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VOL.. L.T. NO. 242.
ROCK ISITAND, 11,1,., WEDNESDAY, JULY HO, 1002.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
FORCE USED
ATTHE PIT
To Prevent Resumption
in Anthracite Coal
Region.
BIG CROWDS GATHER
And Women and Chil
' dren Join in Hoots
Against "Scabs."
Wllkesbarre. Pn., July 30. Seven
striking minors from Nanticoke were
arraigned before Magistrate Brown, of
this city, yesterday afternoon, charged
with committing an assault on Wil
liam Young, an engineer employed at
one of the collieries of the Susque
hanna Coal company. While on his
way to work, Young said, he was held
up, and two of. the defendants threw
stones at him, one of the stones strik
ing him on the head and intiicting a
deep cut. The strikers were held in
bail for trial at court.
'Force Prevents Resumption.
A crowd of 1,500 men and loj" pre
vented the resumption of work at the
Wanke washery at Duryea yesterday
morning. . A number of men came
down from Scrauton to work at the
Washery. They were at oiit-e surround
ed by J threatening crowd. The bur
gess was appealed to to protect the
men who wanted to work, but he
thought lie would not be able to do it.
and telephoned to Sheriff Jacobs. The
sheriff sent four deputies to the scene,
but when they arrived the mob had
dispersed.. The men who had 'been
hired to work at the washery were
badly frightened, a 11 when the train
for Scranton ca-tne along they Jumied
aboard' and returned to that place. A
volley of stones followed them. The
operator of the washery says he will
not make another attempt o resum
operations.
Hoot and Corses for Black Sheep."
SUuiuokin, Fa., July 30. One thou
sand men, women and children assem
bled at the Mineral company's Cam
eron colliery last evening and hooted
and cursed non-union men as they quit
work. A delegation of boys stoned
several sub-losses as they entered
town. Chief Burgess Thomas and the
Iolice charged the crowd and put them
to flight. The coal company officials
Fay they will ask for troops if there
Is a continuance of the attempts to
annoy the workmen.
Reign of Terror irr This Locality.
Moun,t .Carniel, Pa., July P.O. Two
crowds of strikers, numbering fully
3.000 men, women and children, coi
lected at all the Heading and Union
company operations between here and
Shamokin last evening and burled
stones and sticks at the non-union
men. Six of the latter were captured
by the mob near Itichards colliery
and badly pummeled. On promising
to remain away from the colliery until
the strike ends they were liberated.
Several scores of non-union men re
mained at a couple of the mines last
night, afraid to face the strikers who
are picketed along the roads leading
Into town. .
THRETATKNED WITU BLACKLISTING
Point Brought Oat Against the Strike
Leaders in West Virginia.
Charleston, W. Va., July 30. One
of the points which was brought out
in the trial of John Itichards and
others in the federal court here before
Judge Keller yesterday is that Itich
ards threatened to blacklist all miners
who refused to come ont and join the
strikers. When Itichards was speak
ing to a crowd and the working min
ers were listening he turned to the
working miners and pleaded with
them to quit work, and said - that
when the strike was over and the
union had been recognized which it
Burely would be they would not be
able to work in any section of the
country. He told them he had a list
of all their names, and It would be
furnished to every local union in the
country, and wherever they went they
would be pointed to as "scabs, and
would not be allowed to earn, a liv
ing. This point was emphasized as much
as the prosecution could emphasize It,
so that it could be shown to the court
that the organization which is op-
Iosed to a blacklist by the employer
proposes to maintain a blacklist
among those of its craft. The sjeech
was taken by the stenographer of the
Collins Colliery company, and the
transcript was submitted In the court
yesterday.
The men employed In the mines tes
tified that they were afraid to work
on account of the gatherings of the
strikers: and while the speakers coun
seled obedience to the law It was
shown that they continued to gather
in large crowds in the vicinity or the
colliery, and asserted that they would
stay there until the men came out of
the mines. The prosecution brought
out testimony to prove that checks to
purchase food were sent here by W. R
Wilson and John Mitchell. The prose
cution has closes its case and the de
fense started today. ' .
