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The Leon Reporter
o. E. HULL, Publisher.
LEON, IOWA.
THURSDAY AUG, 30, 1900
An officer in the Austrian army In
Vienna has Invented balloons wUtk
will float both men and horses across
river. They are, to be fastened to tlMl
belts around the men and the hur&eM
of the horses.
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Queen Victoria rules over more Mo
hammedans than the sultan of Turkey,
and more Jews than there are in Pales
tine, and more negroes than any other
sovereign who is not a native of Af-
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According to a medical authority
there is now in the United States m«
physician to every six hundred peopl«
—"proportionately twice as many as is
Great Britain, four times as many as
France has, five times as many as Ger
many has and six times as many as
Italy has.
A practical form of summer club
"work has been introduced by women
of Cincinnati, who furnish free trolley
rides for convalescents among their
-sick poor. In many cases such a ride
affords th'e single opportunity of the
year to see the open fields, the wide
horizons, and is of incalculable me
dicinal value.
Boston has an annual hand organ
recital. On a certain day all the hand
organs in the city are gathered at one
one place, and each organ grinder in
Vurn plays for the benefit of the censor.
If the music is up to the Boston stand
-ard a license is granted to the organ
grinder if it be of the wheezy, squeaky
variety he gets no license.
The annual crop of mushrooms In
France is valued at $2,000,000, and It
is said that there are 60 wholesale
firms in Paris dealing exclusively in
them. In the Department of the Seine
it appears that there are some 3,000
caves in which mushrooms are grown,
&nd about 300 persons are employed In
their culture, and rarely leave these
caves.
Women physicians have established
themselves all over Russia, and they
have achieved a respected position.
Some of them are employed by the1
government, and since last year are)
entitled to a pension. Many of themi
occupy positions as country physiclansj
.school physicians, physicians for the
poor, and as surgeons for the munici
pal ambulance systems, etc.
t: By continuing Lord Strathcona's
peerage to his daughter Queen Vic
toria has again shown her desire to
honor her own sex and once more in
the person of a Canadian woman. It
nay be remembered that on the death
of the late Sir John Macdonald, the
r, peerage which had been inUnvded to re
»•.? ward his services as prewerVof Can
i' *da was conferred pn hn wifeW who
Was made Baroness'* Mtfdonal^ of
Such a thing'as a hoitse to
canvass, and an enumeration, how£
meager In actual detail, has n#re:
tieen known throughout China. To at
tempt it would straightway cause trou
ble, every Chinaman thinking it a new
acheme to extort money, and conduct
ling himself accordingly. Some outside
Authorities estimate the population of
the empire as high as 450,000,000—oth
ers as low as 300,000,000. Between
jthese totals may, or may not, be fairly
correct.
I Germany's exportation of raw sugar
(has always exceeded that of any other
European country. In the exportation
of refined sugar, however, it was third
•down to 1881-82. In the eleven years
which have elapsed since 1889 Ger
many's exportation of raw Bugar has
increased from 349,310 metric tons to
493,531 metric tons, the amount being
largest in 1897 (681,016 metric tons),
when the United States took 367,301
metric tons before July 24, the date on
which the new customs tariff went
Into force.
With a market basket filled with
pieces of bank and treasury notes, an
old woman, who said she lived in
Camden, appeared at the sub-treasury
in Washington recently, and said she
wanted the bits of money redeemed.
'It required only a hasty examination
for the officials to determine that the
pieces of notes were all from the edges
land corners of bills of various denomi
nations. The woman refused to say
how she became possessed of the
I pieces, and was bluntly told that the
government would allow her nothing
for the remnants of money, because It
was plainly evident that the pieces
were all clipped from whole notes.
The officials found that though there
(were corners and edges of all kinds of
notes,there was not a piece of a center
In the entire collection. There were
enough bits, however, to equal a hun
dred notes in size, and judging from
the paper and style of notes, it had
required about 20 years to collect the
pieces.
The receipts of gold dust at Seattle
since June 1, from the Klondike, Forty
Mile Creek,Cape Nome and other parts
exceed $11,000,000 to date. The largest
part of it comes from the Klondike.
The receipts for July were $6,500,000,
and it is anticipated that August will
show over $4,000,000.
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In the year/1899 there were manu
factured in /the city of Minneapolis
14,290,000 barrels of flour. This would
require ovr 70,000,000 bushels of
?r Aearly 200,000 bushels for
pthe y«ar mm
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today but three bands of
in Florida. So complete
|people been disintegrated
relations now exist,
Ithey have no acknowl-
Fd chief^rad recognize no man's
lority. number about GOO.
