriott being present at the meet
ing of the committee.
A. B. Cummins returned from the
lakes last night to attend the meeting
of the republican state central com
mittee today. John Herriott canai
date for lieutenant' governor, will be
present. Thomas A. Way, Mr. Cum
mins' campaign manager, will arrive
in the city this morning from Daven
port. There will be a full attendance
of the members of the committee, near
ly all of them having* arrived last night.
Mr. Cummins returned from the lakes
looking In the finest' of nealth.' He ex
pects to go back to Okoboji Saturday,
and will remain there untfi the middle
of next week. He will then return to
Des Moines and will devote his time
to his private affairs, getting them in
shape preceding the work of the cam
paign.
NORTHERN GEORGIA DELUGED.
Considerable Damage Done by a Heavy
Fall of Rain..
i-jAttanta G^v-%R.8^8!^*tlanta aha
nearly all of Nortli
rQ&orgia
have been
deluged with rain the past'two days. In
Atlanta alone the rainfall in the twenty
four hours ending at 7 o'clock tonight
was 3.66 inches. In this city the traffic
on one or two trolley lines was sus
pended by washouts in the suburbs.
Considerable damage was done by the
flooding of excavations in a great many
places and building operations will be
delayed some time.
Near Marietta, Ga., the rainfall was
the heaviest In years. All trains on the
Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern railroad,
which has its southern terminus at
Marietta, were abandoned on account of
washouts and loss of bridges.'
The Atlanta & Knoxville railway and
the county bridges at Ellijay, Ga., were
swept away during the afternoon and
two other bridges there are reported in
danger.
'At Canton the streets were impassable
on account of the rain.
POTATO PRICES ADVANCE.
Raise of 45 Cents a Sack in Two
Days.
Chicago, Aug. 23.—Potato stock took a
jump of 25 cents a sack yesterday on
South Water street, reaching $1.75 a
sack. This is an advance of 4a cents a
sack, or 20 ar.d 25 cents a bushel, in two
days.
American Bar Association.
Denver, Aug. 23.—The American Bar
Association concluded the business of
the main organization today. The fol
lowing nominations were reported:
President, U. Mj Hose, Little l#ck
secretary, John Hinkley, Baltimore
treasurer, Francis Rawle, Philadelphia.
The annual dinner occurs tonight.
The vice presidents were: Illinois,
Adoiph Moses Iowa. J. O. Crosby Ne
braska, Eleazer Wakeiy South Dakota.
Bartlett Tripp. The nominees were
unanimously elected. Adjourned sine
die
Cresceus Beats Record.
Readvllle, Mass., Aug. 23.—The cele
brated Cresceus wus the magnet yes
terday to draw 15,000 people to the
grand circuit meeting here. In tho
second heat of his winning race with
Lord Derby and Charley Herr. the
chestnut, horse, lowered the record for
the mile by three-quarters of a second
and broke the world's record of final
quarters by trotting that distance in
29%, beating the former record of 30
seconds for the final quarter, which he
himself made at Detroit about a month
ago.
Gould Story Denied.
Philadelphia, Pa.. Aug. 23.—A high of
ficial of the Pennsylvania railroad
stated emphatically today that there's
absolutely no foundation for the report
that the Gould interests had secured
control of the Norfolk & Western. The
Pennsylvania, he says,has had control of
the road for some time, and still holds
control.
Philippine Trade Increased.
Washington, Aug. 23.—According to
the statement compiled by the war de
partment the impjort trade of the
Phllllplnes. for the seven months end
ing January 21, 1'JOl. Increased 42 per
cent compared with the same time In
1900.' Exports Increased 52 per cent.
Want Mad on a Train.
Elmlra, N. Y., Aug. 23.—A woman,
who says she is Dr. Nellie Geer, of Chi
cago, and her two sons, went mad on a
train and used knives. At Corning they
ran wildly thru the streets, Hiey are
now under the care of Corning physi
cian*
True Blue Middleof-the-Road
Populists Will Name Their
Ticket Today.
Republican State Central Com
mittee Also in Session
Today.
Insurance Men Getting Ready to
Go After Some Desired
Legislation.
Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 23, 4:30 p. m.—The
populist state mass convention convened
at 2 o'clock this afternoon to place a
full ticket In the field. Not to exceed
fifty delegates were present. Ex-Con
gressman Weller, of Nashua, will prob
nbly be nominated for governor. The
platform will affirm the principles laid
cown In the Omaha and subsequent
platforms, declaring for paper money
and coinage of only enough silver to
meet the ordinary demands for coin. It
will ask for the abolishment of the of
flees of state printer and binder and the
securing of such work in the same man
ner as government printing and binding
is done. Free silver was not discussed in
the convention. The leaders declare that
the free sliver populists went to the wall
after the Sioux Falls convention andbre
now either openly allied with the
straight populist party or with the dem
ocrats. A railway taxation plank does
not differ materially from planks in the
republican and democratic platforms.
afternoon. These are of the middle of
the road variety. The others were in the
meeting at the auditorium on Wednes
day and there are persons mean enough
to suggest it was the populists and not
democrats who controlled the conven
tion, as usual. However that may be,
the real populists are not at all de
pressed because of what was done last
Wednesday. Alll Reed, the secretary of
the populist state committee, stated to
your correspondent two or three weeks
ago that in his opinion It would be folly
for the* democrats of Iowa to get onto
the,populist platform. '"131^ democrats'
ha-ve a femnce to do 8armethlng..in Iowa
"he said. "They can give Cummins a
hard race in the State campaign if they
will just leave all the populism to us
and get back to democratic principles,
and then nominate some conservative
and safe man like Judge Kinne. If they
The annual meeting ot the anti-saloon
league is to be held here next week. It
is anticipated that there will be a warm
time. Some members of the league are
decidedly opposed to the movement to
call a convention and nominate an anti
Cummins republican state ticket but
the last issue of the organ of the league
contained the call for this convention in
Plymouth church, Des Moines, and a
two-column editorial "roast" of Cum
mins and the whole republican party
and convention. An attempt was made
In this article to convince the reader
that Conger was dead sure to have been
nominated up to the time of the fake in
terview with him which crept into the
newspapers thru the misplaced enter
prise of a newspaper subordinate, who
little thought of its effect on the cam
paign. In view of the facts as they ex
ist it seems incredible that any one
should put before the public such a
glaring attempt at deception at this late
day. From the tone of those who have
called the so-called convention, they in
tend to make a go of it, while others
equally In authority In temperance mat
ters are determined not to do so.
Des Moines persons who are interest
ed are glad to know that Fred Kauf
man is to be brought back to Iowa to be
tried for htei crimes, even tho it be that
Cedar Rapids has secured this prize.
Kaufman, aside from his swindling op
erations in connection with the Ameri
can Paper Stock Company, is alleged to
have got away with quite a lot of mon
ey belonging to persons here on one kind
of dodge or another. But his feat of
swindling a dozen banks in about two
weeks with the aid of a confederate here
has not been equalled. Requisition pa
pers were ipsued last week by Governor
Shaw to bring him back to Iowa for
trial.
The proposal of the insurance men
who have formed a compact to induce
legislation to have a series of lectures on
insurance delivered at the Iowa State
University, is indeed an innovation.
They claim that this has been done at
the Chicago University and elsewhere,
and that the study of insurance Is be
coming recognized as something worthy
of the attention of young men attending
college. The fact that the insurance
men have not permitted In the platforms
of either party any expression on the
issue they intend to present to legisla
ture, gives them a great hope of suc
cess. They believe that they will be able
to stecure the repeal of the obnoxious
anti-compact law and the revenue laws
relating to taxation of the companies.
An illustration of the maimer in which
the laws of Iowa are alleged to be work
ing to the disadvantage of the local In
surance companies was given recently,
when the attorney general ^decided that
the companies must pay on their busi
ness done outside of the ^tate as well as
on business done In the state. This de
cision caused the Des Moines com pa
1 nles to hand over a cood many-thousand
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T.-R BULLETIN.
•j The Waather.
.—Fair tonight and Saturday
sli/ warmer in the northwest to-
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ols—Fair tonight and Saturday.
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T«-. 5GRAPHIC Swa:
{."France's Ultimatum to Sultan.
I Russian Troops on Turkish ror.tier.
Labor Leaders in Conference.
Execution of Noted Criminal.
Clayton for Iowa Chairman.
The Populist Convention.
PAGE TWO.
GENERAL NEWS:
Long Trip in Airship.
Mob and Posse Fight.
Littlefield's Attack on Court,
News of the Day.
PAGE THREE.
IOWA NEWS:
An Unknown Man Killed
Fatal Accident at Milford.i
Important Banki^jtcy Decision.
News of the State.
PAGES FOUR AND FIVE.
EDITORIAL:
The Last Hope Gone.
A Democratic Problem.
Political Stubbornness.
Topics and Iowa Opinions.
The Democratic Convention.
Iowa Items—Important Decisions.
PAGES SIX AND SEVEN.
LOCAL NEWS:
The Grocers' Picnic Prize Winners.
Big Grist of Court Cases.
Coming Attractions at the Odeon. ,..
Central Traffic Prospects.
The Chapin Funeral.
