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The Leon Reporter
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LEON
IOWA.
TH JRSDAY, MARCH 291900
THE NEWS IfTlOWA
NEW ROAD CONNECTIONS.
PIADI Sulci to Have Been Made for Do*
luth & New Orleans*
Des Moines dispatch: Correspon
dence received in Des Moines from
President Wardell, of the Duluth &
New Orleans road, states that the com
pany has practically arranged with
Winona, Southern & Western and the
Green Hay & Winona roads lor merg
ing the properties into one system
with the Duluth & New Orleans as
soon as the latter road is completed
from Des Moines to Osage. The Green
Bay & Winona road extends from
Green Bay, on Lake Michigan,
to Winona, and the Winona,
Southern & Western from Wi
nona southwest through Rochester,
Minn., to Osage, in Mitchell county.
Both, roads were built by Winona cap
ltalists, the Simpson interests in Wi
nona controlling very largely, and at
the present time are operated as one
Bystem, though the two corporations
have not been merged. The corres
pondence states that it is certain that
the new road will be completed this
year from Des Moines to Iowa Falls
and that it is hoped to have in opera
tion about 100 miles of it before winter
Bets in, which will bring the road to
within forty miles of Osage. He says
it is hoped to complete this section
next season and to malce a start on an
extension to the southwest from Des
Moines. A survey has been made
south of Des Moines to a crossing of
the Sock Island's Winterset branch
a S in I is an a
it is the intention of the company to
eventually build to Patonsberg, Mo.,
to a connection with the Kansas City
Southern, the reorganized Pittsburg &
Gulf road, and to secure a traffic
.. agreement with it that will open a
continuuus mail route from the Gulf
of Mc
•.'.Ico to the Great Laiccs through
the trans-Mississippi country. The
claim that active building operations
•will commence within a month and
that teams and men for the work have
-been engaged, is reasserted.
A MASKED MAN DID IT.
Held Up Faaiengcr Train Near
Hamburg:.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo.* March 25.—A lone
robber, wearing a false face, with a
huge black mustache painted on the
mask, held up the south-bound Kan
sas-City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs
train four miles south of TIamburg,
Iowa, at 1:30 o'clock a. m. The train
was in charge of Conductor Billy Mc
Gee. Flagman Moore was first ac
costed by the robber at the rear end of
the train. Using Moore as a shield,
the robber went through the sleeper
ajc carf j^^pfflg3,9q,ifl cgsh^gcl
an^ ^eP,^ the traiu slowed down
and escaped in the darlc
the robbery was reported to
tfc'^cdfurlington general offices here
frSmLangdon, the first station south
of Hamburg. Dispatches to Council
Bluffs estimate the gain of the robber
at $500, and one received in Omaha
puts it at 8600. President Burt and
Chief Engineer Berry of the Union
Pacific road were among the passen
gers and Mi-. Burt was held up for §f0,
while Mr. Berry managed to escape
loss.
KICKED TO DEATH.
Claybourne Terlinne, a Farmer, Meets
Death at Del) Moines.
DES MOINES, March 24.—Claybourne
Terhune, a farmer living northwest of
Des Moines, while on his way from
Des Moines where he had been to get
a load of bran, met death in a tragic
manner. He had gotten his load
and was driving west on Univer
sity avenue when he had occasion to
pass a car that had stopped to let off
passengers. His team swerved and
started to run and in a moment he was
thrown down onto the single trees and
from there to the ground. He held to
one line, according to the statement of
an eye witness, until it was cut in two
by the friction of the wheel, but when
he was released, his lease on life was
no more. He had been kicked to death,
the bones of his face being crushed in,
and the impript of a shoe showed the
fatal stroke.
BUILDING WORKMEN ON STRIKE.
Cedar Rapids Is Having: Its First Labor
Trouble.
CEDAB RAPIDS, March 24.—Cedar
Rapids is having the first labor trouble
in its history. Painters and paper
hangers have been out ten days on a
demand for a minimum scale of S:. .r0
and S3 per day. The bosses offered
$2.25 and 82.50. Journeyman plumb
ers have served not/ce that they will
demand ten hours' pay for eight hours'
work, and the carpenters' union de
mands a minimum scale of $2.25 for
eight hours. Building is practically
suspended because of the uncertainty,
although hundreds of buildings will
go up this season if a settlement is
reached.
INFANT CREMATED.
followed Its Mother Into Burning
Bnildlng and Died.
QDASQUETON, March 23. —The home
of John Melick, was burned. Mrs.
Melick carried her two-year-old boy
from, the building and then returned
for the baby. She was found by res
cuers in a faint in the road holding
the baby in her arms. The other
child must have followed its mother
into the. burning building, as its badly
charred renac-ms were found in the
ruins.
Dynamite Jokers Sentenced.
CEDAB RAPIDS, March 23.—Theseven
dynamite jokers re sentenced in po
lice court. Two
and five $25 each foi|
bly. Mettie has
J^Michigan and
jury
re fined 8100 each
unlawful assem
en returned from
be held to the
ASSESSMENT IS HADE,
Council Completes Figures on Railroad
Valuation.