English:
yjert declares that "he
bix hundred counter
lastera which are now
private galleries of the
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THE HEWS IN IOWA
Roy Morford, the twelve-year-old
son of I. C, Morford, living two miles
east of Humeston, while out hunting'
shot himself with a target rifle while
getting over a gate. There is little
hope of his recovery,
Myron B. Spencer, who skipped out
of Sioux City with $6,500 of the Barber
Asphalt company's funds, eluded cap
ture for two years and finally was
discovered in a Chicago furniture
store, where he had been working q.s
a bookkeeper, brought back to Sioux
City and sentenced to four years in
the penitentiary on the charge of
embezzlement, has been freed by Gov
ernor Shaw, after having served but
a few months of his sentence.
O. F. Wickersham, an employe of
the Oskaloosa Manufacturing com
pany, was seriously hurt at the power
house factory. He wps engaged in
putting a heavy rubber belt on a
pulley when it caught, flew around,
hit him in the face and rendered him
insensible. He fell in such a position
that the belt struck him a heavy blow
in the face with each revolution of
the pulley, and it must have struck
him twenty times before the machin
ery could be stopped.
Near Kanawha, on the old Mowry
farm near Humboldt, Mr. Mowry and
son Edward were pitching grain from
wagons to a threshing machine. The
main belt was slipping oft the pulley,
andEd put his foot on the edge of it
to slip it on, and in some way he was
caught and in the twinkling of an
eye his leg was twisted off at the knee,
the thigh bone broken and he was
thrown several feet to the ground.
He never rallied from the shock and
died within a few hours.
Frank Siegler brained William
Schultz with a club at Shenandoah.
It appears that an altercation occur
red over the separation of a lot of cat
tle, during which Seigler struck
Schultz over the head with a club,
fracturing the sk'ull and causing the
rupture of a blood vessel in the brain.
Schult'i died the. next day. The par
ties were good friends, and it is
thought that Siegler was crazy at the
time he struck Schultz. Seigler has
acted strangely for two years.
One of the most sensational indict
ments in the history of Webster
county was found by the grand jury
a few days ago. The jury returned a
true bill against Matt Faiferlick,
charged with a adultery with-the littl
12-year-old sister of his wife. Faifer
lick is one of the most prominent
farmers in the county, living in Elk
horn township. The crime was alleg
ed to have been committed last winter
when the child was staying with Faif
erlick's wife, who was ill. Mrs. Faifer
lick has also sued for divorce on the
same grounds, asking for custody of
child and alimony. The affair on ac
count of the prominence of the people
ts attracting great attention.
Clarence Rich, 25 years of age, a
passenger on the midnight north
bound train on the C. G. W., com
mitted suicide on the train just before
reaching Oelwein, by drinking car
bolic acid. He drank the liquid just
after the train left Stanley and as
the train was pulling into the yards
he asked the conductor for a glass of
milk, telling him what he had done.
As soon as the train stopped the
young man was removed to Patter
son's hospital, but he was too far
gone to receive any help, and died in
three-quarters of an hour. From a
long letter found on his person, writ
to his father at Red Wing, Minn.,
Tt appears that he was on his way
home from a trip to Paris, and hav
ing been in poor health for a. number/
of years, with no hope of improve''
ment, he had become despondent and
determined to end it all.
George W. KieruifE, the expert ac
countant engaged by the board of
supervisors of Johnson county to
check the county treasurer's books,
has finished his work and it is ascer
tained from a reliable source that his
report will show a shortage of over
$10,000, and the only thing to cut
down the shortage will be, the find
ing of records of disbursements which
have as yet not appeared, and matters
appear to become more complicated
than when the report was filed in
July by Expert Waldron of Des
Moines. Mr. Waldron was engaged by
Mr. Cherry at his own expense to
check the accounts, and after his
work the county supervisors ordered
an official investigation. Mr. Cherry
has always been considered a man of
strictest integrity and his many
friends hope that the matter may ba
cleared np, releasing him from any
semblance of dishonesty.
Jacob Haunches, a Bohemian, who
has figured more or less in a spectacu
lar way in the community around Ply
mouth in the last four years, went
out to the cemetery a few days ago
and at the grave of his wife committ
ed suicide by shooting himself. The
victim arrived on the train from Ma
son City but had been visiting at New
Prague, Minn., and after leaving the
train went to the cemetery and stand
ing by the side of the grave shot him
self three times in the breast. Mr.
Friyouf was the only witness of the
tragic affair antt did not know what
was going to happen until the deed
was done. Upon Mr. Haunches' re
quest he accompanied him to the cem
etery, thinking that he wanted to
visit the grave. He left a letter in his
valise, but his only request was for his
son Jim to have the revolver with
which he shot himself, a bulldog of
38 calibre. No reason is given for the
.horrible deed except that the victim
was despondent over the death of his
wife, which occurred last spring, and
he decided thus to end his troubles.
A disastrous head end collision oc
curred at Eldora Junction, by which
William McFadden. brakeman, a sin
gle man 24 years old, living at Eagle
Grove, had one foot mashed and was
otherwise badly bruised, and two en
gines were badly demolished and a
number of cars damaged. McFadden's
train was switching on the C., I. & I),
track, when a train on the C. & N.
