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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-15
Enforce1nen, OF Il onroe Doctrine.

Washington. May 15.-In view of the
significant references to the enforce
ment of the Monroe doctrine by Score
ltary Root, Sena tor Lodge and other
prominent men. the state department
/ has taken steps To secure data on the
subject The burden of these speeches
has been the startling increase of Ger
man colonies in South and Central
America, which have been regarded as
menacing to The Monroe doctrine. j Z
also has been asserted that these Ger
man coonists maintain their home
iscnstoms in the new land deal almost
Exclusively with Germany, use only the
isGerman language. have an almost au-
Economist government within the limits
|.of American republics and are in fact.
little C;ermanics, wherever located,
/ The state department has addressed
1 an instruction to every minister and.
consul in South and Central America to
Inform the department fully on all
\ points TO which reference has been
tnade. OF Ecourse Germany Is not re-
ferreci to by Eame, for such adirection
might give umbrage to- the German
4 government. The circular applies to
4 coionists Of all nationalities, tho 1t Is of
course expected that the consuls IN
4 compiling their reports will differen-
tiate the colonists.
i Change IN 4 u bar y ostal Management
\ Washington. May l5.-The postmas-
ter general. after a protracted inter-
View with the president yesterday. an
I5nonnced that Joseph l.. Bristow, fourth
assistant postmaster general. will pros
1 coed to Havana next Wednesday to
sltake charge of tho postal affairs Of the
Island Of Cuba The postmaster gen-
eral declined 10 say whether or not Di-
rector General Of Posts Rathbone
1 would be suspended. 1t is said, how
4 ever, that the fact that Cen Bristow
i will assume these duties does not nee
fessariy indicate that Mr.. Rathbone will
a be relieved Of all connection with the
service. Gen RristoW outranks the ii-
lrector Of posts. and the latter might OPP
Il crate as subordinate. tho on tits
point no statement is vouchsafed. Mr..
a ISristow Will remain In Cuba during the
4 pending investigation, and probably
4 until the service is reorganized. Fur
& ther than the announcement that Mr.
q .Brlstow will go to Havana, the post
"A master general said there were no new
Il developments in the situation. He said
there had notbecn an intimation that
a there has been any wrongdoing in the
postal affairs Of either the Philippine
islands or Porto Rico.
Lieutenant Crnmer in Disgrace.
Washington. May 5.A cablegram
was received al the war department
yesterday morning from General Mac.
Arthur. dated at Manila yesterday
stating that Robert b. Cramer, tirs
! lieutenant Of the Thity-fourth regimen
4 United States volunteer Infantry, hat
been sentenced to dismissal from tn.
military service by court martial
ana that he, Gen. Macarthur. had ap
proved that sentence April 8, to tax.
effect April 80. Gen. Macarthur die
not state the reasons for the cour
. martial
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-15
YasuYius Agn1n In ltl.uptic

Rome. May l5Mount Vesuyius is
again in a state OF eruption and spec
tators are forbidden TO approach within
certain distance. signor AIatteucci.
professor of geology in the University Of
Naples, who is devoting himself to a.
study of volcanic action. had a narrow
escape. He had received a special per-
nit to approach the crater, and was
bruised and burned by a shower of in
candescent stones.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-15
coLER's PLANK ON TRUSTS:
lie Expects tho Democratic Nation,