Brief City News.
PAGE EIGH7.
IOWA AND COMERCIAL:
Condition of the Markets.
Friday's Market Quotations.
Death of Gideon Haines.
The Schley Court of Inquiry.
Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 23.—Our populist
friends commenced their state conven- dollars of money. The Insurance men
tion yesterday and held a small gather- claim that such discriminations as these
ing, but their ticket will be named this
0USlit
not to exist, and they are going
before the legislature to secure relief,
But the proposal to establish a chair of
lectures to solicit insurance at the state
university is regarded even by some in
surance men here as on a par with the
lectures on how to edit a newspaper at
the same institution.
"I am certainly pleased at the result
of the convention,", said Candidate for
Governor T. J. Phillips, when informed
by a reporter, of his nomination
"who wouldn't be? My friends made a
warm fight and won out against the
combined efforts of Cato Sells, Fred
White and General Weaver,/We learned
of their-plans Tuesday night late, and
prepared to meet them "and the result of
the convention tells how well we suc
ceeded. They charged me with beinlj a
candidate of the railroads. But they
knew better. My only dealing with the
railroads is that of a shipper and sup
plier. I sell large quantities of coal to
will only do that they will make a hard the roads, but it is merely a business
campaign in Iowa this year." But they
didn't, and so the populists are going
ahead to make a fight to hold their or
ganization together, to be of some use,
(as they think, when the democratic par
ty has shaken off populism, which they
believe will occur before the next presi
dential election.
proposition all around.
"I am satisfied with the platform
adopted. Of course, I felt that silver,
having been twice defeated, should take
a back seat and rather favored the reso
lution of the majority. But the conven
tion adopted the Butler substitute and
nominated me to stand on it. and that's
where I will stand. It only merely re
affirms the Kansas City action, after all.
"I cannot say anything as to my poli
cies just yet. and my plan of campaign
will only be developed after the meeting
of the state committee. My canvass,
however, will be an aggressive one. Yes,
I have an eloquent opponent, and I am
no orator but my plan will be to let
Mr. Cummins make the speeches and I
will get the votes. I will do much in the
line of still hunting throuout the state."
Governor Shaw, when seen at his of
fice, referred In an amused way to the
inability of the democrats to get to
gether. "The democrats could no: have
done anything to help the republican
cause more," said the governor. "Mr.
Cummins will be elected by a majority
of 100,000. A number ot democrats who,
have called on me today, have expressed
their determination to vote the demo
cratic ticket. There ought to be a vig
orous campaign this fall. Now is the
time to get recruits for the republican
party. Many of the men who come
over to republicanism this year will
not go back. Those in charge of the
campaign should see to It that the state
is stumped thoroughly this fall."
A BABY DROWNED AT DELHI.
Infant Fell Into Lard Tub Containing
Six Inches of Water.
Delhi, Aug. 23.—Wednesday afternoon
the little daughter of Mr. and Mra
Henry Quart of this village, about 1
year old, was sent out with the older
children to play in the door yard. The
older children skipped into the road to
play and left the little one alone in the
yard. Some time afterwards the little
one was discovered with its feet stick
ing out of a lard tub, which contained
about six inches of water. The child
was drowned. A doctor arrived in a few
minutes after the discovery, but was
unable to resuscitate it. The feelings of
the parents can not be described.
Teachers at Sibley.
Sibley. Aug. 23.—The teachers of the
Sibley public schools, for the school year
to open Sept. 2, are High school prin
cipal and superintendent of the schools,
C. E. Hanchett first assistant. Miss
Halley Kinney second assistant. Flor
ence McCallum. Grade teachers, Misses
Lancelot. Whitney, Woods, Kinney, De
Boos and Redmond. Kindergarten, Mrs.
Beaumont and Miss Moore.
Professor Hanchett. the new principal,
conies from Kfngsley. Ia.
Secretary May Robbed.
Fort Dodge, Aug. 23.—W. A. May,
state secretary of Young Men's Chris
tian Association for lowa, had his pock
et picked here yesterday morning while
In a crowd at the Minneapolis & St.
Louis station. He dia not discover his
loss until some time later. His pocket
book contained a considerable sum of
money and papers, it was found later
In a letter box. The money had been ta
ken, but the paper* were left.
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Execution oi Chaa.W. Nordstrom.,
at Seattle, Closes Long Fight
lor Life.
Was Hanged this Morning for
Murder of Thomas Mason* a
Rancher.
Nine Years of Litigation in the^
State/Federal and Supreme
Courts.
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 23.—Charles W.