W. came in from the east. A curve
prevented McFadden from seeing it
until too late to get out of the wa.v.
.McFadden was taken to Emergency
liofcpital at Eldora, where one foot
was amputated at the ankle and the
toes taken from the other foot. No
one else was injured.
Richard Kees, employed in Contrac
tor Tred way's grading gang, was in
stantly killed at the overhead cross
ing one mile east of Parkersburg.
Prof. Charles Carter, superintendent
of the schools of Corydon, who holds
the position of assistant state enty
mologist, is traveling over the state
of Iowa inspecting the nurseries
for
the San Jose scale which is so destruc
tive to the orchards.' He iff*actwg-wi
der the state law governing this pest.
The plan is to exterminate this Scale
and thl^matter bids fair to become of
natiojial importance.
IDOLLIVER GETS THE PLACE
Named for United State Senator to
Succeed Gear.
Des Moines, August 23.—Governor
Shaw, at 5:45 yesterday afternoon,
announced the appointment of Jona
than Prentiss Dolliver of Fort Dodgs
as United States senator to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of John
Henry Gear. The short term to which
Mr. Dolliver is appointed will expire
March 4, 1901, before which time he
will be reappointed to serve until the
legislature, at its next regular ses
sion, elects a senator. The announce
ment of the appointment was devoid
of spectacular features. The appoint
ment had been anticipated and Gov
ernor Shaw was permitted by the
friends of the different candidates to
devote his time yesterday to affairs
of state. He was alone with his office
force when he decided to make the
appointment public and, stepping to
-the telephone, he notified the local
newspaper offices of his decision. Last
evening A. B. Cummins authorized the*
statement that he would be a candi
date before the next leegislature. The
announcement of Mr. Dolliver's ap-.
pointment was telegraphed to differ
ent Tenth district points and a lively
campaign for-the republican nomina
tion to succeed Dolliver in congress
was immediately inaugurated.
STATE HAS LOST BUT LITTLE.
Statement of John Cownie Respecting
the John W. Stone Case.
Des Moines, August 23.—John Cow
nie of the board oif control returned
to Des Moines yesterday from Mt.
Pleasant, where he was called by the
disclosures in regard to the sale of
state goods in the industrial depart
ment. Mr. Cownie is satisfied the
state has lost little and believes Stone
is telling the truth when he says that
the shipment of goods to Des Moines
was his first offense. In this ship
ment there were 336 pounds of hair
and fifty square feet of leather, valu
ed at something over $100. Inasmuch
as this has been shipped back to the
hospital the state really loses noth
ing, save the expense incurred in ex
amining into the case. On going to
Mt. Pleasant, Air. Cownie had a long
interview with Stone in the jail, show
ing him the alleged incrimnating let
ters. Stone admitted everything and
broke down completely. He said he
was first induced to undertake the
business by Tony Vaid of Des Moines,
who assured him that all the state
officers did that sort of thing, that
being the reason they got rich. Stone
said he never thought of detection
until he had shipped the goods to Des
Moines. Stone's accounts show that
everything was all right up to August
1. This fact, aside from Stone's own
statements, convinces the board his
sales have not been large. He em
phatically denied shipping any goods
to Burlington. As to the burning of
the building, he showed that he lost
$300 worth of personal property in
the fire last winter, and that he could
not reasonably be charged with that
offense.
Geo. Ashworth, mate on the Vernie
Swain, running on the Mississippi,
w:.3 shot in the leg by Engineer
Wheeler of the same boat, while quar
reling. Ashworth is in the hospital
at Clinton and Wheeler left with the
boat.
In the Tenth district democratic
congressional convention Robert J.
Dale was nominated on the first bal
lot. Other candidates were Horace
Mann and S. E. McMahan. W. I.
Brannigan of Emmetsburg presided
over the convention.
Western Union college of LeMars
was -totally destroyed by fire a few
days ago during a heavy rain storm,
inflicting a loss of $40,000 upon the
German Evangelical church society.
Lightning is supposed to have struck
the building. When the blaze was
discovered it had made such progress
that the apparatus at the service of
the LeMars firemen could not save
the building and in a little while it
was in ruins. The German Evangeli
cal society purchased the building a
short time ago from the LeMars Nor
mal association for the purpose of
transforming it into a theological
seminary and German college. The in*
surance was only $10,000 and there is
doubt as to the future of the new
college, as this church just made a
hard crusade to raise money to buy
the building.
The state executive council at a re
cent session assessed the express com
panies under the Cheshire law. Govi
ernor Shaw, Auditor Merriam and
Secretary Dobson formed a majority
of the council as against Treasurei
Herriott, who voted no or not at all
on all propositions except one. The
companies were finally assessed per
mile as follows, for the levying of tax
in Iowa: Wells-Fargo, $100 Pacific,
$96 Great Northern, $148 American,
$132 United States, $96 Adams, $100,
The controversy related to the reduc
tion of the visible assets of the com
panies on account of securities and
bonds owned by them, but used exclu
sively outside of their business, as
shown by their sworn reports ac
companied by affidavits. 'Treasurer
Herriott and Senator Cheshire, the
author of the bill, insisted that the
companies could have no securities
which were not used in their busi
ness and therefore they should not be
allowed this offset, which amounts to
about $28,000,000 for all companies.