It has developed that if the injunc
tion issued Monday by Jndge Keller
in the suit of the Gaoley Mountain
Coal comuanr . Is enforced strictly. 'It
DRUNKEN SPREE
ENDS IN TRAGEDY
Watchmen at Des Moines Prove
Faithless and Fire and
Death Follow.
Des Moines, July 30. As t,he result
of what is believed to be a drunken
spree the firemen early this morning
found dead Davis Watt, and I. P. Mil
ler dying, in the Stoner wall paper
building, in South Des Moines, while
trying to put a fire which destroyed
$j0,000 worth of property. Doth men
were watchmen.
It is believed the two men secured
a quantity of liquor and repaired to
the office of the company after drink
ing it and went to sleep.
PLATT PROVISO
DOING ITS WORK
Washing-ton, July 30. Information
has reached the state department
from Minister Squiers tit Havana that
the lower house of the Cuban con
gress has adopted a resolution de
claring that the settlement made bv
the United States with the Catholic
church respecting church . property
in the island need not le considered
as binding on the Cuban government
nor on the church.
The information also is that Pres
ident Palnta and his friends did all
they could to prevent the adoption of
the resolution. 'j.nis activity, it is
represented, has produced a crisis in
the cabinet.
The news is disturbing for the rea
son that the faith of the United
States is pledged to the fulfillment of
the agreement. If the senate adopts
the resolution the United States
doubtless will intervene. The right
to do so under such circumstances is
plainly set forth in the Piatt amend
ment. Officials here pronounce the
situation criticaj.
ARBITRATION REJECTED
Michigan Mine Owners Reply to the Strik
er Mine Coinmliisloner's Statement.
Saginaw, Mich., July P.O. In ie
spoixse to the request of the miners
made on Saturday, and suggesting ar
bitration as a means of settling the
strike in the bituminous coal regions
of Michigan, the operators have re
plied, iiositlvely refusing to enter into
the project. Mine Commissioner Davis
has SMbniitted a statement in which
he says that the vote of the miners
rejecting the proposition of the oper
ators is the result of intimidation and
misrepresentation, which, if practiced
in connection with a municipal, state
or national election, would land the
perpetrators in jail or In the peniten
tiary. He goes on to say:
"Xo Impartial verdict can be ob
tained from timid men unaccustomed
to public speaking when their efforts
In that direction are met with a cho
rus of cat calls, when they are jeered,
derided, threatened with iersonal vio
lence and forceful ejection from the
meeting place. These were some of
the means, coupled with a refusal in
most instances to grant that which
ha 1een found by the state and na
tion as an absolute necessity, to guard
and preserve the puritj of the ballot
and to give every citizen an oppor
tunity to prepare and cast his vote
free from observation, intimidation or
persecution by designing men at the
time or afterward."
DE MORES IS AVENGED
These Involved In II U Murder Get Death
and Prison Sentences.
Tunis, July P.O. The trial of the as
sassins of the Marquis tie Mures, at
Susa, near here has resulted in, the
condemning f. death of El Kheir and
the sentencing of Ilamnia Chiekh to
twenty years' imprisonment. Seven
teen others accused of the. assassina
tion of the Marquis de Mores were
sentenced in default, six to le put to
death and eleven to hard lalor. '"
Marquis de, Mores was killed near
tJabcs. in June, .18! Mi. by a nuuiltcr of
bandits. El Kheir and Hamma Chiekh
were the only ones of his assailants
captured. His widow, who was Marie
von Hoffman, daughter of Ij. von Hoff
man, of New York, offered a reward
of 5,000 francs for the arrest of the
principal assassin.
i '
will prevent the strikers rrom going
Into the incorporated town of Ansted,
in this state. The bill of the com
plainants sets up that nearly all of
the employes of the. company live In
the town of Ansted, which town is
located on the property of the com
pany, and that the municipal'authori
ties are unable to cope with the de
fendants, Wilson, "Mother" Jones.