lie Expects tho Democratic National
Convention VIII Adopt 1T.
New York, May 15. Comptroller
coler is to send 10 Chairman Jones OF
the democrats national committee, this
Week a draft of the trust plank which
he wishes incorporated III the demo-
Eerate national platform. Mr.. e'oler said
that Chairman Jones was pleased With
has proposition and that hetfell sure Il
would be a part of the platform.
II did not discuss candidates, either
here or in the national field With Mr.
Jones, 9 said Mr.. C.eIer. We did talk
about political conditions in this state
ana i told him the democratic party
Was going to carry The state. l feel
sure it will do 50.
Mr. Coler said he would support the
Icandidates Of The national convention.
He had not talked of the silver issue
with Mr.. Jones
81 think said Mr.. Coler, that the
4 question Of com,nercialism is one Of
i the most important II not the mos i'm
3consulted with some of the state lead
! into the state platform as Nell as the
1idNlolltll PA ti''tIt * =! -
| all The state platforms. and shall try
Ito do 50.
.The primary purpas, Of the plank
which, suggest Is 70 stop the Moor
/ sporation Of companies merely fer the
4 purpose of manipulation. Publicity is
\ MfatI seek. = man. private business
8sis his own secret, bI1 rs soon as he
freceivess a charter fren he state il be-
lcones a 5pabiie business, and the state
should control II. Every great corpo-
ration that controls public ntilitiss has
al its head men who have held politiea
i office. Having gained Knowledge Of
d political methods while holding Office
.lby the sanehisesof the people. they turr
tine knowledge acquired against ths
4 people. The vast and 70 some extern
4 illegitimate fortunes Of today are the
i result Of public men giving to private
4 corporations private rights,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-23
TO SUPREME COURT.
Nicely VIII Be Held in New York
Pending an Appeal.

NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-Now that the at
torneys for Charles F. W. Neely, former
ly Cuban agent for the postofFice depart
ment have filed an appeal to the United
States supreme court, and, as their
client cannot be taken to Cuba, pending
the appeal, 1t Is learned from Neely's
petition for a writ of habeas corpus that
his counsel has sworn that he believed
the United States government had made
arrangements for the placing of the peti-
toner on board an army transport for I'M
mediate transportation to Cuba as soon
as the necessary order for extradition
had been signed, and the accused man
secured and placed aboard ship This
plan, counsel asserted, was to prevent the
petitioners from applying for a writ Of
habeas corpus.
United States District Attorney Burnett
is absent. but Assistant District Attorney
Platt. when asked If the report was true,
said that the United States supreme court
would convene in October, and that the
Neely case was at standstill until that
time. He would not either affirm or deny
the reported government plan to rush
Neely outside the three-mile limit
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-23
POWERS MUST HAVE ENTENTE
STRONG GOVERNING HAND NEEDED
TO RE-ESTABLISH STABLE
CONDITIONS IN CHINA
MKINLEY TO Ii HUNG CHANG
Time Not Appropriate to Conduct
Peace Negotiations at Pres
ent - Report From
Chaffee.

LONDON, Aug. %, a. Midday 1900
Americans attacked the imperial palace"
says dispatch to the Morning Post from
Pekin, dated Aug. Is, "and captured four
Of the courts. The American flag is fly
Ing over the imperial granary and the
imperial bank has been looted"
Describing events prior to the relief, the
Morning Posts correspondent cables:
'On Aug. II the tsung Ii yamen re-
Quested a conference with a view to
peace. No armistice was granted, how
ever, and that night we endured the
longest fusilade of the whole siege. 1t
