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, 1899-11-23

East Mortified, Mass, Nov. 10
Dwight l.. Moody. who Thursday suf-
fcred an attack of heart trouble while
engaged In evangelical work in Kansas
City, reached his home here today and
is tonight resting comfortably. At
Greenfield he was me by his
son, Paul, with n pair of horses. and
driven over the road TO East North
field, twelve miles away. The ride nm.
parcntly did Mr.. Moody much good.
and he was greatly pleased to reach
home.
Everything had been arranged where
by he could be given the best possible
attention and the rest of which he il
so sOrely in need. Shortly after his
arrival DIR. S%chnunler, who attended
Mr.. Moody on his trip from Kansas
City, issued this bulletin:
"Ihe general condition of Mr.. Moody
is much improved. His temperature is
nearly normal and his pulse continues
To improve. ! look To see him gradu-
ally recover He has no ~valvular dis
ease of the heart. His circulation is
rapidly improving"
, 1899-11-23

Kingston. jamaica, Nov. 19.-The
British steamer Atrato from Colon.
Friday. reports Il widespread revolu-
tionary movement in Colombia and n
grave outlook. Her cargo she landed
with difficulty and she was unable to
secure the outward cargo. owing To the
suspension of inland transportation.
The government is recruiting an
army by impressmcnt under martial
law and is levying forced loans in CO.
lon. B~arranquilla, Panama and Car
thagena.
Foreigners are excluded. but CONNER
cial houses in Colon and Panama are
subjected to a forced loan of 100000
at II per cent. under Il guarantee of
railroad s~ubvcntion. business is prac-
ticnlly suspended. famine prices pre-
vail II foreign exchange is at 500.
Foreigners are regarded with suspic-
ion, the government claiming that the
strength and popularity Of the rcvo-
%lutionists are due to foreign ppor
There WAS heavy fighting last
"Wednesday on the M%agdalena river.
The government claims to have won
a victory. The revolution is retarded.
owing TO wan of arms. but according
to advices brought by the Atrato. is
daily gaining strength.
, 1899-11-23

London. Nov. 1S.-The latest news
from the seat of war i'll South Africa
is. from one point of view. favorable to
is able to hold her own against the
Beers. and that EStcourt is in n posi-
ton to beat back IN attack of the Bocr
forces now facing it. On the other
hand. the advices pay testimony to the
ceaSelcSS activity of the hurghcrs on
the Free State frontier and their deter
minatiOn To cut off relief for Lady
smitt. and. if possible. to isolate or
capture Estcourt. which is the nearest
town TO Ladysmith still held by the
British.
a number of small Boer commands
from the east and west are converginG
on EStcourt and the railroad Just
south of that place. The Beers already
aggregate ut least 1000. with Il few
guns. which they evidently. from the
entertainments they are throwing up,
mean to mount on hills dominating any
advance north from EstcOurt. where
General Hildyard is still commanding.
Even with the strong relief column
now hurrying up from Durham, the
Brush will have Il tough job to pierce
he Boer forces thrown across the
roads to Ladysmith. while crossing the
Tugela river on p%Ontoon bridges in the
face of the Bocr artillery and rifles
fired from the northern ridges COM
handing the rivers will probably prove
one of the Stiffest enterprises of the
var.
, 1899-11-23

Pretonia. Nov. is. via LOurenzo Mar
queZ. Nov. 19.-At loon to-day fifty
six British prisoners. including men OF
the Royal Dublin Fusileers and sew
eral blue jackets. arrived here. There
We're large crowds mt the railway sta
ton. but no demonstration was made.
Winston Churchill. who is wounded in
the hand. was taken to the Model
School, while the rank and file are be-
ing sent to the race purse
one spy was lodged in jail. The
wounded had been treated at Colenso.
The Boer version of the conflict in
which these prisoners We're taken say
that two British We're killed and ten
wounded.
, 1899-11-23

Chicago. Nov. 1S.-The waters of the
Chicago river will he turned into the
drainage canal December /, and per-
haps earlier, ana the big ditch he
tween Campbell avenue and Lockport
controlling the works, n distance of
twenty-seven miles, will be filed. i'm
conformity with permission granted nv
Secretary Alger, before Congress meets.
The water will he held in control by
great gates and the pivotal dam mt
lockport until such n time as the gov
erHiheht gives the necessary authority
TO- Iel the lake into the valley of the
Illinois river. The crucial test of tho
huge work-the filling of the ditch
will go far, in the expectations of tbe
trustees toward silencing the many
objections. '
, 1899-11-23
THE NEW MRS. DEWEY
FACTS ABOUT THE ADMiRAl,s
WIFE.
She Is Forty-Two Years Oh. Popular and
R~ich-They Were Only Engaged IA shor,
Time Before the Wedding.