Purcell and others, and are unable to
protect the property of the company
or the persons or safety of the em
ployes, and that the police have been
openly detied. The injunction of the
court prohibits the defendants, their
agents, associates, etc.. from going on
the property of the company or camp
ing or marching on It. so that it In
cludes most of this municipal corpora
tion.. Cadaliy Says li ra Myth.
Omaha, Xeb., July 30. Edward J.
Cudahy. head .of the Cndahy Packing
company In this city, was shown a re
port from Chicago stating thii a pack
ing house combine was being formed
which' would absorb the Cudahy pack
ing interests.and had this to say: "You
may say that the whole story is a
myth, pure 'and simple." .
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Hydrophobia Among Stock.
Jackson. Mich., July 30. Hydropho
bia Is raising mischief among stock in
Blackman, and It will probably be
necessary , to kill a large number of
animals. The epidemic started from
a dog not known to have rabies.
CHAMBERLAIN SPEAKS
Gives a Statement of the Situa
tion in His Department of
Government.
COLONIAL CONFEEENCE ALL EIGHT
Doinu "What It Is There for," Say"
the Secretary Status of the
Boer Country.
London, July 30. Colonial Secre
tary Chamberlain appeared in- the
house of commons yesterday after
noon for tin first time since his recent
accident. He was greeted wRh hearty
cheeilng and later he was warmly
congratulated by Sir Henry Camphell
Bannerman, Liberal leader of the
house. Sir Henry Ciimphell-l'.aimermau
supplement-Hi his congratulations by
asking for information of. the colonial
conference. He expressed the hope
that lenient treatment would be ex
tended to the P.oers in South Africa.
Chamberlain replied that the one spirit
animating the members of the confer
ence was the desire to draw closer to
gether the constituent parts of the
empire, and he thought it safe to say
that the conference had made import
ant progress toward a perfect nuion,
to which he himself looked forward.
Status of South Africa.
Regarding the future status of
South Africa, the colonial secretary
said the imperial government had es-'
tablished a crown colony in the strict
est sense. - The next step would be to
add a nominated official , clement.
Thereafter there would be an elected
official element, and then nothing but
circumstances and time would sepa
rate the new colonies from full self
government the ultimate goal of their
ambiition. That consummation would
not be delayed: if for no other reason,
because it might relieve the govern
ment of the tremendous burden of re
sponsibility involved in the present sit
uation. lot-s Not Propose To lie Rushed.
But all must understand that the
government would not be rushed nor
hustled into any action which circum
stances did not warrant. The speaker
said he was one of those optimistic
enough to believe that the new colo
nies would reach the ultimate goal of
their ambition much sooner than many
persons now thought iossibIe. So far
as the government was concerned the
surrender promises would be kept in
spirit as well as in letter. The gov
ernment, he said, was bound both by
honor and interest to this course.
Many Ouestions To lie Settled.
.There, remained inanv questions q
be dealt with. A "ncNvlariff "must be
arranged, involving intricate ques
tions concerning which experts must
be consulted, and the taxation of
mines must be settled; but he wished
to say nothing would 1k done to pun
ish owners of mines, as had been sug
gested In many quarters.
Mines to Help I'ny the War 1eht.
The government would do nothing
to interfere with a quick revival of
development of the country. Subject
to that consideration. Chamberlain
continued, no man was more anxious
than he to recover some considerable
part of the cost of the war from South
Africa. He thought it would be per
fectly fair to lay a fair part of the
cost of the war on the principal in
dustry of the Transvaal, but what
amount it was too soou to say..
LEGAL TANGLE STARTS
Over the Water Power revetped by the
Chicago Oralnape Cahal.