lasted twelve hours. Aug. 12 the tsung
yamen begged to be excused from any
conference, saying the members were too
busy. Later they wrote that they had
forbidden firing on us, and would court
martial any who disobeyed During rhe
evening many shells fell in the legation
compound
The Daily Chronicle publishes an inter
view with the Japanese minister in Lon
don, Kato Takki, which represents him as
having said:
EMPRESS TO BE RECKONED WITH
'The empress is the heart and soul of
China So long as she lives, so long as
she remains in China, whether the su-
preme power Is taken from her or not.
she will always be the greatest force the
one above all others to be reckoned with
The difficulty will be to get any one who
can speak to her. I fear the influence Of
Ii Hung Chang is now of extremely little
weight
1.-The powers must come to a final un-
derstanding quickly. Riots, anarchy,
bloodshed and. misery throughout China
will be the inevitable result of a policy
that does not Immediately disclose itself
The government must be re-established.
The Japanese envoy expressed his ap-
proval of the reported American sugges-
ton regarding conference of the
powers, and said he believed that salts
factory pecuniary compensation could be
secured, If the resources of China were
properly developed, despite the fact that
her present revenues are pledged
Field L-arshal Count Won Waldersee, ac-
cording to the Daily Mails correspondent
expresses the opinion that his labors in
China will be of long duration, ''as pacif-
ication will be a difficult undertaking.
Three hundred and seventy-five thou
Band Russian troops are already in the
far East, or on their way there by land
or sea, or under orders to embark. This
statement is made by the Moscow cor
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lee and arrived about the Same tinoo &c
the casualty list of the Pexin ffgbt IT.
was dated the 18th, and therefore, was
not a reply to the message of innniry
sent to Gen. Chaffee by the war denart,
ment on Monday night. Still it an-
swered number of the INQUIRIES con
tained in that message. 1t dealt entirely
with military operations and conditions
While 1t cannot be said to have contain
ed any bad news and recorded the bril-
liant successes Of the American troops
who have borne themselves so gallantly
In the assault on Pekin it contained
enough as to the unsettled conditions in
China and the prospect of long and ar
duous work in restoring peace to form
the subject for consultation of some
hours bttween the president and his ad-
visers.
Gen. Chaffee had to report an utterly
chaotic condition of affairs and the cap
ture of a capital, whence all the heads
Of government had fed There was
nothing for the victors to do but to
prevent anarchy by administering on
this derelict of empire which had fallen
into their hands. Therefore the pros
pect opened up by Gen. Chaffee's dis
patch is that the American contingent
,, of necessity will be detained in China for
some time to come, probably for the
whole winter. This will necessitate the
hurried completion of preparations that
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that platform and its candidates are
to the country The remark was an un-
wise one and no doubt the governor
regrets having used it; certainly, he
does not think that Democrats or Pepu-
lists or Silver Republicans are traitors
or towards. If he does, he is lonely in
his opinions. Still of what have Demo-
Gratis and their associates to complain
in this matter of calling names? Is not
their very paramount" plank a charge
that all Republicans and others who sup
port the Republican policy are traitors
to the republic who would overthrow it
and establish an empire in its placer"
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PRESIDENT AT CHICAGO.
All Arrangements Complete for the
Chief Executive's reception.

