Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-06
FOR C|)NG[RS
Relatives and Friends of the Min
lister to China Growing More
Anxious.
Fear That His Family Has Been
Murdered at Pekin-A Re-
cent Letter.
Assessment Of the Express Compa'
nies-Barrett Goes to the
N. E. A.
pecial to Times-Republican

Special to Times-R Republican.
Des Moines, July 6.-The feeling here
| in regard to the Congers is growing
more intense every day. Major Conger
and his family have not only many
! friends, but also many relatives here.
and they are, all among the most re-
spected people in the city. His bro
4 ltfers widow, Mrs. Ida II. Conger, has
1been for fifteen years connected with
1.-The United States pension Office in this
lefty. She went to Colorado yesterday
i on account OF her health. Major Conger
has had as peaceful a political career as
4 any successful man ever had. From
sIcounty treasurer he became state treas
l.urer. then congressman, twice minister
Ito l-razil, and Was called from Rrazil
Ito be sent to China without solicitation
4 on his part. The honors that have come
to him have been recognition of solid
merit. Major Conger !s III no sense
what ia known as a brilliant man, but
he is thoroughly capable. conscien-
tious indus.r.oussand in al! respects \
q trustworthy man. His probable fate.
and that Of the members Of his family
lwho were %i,il him. is the most talked
:
a iet.cr was received here YESTERDAY
lby Mrs. Ida II. CoHger from her bro
8 ils,hes-in-la@. aiaj, T.. a. Conser. United.
states yniniste. to China. The letter was
e dated May 25 ard is'sS follows
t The times grn.. more exciting every
4 day The opposition 10 missionaries and
e istll foreigners is, worse thanit has been
6 for thirty years. Hence am unusually
: ibuey. The Woodwardsa Of Chicago are
e Nstil with us. They are here to stay un-
It'll the middle Of June. We are still in
e the city tPekin), but hope to move up to
ltne hills within ten days. 1t will be
e quite warm there. but we shall miss the
,lii dirt of the city. enclose pictures Of
Tour apartments of myself at my desk
land of the American atton, including,
nj beside the minister First Secretary
!, Squires Of New. York, Second Secretary
3 Bainbr.dge of Council Bluffs, and In
,e terpre.er Cheshire, formerly of Iowa,
a hit who has been connected with the ie.
i cation for twenty years.
a The building and loan law passed
= by the last lesisla ture was declared un.
Z. Unconstitutional yesterday by Judge Bish.
: lop OF the district court in 50 far as' ii
~ i, affects existing contracts. The Iowa
I. tGentral Building and Loan Association
!, sought to fererclnse against one Wilson
:, = Eciasning S1,0ii.96 Wilson admitted tbs
s efohigation but claimed that under ths
J. ii@w law the association could collec:
= Ianiy $SOS.33. The association demurret
Ito this deferce on the ground that tn.
: iaw was Unconstitutional in that 1t i'm
u pairs the obligation of contract, de
N pives plaintiff of property wittou
II. process ef Jaw diverts vested right
70 Aland denies TO plaintiff equa. protection
~ lunLer the Law. Judge Bishop in sus
.85tsi4niEg the demurrer says: II am un
ea ea able 10 brig myself to agree that
". w;is intended to reserve to the legtsla
'i- tture the power to play fast and loos
uttwith corporations of thia character.
en- The legislature. he says has authorize
ns certain contracts and then has provide
ne that certain ones, namely, those ]
which Gsfault has occurred, shall be ia
tken out of the genera! provisions an
dsposeG of on an entirely new basi:
of The LAW is held to be retroactive, be
cause ii applies to antecedent contract
of and haathe effect of disturbing the cor
:, ttlact relations between the associatio
and every one of its stockholders HI
=. opinion is a severe rebuke Of the spir
~, which brought this law into existenc
How nearly the law on some of its fea
- nres borders upon populism may be IL
~ terred from the opinion Of the judge.
oit.
=, Senator Hobart put in his time
nu good advantage here yesterday caliin
'ie' on the Polk county delegates and oth'
.u friends. He found that he will get /;
va ,east nalf OF the Polk county delegatie
ny and that his candidacy was looked upt
on-5 faNorably upon its merits in this cit
'lal H e expressed entire satisfaction Wi
oek the situation in the state concerning !,
Ecandidacy. particularly in the Eleven
on district. where several prominent H,s
nat who had at first looked unfaNorab
ors upon his candidacy have nov warm
wi come to his support. The first coun
ad- tconvention of the Eleventh will be tn
nd. Iof Cherokee July IA. that of Sioux cou
vas ~ comes the nth and the others sea
M tered along toward the first of Augu
in .s4 .s4
be The assessment of the express comp
cial MES will probably be made tomorro
has The companies have filed the stat
e. merits required by the Cheshire la
ffer ard they say the law is' no great mar
the ship to them. altho it requires them
and do lot of bookkeeping that they We
om- not required to do under the old la
tiff At the time the law was passed 1t W
of isuposed that it was much more seNt
nch on the express companies tnan
tent Blanchard law. which applied to te
ard phone companies In fact, some of
d express people wanted to have
- Blanchard bill substituted as applyi
Welt TO them. Now they say that they fl
Tho that the Cheshire bill is very inr
his preferable. Some of them said 90
. a. 1.-The time The express companies
Gently rendered to the state treasu
info the tax provided for in the old law
ONE 1899, offering to pay 1t unconditiona
INV and waving all claims for the ret,
the of 1t on the ground that the law prov
,ha ing for such tax was unccnstitutior
Me- The treasurer refused to receive the
.a,s fearing that it would complicate m
ters and perhaps prevent the collect
100 of the tax under the new law for 4
, OF year. The matter having been subn
nch. tied TO the eXsau....,vSs council, tie
tho lney general was asked for an opip
laci lin regard to 1t, and he holds that
would be no injustice 70 accept the