Joliet. Ills., July 30. Controversy
over water, power rights along the
drainage canal at Joliet and Eockport
developed a sensational surprise yes
terday. The Chicago sanitary district
tiled a condemnation suit to secure ti
tl to land purchased by the tJa'ylord
syndicate, a private organization de
veloping a wafer power site antago
nistic to the district, south of Joliet.
The syndicate in turn Hied a new pe
tition condemning all the sanitary dis
trict's land in Joliet.
Officials of the district announced
that plans for the Ixckiort develop
ment will furnish 14.(K)0 horse iower
and make a navigable waterway for
lake steamers In Joliet. President
Snively, of the Illinois and Michigan
canal board. Is in Joliet securing legal
advice preparatory to an injunction
uit against the Chicago sanitary dis
trict near Iockport. It is claimed
that the state owns the title to some
of the riparian rights invovlved. Snive
ly expects Jo start his suit ioday.
Why lie Declines to Try the Case.
Frankfort, Ky., July 3. Allie W.
Young, of Montgomery county, whom
(lovernor -Beckham appointed as spe
cial judge to go to Breathitt county
and sit In the Cockrill-Hargis feud
murder case, has returned his commis
sion to the governor. He declines tc
serve because of a protest against him
by Cock will's relatives and leeause of
relationship with the Hargis family.
Greatest Trnst in the World.
London, July 30. In its issue of
this morning The Daily Mail declares
there is no longer any doubt that the
three monster oil Interests of Rocke
feller, Rothschild atid Noble have en
tered into a working agreement.
Thus," says the paper, "without any
publicity, the greatest trust the world
has ever seen has sprung into being."
Lutheran Conference Adjourns.
Milwaukee, July ."W. The Evangel
ical Lutheran synodlcal conference
came to a close yesterday. It was de
cided to establish one or two prepara
tory schools in the south for the bene
fit of necroes. A commission was ap
pointed for the purpose of looking into
the matter, and will decide on the lo
cation of the schools. .. . " .
LATE INDIANA
SNAKE STOR.Y
Iteptile With Two Feet of Its Tail
Shot Off Makes Its
Kscape."
Mai-ion, Tnd.. July r.0. Clarence
Burrls. whose reputation for truth and
veracity has never been questioned,
relates a remarkable snake story,
which has advanced reptile stock in
this neighborhood alKJiit 20, per cent.
Pun is was engaged in building a
fence ou .the farm of Gideon Leas, in
the Indian reservation, when he heard
the wall of a young rabbit near where
he was working. The cry continued,
and when he made an investigation
he discovered the largest snake, he had
ever seen outside of a circus. The
snake was trying to swallow the rab
bit, which, was making a great effort
to release itself from the coils of the
snake.
, Pnrris sent a boy to the house for
a shetgun. mid remained at a sale
distance umil his return. He then
opened, tire on the snake mid succeed
ed in severing about two feet of its
tail. Tin's only enraged the snake and
it released tjf rabbit and took after
P.inris. He jumped over a feme and
after a short chase succeeded in get
ting away. He reloaded the gun and
started on a hunt for the snake, but
failed to find it. He found a piece of
the tail. Judging from the size of it
Burris is convinced that the snake
must have been twelve or fourteen
feet in leuirth.
PAUL VAN DER VOORT DEAD
One-Time Commander-in-Chief of the
Grand Army of the lteoiihlir.
Philadelphia. July no. Paul Van der
Voort. past commander-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Uepublic, died at
PAUL VAX DEKVOORT.
ruerle Frtncipo, Cuba; yesterday, of
paralysis of the heart.
He was born in Ohio in Is-HI. He
enlisted for three months' -service In
tlu Sixty-eighth Illinois infantry, and
re-enlisted in Company -M. Sixteenth
Illinois cavalry, and was with his reg
iment in the Xjnth and Twenty-third
corps and the cavalry corps of the
military division of the Mississippi.