Mr. Herriott proposed an amendment
of $559.46 per mile on the American,
an assessment of $123.35 on the United
States, $285.46 on the Adams, and $162
on the Great Northern. Mr. Herriott
did not vote for or against the $100
assessment of the Wells-Fargo and
he voted for the $96 assessment of the
Pacific.
Little Dorothy Ilaight of Winfield
got a hazel nut lodged in her wind
pipe, which finally got to her lung,
forming an abscess. In a violent fit of
coughing- she choked to death.
Mason City on the fourth ballot in
the convention at Charles City.
Four tramps insulted two young
girls in the outskirts of Marshall
town a few days since. A colored
drayman named Williams went to
their rescue, when two of the tramps
shot him to death. A posse started
in pursuit and the entire colored pop
ulation is aroused. Mr. Williams was
an inoffensive citizen and leaves
family.
John Foley of New Hampton was
nominated by the democrats for con
gress in the Fourth district over Al.
Sorter of Mason City on the fourth
ballot in the convention at Charles
City. 1
Leslie Eastburn is now on trial in
the district court at Bloomlield charg
ed with Jthe murder of Jasper Sutton
at that place last February. The
motive of the crime is said to be that.
Sutton objected to Eastburn's atten
tions to his daughter. The killing
took place shortly qfter Sutton had
thrown Eastburn out of the house
because he had attempted to elope
with Eastburn's daughter.
CLEAR UP THE SITUATION
Members of Tsung-ll-Yamen Ready
to Treat.
Washington, August 28.—The im
portant dispatch of the day was one
from Minister Conger, relative to the
military situation in Peking. Unfor
tunately,.it lacked a date, the minister
presumably not having yet received
the department's instruction to in
clude the date in the body of his dis
patches. The state department, con
cluding froni internal evidence, that
Mr. Conger's message was certainly
later than any official emanation from
the Chinese capital, the message was
allowed publicity for what it was
worth. A significant statement in
Minister Conger's dispatch is that re
specting the expected appearance in
Peking of some of the members of
the tsung-li-yamen. A natural con
struction to be given to this state
ment is that these ministers wish to
undertake to represent the Chinese
government formally in negotiations
with the powers. It having been
found impossible up to this moment,
according to Mr. Conger's statement,
to meet any representative of the
Chinese government in Peking who
was competent to open negotiations,
it may be inferred that if these min
isters actually appear with proper cre
dentials, one of the problems con
nected with, the present difficult situ
ation will be solved. With some re
sponsible person or persons to deal
with, it may'be possible.
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ALLIES DEFEAT REPORTED.
Said to Have Suffered Heavy Loll in
City of Peking.
Paris, Aug. 28.—A special dispatch
to Le Siecle from St. Petersburg, says:
"It is persistently rumored in St.
Petersburg that the Russian govern
ment has received a dispatch assert
ing that, after a fierce battle inside
Peking the allies retreated, losing
1,800 men, mostly Russians. It is
further said that the Chinese occupy
the fortified positions, from which
they are bombarding the allies in a
murderous manner."
London, August 28.—The allies, re
suming aggressive operations, have
taken the district west of Peking.
This statement, based on Chinese au
thority, is cabled from Shanghai.
Prom the same place comes the fur
ther statement that Li Hung Chang
has wired the empress dowager at
Hsian Fu requesting the arrest of
Prince Tuan and the disarmament of
the Boxers, in order to give him an
opening for' "negotiations with the
powers.
REFUSED BI JAPAN.
Earl Lt Gels Another Negative Not
In His Mall.
London, August 28.—The Shanghai
correspondent of the Times, wiring
August 24, says: "Li Hung Chang has
received a message from Peking that
the Japanese alone will occupy the im
perial palace. The Japanese govern
ment has renewed its assurance that
it will protect the persons of the em
press dowager and the emperor.
"Mr. Morgan of the China Inland
mission, who arrived here from Si
Ngan Fu, reports that thirty-seven
foreign missionaries and thirty con
verts have been massacred at Tai
Yuen Fu.
"The Japanese government has no
tified Earl Li that negotiations will
be impossible until plenipotentiaries
acceptable to the powers are appoint
ed. Japan suggests the viceroys of
Nankin and'Wu'Chang and Earl Li.
If theses-are appointed and China ex
presses a willingness tomake full in
demnity, Japan is ready to assist to
the utmost."
SAT VP BRAVELY TO BE SHOT.
Lieutenant Cordeu Gives the Word and
the Soldiers Kill Him.
