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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-08
LONDON ANXIOUS AGAIN.
Absence of News From Roberts
starts Public to Wondering.

starts Public to Wondering.
London, June S.--London has been
without official news from South Africa
for thirty-six hours. Lord Roberts gill
ence is ascribed to the stoppage of cable
communication, due to the breakdown
of two or three lines connecting England
with the dark continent. Meantime 1t
is believed to be likely that her majes-
tvs troops are facing the foe at half a
dozen points in the burghers territory.
The liveliest interest centers around
the operations in the Orange Free State,
where the Beers, led by President Steyn..
are carrying an an active movement
against Gen. Rundle and Gen. Brabant.
In the Ficksburg region. while to the
north thye are giving evidence of con-
tinued vigor by the destruction Of the
railway.
Lord Roberts advices giving the cas-
ualties in the yeomanry, captured at
Lindley, which are the cole war news
today, indicate that the attack on the
| ill-fated Irish battalion was most vi
cious. The names of nineteen men killed
iandtwenty-eight wounded have been is-
| sued. The killed included Sir John Ell
| liot Cecil Power, baronet. and among the
wounded is the Earl OF Longford. Thus
| far the field marshal has failed TO re-
lport his anticipated recovery of the
latest crowd of Tommies gathered in by
the mobile Beers.
| There is much speculation over the re-
5ported mas.ing Of the enemy under
]. Botha at Hatherly. twelve miles east OF
| Pretoria. for the purpose Of making a
i stand 1t is believed that Lord Robert,
.twill not fail to accept the chance or bat.
4 tie, but London can not persuade itsel1
that the burghers will stay to fight.
The whereabouts OF the British pris-
oners taken from Pretoria is mystery
i Reports on this point are altogether
lconfIicting. A message from Lourenze
/ Marques mentions The removal of l,OO(
1 prisoners to Novitgekecht. Glands val.
ley. but makes no reference to the re.
A mainder of them, While dispatch from
IA Pretoria correspondent says Lore
A Roberts has been able to rescue all th'
h British officers penneG in at the Pretori;
q race track, besides capturing man,
Y Boer guns and several hundred otficer
and men.
The fate of Gen. Baden-P Powell ant
Col. Mahon, who are advancing on Pre-
toria thru the L!chtenburg country. con
tinues unknown. as do Gen. Warren
fortunes among the rebellious Dutch o
/ Cape Colony. Gen. Butler sheds no ligh
on the Laing' $ mex situation. The stor
'sI5that Sir Redvers requested Command
) ant Christian Botha to grant a thre
! days armistice is ridiculed by the Lon
don authorities. The same source of in
5 formation reports Gen. Hildyar.s retire
!, inent from Utrecht.
5 The burghers' intention to prolon
: hostilities was confirmed In an intervie'
obtained With President Kruger a
I Machadodorp. The president declare
that the Beers will fight so long as thel
i are 500 armed men left. State Secretar
! Reitz, who is sharing President Err
q gers fortunes, told the same CORE
s spondent that guerrilla warfare over a
8 enormous area was part of the Boer
o program.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-08
fault is that Of the British govern

Then raising his voice almost to
passionate height. Mr.. Kruger ex
claimed: .rhe time has passed for us
to talk. We have done plenty of that,
but 1t has done US no good. The only
thing left for US is to keep on fighting.
Nine hundred British prisoners ar
rived Tuesday at Hooitgedacht. They
are penned with barbed wire in four
acre open veldt.
According to dispatch from LOU
renzo Marquez, Roberts Is reported to
have intercepted two trains full leav-
ing the vicinity OF Pretoria. Tele-
grams from Pretoria say Mrs. Kruger
is still occupying the presidency, and
that number OF engines and cars
have been secured. The British under
Mai. De Lisle captured machine gun
and caused the Beers heavy loss. The
British casualties were slight.
Some Beers are surrendering volun-
tarily and the townspeople OF Pretoria
)are described as showing considerable
enthusiasm over the British arrival.
a dispatch to the Morning Post from
/ Pretoria says:
The Pretoria forts were found with
out guns. All the artillery had beer
gotten away.
. Another dispatch says: Sixteen hun.
dred British prisoners were removed
All that the British found was a few
4 hundred bags OF coffee and sugar"
4 LONDON ANXIOUS AGAIN,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-08
Communication Interrupted.

