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UON IOWA.
THURSDAY, MAR. 22, 1900
THE NEWS IN IOWA
TRUST DEED FILED.
p. MV.O.to Get Two and Half M1I
lions at Once.
DEB MOINES, March 17.—There has
been filed with the county recorder, a
mortgage or deed of trust of the en*
tire Duluth & New Orleans Railroad
company, the entire stoek of the com
pany, for a series of twenty-five hun
dred bonds at $1,000 each and not to
exceed 816,000 per mile of the com
pany's road. The bonds are thirty
year bonds payable in 1930. This is
the road that will connect the Winona
& Western on the north, and passing
through Osage, Iowa Falls and other
points enter Des Moines. S. V. War
dall is the president of the company
and E. M. Wardall is secretary. These
Barnes are signed to the trust deed
just filed. The Duluth & New Orleans
by executing this trust deed, will come
Into possession of $3,500,000 at ouoe.
That means work will be commenced
on the line from Osage to Des Moines
at once.
NAMED FOR ARCHBISHOP.''
K«ane,
Cosgrove and Llnehau
Nominated.
DUBUQUE,
March 18.—Archbishop
Keane of Washington and Bishops
Cosgrove of Davenport and Cheyenne
have been named as candidates for the
archbishopric of Dubuque. Keane has
been given the refusal in accord with
the expressed wish of the archbishops
of the country, and should he refuse,
Cosgrove will be the next'man. Keane
may decline the Dubuque position De
cause' there is almost a certainty of his
being made coadjutor bishop of Chica
go. It has been practically settled
that the Dubuque and Davenport dio-'
cese will be divided and Des Moines
and Sioux.City made sees, with Dr.
Carroll of Dubuque and Rev. McLaugh
lin of Clinton as bishops. If Cosgrove
should be made archbishop, Linehan
will'be transferred to Davenport and a
new bishop sent to Cheyenne.
YOUNG MAN IS BUSSING.
Darlington Excited Over Disappearance
of a Young Man.
BUBLINGTON, March 20.—Great anx­
iety is felt here caused by the disap
pearance of Ernest Sclilapp, a popular
young man and a member of the firm
of the Biklen-Winzer Grocery Co. He
left recently to hunt on Carthage lake
and intended to come home on the
18th. It is thought he accidentally
•hot himself or was drowned. ,A large
party has left for the Illinois bottoms
to search for the missing man.
LATKB.—The remains of Schlapp
were found drowned in Carthage lake.
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Murderer Meyer Moat Miaerablo.
Sioux
CITY,
March 18.—Since the
-—-«4ui am li".a "DroCuer-lu-la®^SB»i«t.
Bauer, the slayer, Ernest Meyer, has
been securely locked up in the steel
cage in the Woodbury county jaiL He
is the most miserable man who has
been looked up here for years, and he
is getting about all the mental pun
ishment that ordinarily falls to the lot
of one man. But in addition to the
scenes of his crimes before his eyes,
the man has a second serious trouble.
His wife has gone back on him since
in a drunken fit of rage he slew her
brother. The couple has four little
children and they were the idol of
their father's eye. But he is not per
imitted to see them, and he spends
nearly all of his time sobbing and cry
ing as if his heart would break. Mey
er is not a criminal at heart, in fact he
is said to be a very fine sort of a Ger
man farmer.
Alleged Dynamiters Arrested.
CEDAR RAPIDS,
March 19.—Seven
young men have been arrested charged
with-placing dynamite with intent to
destroy a building. Recently, fol
lowing a canvass for a new
petition of consent to operate a
mulct, saloon law in Cedar Rapids
•1- an empty beer keg and a stick of dyna
mite with a fuse and cap attached
was found on the steps of St. Paul's
Methodist church. The young men
'v: arrested, have confessed to placing the
keg on the steps but did it as a joke
The men do. not belong to liquor or
ganizations
Caught in an Incubator.
PACIFIC JUNCTION,
March 20.—Fay
Wright, a young fanner living four
miles south of Pacific Junction, had a
rather thrilling experience the other
day with a patent chicken incubator.
While adjusting something on the in
side of the brooder the lid suddenly
closed above him, which he was unable
to open. His cries for help could not
be heard from the air tight chamber
in which he was entornbed and had it
not beenfor the timely coming of his
_f wife, iwho surmised something was
wrong, he would lilcely have been suf
focated.
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Saloon Robbed.
FT. DODGE, March 20.—Sjterek &
v3ochran's saloon was'robbed of $400 in
cash and checks. The robbers effected
an entrance, through the basement.
They then pried-open a trap door and
opened the combination on the safe.
The saloon is located right in the bus
iness part of the city. No clew has
be
Smallpox at Washington.
WASHINGTON. March 20.—A servant
... In the Hotel Allen has been taken
down with tlie smallpox, and consid
erable uneasiness exists. The hotel
has been quarantined, and it is claimed
there is no danger of a spread.
Hilled la a R«n*w»y»X
MASON.CITV,
March 20.—In a runa­
way here yesterday Charles Brandon
was thrown from a buggy and killed.
Two others who were with him were
hurt. The horse also fell and broke
its neck.