All Arrangements Complete for the
Chief Executives Reception.
CHICAGO, Aug. 22-President Nc
Kinley will have a body guard of 200
policemen at the reception to the nd
tion's chief executive and other distin-
guished visitors to be given next Tues
day afternoon at 4:90 O'clock. The pres
idential train. which will arrive over the
Pennsylvania road at 2:30 D. m. Satur-
day, will be met by detail from the
First Illinois cavalry, under the COM
mand of Col. E. c.. Young and Cooks
fife and drum corps, of Denver. The
party will take carriages.
After arriving at the Palmer house The
president will have no ceremonial duties
to perform until Monday afternoon at
o'clock, but he will attend the cxer-
cises in the Coliseum at 8 O'Clock. and
at o'clock p. m Sunday.
The presidents official presentation to
the Grand Army will take place at 3
o'clock Monday afternoon, Aug. 27, at
G. A. r. Memorial hall, Public Library
building, where the ceremonies are to be
under the direction of Gen. Black.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-23
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.
GEN. LOUIS BOTHA STILL IN THE
RING WITH HIS LITTLE ARMY.


TWYFELAAR, Monday, Aug. 20
Through secret intelligence agents, the
British authorities learn that Gen. Louis
Botha, the cOmmander-in-chief of the
Boer forces; Gen. Lucas Meyer, the COM
mander of the Orange Free state forces
and Gen. Schalkburger, vice president Of
the Transvaal republic, with 5000 Beers
have assembled at Machadodorp general
ly understood to be the headquarters of
President Kruger, on the Pretoria-Dela-
goa Bay railroa0, with the whole Boer
artillery, including the heavy pieces for
merly at Pretoria.
LONDON, Aug %. = Henry Labou-
chere's publication of the correspondence
advising him of the seizure at Pretoria
of compromising letters to Secretary
Reitz, Is to be followed by the publica-
ton of the whole correspondence which,
night or tomorrow, all the members of
parliament involved having answered the
official communication sent to them on
the subject.
LONDON, Aug. 23-President Kruger,
according to a dispatch from Lourenzo
Marques to the Daily Express, has is
sued proclamation counter to the latest
proclamation issued by Lord Roberts The
Transvaal president says:
at will help you nothing to lay down
your arms or to leave the commands.
Every step homeward means a step near
er st. Helena
LONDON, Aug. 22.-The war Office has
received the following dispatch from Lord
Roberts, dated Aug. 21:
Lieut. Col. Sitwell, accommodating near
Ventersburg. engaged the Beers Two
British were wounded. Lieuts. Speeding,
Davenport, Surtees and Watson, and a
medical officer and twenty-four men, are
missing.
Hamilton has crossed the Crocodile
river
'Paget and Baden-Powell engaged the
commandos protecting De Wet Aug. 20.
Lieut. Flowers and one man were killed.
Lieut. Kirby and six men were wound
al
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mended in having indcrsed w J. Bryan
and to him is pledged undivided support
The national platform adopted at Sioux
Falls is indorsed and the following de-
mands are made: Abolition Of monopoly
in money, transportation and land; direct
legislation known as initiative and refer
endum; public control of public utilities,
national, state and local. The issue of
all money by government directly to the
people through government banks is ad-
vocated. A primary election law is de-
manded, also the abolition of the arbi-
trary power assumed by Judges in grant
ing injunctions. A legal eight-hou1 work
day, municipal home rule and abolition
of prison contract and child labor are
also demanded.
On reconvening tonight the Populists
decided to abandon the idea of nominal
ing state ticket and instead ratified the
list of presidential electors as selected by
the Democrats. Robert lSchilling was
elected chairman of the state committee.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-23
BLACK AND RAssIEUR.
They Are the Only Candidates for
G. A. r. Premideney

They Are the Only Candidates for
C. A. r. Presidency.
CHICAGO, Aug. 22.-Among the mem
bers of the G. A. R. who have arrived
for the annual encampnent next week,
the names of but two men are being
mentioned for the position of COM
mander-in- chief of the Grand Army of
the Republic, one being that of Cen
John C. Black, of Illinois. and the other
Maj. Leo Rassieur. of St. Louis. Con-
siderable booming is being done for Maj
Rassieur and his candidacy has SO far
occupied the most attention. The
friends OF Gen. Black say however, that
If he will formally allow the use of his
name, are confident he will be elected.
In order to meet the demand for ac-
commodation for the members Of the
&. A. R. who attend the encapment
here next week, sixty-three school build
ings of this city are to be turned tenn
porarily into hotels, with ample accom-
modations for the comfort OF the yeter-
ans.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-23
POPS WILL SUPPORT TICKET.
Lndorse Democratic EIectors-Aban-
doin Idea of Separate State Ticket

Indorse Democratic EIectors-Aban-
doin Idea of Separate State Ticket.
MILWAUKEE Wis, Aug. 22-The
Populist state convention comprising
about fifty delegates opened late this
afternoon. Cyrus NJ Butt, of viroQua
was chosen for temporary chairman and
made a short speech. After short re-
cess A. A. Worsley, of f.~cine, was made
permanent chairman and took occasion
to say if the Democrats wanted TO fuse
with the Populists that the first advances
must be made by the other fellows.
The platform was then presented and
adopted and in part is as follows: 1.-The
Peoples party of Wisconsin standing for
all that is reasonable and practical in se-
curing the elevation of man into higher
and nobler conditions, maintains that the
enactment of its principles into law will
bring about a state. government and So
ciety, which compared to the present
crude and barbaric state, will appear to
be paradise on EARTH
Trusts are then denounced and the
Democratic national convention is com.
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The foregoing idea is warmly indorsed
py the st: Paul Dispatch, which, in an
editorial in it's issue of Aug. 81, 1900,
The same impetuosity that sent Ted
San Juan hill drove him into character
izing those who framed the Kansas City
platform as towards and traitors in his
speech in this city. Forthwith his enc
mics declared that he said that all Dem
ocrats were towards and traitors, and
he has felt obliged to say that he had
the platform in mind and that it's dec
follows, naturally, that men who support
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respondent of the Daily Graphic, who
adds that mobilization is In progress all
over European Russia, and that there
are now at Odessa, fourteen steamers
chartered to take troops
According to st. Petersburg special, a
telegram has been received at the Rus
sian capital from Shanghai announcing
the departure of Ii Hung Chang for
Pekin.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-23
PROSPEROUS SANTIAGO.
Industry BIotting Out
Wars Destructive blight.