He was discharged Aug. 1, ISthi, as
semen lit-
SPALDING'S RELEASE
FROM JOLIET PRISON
Chicago, July 30.-
With iears of
lis face, Charles
joy streaming down
Warren Spalding, defaulting banker,
vesterdav heard the 'words from his
wife's lips which told him that after
six years imprisonment in Joliet the
avenues to freedom Mere opening be
fore" him. The scene was one of the
most joyfully pathetic ever witnessed
at the penitentiary. Locked in each
other's arms, the prisoner-husband,
aged beyond his years, and the young
wife gave free sway to tears. The
action of Judge Dunne in granting
the writ of habeas corpus, based up
on the unconstitutionality of a sec
tion of the parole statute, was the
first step toward victory in the pro
longed struggle to free Spalding. As
soon as the decision was handed
down the young wife, with Attorney
W. G. Anderson and Jailer Whitman,
left for Joliet to bring Spalding back
to Chicago to await further disposi
tion of the case in court.
GOVERNOR YATES
GOES ON VACATION
Springfield, ftls.. July .".0. Governor
Yates was busy Monday clearing up
official business preparatory to leaving
for a mouth's vacation at Harbor
Springs. Mich. He was in conference
with Bishop Fallows, of Chicago, and
ex-Senator Aspinwall, of Freoiort,
trustees of the state reformatory at
Pontiae, and with John Lynch, of Ol
ney, the newly apointcd trustee of the
Southern Hospital fo the Insane. The
governor left Mondnr night for Chi
cago, and tonight will attend the wed
ding of Mr. Wood worth and Miss An
nabel Dixon, daughter of Arthur Dix
on, all of Chicago, at Dixon's summer
cottage at Oeonotnowoc. Wis., and to
morrow he "and Adjutant General
Smith will Inspect Camp Logan. Mrs.
Yates and the children will go direct
from this city to Harbor Springs later
In the week.
Texas i'lutld Mtuu'loil.
Dallas. Tex., July 3o In the north
west sections of Texas the flood situa
tion is improved, but in the central
and southern portions there have been
further heavy rains, which have crip
pled railway traffic and caused much
damage Nto other property.
Secretary Shaw Starts for Wahinffton.
Atlantic City, X. J., July 30. The
United States revenue cutter Greshani
with Secretarv of the Treasury Shaw
and friends ou lnard anchored off this
city yesterday. The party came ashore
and the secretary left last night foe
Washington by rau. y
FORCED HIMTO RETIRE
Question Is Raised As To Why a
German Official Had to
Stand Down.
WAS IT BECAUSE OF HIS MARRIAGE
Or Because He Had Views of His
Own On the True Polish
Policy?
Berlin, July SO. The marriage by
Privy Councillor I.oehning of the
daughter of a former sergeant in the
Germany army has caused Heir Loeh
ning's compulsory retirement from the
chief directorship of taxes for the pro
vince of Fosen. llerr I.oehning, who
was also finance councillor, and who
was a man of wealth, has been circu
lating a pamphlet among his friends
explaining his acceptance of a pension
July 1 at the instance of Herr von
Rhciubaban, the Prussian minister of
finance. The publicaton of this pam
phlet in yesterday's papers has caused
considerable comment, both socially
and politcally, because Herr Loehning,
as a high official having first hand
knowledge of the Prussian admiustra
tion of Fosen, disapproves of several
features of the ministry's Polish policy.
Ober President Lay Uowu the Law.
In this pamphlet Hc-rr Eoehning re
lates that after an interchange of com
munications between Berlin and the
highest adminstrative officials of the
province of Fosen the ober president
of Fosen told him he had nothing to
say against his tinancee. but that it
was impossible for him to consent to
the marriage of one of the highest of
fticials of the province of a daughter
of an ex-sergeant: that it was as
thougli the colonel of a regiment pro
dosed to do such a thing. A ministerial
councillor or a superior government
councillor might possibly marry a ser
geant's daughter, but a privy and
finance councillor 'could not.
Was There Polities In the Cane?
The ober xresident said also that the
commanding general and police pres
ident shared his views on the matter.