DES MOINES, March 24.—The execu
cutive council has completed the rail
road assessment and formally adopted
it. State Treasurer Herriott was not
present at the meeting which took
the final action, and it is stated ho
will file a statement of his objections
to the assessment. The figures show
that, leaving out of the consideration
the new roads, built within the past
year, there is a reduction of 8100,000
in the total assessment. The Chicago
& Northwestern main line is increased
from 811,250 to 811,500 per mile.
The Rock Island southwestern divis
ion is reduced from 87,700 to 87,200 per
mile, as shown in the table. No
change is made in the main line, and
practically none in the branches of the
Milwaukee system. The Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy gets some reduc
tions on a few of its branches. The
Pullman Car Company made a strong
plea for a reduction from 810,030 to
810,000 in the actual value of its sleep
ers, but it was denied, and the assess
ment is let't unchanged. The net re
ductions allowed the Rock Island
amount to about 8230,000 the net in
crease of the Northwestern is about
890,000. In 18!)9 the aggregate assessed
value of the railroads of the st:itc was
844,033,001. On the same mileage, the
aggregate this year is just about $44,
530,000 but the 600 miles of new lines
are assessed at a total of 91,500,000, so
that there is a net gain of 81,400,000 in
the assessment, making' the total $40,
30,000.
IINGBLAB SUICIDE OF A FARMER.
Shot Himself for tlie Edification of a
Bystander.
FOREST CITY, March 25.—Ed Stead
aian, a well-to-do farmer, living about
two miles north of Forest City, com
mitted suicide by shooting himself
with a 32-calibre Winchester. He was
walking along the street near the
Methodist church, and arriving at the
step by the rear of the church asked a
bystander if he ever saw a man shoot
himself. On being answered in the
negative, he seated himself on the
church steps, and placing the riile be
tweens his knees, with the muzzle to
his throat, pulled the trigger. The
ball passed up through his brain and
lodged just under the skin on the light
side of his head. lie was about 32
years old and unmarried. He had
managed a large farm for his widowed
mother since the death of his father
two years ago. Nothing is known as
to the cause of the tragedy.
TAKES WC OLSON'S PLACE.
Congress Smith McPherson Selected for
Federal Judge.
WASHINGTON, March 26.—Congress
man Smith McPlierson has been select
ed by the Iowa congressional delega
tion for the federal judgeship made
vacant by the decease of John S. Wool
son. There were present Senators
Allison and Gear, Congressmen Hedge,
Lane, Cousins, Lacev, Hull, Hepburn,
McPlierson and Dolliver. In all forty
two ballots were taken. Congressman'
KsStecspiugi!. :,* W-
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TO TALK Ofc FREIGHT RATES.
Iowa Railway Commissioners Invited to
Meet at St. Louis.
DES MOINES, March 24.—The railway
commissioners of Illinois and Missouri
have requested the Iowa board of rail
way commissioners to meet with them
at St. Louis in the near future for the
purpose of having a conference look
ing to a uniform system of classifying
freight rates upon agricultural imple
ments. It is also thought that Minne
sota will join the other three states.
Hiff Fire at Knoxville.
KNOXVII.I.E, March 27.—Culver &
Co.'s department store was totally des
troyed by fire, which is supposed to
have originated from an electric wire.
The loss on the building is 825,000 on
stock, 860,000. The insurance on the
building is $10,000, on stock 810,000.
This is the heaviest fire loss that ever
occurred in Knoxville. Several fam
ilies occupying the building lost their
entire effects. -V
ItltEVlTIES.
At Oskaloosa recently Walter nart
graves and Robert Davenport, held by
the state for the attempted hold-up
and shooting of Marion* Thompson, of
Oskaloosa, on the evening of Decem
ber 18 last, were found guilty as
charged in the indictments against
them. The first was for assault with
intent to commit great bodily injury
and the second for assault with intent
to commit manslaughter.
A wreck on the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul resulted in the death of
Michael McKeever, conductor on
freight No. 62. and the serious injifry
of Brakeman French. Passenger No.
73, west-bound, was in charge of Con
ductor Foote, with James Martin as
engineer. The freight was switching
in the east yards at Hull, when the
passenger smashed into it. Conductor
McKeever was in the act of coupling
an aiy brake, when the bumpers caught
him and instantly severed his head
from his body. The engines were
smashed ip some and several cars
were wrecked. No passengers were
injured.
A Cedar Rapids dispatch says: There
have been the most sensational devel
opments in connection with the arrest
of the eight young men charged with
placing dynamite on the steps of St.
Paul's Methodist Church, and as a re
sult Albert Kuba has been held to the
grand jury in bonds of $5,000, and
Charles Mettie has been arrested in a
Michigan town. These two men will
be charged with attempting to blow up
the home of Attorney William L. Cron
last Thanksgiving night, and as Kuba
haq already made a partial confession
there is absolutely no doubt about
their guilt. Their conviction will fol
low without trouble. After the arrest
of the eight men and the developments
following their arrest, the police came
to the conclusion that* Albert Kuba
knew something in regard to the at
tempt to blow up the home of Attorney
Cron, and it was on that line that they
directed their every effort. They se
cured a partial confession from ICuba.
They did not give the matter out, how
ever, until .they received a message
from a Michigan sheriff stating that
Mettie was under arrest. They then
arraigned Kuba and held liim to the
grand jury in bonds of $5,000, which
lie will not be able to furnish.
NEWS IN GENERAL
H1LLIS DENOUNCES CREED.