London, Aug. 27.—A dispatch from
Pretoria gives details of the execu
tion of Lieutenant Cordeu of the
Transvaal artillery, convicted by a
jcurt martial, of breaking his parole
in plotting to abduct Roberts and
kill British officers. Cordeu walked
fearlessly to the garden behind the
jail. At his own request he was not
bound and sat in a chair with folded
aims. He told Captain Barchard,
commanding the firing party, he was
ready, and ten bullets struck him.
The body was buried near the spot
where the lieutenant fell.
IT LOOKS WARLIKE.
International Troop* Are Rushing to
to tlie Chinese Front.
Taku, August 27.—Three large Ger
man vessels have arrived and are un
loading. One regiment is on its way
to Peking, another bound for Tien
Tsin. Three Russian vessels are in the
harbor. The Fifteenth infantry, the
Third artillery and five hifndred ma
rines are encamped at Tien Tsin
awaiting orders. Rations for forty
days are being provided to the Peking
contingent by boat. The foreigners
here desire a new expedition to be
sent against Pao Ying Fu to destroy
the city and avenge the massacres of
foreigners which occurred there-
FITZ WINS IN THE SECOND-
Knocks the Sailor Oat in a Fierce, Short
Battle.
New York, August 25.—Whipped in
to insensibility in less than two
rounds is the story in brief of Tom
Sharkey's meeting with Bob Fitz
Simmons at the Coney Island Sporting
slub last night. Fitzsimmons was
the victor, Sharkey the loser. The
result-1 of last night's battle and brev
.ty of it proved that Fitzsimmons is
•till a great fighter and able to beat
the best of the heavyweights. Fitz
ummons was a decided favorite in
the betting, owing to his defeat of
fiuhlen and the previous victory of
Kulilin over Sharkey.
American Flag Over the Granary.
London, August 24.—"Today fif
teen hundred Americans attacked the
imperial palace," says a dispatch to
the Morning Post from Peking, dated
August 35. "and captured four of the
courts. The American flag is flying
over the imperial granary and the im
perial bank has been looted."
Foreigners Leave renin.
Kome, August 2R.—A dispatch reeeiv.
eel from Peking, dated August 26, con
firms the previous reports that a con
voy was formed at Peking to conduct
under a strong escort the allies'
wounded and women and children to
Tien Tsin.
"That old fellow coming was car
ried from the railroad accident all
smashed up, and he wouldn't even ac
knowledge he was hurt." "Must be
a Christian scientist." "No. Presi
dent of the road."
There is one extremely dissatisfied
man in Muscotoh, Kan. He rarely
pays his bills, when he can avoid
payment, and gets tick wherever/he
can. Last week something uaUsual
occurred—he got gloriously/fuddled,
and, when drunk, he went down in
quest of his creditors, and jpaid his
debts. He was so annoyed on discov
ering how foolish he had been that hq
determined to
WAR SCARE IN ENGLAND.
Suspicions Entertained o( Coating Trou
ble With- France.
London, August JJ6.—A remarkable
war scare has spread through Eng
land. No particular incident of im
portance started it, but dozens of
little suspicious indications are add
ing. to the size of the scare daily.
There is absolutely no reason for
war between France and England,
save the implacable hatred of every
class of each nation for the other.
The Parisian newspapers continuously
ridicule the English in articles and
cartoons, and the London papers reply,
ponderously with assaults on the in
stability of the French government
and the failure of the French expo
sition. Newspapers in all parts
ot
England have 'contained scare arti
cles during the last three days on the
active French military, and naya)
preparations, such as laying in sup?
plies of coal, restrengthening the for?
tified seaports, increasing the navy,
stationing more ships at Calais, Brest
and the channel ports arranging foi
extensive autumn maneuvers close to
coast towns, and the unusual activity
both on land and sea. What has es
pecially scared the English is tht
French experiments with submarine
boats. The English navy has no such
boats, while France .is believed to
have several effective ones. These sub
marine boats are liable to become a
nightmare to England, as their
powers are already being magnified
tremendously. The first official rec
ognition of this state of things came
yesterday, when the orders of the
English admiralty for increasing the
channel fleet became known. It is
the custom to keep the larger portion
of the home squadron in reserve and
out of commission at the naval sta
tions. All the usual naval reserve
squadron will now be put Into com
mission.
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CUBA GIVEN NEW PLEDUE.
General Wood Says Its Immediate Fu
ture Is Independence
Santiago, Cuba. Aug. 28.—Governor
General Wood was officially banquet
ed by the republican and democratic
pr.i-ties. The civil governor, the arch
bishop of Cuba, the principal judicial
and civil dignitaries and a hundred
representative merchants were pres
ent. In the course of an address the
governor general said:
"Everybody in the United States
was astonished at the satisfactory
way in which the municipal elections
passed off. President McKinley per
sonally asserted to me that he
thought the time for the next step
had come.
"Whatever the ultimate destiny of
Cuba may be, its immediate future is
independence.