The sentimental sympathies of thu
people of the United States are doubt.
less at this moment concentrated upon
Admiral Dewey and his bride.
All Americans will he concerned in
knowing how their great naval hero
made love. There is excellent reason
TO believe hat IL was not until SUNDAY
October both, thai Mrs. Hazen finally
consented to become Mrs. Dewey. Ii
is said that the great admiral found the
conquest of the charming widow A
more difficult task than the destruction
of the Spanish fleet at Manila, but he
proceeded with the same courage and
determination in n case as the other.
On the evening of that eventful Sun.
day he dined with Mrs. Washington
Mclean and her daughter, Mrs. Hazen.
Only three other guests were present
After dinner the admiral and Mrs,
Hazen sat in the coy bay window that
overlooks Farragut Square. 1t wa,
in his window hat Dewey acknowl.
edged the deafening cheers of the peO.
Dle who had followed him from the
reviewing stand
The first person, outside of the Nc
Lean family. to be Informed of the en-.
gagement was eX-Secretary Hilary A..
Herbert.
Mrs. Dewey is n very reserved ma
iron, but is credited with great ambi-
ton. While blessed with n gOOdly
share of this worlds goods through In.
heritance from her father, the late
Washington Mclean of Ohio, she yet
complains she has less money than is
possessed by other members of the
family. Il am n poor member of the
family" she often says.
The bride is one of the most brilliant
women in Washington. She mas ample
means. a thorough knowledge of soci.
ETY. and II keen interest in politics and
public questions. Altogether, she Is re-
garded as an ideal wife for the ad.
miral. She is about forty-two years
old but does not look it. OF medium
height, inclined to stoutness, she pos.
sesses marked dignity. verging to
hauteur. with little of the democracy Of
manner that conduces TO universal pop,
ularity. There is n touch of reserve in
her bearing when among strangers.
Mrs. Dewey has property valued at
S35O.00O. from which she derives an
income of $1,000. The admiral has
S11S.0OO, with an income of $4,000.
, 1899-11-23
MACARTHUR STILL ADVANCING.
FiIipinos Showing n More Friendly Dispo-
sition.


Manila, Nov. 19.-11 n. 1.-THE FOL
lowing dispatches have been received
here from correspondents accompany
ing the American advance northward;
Corona, Nov. 1S.-General MacAr-
thur entered Corona, as already ca
bled. this afternoon. The insurgents
had fled last Monday after burning the
depot. Nothing else was destroyed by
them. Corona is the first town along
the Manila-Dagupan railway wheHe
the natives did not run at the APP
proach of the Americans. The padres
offered quarters in the church N con
vent. The town had one good house.
Corona is the seat of heavy English
sugar interests.
The trip here was n hard one and oc-
cupied six hours in covering seven miles
and a half. Most of the time was
spent in fording a quarter of IA mile
flood running out Of the Rio Tarlac.
We have no wagons. and pack mules
and native bearers carry all our sup
plies. The natives here say that Bay
ombong was occupied last Sunday by
mounted troops, probably General
Young's brigade of General Lawton's
division. The people here are of n bet
ter class than we have usually found,
and welcomed the Americans. as they
evidently realize that their agricultur-
al interests will revive.
General Macarthur said; 1--WE seem
TO be entering n different atmosphere.
The people here seem to be less at
tached TO Aguinaldo's cause than those
in many towns we hav been in on the
railroad line. The command will move
~northward at daybrcak tomorrow. to-
ward Bayombung. Corona will be gar
risOned with two companies of the
Thirty-siXth.
, 1899-11-23

The recent presentation of a jeweled
sword to Admiral Dewey by the people
OF the United States through their
president, and the degradation from
the army, the same week, of a promi-
nent officer convicted of appropriating
government money, mark opposite pos
sibilties in any profession. Il have
had nearly all the chiefs of Scinde in
his room" Napier once wrote from
India. laying their gold-scabbarded
swords at my feet, which, If taken,
would make a rich armory. Certainly
l could have got thirty thousands
pounds here, but my hands do not yet
want washing" France may nave diff
ferent ideals; but it is such officers as
Napier and Dewey that England and
the United States delight to honor.
, 1899-11-23

The warden OF the Cook county hos
pital. Chicago, is entitled to the re-
spect due to consistency when he re-
fuses to give any cou of the public
moneys coming into his hands. He
holds his position as n trust from poll
ticians and he administers it accord
ingly. To take the public into his
confidence as TO whence the money
comes or whittier 1t goes would be
supererOgatory. The county board evil
IDENTIFY takes this view of the matter.
1t accepts such sums as the warden
hands over to it, with the simple nota-
ton thai they come from the hospital.
Anything like exact account Of the
finances would be Illogical when the
arrangement tacitly excludes exact &c
count of the larger and more precious
items of the trust.
, 1899-11-23
Civil War In New Gn,n...