Arraigns the Presbyterian Faith and
Calvanistlc Theology,
BROOKLYN, March 20.—Newell
Dwight Hillis, from the pulpit of Ply
mouth Church—the pulpit of Beeeher
and Lyman Abbott—flung yesterday
this defiance at the doctrines of the
Presbyterian church, in which he had
grown up and to which he still owes
allegiance:
"I would rather shake my fist in the
face of the eternal and fling every vile
epithet toward the stainless throne,
where eternal mercy sits with the
world's atoning Savior, than lift my
hand with that creed 'toward God's
throne and affirm that I taught or be
lieved it."
It was in the midst of his morning
sermon, in which he had been discuss
ing Christ's views of future punish
ment as he saw it illuminated and
made clearer by the, modern doctrine
of evolution, that Dr. Hillis uttered
this stinging sentence, which prac
tically removed him from fellowship
in his religious denomination and may
result in public proceedings against
him. He was speaking, indeed, in a
liberal and independent Congrega
tional church and to an audience of
liberal people, but his attack on the
Calvinistic theology of his own denom
ination was none the less startling for
that.
TIIE DELAY EXPLAINED.
Why English Aggression in South Africa
Has Halted.
LONDON, March 27.—The continued
absence of an aggressive movement on
the part of the British is best explained
in a dispatch from Bloemfontein,
dated Sunday, March 25th, which
says:
'"The conditions existing in occupied
territory render a somewhat pro
longed halt at Bloemfontein necessary,
that the effect of the proclamation
may have time to make itself felt. The
declared clanger of annoyance to our
line of communication may be appre
hended unless the territory behind our
advancing forces are rendered abso
lutely secure. The accuracy of this
view is proved by the fact that the en
emy is breaking jip into isolated
groups such as that which attacked
the guard's officers Friday."
Methuen appears to be awaiting
transportation and with Plumer's
forces on half rations there now seems
little likelihood of the immediate re
lief of Mafelting, though neither from
this quarter nor from Roberts or Bul
ler is there any direct news to-day. A
Lorenzo Marquez special says the
Transvaal authorities' are evidently
recruiting actively and large numbers
of French, Dutch and Belgian volun
teers are constantly passing through
that place to join the Boer forces.
SHREWD MOVE BY BOERS.
Offer to Lend Portugal SG.000,000 to
Meet tlie Delagoa Bay Award.
NEW YORK, March 24.—George W.
Van Siclclen, president of the American
council of the South African repub
lics and advocate in America for the
Transvaal, has sent the following
a a
1
"Dear Sir:—I am in a position to -of
fer to yon, as I do, to lend the govern
ment of Portugal the sum necessary to
pay the award known as the Delagoa
Bay award, which has just been ide
by the Geneva arbitration tribunal,
say 56,000,000. Fair and satisfactory
terms to be arranged."
The offer is regarded as a move on
the part of the Boers to offset any offer
which Britain may make to Portugal,
thus embarrassing the Lisbon govern
ment and thereby at the same time
closing the "rear door" to the Trans
vaal and Orange Free State.
KRl'GKR RETURNS TO PRETORIA.
Says the Next Battle in the Free State
Will He a Ilot One.
LONDON, March 22.—A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Pretoria dated Mon
day, says: "President Kruger returned
from Kroonstadt yesterday. lie says
the. fight in the Free State will be des
perate. I am inf0rmed that the Trans
vaal government has taken no reso
lution to destroy mines or property as
a last resort."
The Capetown correspondent of tlie
Daily Mail, telegraphing Tuesday,
says:
"I have just arrived from Bloem
fontein where I learned that no furth
er movement is probable for three
weeks, as negotiations are proceeding.
I failed to ascertain the nature of the
negotiations, or whether Sir Alfred
Milner's departure from Capetown is
connected with them, but I should not
be surprised if the war collapsed quick
ly."
FAVOR PORTO RICAN TARIFF.
Senate Harmony Committoo Instructs
Chairman Foraker.
WASHINGTON, March 24.—The repub
lican senate caucus committee author
ized Senator Foraker in definite terms
to propose the separation of the tariff
feature from tlie Porto Rican govern
mental bill and to attempt to pass the
house tariff bill without amendment.
The program voted down all amend
ments, if possible, and to pass the bill
as it came from the house without-any
changes whatever.
THE ARMY POST.
Bill Locating One at Des Malnes Passes
the Senate.
DES MOINES, March 26.—The bill to
establish a United States army post in
Des Moines passed the senate in Wash
ington Saturday, and the post is as
sured. There remains only the signa
ture of President McKinley to be at
tached to the bill to make it
a law, and there is no doubt
that he will sign it at once. The
post will be established and a regiment
of United States troops will be located
on the ground within eighteen
months. The post means a 81,500,000
investment here and the addition of a
town of 1,500 people to Des Moines.
It will distribute $1,000,000 here every
year.
Joubert Full of Hope,
PRETOBIA, March 23.—Via Lorenzt
Marquez.—General Joubert has re
turned from Kroonstadt. He is full
of hope and may return to Natal
shortly.
TBI
AIV or KENTUCKY CASKS,
Chief Prosecuting Witness Makes' lout
Sensational Statement*.