"This is no political move on the
part of the United States, but a sin
cere desire to do what is right. There
fore, I beg of you, as a personal fa
vor to me and the United States gov
ernment, to sink your political dif
ferences and passions and send men
to the convention who are renowned
for honor and capacity, so that the
convention may mean more than the
Cubans even now anticipate."
BOXERS BADLY DEFEATED.
Americans Bear Brunt of Brilliant
Battle at Tien Tsin.
London, August 25.—Five hundred
American troops participated in a sig»
nal defeat of Boxers outside of Tien
Tsin August 19. The- fact is briefly
reported .'fjfjbm Vienna.
Details of the engagement come
from the Reuter agent at Tien Tsin,
in a dispatch dated August 20. In
addition to the Americans the force
consisted of 375 British and 200 Jap
anese, all under the British general,
Dorward. The fight took place at a
village six miles southwest of Tien
Tsin, where the allied forces found a
considerable number of Boxers, whom
they engaged, killing over 300 and
taking sixty-four wounded prisoners,
who were sent to the hospitals of the
allies.
The village was burned. The Amer
icans had five wounded, the Japanese
six and the British none. Hundreds
of Boxers' flags, spears and swords
were captured.
FEARg THE OUTCOME.
Consul Ho You Dreads Keeping the
Troops in China.
Oakland, Cal., August 27.—In a lec
ture on Sin in China given here, Con
sul Ho You, said: "Recent advices in
form me that the United States will
keep troops in China. I hope it will
not be so. There would be great dan
ger in such a course. I fear when it
is known that the Chinese capital is
to be in the hands of foreigners, there
will lie trouble and uprising all over
China. The Chinese rise in a body,
and it will take much money and
many lives to ultimately suppress
them. Would your Christ wish to ad
vance religion at the sacrifice of mil
lions of lives?"
Olivier, Boer General, Caught.
London, Aug. 28.—The war office
has received the following from Rob
erts: "Boers beaten back by Bruce
and Hamilton at Winburg. General
Olivier, captured." Three of Olivier's
sons were also captured. Olivier was
the moving spirit among the Boers
in the southeastern portion of the
Orange colony during the war.
%.
Thank God for Deliverance.
Washington, August 28.—The pres
ident last night received the follow
ing message from Minister Conger:
"The President, Washington: All
Americans here thank you for con
gratulations and successful efforts fou
our relief and bless God for final de
liverance. Conger."
General De Wet TCscapes.
Krugersdorf, Aug. 28.—Command
ant Delarey appeared before Bank
Station with, a large force and sum
moned the garrison commanded by
Lord Albemarle to surrender, which
the garrison refused to do. In the
meantime De Wet took advantage of
this ruse and crossed the river to
ward the Orange River colony.
Iloxers Concentrating.
Berlin, August 28.—A dispatch from
Tien Tsin says large bodies of Boxers
are concentrating fifteen miles north
east of Twang Sun.
A burglar in jew York was baf
fled and put to flight by a family
parrot that greeted him with a vol
ley of oaths. What added greatly to
the desperado's terror was the fact
that the oaths were in German.
An earthquake wrecked/ several
buildings in tlK town of Aulion, Mex
ico, and then Aassed on to Zopothon,
where it sported with the waters of
a big lake. At'first the waliers seem
ed in "a state of great agitation, and
then they subsiaec^yyj^raraually dis
appeared. hgd caus
ed a fissuM threi
bed-jtf a:
ALLIES ARE AT OUTS.
Russian Commander Said to Disagree
With Other Internationals.
Washington, August 27.—The diplo
matic feature of the Chinese situatioi:
has taken precedence over both th«
naval and military features. The of
ficials stated that no news of oper
ations had been received and that the
diplomatic negotiations could1 not be
made public. The most unsatisfac
tory development, so far as the pacific
program of this government goes,
was the receipt of a dispatch from
Admiral Remey conveying the reports
which had reached hiiri of a disagree
ment between the commander of the
Russian forces in Peking and the
other internationals. The text of this
dispatch was not made public, but
it was said on good authority to con
tain the statement that the Russian
Commander had forbidden communi
cation with the Chinese on the ground
that Russia was technically, as well
as practically, at war with China. It
may be said, however, that the news
is not taken very seriously by this
government and certainly will not
affect our course in any way until
it has been officially confirmed.
It was explained that the situation
growing out of the joint occupation!
of Peking by the powers was delicate,
although not necessarily to be des
cribed as serious. The interests of all
the powers there represented were al
least competitive, if not antagonistic,'
and an ill-considered move on the part
of any one government might easily
entail disagreeable 'consequences in
which all would be more or less in
volved. At the same time, it was
explained, all of the governments rep
resented in China were anxious to.
avoid any open clash, if this could be
done without sacrificing what- they
considered their rights in the prem
ises.