London, Nov. ia dispatch to the
Ma from sydney, n. $. w, says that
n disastrous civil war has broken ont
In the British possessions of New
Guinea, eleven villages having been oh
liberated, with n heavy slaughter of in
habitants.
, 1899-11-23

Il am not such a vain foo as to
think a general has more brains than
his neighbor because his head is under
the dreadful plume they have stuck in
his hat" Thus wrote Charles Napier.
fifty a ago. Thus, in every action,
says the United States admiral of to-
day.
, 1899-11-23

A consolidation OF all the electrical
interests OF the Cripple Creek district
has been effected. and the electric
plants now Will be operated under one
management, The consolidation is tho
result OF negotiations which have bcpn
pending since last July. and which
lave been conducted 10y some Of the
biggest mine Il in the district. If
is not known what the naturalization
Of the new company iS. but the promo
tors have behind them all the money
necessary to make the combined plants
the most perfect In tho state. The i'm
terCsts consolidated are the Victor
Light, Water ana Motor Company. the
Gold Belt Electric Company, and the
Fremont Electric and Power Company.
The name Of the consolidation is tho
Gold Belt Consolidated Electric Com
pany. a permanent current is assured
under the arrangements, which will bp
carried into effect Immediately. If any.
thing should Happen TO one plant tho
other two stations could be drawn ON
as all viii be connected with each 9th
or. All modern appliances will be I'm
stalled nj once. The purpose is to have
tie most complete system Of electricity
for light and power that money can
purchase. The company will supply
electrical power to all the big mines a.,
the district, and IT is believed hat the
smaller mines will be reached in time
as under the consolidation the price of
power and light will be materially re.
duced.
, 1899-11-23

The secret Service has just I'M
earthcd another band of counterfeit
crs and secured II quantity OF bogus
bills, which are cleverly executed.
Things of great value are always Sc
lccted for imitation, notably Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters. which has many
imitators but no equals for disorders
like Indigestion. dyspepsia and consti-
nntiOn.
, 1899-11-23

A young mar who vas being in
itiated into an eastern college fra
ternity has been drowned during the
preliminary fo%olishness of the in
~itiatory ceremonies, There are limits
to all things, and the iron hand of the
faculty OF every college should descend
in a hurry upon secret societies con-
Quoted Upon principles which so sore
ly tempt a violent onslaught by the
f]ool-killer.
, 1899-11-23

1t is on his bending knees that a man
finds baggy trousers.
, 1899-11-23

When a girl is in love her thoughts
are about equally divided between the
last time she saw him and the next
time he is coming.
, 1899-11-23

A girl should never throw away her
old slippers; they will come in handy
at her w~edding-and much handler in
after years.
, 1899-11-23

A firm name sometimes indicates
business infirmity.
, 1899-11-23

A little girl never has too many dolls
and a woman never has too many dol
lars.
, 1899-11-23
Elegant. Clean. Convenient, Roomy.

New equipment makes the Union Pacific
the most popular line running both east
and west from enver Nine hours saved
between Denver and San Francisco or the
Pacific northwest. and only one night to
Chicago, st. Paul or st. Louis. Ticket
Office, 9il 18th street.
, 1899-11-23

The man who doesn't recognize the
worlds greatness nor his own little
ness is apt to be a cynic.
, 1899-11-23

A soft heart and a hard head make
a combination that is hard to beat.
, 1899-11-23

The mysterious origin of Gains
wife is the only excuse some men have
for staying away from church.
, 1899-11-23

A spinster says marriage ISM as
much of a failure as marrying.
, 1899-11-23

The preparations for var have re-
yealed some curious facts. For in
stance. the principal mode OF traffic
In London and other large English
cities is by omnibus. II seems that all
the large omnibus companies are sub
Ridized by the government, just as the
principal steamship lines. Nearly
twenty thousand horses have been
and are being shipped to South Africa.
To replace these drafts nave been made
on the omnibus companies of London.
Manchester. Birmingham, and other
cities, for browns, bays, and blacks.
The horses cost from $50 to G35 each.
, 1899-11-23