FRANKFORT, Ky., March 85.—"John
Powers told me they had two niggers
here to kill Goebel. They were Hock
ersmith and Dick Coombs." This
statement was made yesterday by
Wharton Golden, a frail, consumptive
looking Kentucky mountaineer, while
on the witness stand in the preliminary
examinatldfi of Secretary of State
Caleb Powers, charged with conspir
acy to kill Goebel. Golden told a story
of the events leading up to the murder
that, if substantiated, will, in the
minds of those connected with the
prosecution at least, probably go far
toward proving the contentions of the
commonwealth that the murder was tlia
result of a plan in which several prom
inent men are involved. Whether the
defense will seek to improve Golden's
testimony in this preliminary exami
nation is not known, as the attorneys
for the defense will not talk on the
subject, but unless such attempt is
made the commonwealvh will rest its
case, both County Attorney Polsgrove
and Attorney Campbell being satisfied
that enough evidence has been pre
sented to hold the defendant on the
charges. Golden, vylio claims to have
been a friend to Secretary Powers, and
his brother, John Powers, for years,
gave testimony that was particularly
damaging to John Powers, but he also
brought in the names of many others,
including Charles Finley, W. 11. Cul
ton and Governor Taylor, in his story
of the bringing of the mountaineers
to Frankfort, previous to the assassi
nation. Governor Taylor, however,
was not directly implicated, and the
attorneys for the commonwealth inti
mated to-day that they do not expect
to have his name brought forth prom
inently in the story of the alleged con
spiracy.
FOUR OFFICERS ARE LOST.
British Scooting Party Is Entrapped By
Boers.
LONDON, March 25.—At a late hour
the war office posted the following
dispatch from General Roberts:
BLOMFONTEIN, March 24.—Yesterday
Lieutenant Colonel C'rabbe, Captain
Trotter and Lieutenant Hon. E. Lygou
of the Grenadier guards and Lieuten
ant Colonel Codrington of the Cold
stream guards rode eight or nine miles
beyond their camp on the Modder river
without escort except one trooper.
They were fired upon by a party of
Boers and Lieutenant Lygon was
killed and Lieutenant Colonel Codring
ton and Captain Trotter were wound
ed. Tlie trooper was also wounded.
One of the officers held up a white
handkerchief and the Boer# came to
their assistance and did all they possi
bly could attending to their wounds.
The Boers then conveyed the wounded
to the nearest farm house, where they
were taken care of."
Lord Roberts's dispatcn, saying he
has nothing special to report, is gen
erally interpreted to mean that life
hopes speedily to announce some intel
ligence gratifying to the British. The
optimists even deduce from the num
ber of minor items of news received
that Lord Roberts has satisfactory
umn from tne"southward by a detour
toward Mafelting. In the m^eanwhile
Colonel Plumer's position is arousing
anxiety. He has with him three long
trains of supplies for Mafeking, the
loss, of which would be serious, and
further information about Command
ant Eloff's movements is awaited with
some trepidation in view of the report
from Pretoria that he was isolating
Colonel Plumer's forces near Gaberones.
CUBANS IN NO HASTE.
Gen. Gomez.Says It Is Best to Go Slowly
and Surely.
HAVANA, March 25.—The Patria
says: "The promises of the senators
(Messrs. Piatt, Aldrich and Teller, sen
ate committee on Cuba, now on a visit
of investigation to the island) in re
gard to granting independence is most
important, since these senators are
the trusted representatives of the sen
ate." Continuing -the paper declares
it now has confidence in the fulfill
ment of the joint resolution of the
United States congress: In an inter
view with the visiting senators Gen.
Maximo Gomez is quoted as saying
that the Cubans are in no haste for
independence, and it will be far better
for them to go slowly and surely.
Boers Strong at Kroonstadt.
LONDON, March 24.—A Bloewfontein
correspondent of the Daily Mail, tele
graphing Thursday, says: "A letter
from Mr. Poultney,. an interpreter in
the Free States courts, has been re
ceived by his wife here, in which he
declares that General Joubert is com
manding the combined forces at
Kroonstadt, where there is a plenty of
men, guns and foodstuffs for a deter
mined resistance."
Is Steyn Relieved?
SPRINGFONTF.IN, March 24.—It is re
ported here that Mr. Steyn has been
deposed from the presidency and the
public affairs of the Free State are be
ing administered by a committee at
Kroonstadt.
Small Pox Is Spreading:.
CHICAGO, March 24.—According to
statistics gathered by the local health
department, the country is fairly sat
urated with small pox. March 16
there were 2,953 cases reported from
thirty-six states and territories for the
week preceding.
Trench Advances.
BLOEMFONTEIN, March 24.—General
French with a brigade of cavalry and
mounted infantry has arrived at Tha
banchu and opened heliographic con
nection with Maseru. He reports all
well.
Helen M. Francis, aged 3 years and
3 months, left New York without es
cort for Stroud. O. T., and has reached
her destination safely. Helen's moth
er was dead and she went on a.visit to
her grandmother.
A deacon in a Baptist cliurc'f In
Trenton is a stickler for decorum. He
saw a young lady whisper to another
during prayer at church service, and
loudly rebuked her. In indignation
she was pasting out of the edifice,
when he said that the church was no
place for her. Aroused by this taunt
she proceeded lo return to her pew,
but he clutchcm her back hair and thus
drew her tat of the. church.
CONGRESS.
SBNATB.