Nordstrom, who was hanged in the
Garrett, King county, court house this
morning, committed the deed for which
he was convicted nine years a£b," on
Nov. 30, 1891. Nordstrom worked dur
ing the fall of that year for Thomas Ma
son, a rancher, near Cedar Mountain.
H,e had a dispute about a small amount
of wages due him. On the night of the
murder William Mason was sitting
down to supper with his father. Some
one fired a shot from an outside win
dow. Young Mason pitched forward and
died in a short time. Investigation
showed the prints of the murderer's feet
as he had stood beside the fence corner
and rested his rifle on the top rail. Sev
eral days later NordBtrom, with a Win
chester rifle of the same calibre with
which his victim was murdered, was ar
retsed. He told conflicting stories. On
trial he was convicted. The case was
appealed to the supreme court, this
state, which refused to grant a new
trial. Col. James Hamilton Lewi# be
came associate counsel in the case. He
fought the case in the federal court on a
writ of habeas corpus, which was de
i.ied. He carried the matter to the su
preme court of the United States and
lost the case. He then went to the su
perior court of King county and waited
for a commission of physicians to exam
ine into the mental condition of Nord
strom. This was granted. The doctors
pronounced the man sane. Lewis de
manded a jury trial as to Nordstrom's
sanity. The superior court denied this.
The supreme court df this state, to
which Lewis appealed this question, de
ried this. Lewis carried this to the su
preme court of the United States also.
He was overruled In both cases. Since
then Lewis has applied to the federal
and superior courts for a stay of pro
ceedings and been refused. The entire
litigation has taken nine years. Lewis
last night, in spite of his announcement
the other day that he had left the case,,
was out of the city looking for a Writ of
prohibitlan from some supreme court
justice. The governor refused to Inter
fere.
LIGHTNING STRIKES HOSPITAL.
Bolt Enters Operating Room Whare
Physician Was Performing Opera
tion.
Elgin. 111., Aug. 23.—With the last
stitch in a ghastly wound In her body
just taken, Mrs. Charles Pelton, of West
De Pere, Wis., lay on the operating ta
bleat the Sherman hopsital at 12 o'clock
yesterday. As her uncle. Dr. O. L. Pel
ton, of this city, who was performing an
operation upon her, bent over the un
conscious form of his ntece a blinding
flash of lightning rent the skies and an
instant later the bolt struck the flag
staff of the hospital. Tearing its way
thru the cupola, ti crashed thru the sky
light which forms the root of the oper
ating room in which Mrs. Pelton lay.
A shower of glass fell into the room,
striking the physician, the nurses and
the patient. Many of the sharp particles
pierced the flesh of Mrs, Pelton as she
lay on the table under the influence ot
an anesthetic. Dr. Pelton, altho severely
cut by the flying glasp. pushed the oper
ating table into a hallway and as quick
ly as possible removed every particle of
glass that had penetrated the body of
the prostrated woman, and it is now
thought that she will recover.
Meantime consternation reigned In the
basement. In the second floor operating
room, and on the roof, where a fire
which had been started was making
rapid progress.
Drs. Will Brown and Burlingame, who
were in the building at the time looking
after the many patients, rushed to the
attic and attached the hose. Ascending
to the roof, they fought the flames and
managed to extinguish them.
The flagstaff lay in the street a hun
dred yards away, where it had been
thrown by the force of the lightning.
The slate roof was shattered and the
skylight leading to the operating room
was also broken. The operating room
has a tile floor and It is supposed that
from this point the lightning followed
the electric light wires to the basement,
in an operating room on the second floor
Drs. Brown and Burlingame were at
work on a patient. The doctors were
thrown into a state of great excitement
by the loud report which followed the
crash on the floor above and Miss Mc
nier, a nurse, was so badly shocked
that her foot was paralyzed. Miss Tur
ner. another nurse, was also shocked.
The damage to the building is fully cov
ered by insurance.
THE FRATERNAL CONGRESS.
Two Days' Session at Clear Lake Was
Profitable.
Special to Times-Republican.
Mason City, Aug. 23—The Fraternal
Congerss yesterday closed a two days'
session at the lake. The meeting was a
highly profitable one to all In attend
ance, among whom were representatives
of the Red Cross, Knights of Uie Macca
bees, Ladies of the Maccabees, Fraternal
Choppers, Modern Brotherhood of Amer
ica, Yoemen, Woodmen of America and
other orders. The best methods of far
tcrnal insurance were discussed and. the
time was pleasantly taken up with In
structive papers and Interesting dis
cussions. Hereafter the congress will bo
held yearly. Mr. Stewartson. of Mar
shalltown, heading the Fraternal Chop
pers, and Mrs. Tlrzah Nelson, of Mar
thalltown, representing the Ladles
the Maccahees, were in tttal—w
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