The father of Herr I.ochning'is wife- is
now a secretary in one ot the govern
ment otfices at Fosen. Some weeks
after his marriage the finance ministry
at lierlitt asked Herr I.oehning to re
tire, which lie did. Herr I.oehning af
firms that his opinions in the matter of
the ministry's polish policy had noth
ing to do with his retirement from of
fice, but notwithstanding this it is be
lieved the opinions probably did have
something to do with the councillor's
retirement.
Lot-lining's Idea ot I'oliidi Policy.
Herr. I.oehning .-ijiiinis. also, in hs
pamphlet that most of the high Prus
sia!! officials of the province of Fosen
condemn the government's general pol
icy toward the Poles, the prosecution
of Polish newspapers -and the" surveil
lance of Polish societies. .Herr I.oeh
ning, although favoring measures to
Germanize Poland, is of the opinion
that this should 1 carried out less os
tentatiouslv. The pamphlet is the sub
ject of noticeable editorial articles in
the liberal newspapers, which predict
attacks upon the government in the
diet. The Vossische .eitung says it is
impossible to write about the matter
coolly and that it reads like the times
preeceding the battle of Jena, when
Prussian aristocracy reached the Acme
of class iueolenee.
TRIAL FOR A BUTCHERY
Four United States Citizens Were the Vic
tims, Moros the Itutchera.
Washington, July no. Manila r
pers received at the Avar department
give an account of the beginning of
the trial of twenty-three natives in the
island of Mindawao who are charged
with the killing of four citizens of the
United States. The names and iden
tity of the United Statesans could not
le obtained. From ore of the twenty
three men arrested a partial story of
the massacre- has been obtained.
The four United Statesans ap
proached the shore of .Mindanao in a
boat, and as soon as they landed the
natives attacked them, putting all to
death and mutilating them. The bod
ies then were put in the boat and cast
adrift.
STANDARD OIL STORY
IS PRONOUNCED FALSE
Xew York, July 80. Regarding the
cabled report that the Standard Oil
company has entered or will enter
into an agreement with the Roths
childs and .Noble interests to control
the world's production, M. V.. Elliott,
attorney for the Standard Oil com
pany, today pronounced the story ab
solutely without foundation.
MORE GOLD ENGAGED
FOR SHIPMENT ABROAD
Xew ork, July 30. One million
two hundred thousand dollars in gold
has been engaged for European ship
ment tomorrow.
Ofnrial Charged w ith Swindling-.
Dublin, I ud.. July ..".n. A sensation
was created at Noblesville when Hor
ace W. Carey, clerk of Hamilton coun
ty was arrested on the charge of
buhko steering and of aiding and abet
ting in a conspiracy. Tyler Caruthers.
who was arrested In Wisconsin six
weeVs ago, was rearrested Jointly with
Carey. It is alleged that Carey and
Caruthers conspired to swindle Lucius
P. Slont. a farmer living near Eagle
town, out of $.?.1(N ou the fake foot
race pulled off at Springfield. Ills., on
the 1st of last May. Carey says some
political enem.ysJryingto ruin him.
Wife Murderer Killed hjr Liglitninff.
Dannemoro, N. Y., July .10. George
D. Mlddleton was killed In the elec
tric chair yesterday at Clinton prison
for the murder X hi wiT la 1901.
SHIPS COLLIDE:
FORTY DROWNED
Distressing Accident at Sea Near
1 " " Singapore Three Young
' ' ' Women l'erish.
Singapore, July 30. In a collision
off Molucca between the British
schooners Prince Alexander and Ban
Hin (iuan, the former vessel sunk.
Fort y lives were lost.
Monticello, Minn., July 30. Miss
Mabel Welb, of Monticello; Miss Eva
Sasker and Miss Laura T. Tye of Far
ibault, all young ladies, were drown
ed in Lake Jefferson last evening.
Their boat capsized during a storm.