Street Car Fire at Dubuque. Vr-i
DUBUQUF,
March 17.—A portion of
•""The power house of the Dubuque street
railway was burnted and five, cars. des
"troyed. Lois, $25,000 Insurance, $20,-
DB. GATES HAS RESIGNED*
Trustees of Iowa College Aeeept the
Resignation.
Grinnell -dispatch: Dr. George A.
Gates has resigned the presidency of
Iowa College, and his resignation has
been accepted by the board trustees.
The reason assigned by Dr! Gates is
the condition of his wife's health,
which renders it impossible for her to
live in the Iowa climate. President
Gates, it is known, has had his resig
nation under consideration for' some
me, so it did not come as a surprise
to the members of the board of trus
tees. Dr. Gates's letter of resignation
contains the most kindly words for the
college, and the reply of the trustees
accepting the resignation expresses
the fullest appreciation of his service
to the institution. Dr. Gates, in his
letter, discusses the Ilerron incident
and defends his course in standing by
the professor of applied Christianity
when he was attacked. The resigna
tion is to take effect November 1
President Gates' future is undeter
mined. He may go west. Mrs. Gates
is now in Colorado Springs, where
health is excellent.
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HOOT IS INDICTED.
Formal Arraignment on Two Serious
Charges.
WATERLOO,
W.
March 17.—The grand
jury has made its final report, return
ing two indictments against Jerome
Hoot, The maximum sentences
for
the two crimes for which Hoot is in
dicted are ten and twenty-five years
respectively. The first indictment
charges him with assault with intent
to commit murder and the other in
dictment is on the charge of throwing
or depositing dynamite into an inhab
ited dwelling. The court fixed the
bonds for each case at $10,000, making
the aggregate bond necessary to secure
release $20,000.
Stabbing Affray at Webster City.
WKBSTEE CITY,
March 16.—An en-
connter took place between two school
boys in which a knife was freely used
by one of them and as a result Ralph
Gerber, aged 13, a son of L. N. Gerber,
is confined to his home with a deep,
severe cut in the left ear and neck and
two gashes in the head. The knife
barely missed the jugular vein and the
cuts in the head are clear to the skull.
Lowe Pierce, 14 yeiu^flb was the boy
who did thecuJ|jflH^nttackeA4lh£
their
way homefraHPlsijjpPnoon. The
injured boy ran home and fainted as
he entered the house. Dr. Whitley
was called and dressed the wounds.
Although the cuts are severe and dan
gerous the injured boy will recover.
Fire at Davenport.
DAVENPORT,
March 17.—The Lee
Broom and Duster Company has suf
fered again from fire, the loss this
time amounting to $5,000. The fire
was caused by the overturning of a
stovepipe in a back room, setting fire
to the broom corn, the flames rapidly
spreading. The building and machin
ery were damaged considerably, but
the company expects to be running
again in a couple of weeks.
BREVITIES.
The republican state central com
mittee met at Des Moines and decided
that the state convention to name del
egates to the national convention
would be held in Des Moines May 10.
R. G. Cousins will act as temporary
chairman.
Sioux City dispatch: A liquor de
cision of interest to all Iowa has been
handed down by adge Gaynor in the
district court in Sioux City. He holds
that every saloon that has disregarded
the mulct law can be closed, and that
any citizen can proceed against any
saloon. All the saloons in Sioux City
have violated the law.
H. C. Fuller, a well known farmer
living, about three miles north of Ne
vada, attempted to commit suicide a
few days ago by taking laudanum.
He took the poison at Nevada and over
estimated the dose, so that it failed to
kill him. Prompt medical assistance
soon put him out of danger, although
he is still under its effects. Domestic
troubles are supposed to be the cause
of the deed.
The anti-saloon attorneys at Des
.Moines a few days ago announced
their next 'step in the saloon fight.
Granting that the supervisors will can
vas and accept the second consent pe
tition on April. 2, and the saloons will
re-op*en on April 3, the temperance
counsel will npply to the district court
for a wr't of injunction closing up the
saloons, attacking the constitutionality
of section 2450 of the statutes. They
intend taking the matter into the su
preme court and securing an opinion
and interpretation of the section,
which they claim is repugnant and
contradictory.
Des Moines dispatch:| The Iowa
Telephone Association held a state
convention here and adopted resolu
tions against the Cheshire bill for the
taxation of telephone lines on the
mileage unit basis, taking in the en
tire system. This is the Iowa organi
zation of the independent lines.
About 100 delegates were present and
they claim that the proposed bill will
prevent them from forming outside
connections and competing with the
Bell Company, because it will subject
the outside companies to taxation in
Iowa, property that is taxed outside
the state. They favor the Tllanchard.
bill, which proposes to apply, the pres
ent railway taxation law*t'o telephone
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AX REVEALS OLD BULLET.
Jobn Carson Cnts His Leg and Piece of
Lead Drops Out.
LONE TREE,
March 20.—John Carson,
an old-time resident of Lone Tree, ac
cidentally shot himself in the groin
July 4,1876, with a 38-ca'iber revolver.
The surgeons were unable to find the
bullet. The wound healed, but Car
son has been troubled more or less
since with pain. The doctors attrib
uted it to the bullet in his-body. Car
son, while chopping wood, accidentally
cut himself severely in the calf of his
leg. What was his surprise to see drop
from the wound made by the ax the
bullet that had troubled him for
twenty-four years.