Washington, June SIT is under
stood that telegraphic communication
is Interrupted between Pekin and
Taku, fact which Will prove embar.
RAISING to conger should he find i
necessary to call upon Kempff for re-
inforcements.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-08
ICE TRUST SCANDAL.
Great Amount of Corruption Un.
enrthcdi In New York.

New York. June 1.-THE American
Ice Company, or the ice trust. got
breathing spell yesterday from the Sc
we're hammering it has been receiving
from the press and courts, but it is be-
slieved it will be only temporary. The
proceedings brought by the attorney
general of the state to annul the char
ter of the company under the anti
trust law and thus prevent it doing
business in the state was temporarily
suspended by an order issued by Jus
tice Frederick A. Smythe. of the SUI
preme court, sitting in this city The
order. which was served on Referee
Nusbaum who has been hearing the
case. was directed TO show cause Why
the order granted by Justice Chase,
under which the attorney generals
proceedings are being held. should not
4 be vacated The order is returnable
next Saturday. when argument will be
! heard by Justice Chester in Albany.
The hearing before the referee was
| therefore adjourned to next Tuesday.
! LAWYER Einsteir. one of the counsel
arrayed against the trust. vigorously
i lcriticised the action of Justice Smythe.
He said:
"His temerity in granting this order
In view of the fact that the counsel for
the ice trust has tried Justices Chase.
4 Chester and Herrick, as we'll as Judge
4 Andrews and failed to get an order
i similar to the one he granted, and
4 which was served on Referee Nusbanm
lis SO striking as to call the attention
o. the entire bar to it,.
. n
this corporation. which arbitrarily and
without apparent cause doubled tn.
price of ice Just as the heated term was
coming on, have already revealed a re-
s. ,markable state of affairs. which On the
face of it looks like nest of corrupr
ton in. municipal affairs not surpasseG
in the days of Tweed and the I.eXoM
investigation.
II has been proved by the publication
of the list of stockholders in the ict
trust that not only the mayor and docl
commissioners. but also most of th'
judges of the conrss of New York. hol'
shares in this corporation. In spite o
the seriousness of the case. ii has IT.
humorous side. for 1t presents the dem
ocratic mayor and his democratic as
sistants. who shudder at the mention
Of the hideous name of trusts. Will
| their pockets full of stock of the mos
brazen and tyran,lical combination o
them all. Augustus Van Wyck, TIL
mayors brother. who was having n
/ one time presidential boom prepare,
for himself on the platform of opposi
: tion to trusts, was found to be larg
!, holder of ice trust stock.
!; Case Of the Dcs Moincs Insurance Co
ii Des Noines June S.-Auditor of Stat
Frank Merriam stated yesterday thA
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-08
BATTLE ships Go tolsc

Lewes, Del, June s.The battleships
Indiana and Massachusetts passed out
to sea at 1890 for Hampton Roads.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-08
IN CHINA
Big Battle Thursday Near Tien Tsin
Between Chinese Troops and
the Boxers"
The Latter Expected 70 Reach Tien
Tsin in Large Numbers by
Saturday.
.Conger Asks Washington For In.
structions and Cabinet Dis.
cusses Situation.

Tien Tsin. June Sit is reported from
Chinese official sources that 1000
Boxers" surrounded 1900 Chinese
troops between Lofa and Yong-Tsun
and, according to the latest news,
fighting is still going on this morning.
officials say 500 Boxers" were killed.
Thirty of Gen. Nieh's troops encoun-
tered body OF Boxers three miles
from here on the Taku road and killed
twenty-one. No news from Hao Ting
Flu for three days. 1t is reported that
the Chinese troops were defeated near
there The French cruisers d'Entre.
casteaux and Jean Bart and the Rus
sian cruiser Rossie have arrived at
Taku.
Washington. June s.-Admiral
Kempff, off Taku forts. cables the war
department this morning: Battle yes
Iterday between Chinese and Boxers"
near Tien Tsin. Large number of
Boxers expected to reach Tlen Tsin
tomorrow"
Minister Conger. in message to the
state department, says there is no inn
Il
for instructions. Officials deem it im-
proper to state on what point Conger
needs advice. but there is an intimation
that,he wishes to know to what extent
he is to cooperate with the diplomatic
representatives of European powers,
Hay took the message to the cabinet
meeting. where an answer was framed
Almost the only subject before the
cabinet meeting was the situation in
China. Hay stated after the meeting
that a reply will be sent to Conger
substantially re-afiirming the previous
one to the effect that he will be expect
ed to do whatever is necessary to pro.
tect the lives and property of Ameri.
cans to maintain the dignity of the
: government. He will be instructed t
form no alliance with any government
1t is understood here that representa-.
tives of the powers in Pekin will cal
in a body on the dowager empress ant
present the necessity Of her taking Wig
orous and Immediate action to sup
press the rioters. ut is assumed tha
4 Conger will join.
ZIP
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-08