In this situation the United States
accupied the position it had held all
through the disturbance, namely, of
being the one power least under sus
picion by the others of selfish and ul
terior motives. This government is
exceedingly anxious to maintain this
vantage ground and retain the confi
dence of the other powers, so that it
is now more than ever cautious as to
the next step to be taken. The situa
tion in China at present does not meet,
in any way the conditions laid down
in Secretary Adee's note to Li Hung
Chang on August 23 as pre-requisite
to peace negotiations by the United
States. This communication announc
ed that, although the powers had been
compelled to rescue their ministers by
force of arms, unaided by the Chinese
government, still the United States "is
ready to welcome any overtures for a
truce, and invite the powers to join
when security is established in the
Chinese capital, and the Chinese gov
ernment shows its ability and willing
ness to make on its part an effective
suspension of hostilities there and
elsewhere." This is the condition laid
down, which up to date has not been
fulfilled.
CONGER SAYS THEY ARE DESTITUTE
He Appeals for Immediate Help In Be
half of the North China Christians.
New York, August 26.—-The Pres
byterian board of foreign missions re
ceived the following cablegram from
Minister Conger:
"Peking, August 20—North China,
surviving slaughter destitute, home
less. Send immediate help, thank of-,
fering. Peking rescued: Wherry, Ho-,
bart, Smith. (Signed) Conger.'"
This is interpreted as meaning that
the'native Christians of North China'
who have survived the slaughter, are
novy destitute and homeless. For theii»
relief immediate help in the way of
money is asked as a thank offering
for the rescue of the Christians in
Peking. The petition is sent co-joint
ly by Missionaries Wherry, of the
Presbyterian mission Hobart, of the
Methodist mission, and Smith of the
Congregational mission, to the home
board of all the missions, and it it
endorsed by Minister Conger. In re
sponse to the appeal the Presbyterian,
the Methodist and other boards of t.hq
foreign missions are about to issue a
petition for money.
DE WET TAKES TO THE BILLS.
Headed
Oft
and Prevented From Join
ing the Main Body.
London, August 26.—General Baden
Powell, according to a dispatch to the
Standard from Pretoria, dated August
23, headed off General De Wet, pi-fi?
venting his junction with the main
body of the enemy. De Wet aban
doned his transport and took to the
hills, his commando dispersing, some
trekking south. Lord Kitchener has
returned to Pretoria.
London, August 26.—The following
dispatch has been received at the war
office from Lord Roberts:
"Pretoria, August 23.—Baden-Powell
rescued 100 British prisoners at Warm
Baths August 22 and captured twenty
five Boers and a German artillery offi
cer. Buller's casualties August 21
were seven men killed, and Captain
F.llershaw and twenty-one men
wounded, and five men missing. Kitch
ener August 22 had eight casualties.
While reconnoitering in the Komati
valley Rundle found 140,000 rounds of
'ammunition buried. The columns
pursuing De Wet made wonderful
marches. Colonel Mackinnon covered
224 miles in fourteen days." pf|§pf|f
Boers for Montana.
Helena, Mont., Aug. 25.—A. Worm,
ser, of Helena, has made arrange
ments for the purchase of a large
tract of land in the Yellowstone
valley. He declares that he will bring
a large family of Boers from the
Transvaal, and virtually acknowledges
the futility of the present war
The immigrants will begin moving
shortly.
Cable is Open Once More.
Washington, Aug. 25.—Remey ca
bles the following:
"Taku, Aug. 22.—The cable is now
open to Taku. All troops from the
Hancock landed. The marines have
gone to Tien Tsin. Private Arthur
A. Woods of the marine corps was
aecidently drowned at Long Ku."
London, Aug. 25.—A special dis
patch from Pretoria says Lord
Roberts has confirmed the sentence of
death imposed on Lieutenant Cordeu.
formerly of the Staats' artillery, who
was convicted of being a ring leader
in the plot to abduct Lord Roberts
and kill the British officers.
Ten years ago a stroke of paralysis
caused the loss of speech to H. T.
Steft'ey of Rising Fawn, Ga. Since
that time until a few days ago, he
continued speechless. As he was
handling an electric apparatus he ac
cidentally received a shock which re
stored his voice.
A dentist of Floatsburg, I N. Y.,
applied cocaine to the gum o'f Henry
Sliwson, of Sterling^ to deaden the
smse ot
pain, as
tbf
ter required a
difficult tooth ,vfter the toojth
had been extu Qty
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines, August 28, 1000.
Hon. J. P. Dolliver upon being in
formed of his appointment to the
senate to succeed the late Senator
Gear, visited Governor Shaw and then
gave out the following statement:
"I feel very grateful to Governor
Shaw for the confidence which he
has reposed in me. I have known
from the beginning 1 it he had my
name under consideri., .on. I do not
think that any one doubt that
he has given cdnseient .oys attention
to the difficult problem which has
been in his hands, although it re
quires no special knowledge of" our
slate politics to see'that in the ac
tion which he has taken his own in
terests have been entirely subordi-
nated.