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GOtDEN TELLS Hl§ STORY
Informs Authorities of Facts of Goo
bers riurder.
LEXINGTON,
Ky., March
80.—Ser­
geant F. Wharton Golden, of the Bar
bqursville company of the state guard,
a strong republican, camp here yester
day by appointment to meet Attorney
Thomas C. Campbell, Commonwealth's
Attorney Bob Franklin and County
Attorney Polsgrove, of Franklin coun
ty, who are trying to run down the
assassins of Wm. Goebel. Golden and
the attorneys were in consultation
three hours. It appears that he lias
turned state's evidence. In his confer
ence here he told all he knew of the
tragedy, how certain leading republi
cans chartered a train and brought
1.200 mountaineers to Frankfort on
January 25, how 100 men picked from
this crowd were kept over at the capi
tol until the day Goebel was killed
how the leading-republicans held con
ferences before the assassination, at
which the details of the killing were
planned and how a noted "feudist"
provided to do the actual shooting.
This man is known and a detective is
dogging his steps. He will be arrested
as soon as expedient.. Golden was be
lieved until now to be hand in glove
with the republican leaders, and they
have been relying on him to bring
witnesses from the mountains to
swear for the men who have been
placed in custody charged with com
plicity in the crime. Many leading re
publicans will be implicated before
the trials are over.
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REPLY TO SALISBURY.
Secretary of State for Transvaal Refute*
the Premier's Arguments.
LONDON,
March
said yesterday, when intervewied by a
correspondent of the. Associated Press,
ml uotICTf^\|Baior two rea
sons. In the first place he desired to
see for himself the workings of the
varions departments, civil and'mili
tary, and to investigate, so far as pos
sible, the character of the work ac
complished. In the second place lie
desired to s?e as many representative
men, including all the business men,
in order to feel that lie was in touch
with the requirements of the island.
He went on to say that he now felt
the Cubans had done wonders, con
sidering the nature ?f the strife that
had devastated the country for so long
a time. Their conduct and amiability
liacTgreatly impressed him, and he was
satisfied from all that he had seen
that they were capable of self-goverii
ment. .........
LOUISVILLE,
1
16.—A
PRETORIA,
Mr. Reitz's statement has been pub
lished throughout the republic, but
will not be forwarded to Lord Salis
bury. Conversations had with the
highest state officers show that the
republic was prepared to grant sub
stantial reforms and concessions, until
the receipt of Lord Salisbury's tele
gram. As one .of the highest. states
men remarked: "Better half an egg
than none, but better none than a rot
ten egg."
SECRETARY ROOT ON CUBANS.
Sees No Reason Why They Cannot Gov
Themselves.
HAVANA,era
March
16.—Secretary
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CASK IN COURT.
Papers All Filed for Trying the Ken
tucky Case.
March 17.-—Amended
answer of the republicans in the .Beck
ham-Taylor consolidated suit involving
the governorship has been filed with
Judge Field in the. circuit court.- It
has been in preparation by ex-Governor
Bradley, Judge Yost Aid other attor
neys, since Judge Field's ..recent de
cision declaring liis court had no juris
diction in the case and that liis court
could not review tlie action of the leg
islature, seating Beckham. The
amended answer is made principally
to perfect the record before the case is
taken to the court of appeals.
PORTO RICO BILL.
An Amendment Offered In the United
States Senate.
WASHINGTON,
March 20.—Senator
Beveridge yesterday offered the fol
lowing substitute for the tariff section
of the Porto Rican bill:
"All articles coming into the United
States from Porto Rico or going into
Porto Bico from the United States
sliall be-admitted free of duty but this
act shall not be construed as extend
ing the constitution of the -United
States or any part thereof over Porto
Rico, and it is hereby declared that the
constitution of the United States is
not extended over Porto Rico."
Calls for Letters from South Africa
WASHINGTON,
March 15.—Represen­
tative Sulzer, of New York, has. in
troduced the following resolution,
which was referred to the1committee
on foreign affairs:
Resolved, that the secretary of state
is hereby directed to send to the house
of representatives copies of all letters
in the department of state from citi
zens of the United1' States resident in
the'South African republic from Jan.
2,
1892, to the present time.
Mr. Sulzer says tlie purpose of his
resolution is to develop that no com
p'alnts from American citizens against
the South African republics are on
file.
France 1VU1 Not Intervene
PARIS, March 14.—A responsible
mouthpiece of the French government
says:
"As far as France is concerned, She
certainly will not take the ihitiative
in offering England mediation, nor
will Russia, for the dual alliance is
naturally working tpgetlier in this
question. We feel that in the present
excited state of public feeling in Eng
land and especially as regards our
selves. any step taken. by the .French
government would defeat i^s own obi
ject And instead of opening :a way' to
honorable peace would act"- as oil on
flames and probably Only crcartc fresh
complications.*.,'^^.'
WAR CLOUD.
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German and United States Officials
Consnlt as to Situation In China.