Elm Grove, Wis., July 30. In a col
lision here this morning between a
passenger train from Waukesha and
a west bound freight, the engineer of
the passenger train, Dennis Connel,
was instantly killed and Fireman
Chamberlain badly injured. Several
passengers were more or less bruised,
though none sustained injuries that
are considered serious.
Harrisburg, Pa., July .'!(). An ex
plosion of a gasoline engine at the
mines of Jacob Shiro, of Short Moun
tain, wrecked the power house and
destroyed the breaker and storage
house. The loss will amount to thous
ands of dollars, partly insured.
Binghampton. X. Y., July 30. A
wagon containing the llion - state
league ball team was struck by fcn
Erie passenger train at a crossing in
Lestershire this afternoon. The
driver, colored, was instantly killed,
a young man named Signor, of this
city, had one leg cut off, and Pitcher
Hess was injured, but the othej- play
ers jumped in time to save them
selves. Anderson. Ind July 30. An inter
urban car was struck by a train near
Yorktown this afternoon. It is re
ported two persons were killed and
many injured.
THINKS HIS GRAFT GREAT
Much Prollt and Only Short Terms In the
Milwaukee. July ."50. Charles II o
kanstn, a bank swindler who was ar
rested last Saturday by the Milwau
kee police, was arraigned in the dis
trict court yesterday on a charge of
vag'-aney, h-iving settled his accounts
with the banks that he had defrauded
in the city. Hokauseu talked freely
of 1,1s crimes and admitted that he
had been arrested in nearly every city
in which he had operated, but had al
ways escaped with a short term of
imprisonment for vagrancy.
"It's the greatest graft any one ever
saw." said I.e. "There isn't a large
city in the United Stales that I "haven't
worked, and to profit at that. I cla....
that I am not a criminal, but this is
simply a businesslike way of making
La living. Nine out of every ten busi
ness men overdraw their accounts at
their bank, and there is no reason
why I shouldn't. I never try to make
a big haul in any town, but always
manage to tret iivay with enough to
pay me for the trouble. I have been
arrested any number of times, but
never, got a long sentence yet." '
Farmer Lose Ahout $350,000.
Havana, Ills., July IV K Lacey levee,
near here, will be repaired, it is hoped,
in time to save some of the crops that
it protected before the rising waters
of the Illinois river broke from Skkii
river. Farmers are greatly dissatisfied
with the levee commissioners for not
keeping the pumps going, as they
claim that by so doing much of the
crops could have been saved. Among
the great losses is the Connor's hemp
fields. The entire damage to all ter
ritory in the neighlwrliood of Havana
is estimated at $250,000.
Deadly Solar Plexus lllow.
Berlin, Ills.. July . Elmer Brown,
the 10-year-old son of William Brown,
living near here, was instantly killed
by a blow In the stomach, delivered by
John Stregle, a farm hand. The two
were cutting weeds together when an
altercation arose, and the fatal blow
was dealt. After the killing Stregle
remained upon the farm until Deputy
Sheriff Thomas arrested him. Stregle
says the killing was accidental.
Telegraphers Have Grievances.
Omaha. Xeb., July "0. The execu
tive board of the Order of Railway
Telegraphers, of the Union Pacific rail
road, has gathered in this city to pre
sent matters of grievance to the rail
road officials. Fifteen members are In
attendance, who coi from all parts
of the system. It Is t believed their
action will have any e'ect on the shop
men's strike, unless there should be a
disagreement.
Railway Franchises Revoked.
Monroe. Mich., July 30. The city
council of Monroe has revoked the
franchise of the Toledo and Monroe
railway and the Monroe Traction com
pany, on the ground that the Black
Mulkey syndicate, of Detroit, which
owns the electric roads, has not ful
filled the conditions under which fran
ehlses were granted. The city demand
ed certain paving and extension con
cessions. Says It Was In Self-Defense.
Saratoga, Wyo., July 30. Xear Cop
perton M. A. Step, a miner known as
"California Red.' shot and killed Don
Martinas, a Mexican sheep herder,
and wounded another herder, who es
caped. Step surrendered, and asserts
the shooting was done in self-defense.