Case of the Des Moincs Insurance Co.
Des Moines. June S.-Auditor of State
Frank Merriam stated yesterday that
he has never indicated any intention of
'retaliating upon Illinois for revoking
the certificate of the Des AIoines Insur-
ance Company. He has written to the
department. however. that he has the
matter under consideration. and that
he will not attempt to revoke the Illl-
nois certificate. 1t appears that the
5Des Moines Insurance Company has
violated an agreement between the
states that all insurance cases shall be
tried in the state and not In the federal
courts
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-08

Of the Democratic National
Convention Is July Order
the Daily I .-R to get fall re-
ports TIE SAME EVENING
Evening journal., 1900-05-31

said that in every hundred in Delaware
the Addicks organization is going to
pieces. We now repeat that assertion,
for every report which comes in from
the outlying districts but serves to
confirm and emphasize our original
statement. We have said that the Ad-
dicks voters and the Addicks hundred
leaders are in revolt not only against
Adiicks, but also against his salaried
representatives in the several counties.
We now repeat that assertion. It is
true of New Castle; It Is true of Kent,
and il is true OF Sussex. These salar-
led Addicks leaders in the three coun-
ties know 1t is true. and that is why
they are taking such extraordinary
pains to discount the truth. They real
ize that their salaries and easy modes
OF living are endangered by the revolt
now in progress; and their work is in
the nature Of an attempt "a i've their
own pockets at the expense Or Republi-
can victory in Delaware.
Evening journal., 1900-05-31
FAMOUS OLD FRIGATE
PASSES UP THE RIVER

But few warships built in this coun-
try or in Europe have weathered as
many storms as the old-time frigate
Lancaster, which passed up the Della
ware river last night on her way from
Portsmouth, N. H., to Philadelphia. Be
sides having weathered the shot and
shell in the civil war under Admiral
Farragut, she has withstood the battle
of the elements for nearly a half-cen-
tury past, having been built in Phila-
delphia at the old Navy Yard in 1858.
She is the last Of the old-time frig-
ates. and has been recently converted
into a United States training ship. She
is bound on a European voyage, which
will include stops OF brief duration al
Southampton, Leith. Christiana. Copen-
hagen, Stockholm, Antwerp. Gravesend
Havre, Lisbon Gibraltar Madeiras and
Hampton Roads. The voyage will ex-
tend up to December. There are q
number Of boys on board receiving a
nautical education.
Evening journal., 1900-05-31

States senators, a representative in
Congress. and from obtaining 300 cleo
tive and appointive offices. shall
give them all to you Democrats. Give
me United States senatorshlp."
That is his record as a Democrat, and
that is where he should go for his re-
ward if the Democratic feeling OF grati-
tude is stronger than its feeling OF
decency.
The New York Times is right. Ad-
dicks is going to try again this year.
We assure &c that the fate OF Clark
and Quay has not deferred him from at
tempting to carry out his long-cherish-
ed project of breaking into the United
States Senate Money is no object 1t
is true. but there exists in Delaware a
Republican organization and a Repub-
lican constituency that Addicks can
not buy We also wish to give the
New York Times. which evinces such
interest in political conditions here,
assurance that "Addicks will encoun-
ter as he has encountered before, the
active and determined opposition of
every decent and honorable man in
Delaware"
''The people Of Delaware feel the deep
humiliation involved in a renewal OF
the disgraceful struggle, but they share
Colonel DuPont's determination that
the high Office Of senator shall never
be disgraced by the incumbency Of Ad-
dicks or any of his creatures" says the
New York Times in conclusion.
Yes, they do feel IT; and hundreds OF
those who have been following him al
ready have decided that he has reached
the end OF his rope. Hundreds of
others, feeling the disgrace OF such a
political affiliation, will assist in elimi-
mating him from politics at the No
vember election.
1t only remains for the National Con-
vention TO reaffirm the st. Louis de-
claration of outlawry against him, and
his race will be brought to a well-de-
served and summary conclusion.
Evening journal., 1900-05-31
WILMINGTON PLAYERS WON
All Three Contestants Victorious at Vest
Chester Rogue Tournament