GUANTANAMO, Province of Santiago
de Cuba, Aug 22-There is vigorous re-
sumption of work upon the part of the
agricultural industries in the province of
Santiago de Cuba. The Santa Lucia
plantation, at La Veta, has produced A.
600 bags of sugar this season; the United
Fruit company, at Banes, is erecting a
s1500,0 600 sugar mill, with a capacity Of
1,100 bags daily; large amount of Eng
lish and American capital is being invest
ed at Baracoa for the expectation of
cocoanuts to the number of a million and
a half monthly. The provincial cities are
becoming self-sustaining and the military
government is gradually withdrawing the
municipal and direct financial assistance
from the islands funds.
Gov Gen. Wood will reach Santiago
tomorrow.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-23
WAR DECLARED OFF.
BULGARIA AND RoUMANIA WON'T
FIGHT AFTER ALL.

LONDON, Aug. g.23.-Numerous dispatches
appear in the morning papers regard
ing the Bulgaria -Roumanian situation
growing out of the demand of Roumania
for the suppression of the Macedonian
committee, whose headquarters is at
Sofia.
What appears the most reliable sum-
mary of the latest developments comes
from the Vienna correspondent of the
Standard, who says: 1.-THE conviction pre-
walls that the conflict between Roumania
and Bulgaria has now lost much OF it's
acuteness, and that in the end Bulgaria
will satisfy Roumanian demands"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-23
REPLY TO Ii HUNG.
Washington Government Can't Heal
Him Just at Present.

Washington government Can't Hear
Him Just at Present.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-After a long
conference at the White house today the
reply of the United States to the appli-
cation of Ii Hung Chang for the ap-
pointment of peace commissioners was
completed and a copy OF the reply sent
TO the Chinese minister, Mr.. WI, to be
forwarded to Earl Ii.
The American reply is chiefly char
acterized by its firm tone and its brevity.
While the document is open to the con-
struction of being a rejection of Ii Hung
Chang's proposition for immediate nego-
tiations, yet 1t Is stated by those who
have read the answer with care, and
have had a part In it's preparation, that
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-23
FAST RAILROAD RUN.
MONTANA RECORD BROKEN BY !
GREAT NORTHERN SPECIAL.

GREAT FALLS, Aug. 22.--The fastest
time ever made on railroad in Mon
tana was on run today over the GEeat
Northern between Great Falls and
Butte. c. w. Clark, son Of Senator
Clark, was here, and was called hastily
to Butte. He ordered a special train,
and, with ]. C. Drayton and others,
started at o'clock arriving at Butte
at 6:49, making the run. of Isl miles, in
Guiding all stops, in three hours and
forty-nine minutes
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-23
yetcrnn Oarsmnn Dead.

BOSTON, Aug. 22.-George H. Hosmer,
one Of the best known oarsmen in the
world, is dead at the Carney hospital In
this city.
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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15
Benefit Ball!

A benefit ball at the opera house Fri
day evening, Feb. l6, will be given for
Oscar Stewart, who lives down near
Ellsbury p%ostofice. in Barnes county.
MI. Stewart is an upright hard work
ing man, with a large family depending
upon him for support. He has always
e%ndeavored to care for them and himself
without the aid Of his friends, but, as
we all know, misfortunes comes to us
all, and oft times not single handed, as
has been the case with Mr.. Stewart.
Three times within the past few months
fire has destroyed his earthly belong
ings; so. as a slight token of esteem,
some of his friends have decided to give
him a benefit; as we said before at
the opera house, in Hope, on Friday
evening, Feb. 16; to which everybody is
most cordially invited to attend. Turn
out, come one and all, both short and
tall, thick and thin, and any old way to
get In.
Tickets 81 each; buy one whether you
attend the dance or not.
"God Loveth the Cheerful Giver."
Those in charge of the affair are Dan
Mccarthy, Ed Regan, Billy Fox and
Seth Curry. jr. They hope their many
friends will turn out and give a rousing
benefit.
The town fathers have very generous
ly donated the town hall free of charge;
\. E. Warner the best of music; and
The Pioneer the printing and advertis.
ing-all free. Now we've done our part,
you do yours. Feb. is. Tickets 81
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