Higher Civilization In Kentucky.
Middlesboro, Ky.. July 30. At the
Mingo mines here Warren Smith killed
Calvin Senter by shooting him through
the heart. Before Senter was shot he
had mortally wounded Smith.
IOWA ISSUE
- DISPOSED OF
Republican Convention
Handles the Platform
Without Dissention
NOTABLES PRESENT
Principal Nominations
Made and Contests
on Minor Ones,
Des Moines. July 30. The platform
expression regarding the tariff policy
is settled. The republican state con
vention had a simple task today to
select three candidates for three mi
nor offices, clerk of the supreme
court, reporter at the supreme court,
and railroad commissioner.
The convention convened at 11 in
the new Auditorium with a large at
tendance. On the platform were Sen
ators Allison and Dolliver, Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson and the full
congressional delegation with the ex
ception of Capt. Bumple, who is ill
at Chicago.
Be v. Marshall, of the Central Pres
byterian church of this city, offered
the invocation, after which Congress
man Walter I. Smith, of Pottawata
mie county, was introduced by the
temporary chairman.
At the conclusion of Smith's ad
dress the convention adjourned until
2 o'clock.
Hon. Edward ('. Boach. of Bock
Bapids. was elected permanent chair
man; E. W. Weeks, of Outhrie Cen
ter, was made permanent secretary.
The resolutions heartily indorse
Boosevelt, especially his reciprocity
relations with Cuba, and look upon
his election in 1004 as a "foreshadow
ed event demanded by all the people."
Platform Declarations.
As a result of the congressional
caucuses held this morning the com
mittee on resolutions will report a
reaffirmation of the Cedar Bapids
tariff trtist plank in the platform,
which reads: "That we assert the
sovereignity of the people over all
corporations and -aggregations of
capital and the right residing in the
people to enforce such regulations,
restrictions or prohibitions upon the
corporate management as will pro
tect the individual and society from
abuse of power which great combina
tions of capital wield.
"We favor such an amendment to
the interstate commerce act as will
more fully carrv out its prohibition
of discrimination in rate-making and
any modification of the tariff sched
ules that may be required to prevent
their affording shelter to monopoly."
The Nominations.
The following officers will be re
nominated without opposition:
Secretary State W. B. Martin.
Treasurer CI. L.. Oilbertson.
Attorney General Charles W. Mul-
lan.
Judge of the Supreme Court-
Charles Bishop.
Auditor B. F. Carroll.
The only contests are over minor
offices.
Yoonar Withdraws.
Des Moines. Ia., July 30. The with
drawal of Iifayette Young, of Des
Moines. last evening as a candidate
for inemlier of the committee 011 reso
lutions from the Seventh district is
generally regarded as ending the oppo
sition to the reaffirmation of last year's
platform by the Republican, state con
vention. Young's decision was an
nounced after a caucus of the Polk
county delegation.
The objection which had been made
to the reaffirmation of last year's plat
form was directed almost entirely to
the clause in the trust plank declaring
for "any modification of the tariff
schedules that may be required to pre
vent Jheir affording shelter to monop
oly."
Congressional Nominations.
Bloomington. III., July 30. The
democratic congressional convention
of the Seventeenth district today
nominated Z. F. Yost for congress.
Cedar Rapids July 30. Malcolm
Smith, of Cedar Bapids, was nomina
ted for congress today by the Fifth
district prohibitionists.
THE WHITE HOUSE STRIKE
Failure to Kecogrnixe Kleetrlcal Workers'
Colon the Cause of Trouble.
Washington, July 30. Members of
the Brotherhood of Electrical Work
ers local union, Xo. 26, who have
been employed on repair work at the
White House, quit work to enforce
the rules of the union. The cause of
the "walk out," it is said, is the re
fusal of the Xew Y'ork firm having
the contract for the electrical work
to accept the terms of the union.
The matter has now been adjusted.