Washington, March 2a—The feiture of the
session was an address by Morgan on the Porto
Rioan bill.. He said Porto Rico and the Philip
pines are already a portion of the United States.
Were It not so we could not legislate for them.
Nor could wo abandon them without disgrace.
nousB.
Hull, chairman of the committee on military
affairs, reported back from that committee the
resolution introduced by Sulzer, requesting the
secretary of war to inform the house as regards
the fortifications that may bo constructed along
tho northern frontier of the United States ana
especially contiguous to Alaska. The commit
tee recommended that it lie upon the table.
Sulzer delivered a scathing denunciation of the
administration's pro-lJrlt'sh course, charging
tlint it did nothing without the consent of
Downing street, and that the recent action of
ir'ecretary Hay was taken upon request of Lord
Salisbury and defeated a concert of tbo Euro
pean powers to intervene in South Afiica, and
charging ronerally the English with oreoting
fortiMouth lis along the Canndlan boundary that
menaieJ the poaeo nnd welfare of this country.
Thereyolulliinwnslaldonthetublo.110 to 97.
The Loud bill to restrict the character of publi
cations entitled to pound rates as sccr.na-class
mail matter was considered at length, but a
vole was not reached.
SKNA.TR
•Washington, March St.—Turner of Washing
ton offered a resolution ai reeling tho secretary
of war to inform tlie senate whether any con
cessions to excavate tlie gold bearing bed of the
sea in the vicinity of Cape Nome, Alaska, or in
other. Alaskan waters, liad been mode to any
individual or corporation, and if so upon what
theory of authority such prant was made. The
resolution was adopted. Pettigrew secured the
passage of a resolution directing the secretary
of war to inform tho senate what were the
qualifications of voters in the approaching
elections In Cuba, who prepared them, the pur
pose of the election and who will have charge
of It. 'lhe additional urgent dollclency bill
was passed.
HOUSE.
Upon motion of Dalzell, a special committee
of nine was appointed to consider all proposed
legislation relative to the celchastlou of the one
hundredth anniversary of the purchase of Louis
iana territory at St»Louis in I MIX During the
debate pon the Loud bill, relating to second
da g-nail matter, there was a sharp exohange
bet,, en McPherson of Iowa and Lcntz of Ohio
over a charge made by the former that tho lat
ter was the attorney of the lobby which is
lighting the bill otherwise the debate was
without incident
SENATE.
Washington, March 22.—A resolution by Allen
re-iuesling information as to turill rates In
force In the Philippines, Guam. Porto Rioo and
Cuba, and the amoynt collected in each Instance
since Amer'can occupation, was adopted. Pet
tigrew introduce'! a resolution calling upon the
president for an itemized statement of tho ex
penses of tho Philippine commission, and each
of Its members, but Senator Davis objected to
the prosent consideration of the same and It
went over. The conference report on the Porto
Rican appropriation bill was considered, but a
vote was not reached.
HOUSE.
After a spirited discussion extending over
three days the Loud bill relating to sccond
cluss mall matter was re-commltted by the
house to-day to the committee on postofHces.
The majority in favor of the motion to recom
mit was so decisive that it is regarded as un
likely that, the measure will appear again dur
ing the present congress.
SBNA'I'B.
Washington, March 23.— Pettigrcw's resolu
tion requestin? the president, if ir Incompat
ible with public Interest, to send to the senate
an itemized statement of the expenses of the
Philippine commission, together with the
amounts paid each commissioner was agreed
to. The coiiferen.-e report on the Porto Rican
appropriation bill was adopted by a vote of 85
to 15.
NOTISE.
Tho house adopted a resolution calling upon
the secretary of state for copies of letters on
llle in the department from citizens of the
United Stales complaining of ill-treatment
while in the South African republics. The
house then proceeded with the pension11 bi'.ls.
SENATE.
"Washington, March 24.—Foraker asked that
tho bill providing lor a civil government for
Porto Rico be recommitted, and this was
agreed to. A measure was passed provid ng
for the appointment by the'president of a com
mission to investigate the trade and commerce
of the orient with a view to extension of Amer
ican commerce. The closing hours of the sesj
Mon were devoted to the consideration of reso
lutions accenting from the state of Indiana a
statue of Oliver P. Morton.
IIODSK.
The house agreed fo the conference report on
the Porto Rican relief bill by a vote of 187 to 87.
Tho bill turns over to the president for the use
of Porto Rico, about *2,000,000 of customs re
ceipts collected on Porto Rican goods up to
January 1 last, and such amounts as may here
after accrue, until otherwise provided by law.
An important bill passed during the day appro
priates $10,000 for designs for a suitable memo
rial In Washington to Ufojses S. Grant, this
being the first step in a "Lu o-fM" secure on
arch similar to the Arch
.r:..J
Cummlifc_ I in
York. waM-Hfitied.asking3hesecretiiryor
for information on the *'open door" negotiations
concerning China.
SENATE.
"Washington, March 26.—Davis, of Minnesota,
introduced in the senate a substitute for the
Porto Rican bill which provides for free trade
between the Unltod States and Porto Rico and
extends the internal revenue laws with amend
ments over the island. The act Is declared
provisional and shall not continue longer than
March 1, 1SIIK). The Alaskan civil code bill was
under consideration during the greater part of
the session. An amendment was agreed to fix
ing a license upon almost every kind of trade
and commerce in the dlst of Alaska, the li
cences ranging from ?I0 to $300 per annum.