Jones is u man of domestic habits
''Then | pity him. " Why?" Because
n man of domestic habits can't live up to
his reputation unless he stays at home
every night"
, 1899-11-23

Berlin, Nov. 1S.-Empcror William.
the empress and Two Of their sons. Au-
Eustc william and Oscar, left Potsdam
at s o'clock this morning for Kiel, on
their way to England.
, 1899-11-23

Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets removes
the cause that produces La Grippe. L. W.
Groves signature is on each box. &c.
, 1899-11-23

DO you think ridicule brushes poets?"
mo: 1t inspires the good poets to do bet
ter and the bad poets to do worse"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-31
THREATEN MUTINY.

Discharged Soldiers Refuse to Per-
form Police Duty on Steamship.
Manila, Aug. 31.-One thousand dis
charged soldiers, who are on the trans
port City of Para are being held in sub
mission by an armed guard consisting
OF company Of the signal corps. The
discharged soldiers threaten mutiny be-
cause the officers have ordered them to
police their quarters and perform other
duties on board ship which have been
required of the enlisted men.
The discharged soldiers claim that
they are no longer in the United States
service and insist that they have all the
rights of regular passengers while
aboard the transport. When the off,
GERS first gave the orders which caused
the trouble the men became so demon
strative that the signal corps company
was armed Immediately and placed on
guard.
The officers Of the guard have been
instructed to carry out the orders re-
garding the discharged men working
while aboard the transport, and serious
trouble is liable to break out at any
moment. The discharged soldiers are
not allowed the freedom of the ship.
The officers insist that the men shall
do the work which has been assigned
to them. and further insist that the
transport shall not leave this harbor
until the men have satisfied the officers
or their Intention to behave themselves
while at Sea
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-31

fantry, now at that station, will pro-
coed to Columbus barracks, O.
The order issued from the war de-
partment several days ago discharging
recruits Samuel j. Warren and John ].
Slattery, Thirtieth infantry, Fort Sheri-
dan, ILL.,, is revoked. Recruits Samuel
j. Warren and John ]. Slattery, Thir-
tieth infantry, having enlisted under
false pretenses, will be discharged with
out honor.
Senator Elkins of West Virginia, a
close adviser of the administration, pre-
dicted that the insurrection in the Phil
ippines would end by January. II am
confident Of this he said. THE Fill
pinos who are in rebellion will be crush
ed"
The commissioner Of immigration at
San Francisco has come to Washington
to protest against the admission of a
party Of sixty-eight Filipinos recently
arrived under the management Of a
Spaniard, who proposes to exhibit them.
The commissioner says that two mem.
bers of the party are suffering from a
dangerous disease.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-31
WON BY DIRECTLY Y
Big Pacing Race for Purse OF
$4,000 at Dubuque Won by the

Big Pacing Race for a Purse Of
S.5,OOO at Dubuque Won by the
Favortte.
Special to Times Republican.
Dubuque, Aug. S1.-The great pacing
race for $4,000 purse took place this
afternoon. The starters were Directly
(2:o3A); Borough Park (2:O4A), and
Ananias (2:05).
Directly, owned by j. A. S. Reed of
Chicago. and driven by George West.
was the natural favorite. 1T is his Gus
tom to get good later in the season. as
was shown last year, but mile at Day-
export the week before last in 2.oS
would seem to indicate that he is all
right
Ananias, which took his mark of 2:o5
at Cleveland this year, when he finished
second to Miss Logan, afterward win
ming at Columbus, was considered much
more likely TO furnish the argument
with Directly than Planet. He was
driven by Snow.
Planet. behind whose sulky George
Starr sat, is owned by Billiardist Frank
Ives, whose death was reported In the
Associated Press dispatches today, but
has not been in good form for two
years and was not expected to show
much.
First Heat-Directly led all the way
and won; Borough Park, second; Aana-
MAS, third. Time, 2:O7
Second Heat-Dlrectly won; Borough
Park. second; Ananias. third. Time,
2:Os1s.
In the 2:o7 pace, unfinished yesterday,
Giles Noyes won the fifth and sixth
heats and the race. Sally Toller took
second money. Time. 2:06si and 2:O7A
Third heat-Third and deciding heat:
Directly won. Ananias second, Borough
Park third. Time. 2:OSa4. Park took
second money
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-31
1HE REPUBLIC FAILS
President of santo Domingo Resigns
In Face of Victories Of
Revolutionists.
Rebels Take Nearly All the I'm
portant Cities Jiminez on
the Island.
---
Figuero Said to Have Abdicated in
His Fayor--southern Negro
Riots.