WASHINGTON, March 15.—The Ger«
man ambassador, Dr. Von Hollebeu,
had along conference with Acting Sec
retary of State Hill, in which the lat
ter was presumably informed that a
demonstration In China might be ex
pected from Russia shortly. The
chief of the navigation' bureau, Rear
Admiral Crowninshield, sought Secre
tary of State Hay and found him at
the Hay residence, after which the
navy department announced that a
Chinese squadron will be established
and that Rear Admiral Kempff, now
commandant at Mare Island navy
yard, will be sent to Manila to take
this squadron for cruising the Chinese
and Japanese coasts. Also that Rear Ad
miral Raomey, in charge of the Asiatic
station, will maintain a naval base at
Manila. It is understood that Kempff's
squadron will consist of the Oregon
and Baltimore, now at Manila, the
Iowa, Philadelphia and Philadelphia,
now on the Pacific coast, and the
Montgomery,-.now attached to the
South Atlantic station. It is believed
here that tlie formation of the Chinese
squadron by the United States is to be
a spectacular warning to Russia and
Franee that American interests are in
volved in any change in the conditions
in China. Presumably Germany will
make a similar demonstration.
PEACE CORRESPONDENCE.
LONDON,
dispatch to
the Daily Mail from Lorenzo Marquez,
dated Thursday, says that strong com
mands are massing at Warrenton,
where the Free Staters are going to
make a stand.
March 10.—State Secre­
tary Reitz has issued a refutation of
Salisbury's arguments in reply to the
Bloemfontein joint note. He says it
was discovered "that the British cabi
net ministers were implicated in the
attempt to filch awaytlie independence
of the republic. Now all doubt is re
moved by Lord Salisbury's telegram.
The burghers must fight for jjheir
national existence, trusting that God
will defend the right."
Root
and
Appeal for Peace by Afrikanders
Britain's Answer Thereto.
March 15.— Following are
extracts from the peace correspon
dence:
'Presidents Kruger and Steyn to
Premier Salisbury: This war was un
dertaken solely as a defensive measure
to maintain tbe threatened indepen
dence of the South African republics
and is only continued in order to se
cure and maintain the incontestible
independence of both republics as sov
ereign international states and to ob
tain the assurance that those of her
majesty's subjects who have taken a
part with us in this war shall suffer no
harm whatever in person or property.
On these conditions, but on these con
ditions alone, are we now,. as in the
past, desirous of seeing peace re-estab
lislied in South Africa while, if her
majesty's government is determined to
destroy tlie independence of the re
publics, there is nothing left to us and
to our people but to persevere to the
end in the course already begun..-
,k r.-, )tii.
Premier Salisbury to Presidents
Kruger and Steyn: At two days' no
tice, after issuing the insulting ulti
matum, the South African republics
declared war upon her majesty's gov
ernment. A large portion of her
majesty's dominions were overrun,'
with great destruction of property and
life. This great calamity has
been the penalty Great Britain has
suffered for having, of recent years,
acquiesced to the existence
republics. In view
to
which the two repuh*Sfc».- JiffV
'^"^iistheir unprovoked at
inflicted on her majesty's
Tfons, her majesty's government
rin3i»ly.answer your honor's telegram
Joying they are, not [prepared to
assent to the iiri^pendlnce of the
South African RepubHa or thi
Orange Free State.
LOOKS LIKE WAR.
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French Government Listing Her En
tire Military Strength.
NEW YORK,
March
16.—The
French consuls, finking for lists of
French soldiers in foreign countries
who could return to France in the
event of their services being needed.
This hlfclily important news is not
known to any of the London papers
bud probably not to any of those in
France. It will cause a sensation here
when it becomes known, for England
is watching with eyes of wonder the
preparations that her neighbor is mak
ing for war. Coming as it does right
after the announcement that the
autumn manceuvers will be a demon
stration by 200,000 men on the English
channel, it will cause the British war
office and admiralty to bestir them
selves in anticipation of hostilities, foi
it really does begin to look as if France
meant war. France and Russia are
working hand in hand and ^li-lbury's
diplomacy may be called' upon for
supreme efforts.if he desires to avoid
the greatest war tlie world has ever
seen.
Agnlnaldo's -Son Is Deed. ''.. '•i
MANILA, II
arch 16.—Flowes, AguU
aaldo's secretary.of war, has surren
dered te Gen. IilacArtliuK Agninaldo's
infant son, who was captured in No
vember, and who hfis been suffering
from smallpox, is dead.
Earnest* Carhart, a barber in the
mining camp, of Chemung. Idaho, af
ter* removing-thfe*beard of a customer,
recognized him as Clirisopher Man
ning, who had obtained his wife's af
fections years ajfo, in Dresden. Me.
The barber procured a pistol and shot'
Manning dead ajfshe sat in the chair
A recent society in Washington, D.
C., composed of about a-dozen boys
under fourteen years of age, initiated
a new*inemDer named Edward McF&r
land. The initiation was quite sinlple
and rather picturesque. They remov
ed his clothing, and after painting
him yellow from head to. foot, drove
him into the street. ,•
The general proportion of men and
women in Europe is about
WASHINGTON,
Journal
and Advertiser's London special says a
private cablegram from an unimpeach-'
able source in Paris says that the min
ister for the colonies sent cipher cables
to the governor of every French col
ony. asking almost in the words of Mr.