The measure had not Veen disposed of at the
conclusion of the session.
HODSE.
A number of pension bills favorably acted
upon bv the house in the committee of the
whole last Friday were put through the final
stages at the opening of the session of the house
to-day and the army appropriation bill was
then taken up. The home entered upon the
consideration of the army appropriation bill,
but tho debate was without exciting incident,
being confined to the discussion of army mut
ters. All efforts to reach an agreement as to
the length of time general debate upon tho bill
should run failed. The bill carr'os $111,600,3(54.
The estimates were $127,012,133. The last appro
priation bill carried about $80,000,000, and there
was a deficiency of about $47.000 030.
WILIIELBI FOlt OPEN DOOR.
Emperor Tells Anilng»a!or White He
Favors American Policy In China.
BERLIN, March- 23.—Emperor Wil
liam entertained the ambassadors and
their wives at luucheon. Thrice he en
gaged United States Ambassador
White in conversation, and he referred
repeatedly to the '"open door" policy
in China, which he emphatically es
poused, saying: ''We must do our best
to establish and maintain an open door
there." Iu the course of the luncheon
the emperor discussed the new rail-,
roads in Asia Minor and Siberia, re-,
marking: "We are entering upon an
era in commerce beyond anything we
have ever dreamed of." A high official
of the German office made the follow
ing statement:
'•Germany does not intend for the
present an extension of the German
sphere of influence in the Shan Tung
province of China. Certainly however,
she will endeavor to maintain order
there and to prevent her own and also
the American and French missionaries
in the province from Deing disturbed or
interfered with, but just at the mo
ment everything in Shan Tung is
quiet and no expeditions are occurring
or being planned."
CNAIILE TO BEACH AGREEMENT.
Republican Senators Spend Fnrtber Time
In Caucus.
WASHINGTON, March 27.—The repub
lican members of the senate spent two
atid a half hours in caucus yesterday
in an effort to reach an agreement
upon the Porto Rican legislation now
pending in the senate. The caucus
was apparently, however, without ma
terial result, the only accoatplishmcnt
being a decision to proceed with the
general bill as it now stands, without
separating the tariff feature, and tc
discharge the harmony committee
from further efforts. During the sit
ting there was twenty or more speeches
made. All of them were of a more
amiable tone than the speeches in the
caucuses of a fortnight ago. But,
while good feeling was generally man
ifested, and all senators who spoke ex
pressed nemsel ves as desirous of reach
ing an amicable understanding, there
was but little or no disposition mani
fested to yield a point which would
produce tliat result,
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THE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE
I
Des Moines, March 30.—Another round with
the Cheshire amendment principle of taxation
has begun in the upper body of the legislature.
To-day tho telegraph bill was taken up as a
spcc^al order, but bad scarcely been read and
brlofly dlsoussed when tho noon adjournment
was taken. Ball tiled an amendment similar to
that urged by him when the express bill was up.
Hubbard's bill relinquishing to the United
States government the state's title to the acre
of ground upon which Serge-.mt Charles Floyd
is buried, near Sioux City, was passed.
HOUSE.
The committee substitute for tho bill by
Prentis to provide for the incorporation, regu
lation and government of life insurance corpor
ations t.n the stipulated premium plan came up
as a special order in tho house this morning
and the discussion of it consumed the entire
entire session, numerous amendments being
offered.
SENATE.
DES MOINES, Match 22.—The senate spent
the day on tho Cheshire bill to tax telegraph
companies on the unit basis and tlie Mlanubard
substitute to tax telegraph and telephone com
panies on the basis now used for assessing and
taxing railroads. Ulancliaril spoke for lxis sub
stiute and Cheshire ugainat it.
HOUSE
After loading It with amendments, tho house
killed the bill by Prentis to provide a law for
companies doing business on the stipulated
premium plan, of which there are eight in the
state. Prentis introduced a bill to pnliibit
lunch counters being conducted in connection
with mulct saloons either in the room with tho
bar c,r in a room adjoining. The bill by Wilson
of Washington allowing boards of supervisors
to offer a reward not to exceed $100 for the ap
prehension and conviction of persons guilty of
embezzlement by public officers, murder, man
slaughter. arson, burglary, robbery or rape,
passed.* The house passod the mulct petition
legalizing nut. ltlegnli. es the busluess done
under the bogus permits up to February l, l»(!0.
It docs not revive the dead petitions. Dows
secured tho adoption of an amendment elimi
nating the necessity for new manufacture per
mits in cities whose retail petitions were bogus.
SENATE.
Des Moines, March 22.—After a debate cov
ering the sessions of two days tho senate yester
day voted on the Cheshire liill for the taxation
of telegraph companies by tho mileave unit
rule. The Blanchard substitute, which is pruc
tically the Cheshire bill without the unit rule
that is, not the Cheshiie bill at all—was
adopted by the vote of to 21. This was a
comjlete defeat for Senator Cheshire and his
followers and for their taxation plan. The
vote on the substitute was the real test. As
soon as this was adopted the bill passed
with 47 voles in Its favor.
BOUSE.