West Chester, May 31.-The new
grounds of the West Chester Rogue
Club were formally opened yesterday
with matches between representatives
of Spring City, Wilmington, Del. and
West Chester. Those present to par
ticipate were DR.. Granville Prizer and
Jesse e. Webb, of West Chester;
Charles Wagner and Harry Hunter
the Chester county champion, Of Spring
City, and DR.. Veasey, Messrs. Hickman
and Bell, of the Wilmington National
Rogue Association.
A tri-colored league was formed and
many subscriptions for a gold medal
set in diamonds were made. A sched-
ule Of games for this trophy will be
arranged at once. The scores of yester-
days matches follow:
Hickman vs.. Hunter, won by Hick-
man. IS points.
Bell VS.. Wagner, won by Bell,
points.
Yeasey VS.: Webb, won by Veasey. =
points.
Evening journal., 1900-05-31
WHITE IS BEGGING

Levy\Court Commissioner Henry NJ.
White. Of the Fourth district, still en-
tertains hope that the Democratic
County Executive Committee will relent
and permit him TO run in the primar-
les for another term. He asks them to
ignore the party rule providing for
rotation OF the office among the hun
dreds in his district and also to in
terpret the legislative act of three years
ago in such manner as to relieve him
from its provisions of ineligibility.
With the record OF the present Levy
Court Of such nature as to bring scan
dal and reproach upon the Democratic
party, Mr.. White is asking great deal
at the hands OF its committee For a
man whose record has made him de-
cidedly unpopular with the public to
receive such favors at the hands OF his
party would be for that party to en-
dorse his past official acts. From a
Republican point of view the nomina-
tion of Mr. White would be an excel
lent thing. for it would result beyond
doubt in making the district Republi-
can, but even with such an advantage
to be gained, no Republican can recon-
mend Mr. White. even for the Demo
4 cratic nomination.
Evening journal., 1900-05-31
BLIND TO EVENTS

Are the Every Evening and the Daily
Republican blind to their surroundings,
or are they too stupid to recognize the
significance OF what they see going on
around them. The Every Evening says
the campaign has not yet begun, and
the Daily Republican. with parrot-like
punctuality, echoes the sentiment. If
the campaign has not begun why all
this activity among men Of all parties
Are the Every Evening and the Daily
Republican ignorant OF the fact that
the most important things political now
are being done. Platforms are being
outlined ready'for formulation; candi-
dates are In the field the nation over;
two national conventions, with their
attendant consequences, are imminent;
states are being made; caucuses are
being held; candidates for office are
building their fences; delegates to state
and county conventions are being elect
ed; in fact, the campaign is wide open,
and has been for weeks. The most i'm
portant work connected with 1t has
been done, or is being done. History
is being written every hour in every
day, and yet the Every Evening and
the Daily Republican sleep through il
all and excuse their lack OF energy by
the yawning assurance that "the cam
paign has not yet begun" The cam
paign is upon us in all its vigor, and
the people know it II the Every Even
ing and the Daily Republican do not.
Evening journal., 1900-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY VISITORS
Several Were Pleasantly Enter
tanned in Delaware City
snecinl 40 the rveninr JournI