I regard it as a great honor
that Governor Shaw has chosen, me,~
among the many older and more ex
perienced men in the state, as the
successor of Senator Gear. It is my
intention to accept the appointment,
resign my seat in the house, decline
the nomination unanimously tendered
me on' May 8 to the, Fifty-seventh
congress, and ask the republicans of
Iowa to' ratify- Governor Shaw's
action when the legislature.-, meets.
The kindness and good which will have
been extended to me by the people
of Iowa will not, I feel sure, be with
drawn from me under these circum
stances. In entering upon the office
of United States senator, I will have
only one ambition, and that is to re
present the whole state, and in so far
as its duties relate to party matter*
the whole republican party."
The executive council by resolution
referred the claims of the state
against C. T. Jones, clerk of the su
preme court, for fees received, to the
attorney general, giving him full
power to act as he sees fit. Some
time ago the council ordered Attor
ney General Remley to bring suit
against Mr. Jones for certain'•speci
fied fees. Air. Remley in a commun id
eation pointed out the difficulties in
the road of complying with the order.
At a recent nieeting, on motion of
Auditor Merriam, the former order
was rescinded and Mr. Jones' official
bond, together -with certain commun
ication from Treasurer Herriott re
garding fees alleged to be due, were
referred^ to Mr. Remley, together with
instructions to bring suit for such
amount as would protect the state's
interests.
Bernard Murphy, state printer, has
contracted to have the state' work
done in the office of George Ragsdale's
Iowa Printing company. As soon as
Mr. Murphy's term of office begins,
January 1, he will be found at the
Iowa Printing company. The office
o* the company is well equipped for
the work on account of the fact that
fleorge H. Ragsdale, its president, was
fromerly state printer, and all of the
material used by him is still in use in
the office and will necessitate but
small expenditure in preparing to
handle the work.
Judge Robinson of the board of con
trol, who has just returned from a
visit to the southeastern part of the
state, says preparations are being
made at Fort Madison to enforce the
grade system there on and after Oc
tober 1. This system is now in force
at Anamosa. It is one of the revo
lutions worked by the board of con
trol s.n«*e it has been established, an4
its workings thus far have been sa
factory. By it .the prisoners are
vided into three grades, according
their conduct. The suits for the di]
ferent grades are now being prepar__
at Fort Madison. The prisoners of
the first grade will wear the prison
striped unifwm. The suits.*ire almost
in readiness now, but the classification
of the prisoners has not been com
pleted. Judge Robinson inspected the
prison while'on his rounds. He was
well satisfied with its condition. New
shops will soon be occupied by one of
-the contracting firms there, and this
will afford much relief to the prison
ers, who have been to some extent
crowded.
The work of gathering material for
the new directory has progressed to
such an extent as to indicate what
the population .of the city is to be.
From returns made to date Dee
Moines is shown to have more than
70,000, a number considerably larger
than was shown by the returns made
by the federal census' enumeration.
The board of contijol has received
from Superintendent Max E. White
the annual report for the hospital for
the insane at Clarind^v, for the year
from July 1, 1899, to fune 30, 1900,
and inclusive of the lattlr date. The
report is'a mass of welllkstematized
facts concerning the inAution. A
large increase in populal»i in the
course of the year is evidt^-\l. One
peculiar feature of the reportFis that
if' shows more female: patients at the
hospital now, relative to he total
number, than there were a ,'ear ago.
The percentage of women ieeovered
in the year, is less than that of men,
and the percentage of wonen im
proved in the same period is nr less
than that of men. 'i*
The state board of health has ifsued
10,000 copies of a circular for general
distribution throughout Iowa, on the
subject of tuberculosis. The boird
goes in detail into ^the causes aid
transmission of the disease, and telh
how by simple means it may bl
prevented. It is felt by the boart*
that the subject is one of the ut-1
most importance, it being estimated' 'V_'
that the ravages of tuberculosis /.
bring nine persons per day to the
grave in the state. v.
Omaha's Population I.ess.
Washington, Aug. 25.—Omaha is the
first city thus far counted in the
twelfth census to show a decrease in
population during the past 'decade.
The count shows 102,555 in 1890
140,452. This indicates a decrease in
ten years oft 37,897, or aboUt 26.98
per cent.
Castine to Amoy.
Washington. August 28.—The gun
boat Castine, Commander Bowman,' is
ordered to Amoy, China, to repoct
the .conditions there. The Castir
at Shanghai.
A German surgeon recently cut'_
a patient's second toe and sewed
to the stump of a missing finger.
proved a very good substitute, and
pan be moved by the owner, as an
artificial finger could not be.
An electric boot-blacking device ig
in use in Paris, In a slot you drop
a ten-centime .coin (equal to two
-2tnt), anctv, the wiachine is Tea'dy fdi
busmess. J^ere la re JJ^e i-nmnai
ments,_jri^^^bch
put.
tor-
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