Chamberlain to the British colonial
governors how many soldiers were
available for immediate service. De
crais asked for a detailed statement
from each governor of the number of
reservists and colonial forces, lists of
officers, non-commissioned officers and
men. The minister's cables were long
and in cipher and.Sent to every French
colony on earth... It is. also said that
cables of a similar, tenor were sent to
40
men to
51 women.
New York state 'has 130,000 more
bachelors than spinsters!'
People seldom improve, when they
have no model but themselves to .copy
after.—Goldsmith.
Says an old bachelor: "No one ever
hekrd of a married man boasting that
he never made mistake."
One-thifd of ^e. area -of Russia is
forest land.
Dr. 'Couden.
the United Stall
self.
"tf*
he blind chaplain. jf
senate, shaves" him-
jgp®tilii§|r
CONGRESS.
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-8BMATS.'
Washington, March is.—Personal explana
tions were mode today In the seaate by AUen
of Nebraska and Sutler of North Carolina of
their positions on the financial question. Both
announoed their belief in the. free and unlim
ited .coinage of silver at the ratio of 1A to ].
Turner made an argument against th^u Porto
Rioan'tariff bill, deolarlng it unconstitutional.
norms.'
The last legislative step in the enactment of
the finanoial bill iras taken by the house of rep
resentatives to-day, when the oonferenco report
on the bill TOS adopted i* vote of yeas 168,
nays I30i present and"not voting 10.
SHNATB.
Washington, March 14.—Two arguments were
presented to the senate to-day in whloh almost
antipodal positions were taken by the two sen
otors. Teller in a brief speech maintained that
the constitution could not extend over terHtory
aoauired by the United' States, while Turner
elaborately contended tl\at the constitution
embraced the acquired territory the very
momont the United States took permanent
possession of It.
HOU3B.
The district of Columbia appropriation bill
wus taken up in the house to-day and under the
lntitude allowed members oiscussed tde Philip
pine, "open door" and other questions.
SENATE.
Washington, March 15.—The debate on the
bill appropriating $3,005,000 for the benefit of
the people of Porto ltioo. developed a decided
difference of opinion,' as Jones of Arkansas of
fered as a substitute for the measure a bill to
return the duties to those who had paid them
and providing fir absolute free trade between
the United States nnd Porto Rico. The bill
had not been disposed of when the Quay case
was called up. Wellington presented an argu
ment against seating Quay.
BOUSE.
The District of Columbia appropriation bill,
carrying $(1008,378. was passed by the house to
day, and also a bill granting the abandoned Fort
Hays military reservation to the state of Kan
sns.for experimental station and normal school
purposes. V1-1"
SENATE.
Maruh 18—After debate, at
extending over parts of two
Washington,
times spirited, extending over
days, the senate passed the Porto Rican relief
appropriation bilL As passed the measure
carries 81095,000, the president being author!
"for
passed the measure
ila
zed to use that sum "for public eduoation, pub
iloworks and other governmental and publlo
purposes" in Porto Rioo. Allen offered an
amendment to the bill declaring that the con
stitution extends over Porto Rioo by its own
force, but it was lost by the decisive vote of 8t
to 17.
HO0SR.
Only business of minor importance was trans
acted.
BOUSE.
Washington, March 17.—House adopted a res
olution to the memory of the late Senator Hay
ward of Nebraska and as a further mark oi
respect adjourned
SENATE.
Washington. March 19.—The legislative, exe
cutive andJudioial appropriation bill, carrying
more than 825,000,000. was passed without debate.
The measure providing for the appointment ol
a commission to adjudicate and settle claims of
the people of the United States growing out ol
the war with Spain was also passed without
opposition.
BOUSE.'
The pension -appropriation bill was sent to
conference and the house non-concurred in sen
ate amendments to Porto Rican appropriation
bill.
GERMANV MENACES CHINA.
VICTORIA, B.
March
20.—In
CONSTANTINOPLE,
"VV ^Wfi5^|l£
of
Kaiser's Empire Occupying Province
Sliang-Xu.
C., March
20.—Accord­
ing to advices by the Adzu Maru, the
report that Germany is to essay what
is everywhere recognized as a practi
cal occupation of the province of Shang
Tung is generally credited as being in
line with the newly accepted plan of
foreign encroachment in China. The
steps of the process are outlined as
follows: First, ^yj^^way concession
troops to protec^^^^Hfe&»
*6nitS^^the complete
alienation of the territory. This has
been Russia's course in Manchuria,
is pointed out that 'Germany
will follow it. In the meantime, it is
Baid, the signs are that the great em
pire will soon be torn by civil strife.
official
and diplomatic circles here a denial is
authorized of published reports, that
there have, been conferences with' a
View to the dlspaich of additional war
ships and United States soldiers to
China and that news of the gravest
character had been received from the
United States minister to China. There
is said to be no fear entertained that
any serious danger to American inter
ests i$ impending. .y^
RUSSIA TO AID RCLOABIA.
Hopes to Pnt Enough Pressure Upon Tur
key to Bring About Independence.
BERLIN,
March 20.—The St, Peters­
burg correspondent of the Neueste
Naclirichten says:
"Russia, though tacitly encouraging
the champions of Bulgarian independ
ence, does not consider, the time pro
pitious for any action.