Santo Domingo, Aug. 31.-President
tlguereo has resigned. A provisional
government will be formed, after which
elections for president and vice presi-
dent will take place. The city is quiet,
but business is at a standstill.
Santo Domingo, Aug. 31.-Jiminez has
arrived at Sanchez. Santiago, Moca,
La Vega, Porto Plata, San Francisco de
Afacoris and Bani have declared in Ia
vor of the revolution.
Santiago was taken after hard
fight. 1t is expected that all other places
will submit to the revolution without
fighting, principally owing to the fact
that the president has resigned.
Cape Haytien, Hayti, Aug. Sit is
ISanto Domingo, has abdicated in favor
|of Jiminez.
Porto Plata, Santo Domingo, Aug. 81
The city surrendered to Revolutionary
General Garrido on the 26th. The revo-
'lutionists captured the city of Santiago
De Los Cabalieras and the fort on the
9TH without a loss of life. Public re-
joicing followed the assumption of gov
ernment by the revolutionists. Garrido
is moving on the national capital with
a strong column.
santo Domingo Aug. 31.-News Of the
landing of Ji,ninez is contradicted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-31
AIR FILLED WITH RUMoRs.
A Coup d Etat Expected in the Drey.
fus Case.

Rennes, France, Aug. 31.-The afr of
Rennes is filed with rumors OF conspir-
acies and predictions of coups de thea
ter, but nothing precise can be ascer-
tained Gen. Mercier's attitude during
the past few days has mystified his fol-
lowers In the case. He is extremely
clever, and the general feeling is that
he is preparing something, the existence
Of which will be revealed in few days.
1t is now accepted as beyond question
that there is serious division of opin-
ion on the part of the generals. While
the case was running smoothly against
Capt. Dreyfus they all pulled together,
but since the tide of evidence began to
turn in his favor, as was notably the
case during the testimony of Capt.
Freystaetter and Col. Cordier, which
proved more damaging to the general
staff than the latter anticipated, certain
dividing lines have become manifest be-
tween the various cliques. Gen. Roget
Maj. Lauth, Capt. Cuignet and NJ. Crib
elm, the principal keeper Of the archives
of the war office, form one coterie; Gen.
Mercier and Gen. Gonse form another,
and Gen. De Boisdeffre and Gen. Billat
a third.
According to one report, the first two
coteries intend to throw over Gen. De
Boisdeffre, whom they feel to be falter-
ing, and declare that he is responsible
for all the errors and illegalities of the
court-martial Of 1894. thus making him
the scapegoat. According to another re-
port Gen. Roget, who was not implicat-
ed In 1894, and who even fought against
Dreyfus because he inherited from his
predecessors the responsibility for SO
doing and placed over-contdsncs u the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-31
AMERICANS INVEST IN CHINA.
Report IN San Francisco That New

Report IN san Francisco That New
Corporation Is Organized.
San Francisco, Aug. 31-The Call says
that a Characterization corporation
with capital stock of $4,000, 900 is in
pose of establishing large enterprises in
China.
The Chinese government is said to be
backing the undertaking.
Ho Vow, the Chinese consul general.
laid the plan before meeting Of capt.
talists here yesterday and it is said the
necessary capital was subscribed.
1t is surmised that the ulterior object
of the oriental statesman is to induce
the investment of American capital in
fluence the United States government
TO take an active interest in Chinese
politics and indirectly resist the aggres-
sion of European powers and prevent
the dismembernent of the Chinese en-
pire, while incidentally protecting the
American capital which will be invest
ed
The plans of the mooted corporation
We're presented and discussed in all
their bearings, and it is said that suf1i-
cient capital was guaranteed for the
proposed company to secure its sue
cessfui operation.
The names of those who will invest in
this undertaking are being carefully
guarded.
1t is understood that the guarantors
of the stock include several Of the
wealthiest members of the Chinese Six
Companies and that American capital
to the extent of many millions has been
pledged to the success of the enterprise.
1t is said that the concessions offered
by the Chinese government are remark
ably liberal and of almost inestimable
value to the promoters who expect to
enter upon a rich field for their COM
llercial ooerat tons.