Special TO the Evening Journal
Delaware City, May 31.-Harwood
Ayres of Cambridge Mr., spent yester-
day in town,
y. A. Poole, of McDonough, spent the
day in town.
e. l. Rice, OF Battery L., Fourth Ar
tillery, at Fort DUPONT. who has been
at his home in Kansas on a furlOugh,
returned to the fort yesterday
Miss Annie Roberts. of Philadelphia,
is the guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. II. Roberts.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Swan and son,
spent yesterday in st. Georges.
Adam Wright, of Fort Dupont, spent
yesterday with Salem. n. j., friends.
Miss Edith Kane and Miss Blanche
Armstrong have returned to Whining
ton
Mrs. Harry Mullen and sister. Miss
Annie Berger, of New Haven, Conn.
are the guests OF their mother, Mrs
| Pauline Berger.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Murphy, OF New
Jersey, are the guests Of Mrs Pauline
Berger.
George Thompson, OF Baltimore, is
the guest Of his parents Rev. and Mrs
i II. S. Thompson.
William Keane. of Wilmington, spen
! Decoration day with his parents Mr.
and Mrs. John Keane.
Il ]. J. McCOlley, of Philadelphia, reg
istered at the Robinson House yester
day.
Mrs. F. A. Pennington and Mrs. A. A
Lohand spent to-day in Middletown.
Evening journal., 1900-05-31

When the Dover Delawarean advo-
Gates nsming candidates in Kent direct
at the primaries it is not so much a
drift towards Republican methods as IL
Is confession that the Bayard-Gray-
Wolcott-Biggs combination has control
Of the Kent county organization and
will swing the county convention to
suit itself. We have heard from New
Castle, and Biggs has il. The Dover
Delawarean makes tacit confession
that he also has Kent. Now IL remains
for Sussex to make the thing unani
nous.
Evening journal., 1900-05-31
JOHN J. HAYES, 7 East Third Street,
GREEN FRONT.
GREEN FRONT.

he has been for some time recovering
from an attack of inaammatory rheu-
matism.
Miss Fannie P. Stroud. OF Loudoun
county, Va, is visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Hester Johnson is spending sew
eral days in Norfolk. and Suffolk, Va.
Miss Ethel Eberhardt entertained a
party OF her friends at the home of
Fred Wood, in Holly Oak, yesterday.
About 400 young people attended the
dance of Miss McClafferty's dancing
classes in Shellpot Park on Tuesday
evening
Evening journal., 1900-05-31

No, the Daily Republican is mistaken
The Evening Journal has no desire to
tample II down. All the Evening
journal asks the Daily Republican to
do Is to be a Republican newspaper
and to cease permitting an Addicks
sheriff, who has printing to give out
to censorize its editorial columns. It
is not fair to its Republican subscrib-
ers and other customers, who deal with
It in good faith, for it to be preaching
Addicks doctrine and betraying the
public confidence and the public inter
ests. Between Addicis and Republicans
there is no middle ground for the Daily
Republican to occupy. 1t must dissent
nate Republican doctrine or Addicks
doctrine. It's present policy Of hedging
Is doing 1t incalculable harm in public
respect.
Evening journal., 1900-05-31
Gum -Derriekson Nuptials

Frankford, May S1.-Mrs. Sarah v.
Derrickson has issued invitations to
the marriage of her daughter, Olive, to
Morgan Topping Gum. assistant secre-
tary Of the late Constitutional Conven-
tion in the Frankford Presbyterian
Church, Tuesday, June -, at o'clock
in the afternoon. The bride-elect Is a
popular young woman and one Of
Frankford's most successful school
teachers.
Mr.. Gum graduated from Willlston
Seminary, East Hampton, Mass, in
1899.
Evening journal., 1900-05-31

What a pitiable spectacle the hired
minions OF Addicks now present in
their desperate attempts 10 bolster up
his despioable and lost cause in Della
ware politics. They know that the Ad-
dicks organization is rotten to its core
with corruption. and honeycombet
from centre to circumference with in
ternal dissenslon. What they resent u
the exposure Of the condition. We hay,
Evening journal., 1900-05-31
Social and Personal Notes

Charles Rommel has returned from a
visit to Coatesville, Pa.
Mrs. ]. Herbert Mullin, OF West
Chester, has been visiting relatives
here
Charles Harper and family have
been visiting in Crum Lynne.
TSLeslie Carpenters music pupils
will give a concert in Trinity parish
house this evening.
Mrs. ]. Herbert Mullin, OF West
Chester. has returned from a visit t1
relatives in Wilmington.
Samuel Lacklen. of Kennett Square
is visiting friends in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Sasse have ar
rived in Paris.
Mrs. Sarah S. England is visiting re
I latives at Fairville. Pa.
Francis II. Hoffecker will return oi
Saturday from the Hot Springs, wher