"She hopes to bring pressure to bear
upon Turkey in the railway question,
but^hould she fail to secure the re
quired concessions, important events
may be expected in the Balkans.
'•The repatriation of the Armenian
refugees still furnishes Russia with a
good diplomatic weapon wherewith to
obtain her demands."
March 20.—After
prolonged deliberation upon the ^Rus
sian demands for exclusive railroad
^rights in Asia _Minor, the sublinfe
porte has proposed 'a compromise,
whereby the railways would be con
structed by Turkey and Russia in part
nership. The Russian embassy insists
upon the original demands, which the
Turkish military commission stren
uously opposes.
BEIVEIS ARE TO TRAVEL.
Admiral and-His-Wife Will Start for
Europe May 85.
WASHINGTON,
March
-20.—Admiral
and Mrs. Dewey are going to make an
extensive tour of Europe. They may.
be gone a year/ They are to sail May
25. The admiral regards this as a
complete answer to those Who persist
in thrusting his name forward as a
.possibility at the coming national con
ventions for nomination as a presi
dential candidate. The admiral will
be in Paris to head the American dele
gates to the congress of. navigation
He looks forward to this congress with
considerable interest from a profes
sional standpoint, and as an agreeable
labor to sweeten the days of his long
vAeation.
A BRITISH SNEER AT U8.
London Globe Makes Light of the United
States' Otfer of Mediation.
LONDON,
Mprch 13.-—Regarding tbe
United States' offer of mediation the
Globe says: "The incident is of inter
est only in the light it throws on
American politics. Republicans and
democrats alike are always prepared
to risk the friendship of England in a
party game.. We may ^preserve ami
cable relations with the United States
aud.it is to be hoped we always shall
do so, but. an alliance is impossible.
Wa were brought to the verge of a
war four years .ago for the sake^f
Cleveland's re-election, snd a pretext
for a.diplomatic quarrel will never be
wapting when the -anti-English ele-*
ments of the republicans have been
conciliated."
T11K liKOISLATlJRE.
BBKASlk.'.S-f-'.-V-.'-
Des Moines, March 18.—Blanehard's bill in
creasing the salary of the state mine inspector
from 91,20J 91,WO annually was passed. The
senate OIBOto
passed a bill which provides that
any lamps which have been fngpfeo.ted and
tested by the state board of health and declared
safe for public use. may be ustedJn burning the
lighter products of petroleum for illuminating
purposes. The bill providing that returns of
sales under execution must be made not only
In the county -Where the property is situated,
but In- which the sale is made was passed.
The bill providing that sn loons cannot be main
tained within Ave miles of anv state educational
institution was considered at length, but a vote
was not reached.
BOUSE.
Houte reconsidered the vote by which the
committee substltute.for the Byerb bill on fish
and game was Iqst yesterday -afternoon and
parsed it by a vote of 07 to 20. The hoU'e also
passed the bill by Cables for state examination
and aid of high schools adopting a course of
study meeting the entrance requirements of the
State University. Such sohools are to receive
WOO yearly. The Down Joint resolution for. a
joint convention Thursday to elect state printer
and state binder was adopteX
8ENATR. '.
Des Moines, March 14.—The bill prohibiting
saloons within Ave miles of any. state educa
tional institution in Iowa, passed the senate by
a vote of 29 to 18.
HOD'SB
The Avers bill legalizing petitions of consent
in force before October, 1807, came up as a spe
cial order in the house this morning and after
considerable discussion was referred to the Ju
diciary committee. The senate bill providing
for a state library commission was passed, as
was also the bill by Dows to allow state and
savings banks and loan and trust oompanies to
act as administrators. Jenkins's bill requir
ing railroad companies to make report of sleep
ing and dining,
oars by division? instead .of by
the entire line in order to affect better equali
sation of taxation was" passed.
SENATE.
Des Momes, March 15.—The senate spent all
of Thursday In discussion of essentials and non
essentials-connected with the Cheshire bills.
The first fight 'was over the question of prece
dence and the express bill was victorious.
Cheshire then spoke in advocacy of the bill.
HOUSE.
The house concurred in the senate resolution
for a joint convention at 11:30 to-day to elect
state printer and binder, and at that hour the
convention assembl'ed in -the hall of the house.
Bernard Murphy, of Vinton, was elected printer
and Howard Teaford was elected state binder
the vote being 110 to 5. The senate bill to
create a department of agriculture passed the
house.' All the committee amendments were
defeated. The bill is as passed by the senate,
excepting that the year book is to be printed in
some Iowa office paying the union scale of
wages.
SENATE.
Des Moines, March lti.—The senate concurred
In the house amendment to the bill for the es
tablishment of a state 'department of agricul
ture providing that the year book shall be
printed in Iowa offices which pay union wages.
-Bills were introduced in both nouses legalizing
drug store permits to sell.
Intoxicating liquors.
The Cheshire bill for taxation of express com
panies was again before the senate nearly all
aay. On a final vote the bill passed, 48 to 1.
HOUSE.
The house killed the bill by Black of Mills to
provide for the election of members of the
board of supervisors by the countv.at large and
not by distriots, this only to apply in counties
having a population of fnore than lA,000 or less
than 40,00a The bill by Temple for -the creation
of an appellate con. to relieve the supreme
court was passed. 67 to ag. After the building
and loan association bill had "been considered
for some time a motion to refer it back to the
oojnmlttee was carried. The senate bill
for Inspection of passenger boats was passed.