The house this morning adopted two concur
rent resolutions. The lirst by JCaton memorial
ized the Iowa members in congress to further
the pas age of tho lill introduced bv Congress
man Lane for an appropriation of $5,O:K),II by
the government for the centennial celebration
of the Louisiana purchase, which will be held
in St. louis in 1103. The second resolution, by
Kendall, was a- follows:
"Be it resolved, That tlie people of Iowa ore
any territory acquired as a result of the .'•pan
ish-American war, the people of which accepted
the sovereignty of this government without re
sistance and voluntarily parsed under the juris
diction of its constitution and laws."
The resolution was adopted without a dissent
ing vote after a number of red-hot speeches had
been made in its beh ilf. The le.iders of the
house in the most vehement terms at their
command opposed the imposition of the Porto
Rican tariff. The bouse adopted the joint reso
lution by Campbell regarding ad ou nment
after amending it so as to tlx the tire for Fri
day, March SO, instead of Tuesday. April il.
Senate amendments to bill regarding pension
money of occupints of Soldiers' Home were
concurred in. The bill to regulate practice of
midwifery was defeated. Bill requiring that
hedges shall be cut was passed.
unalterably opposed to toe establishment of simply awaits calling up to secure its
any tariff duties between the Unite.] fc totes and oassa™.
SENATE.
Des Moines. March 23.—Thn senate devoted
the entire day to consideration «if the building
and loan bill. No action was takeu.
HOUSE.
The house voted down the bill to reimburse
persons who paid for the return of the 1- ifty
tirst regiment after so amending it as to make
it apply to all four Iowa regiments. A motion
to reconsider was filed ai*d the original bill
will eventually pass.
Seenwhose
Sl?5n« passed, tfie^ineasure contatufi'^little 'chooses, acquire
modification of the original committee bill. It
repeals the legalizing act passed two years ago
and thus leaves the churge of usury liable to be
pleaded against loans which have been made at
rates in excess of 8 per cent It repeals the
building and loan code passed by the Twenty
sixth generul assembly it reduces to 8 per cent
the maximum charge which may be made for
money borrowed from these associations. Pio
visions are made for the consolidation and
liquidation of such associations. Limits are
made for the salarle-i and expense funds that
may be expended. On the whi le, the measure
is characterized by those most familiar with
its provisions as a'drastic one. The house joint
resolution fcr the pardon of Cornelius Moel
chcn was passed. Among other lis passed
were the following: To transfer Harrison
countv from tlie Fourth to tho Fifteenth judi
cial district: allowing savings banks to receive
deposits iual to ten times the a'tio'inr, of their
capital stock and surplus, instead of capital
stock alone: to requite railroad companies to
redeem regular tickets not used.
HOUSE.
The house passed the Trewln bill, which has
already passed the senate, to create school
libraries in all districts ot the state. A num
ber of bills of minor importance, to which tUe.e
was no opposition, were passed.
KEN A TIC.
Des Moines, March 20.—The most important
feature of the seuute sessions was the passage
of the bill by Trowin for the establishment of a
municipal code commission for Iowa. The
commission is empowered to recodify the laws
and report to the next general assembly a bill
making needed changes, together with an ex
planatory report and an analysis of the bill, ent house and a former speaker. Mr.
Among other bills passed were thrse: Prohib
iting future employment of convict labor in
this state in making pearl buttons and butter
tubs relinqui-hlri',' to the federal government
real estate hereafter to be ceded for the army
ost location at Des Moines has just
voted by congress to require coroners and
other persons in possession of the bodies of
dead people who are unclaimed by friends to
report to the state board of health and deliver,
the bodies to medical colleges, physicians, etc.,
per the board's order.
STILL SUFFERING.
Relief of Mafeking Now Seems Farther
Oft Tlian Ever.
LOKDON, March 84.—Colonel Plumer
has apparently retired to Crocodile
Pools and Mafeking seems farther off
than ever from relief. This news is
contained in a dispatch from Buluwa
yo dated Monday, March 19, published
in the Times. These advices add that
the base of supplies and hospital were
brought back to Gaberones. though
the correspondent further says he
thought the object of the Boer demon
stration March 15 and 16 was to cover
the removal of the siege guns, from
Mafeking.
KENTUCKIANS LOOK FOB TROUBLE
Troops Ordered to Frankfort to Protect
the Court Proceedings.
FRAMCFORT, Ky., March 23.—State
troops recognizing the democratic
gov
ernor, Beckham, are in possession of
the county court house and jail and
will do military duty here under orders
from Governor Beckham during the
examining trials of the republican sec
retary of state, Caleb Powers, Captain
John W. Davis and W. H. Culton. -The
military is also reinforced by seventy
five special deputy sheriffs, who were
6worn in by the civil authorities.
Free Staters Surrendering.
MASERU, Basmtoland, March 33.—
Everybody in Basutoland rejoices in
the restoration of telegraphic commun
ications with Aliwal North. The
proclamation of Lord Roberts -is ap
parently effective, as the Free Staters
are surrendering to the BaRutoland
officials. The occupation of Tliaba
Nchu and Rouxville by the British
has produced an excellent impression,
convincing the Basutos that the auth
ority of the oueen {^paramount.
4 DES MOINKS, March 26, 1900"
The ways and means committee of
the senate has introduced a bill mak
ing it unlawful to solicit political
campaign funds from employes of'the
state board of control, the same as it is
now contrary to law for such em
ployes to pay anything in this way.