The bill providing that savings banks may re
ceive on deposits money equal to ten times the
^ggoount of their paid up capital and surplus
waMP"8°u* SKNAXB V-S-t.-:.
na, ^Jjlnes, March 17.—Eight bills were
passed -*«he morning session. the
most ImporMBtU Uie IIMIUMIMJ_*-Perhaps
ereaslng the law course la the
from two to three years. Among othelft
the following: Increasing tbe penalty
tempted or accomplished train robbery ic,
•erlwns
Mullail in
schools
Imprisonment increasing the salaries of
osustants of the state library tbe house Si,1"
fliers' Bome blU, which provides that hereai—
soldiers who are iiunates-of the -home. xnay
tain ail of -the pension money paid them month
ly, except two classes of inmates. Those, hav
ing dependent.wives or,children are. to give
half the pension jncne^- for their-support,,
those who have twlc# been convicted of crime
er of breach of rules of the home are to forfeit
the entire sum, half of whloh goes-to dependent
relatives if any exist Kendall's bill requiring
-that superintendents and engineers at coal
alines. shall pass an examination and
hold certificates of competency was passed,
as was also Garst's bill to require, that
»n the face of every state warrant there shall
te Indicated the section of the code under
whose authority it .is drawn.
BOUSE.
The house passed the bill by Cowles to pro
vide for the appointment of a third appraiser
by a judge of the district-court when the ap
praiser of the insurance company and the pol
icy holder sustaining a loss cannot agree within
a period of five days The bill by Sliambough
to give owners of real estate jurisdiction over
game and bees found thereon was defeated.
8KSATB.
Des Moines, March IB.—The Sweet bill, pro
viding that the. secretary of the board of educa
tional examiners may conduct the examination
}f teachers who are candidates for state cer
tiflcares and diplomas, was passed. The pur
pose of the bill Is to relieve the members of the
DO!
oard of educational examiners from the work
Ive
which prevents
Df traveling over the state to give such exam
inations. Fltchpatrick'8 bill,
liquor dealers from making a house to house
canvass for orderR in prohibition counties), was
passed. Among bills introduced was one by
Porter requiring all notes and mortgages to
bear tbe as- essor's stamp. Avon's bill provid
ing three assistants for state dairy commis
sioner was passed.
HOUSE. 'J-
Twenty-four bills recommended for indefinite
postponement were disposed of in that manner.
Graff's bill to require building and loan associa
tions to
instead
bill fore
passed.
tlons to report to county auditors on January 15
of February 15 was passed. Townsend's
bill for county uniformity of school books was
BKYAN BEFORE TUG COUNTRY.
The Nebraska
DKB MOIKKS,
Presents
Democracy
Him.
TJKCOLN, Neb., March 20.—-In effect
William J. Bryan announced- last
night to tlie democratic party and to
the nation at large the platform which
he desires to stand on if nominated" at
the Kansas City convention. The
platform, which was Adopted by the
Nebraska democracy with the grea%st
enthusiasm, reaffirms the Chicago
platform, declares for "16 to 1," opposes
a large standing army, denounces the
action of the republican party on the
Porto Rico tariff bill, declares against
trusts and "imperialism," .and favors
the choice: of United States senators
by popular vote.
To Sfceure Control of Tr oats. 'e
WASHINGTON, March 17.—Represen­
tative R&y^bf New York, chairman- of
the hctnse, committee -on judiciary and
at the head of the .special sub-commit-*
tee on trusts, Ws introduced this fol
lowing joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitution:
'"Resolved, that the following arti
cle toe proposed to the legislatures of
the several states as an ametidment to
the constitution of the United, States:
"Article XVII Congress'shall have.
power to regulate and repress monop
olies and-.- combinations, to create and
dissolve corporations and 4^P°se of
their property and to make all the
laws necessary and'jjroper for the ex
ecution of the foregoing powers. Such
powers may be exercised. 'b£ the sev
eral states in any manner not in con
flict with- tlie lan'B of the United
states."
Transvaal Troop Weakening.
LONDON, Mai-cli_ 20.—A dispatch to
r.he Daily Telegraph from Bloemfon
•tein says:
"In a speech which he ndade here a
few days: before the/ British entered
tbe town, President Kruger.adfmtted
that liis mto would lie unable to^ Jceep
la the field for another month.^VsT
Governor Shaw has sent to the hops*
of representatives his answer to 'the
inquiry regarding his relations wltlr
building and loan business and lnsur
ance companies of the state. He
states that he has no' connection
whatever with' the building and loan-'"
interests of the state nor with any
other institution- over which the gov
ernor or executive council has juris- 1
diction. He states that he is a Btock-V~'/i*.Jh
holder and director in the National
Life and Trust eompany, but that his'
position as a member of the executive
council in no way affects' this associ
ation,.as the council lias nothing to do
with the insurance business of thft
state.
.«f-
The house judiciary committee hu
killed the senate bill by BiBhopt pro
viding that when, to avoid prosecu
tion for seduction, a man marries a
woman and then deserts her in flve
years, he shall be imprisoned not more
than five years or fined 81,000 and im
prisoned not more than a year in the
county jail.
Representative Temple, 'of. Claf^e^
county, in an address before tlie Grant
club at its regular monthly meeting,
declared that imperialism is here and
is here to stay. He advised.his repub
lican friends to frankly make this
avowal.in the coming campaign.
Secretary-Ward, of the Commercial
Exchange, is in receipt of a letter fi'om'"
Congressman Hull, in which the latter
assures the secretary the Des Moines
army post bill will pass the senate
without any material objection. Mr.
Hull will look after the Washington
end of the matter, and the committee
on location, of which D. B. Lyons is
Chan-man, are diligently looking after
a suitable locality. A number of places
are in vlew, but no .definite announce
ment is made. The chairman of the
committee has in mind three very de
sirable tracts of land accessible to the
city, any of which can be secured at
reasonable figures. It is thought a
contract will be closed within the next
few months with one of the owners, so
that the matter of location'will be sev
tied. -.
Temple's appellate court ^biilj which
has passed the houste, provides for an
appellate court of three members to
have exclusive jurisdiction in all -civil
cases where the amount in controversy
does not exceed
$3,000,
iaje,s
March lfTLOQO. 3.
except in causes
where real estate title is involved or
the constitutionality of a statute, the.
validity of ah act of a 'municipal'oor
poration, the construction or validity
of a law, divorce-suits or proceeding^
where no, money judgtnent is demand^
ed. No appeal is to be allowed to the
supreme court. The judges are to be
appointed by the governor as soon as
the bill goes into effect and elected at
the general election.
A' pardon has been issued by
ernor Shaw for Ollie Blair, who/: is at
present serving an eight-year Ben-"'
tenee for breaking and entering a railr
road car. fie was sentenced In 1896
by Judge Holmes, of Polk county, and
•gas given the limjkan aceount of pre-
Thel*Mte8iV"»'
him is good only during
good
a
Will Sand
behavTof--
and the"punraMrcfcola proper path in,,
his fnture Ufa.*
The Cheshire bill-for the taxation of
express companies upon the mileage
unit plan, now in force in Ohio and 'l-vtH
Indiana, passed thb'senate with but a
single opposing vote although a num
ber of senators filed explanation of
their votes, saying they did not ap
prove of .the principle of the bill or the
method of taxation proposed, but they
voted' for it because it was absol ntely
necessary to devise some system of tax--,
ing express companies, inasmuch as
the present law is inoperative and in
adequate. 'All amendments proposed
on the floor were vo,ted down. Sena
tor Lewis.sought to amend the:bill so]
that mortgages or bonds of express
companies should not b$ considered in, WWi
estimating their value for .taxation.
His position was that the bill proposed
to tax hot only the stocks and bonda"
but the property which .the stocks and
bonds represented,-and was therefore
double, "taxation. Senators -Chesliife
and Junkin opposed this amendment
on the, ground that. the companies.
would escape taxation by covering^
their property, with mortgages thufe
depreciating the-value of the' stock.
-Senator fiall moved an amendment to
require that the intangible part of the
-companies' valuation in the state
should be considered the same propor
tion of the entire—intangible value'
that the tangUiie value in the. state.
wasjio the tangible lvalue outside, the?
stated Both these amendments were
rejected almost unanimously.
TAILOB APPEALS TO FKESIDEN*.
Committee to Washington' --r
to Ask for Intervention.
FUANKFOMT,
Ey., March
18.—Gov-
ernor Taylor is said to have, prepared
a statement making a second appear
to President McKinley. John W M
Yerkes, of Dan ville, .and- other republic
can leaders, were called-in conference
at the executive mansion and the paper
was submitted to them. A committee
to be headed by Mr. Yerlces Cs to 'be
sentWWasliington.tA lay before the'
president whatever message was
agreed
on by the conference,
Text of I'orto Bloo DIIK"
WASHXNGTON. March 17 —The text if
.the Porto Rican bill passed by the.wa
ate yesterday is as follows: "*1
Be.it enacted, etc., that the sum of
.S2,005",4S5, being the amount of ens-'
toins rcvenjie received on.importations
by ihe United.States frdm Porto Rioo
since the evaluation of Porto Rico -bff
the Spanish forces on October 18, 189$
to January 1, 1900, shall be p'aced^ai.
'•the disposal of the president,
3rol''
zm
UMM
nsed. for the government now existing
and which may hereafter b*. 'esteb'.It
lished in Porto Bico.-andfor'pffBliO
education, public works aml -other
govei-n mental and public purposes
therein, and tbo said sum, or so mneK
thereof as may be necessary, is hereby
appropriated, for the" purpose herein
pecified, out of any moneys in -, the
treasury not otherwise apprbpriai"
Antl-Trust Law TaUd.
WASHINGTON, March AO!—Tlie ^su
preme court of the United States l-eri
dered an opinion in the case oi Watery
fierce Oil Company against the s£'atb
ofTexas, affirming.thp.. decision oMhe
cohrt of civil appeals of the stat^of a.
Texas. The case ihv^rdd th^ Coiisti-
taUonality of tho law of
Texas which is, iVWt^iltodt W
decj
si
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