The bill is in line with recommenda
tions of the state board of control.
State Supt. R. C. Barrett has sub
mitted a brief report to the senate per
taining to free libraries in the schools
of the state and the question of dissem
inating good literature among the
school children of Iowa. Ilis report is
inqoiswer to a request for such made
by the last legislature. He states
that his recommendation on -this sub
ject was made in his recent biennial
report, and that already a bill has
passed the senate embodying the
larger portion of such recommenda
tions.
The Ingram failure is rapidly being
settled in court, the Mt. Ayr fctock
having been disposed of, the proceeds
of the stock sale being ordered paid
over to the stockholders, and the re
ceKver, Geo. D. McClain, of Des Moines,
ordered discharged, his report being
approved. Tlie net proceeds of the
Mt. Ayr sale, amounting to $17,058.17,
will be distributed among the numer
ous creditors, after deducting 81,519
allowed for receiver'^ and attorneys'
fees. Judge Sliiras has approved Re
ceiver McClain's report, and this set
tles the matter, it is said, so' far as
the Ingram store and stock at Mt. Ayr
are concerned. The litigation over
tlie Shannon City and Allendale stores
is not yet ended, but will come up at
this term of court in Council Bluffs.
Adjutant General ltyers has returned
from Washington, D. C., satisfied with
the success of his mission to the capi
tal city. Adjutant generals from
thirty-eight states in the tinion attend
ed the conference which General Byers
went to attend, the purpose of which
was to secure f-n increase in the na
tional guard appropriation. At pres
ent the guard of tlie United States re
ceives an annual appropriation of
$400,000, and it is hoped to raise this
to sa.oon.ooo. Tho bill has been re
ported favorably to both houses and
Ko
Cpneral It™,-*
passage, so General Byers says. Inei-T„„i.
dentr.l to this mission, Iowa's adjutant
genaral spent some time looking up
Iowa claims for money expended on
troops after they were mustered into
the federal service, about 35,000 in all.
He was assured that in due time tho
state would get back the larger share
of this and at least all actually ex
pended in the interests of the federal
government. ... ',vj
A dispatch from JLincoln, Neb., says:
After the banquet of the Abraham
Lincoln club of this city, at which he
spoke on the political situation of the
country, Governor Shaw of Iowa in an
interview called attention to an effort
now beiug made to force a national
issue out of the details of an economic
measure for supplying revenue for
Porto Rico He did not commit him
self as to the wisdom of the details of
the bill, but he said it seems lili
..'-A.
gress can legislate for it as it pleases:
"The question pending in congress/'
he said, ''is not whether the tobacco
and sugar merchants, who now hold
the products of Porto Rico in ware
houses, shall pay 15 per cent of the
Dingley tariff, the same to be appro
priated for the relief of the farmers of
Porto Rico, who have been compelled
to sell at prices dictated by these spec
ulators, but whether, in fact, the
United States possesses the inherent
power to do whatever it deems wise
and expedient, and to manage its new-
ly acquired possessions for the interest
of the people thereof in any manner
not expressly prohibited by the con
stitution."
The appointment of Hon: Smith Me
Vherson to the federal judgeship
leaves a vacancy in the Kintli district
and the contest for the succession to
McPherson has already begun. When
McPlierson was nominated the leading
opposing Candidate was Hon. II. W.
Hyers, for several years a member of
the Iowa house, a member of the pres-
Byers' home is in Shelby county where
he is an attor ey of large practice and
where he enjoys the confidence of the
people to an unusual degree. He has
wanted to go to congress for several
years and says now most positively
that he is a candidate and wantB the
support of all his friends. Some of the
besUinformed men of the ninth dis
trict predict that Byers is the coming
man. I
J. F. Vincent, proprietor of the .Dea
Moines Union Stock .Yards, has filed a
complaint with the Iowa railway com
mission against the Chicago,' Rock
Island & Pacific railway.' charging
that that railway refuses to receive
freight by the car load consigned to
the l)es Moines Union Stock Yards.
Mr. Vincent says that the Rock Island
does not desire to have freight brought
in from non-competing points to a com
peting point,.here to be redistributed,
with the possibility that the Rock
Island may lose the remainder -of the
haul, Mr. Vincnt says that" stock
yards companies have had these .con
tests with railroads in every city where
an effort has been made to establish
union stock yards, the railroads want*
ing as few of them as possible.
iA VERMONT BANK WRECKED.
Cashier Short S146,000 and Languishes
In Jail.
RUTLAND, Vt., March 27.—With its
doors closed fast and its cashier, ChaS.
W. Mussey, in jail, a defaulter for
$154,000, the Merchants' National
Bank, of this city, formerly one of the
strongest institutions in the s^ate,
stands on the verge of ruin, unless its
'stockholders come to its assistance and
help the remaining assets to pay off
the $351,000 due its depositors.- Mussey
confessed his guilt to the entire board
of directors.
paper nt Manila Suppressed.
MANILA, March 37,—IA Patria. and
El Liberal, Spanish organs of the ex
treme Filipino party, hay® recently
been publishing articles inimical to
the military government. General Otis
has suppressed the former journal for
sedition and imprisoned the editor, at
the same time issuing a warning to
tlie members of the extreme party that
they should observe greater .modera­
tion.
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