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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-03

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The republican committee has been
very careful in estimating the result of
the election on Nov. g. said Mi. Man
ley to the newspaper men. Ii has de-
sired to avoid misleading the public in
anyway. 1t has been criticised some
What severely for claiming so persist
emily that there was an overconfidence
on the part of the3republicans which
should be guarded against. This claim
was, however. well found at that time.
Lately the outlook has materially
changed. The committeeman have. how
ever, Watchedstle situation With the ut
most care. They have had every state
carefully canvassed and polled They
know the condition thoroughIy in every
section. They feel absolutely confident
now as to the result. They know now
that it will be impossible to defeat the
recollection of President Mckinley. They
are equally positive tina he Will receive
a larger number Of electoral votes than
he received four years a go.
Kentucky they firmly believe will 90
republican, but they know full We'll that
the chances are ina the glasblical.:: u
that state Will be8 counted Itls In n e.
braska the republicans are confident Of
carrying the state, and the Information
received during the last few days would
almost justify placing tins state in the
sure republican column.
The committee desiring TO be care
full and conservative in any statement
1t gives 70 The public, asserts that fhe
republicans Will carry state insurin e
z cKinley 2s6 Votes. The fight in Indiana
will be closer than in any of the other
states, but With the thorough orga MIA
ton which the republicans have IL tina;
state and with a popula state ticket
the chances are Very largely that these
votes vii! be found in the republican
column. which would give Isl electoral
votes for Mckinley and Roosevelt.
5 A determined and consistent contest
will be made from 5nowgon to- place Colo
RADIO Idaho. Kentucky Nebraska ane
Utah firmly in the republican column
with their thirty-one votes The COM
mittee feels confident that this can be
done, and il is working a fixed purpose
to sect to It that Mckinley and Roose-
welt receive 3l2 electoral votes, as
against FL votes received four years
ago,
In commenting further on the fore
cast. Mr.. Manley said with reference4tc
Indiana, that he did not feel like plac-
ing that state in the doubtful column
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-03
"WILLIAM, I. i
Regrets a secret Marriaee.

Metropolis, H., Oct s-AIiss Vita
Mulkey, daughter of former Supreme
Judge Mulkey, Of this city, was secret
" married at Paducah, KY. in August
10 Ed Passo. a Texas ranch owner. The
wedding was kept a secret until yester-
day, when the bride announced that she
did not love her husband and would not
live with him.
This is the season when mothers are
alarmed on account Of Group. 1t is
quickly cured by One Minute Cough
Cure, which children like to take. All
druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-03
Driver Is Electrocuted.

Chicago. Oct. Charles Anderson, a
driver Of an Eleventh ward garbage
wagon, was electrocuted yesterday af-.
ternoon in the rear Of 5S4 West Van
Buren, street. Anderson was unloading
a garbage barrel, when a dead police
wire swung In his way. In pushing 1t
aside the wire touched an electric light
wire and in an instant the current shot
thru the mans body. 81
Anderson doubled up into knot and
With a. frightful yell fell to the ground.
Several oh ldren, who had followed him
into the alley in the hope OF finding
strinkets In the garbage barrels fled in
terror. /. s.s
C. w. Demonds 2Ts Ashland boulevard,
and, John Howell 273 Ashland boule-
ward. hurried 10 the assist ance OF An-
sderson, who was dead when they re.
moved him from his deathly grip3o the
wire. The body was removed to the
county morgue.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-03
THREE NIGHTS OF TERROR.
Miss Payne Tells of Her Experience
During siege of lsekin.

san Francisco. Cal. Oct. Miss
Cecil Payne, the young miniature pain
tier who Went to Pekin last spring as
the guest Of Minister and Mrs. conger.5
told a graphic story Of the siege on her
arrival here.
or the whole eight weeks of terrible
anxiety and dread she said, three
Inishts stand out with especial promi-s
I:lcnce. They are spoken of By the be-
lsieged as the three terrible nights
The first was just before the siege
about June II or Is. That was while we
iswere in the American legation. We;
went into the British legation com
Epound on June 20. 'Thesnight i speak OF
was enc the foreigners will never for
gel. All night lorg went up terrible
cries--howis and shouts of thousands
upon thousands of Chinese, crying for
I the blood Of the foreigners.
The second terrible night was about
the middle of the siege, when, after
tthree or four days Of muggy and sultry
weather. one OF the most violent thun-3
l5derstcrr9s ever experienced broke over
the city. Everybody had predicted that
with the coming Of rain the Chinese
would cease firing, but the effect was
Just the opposite. 1t was a night Of
believing thunder. roaring artillery, in
lcessant lightning and pouring rain.
The third and last night Of horrors
was that of Aug. 10, the day before the
lreiief came. On that night the Chinese
were fairly frantic and moved heaven
and earth to break in and kill US. Fir
ling that had seemed furious was tame
compared with the hail of shot and
shell that poured in upon US that night.
| 1t came from all quarters and seemed
I to be from every imaginable kind Of
irearm. We had received reports Of the
lapproach of the relief column and knew
that it must be nea r. from the frantic
attempts of the Chinese to slay US. We
lexpected that any moment might be our
Hast. as many breaches were made by
shells and determined assault at any
lone place would have opened the way
for the hordes outside"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-08
Lord BrouEhton's Paper.

(FrOm the London NeWS-)
Although many conjectuTes have been
made with reference TO the contents of the
mysterious box which Francis Douce, a
former Keeper of the Department of Manu-
scripts. who died in 1884 directed should
be opened on New Year Day. 1900 another
collection OF manuscripts of still greater
interest. which was also to be opened in
January. 1860 has escaped attention Lord
Broughton better known as the Right Hon.
Sir Iohn c. Hobhouse. who died in 1863.
left like Mr.. Douce. in the keeping Of
the authorities of the British Museum
.sDiarit-s. Correspondence, and MemOran-
da.' not to be opened till 1900. Lord
Broughton was eminent as politician. He
sat in three cabinets. and before he became
a member Of the House of Commons was
imprisoned for a pamphlet entitled a
Triling Mistake which was declared a
breach Of parliamentary privilege Sir
John Hobhouse was in Newgate from De-
cember. 1919. till the dissolution Of Parlia-
ment in February. 1920. when he was re-
turned for Westminster in the Radical
/cause. But the most intense interest must
attach to lord Broughton's papers from
the circumstance OF his intimate friend
ship with Lord Byron. He was Byron :
best man at his wedding and it was to him
that Byron addressed the memorable words
when bidding him farewell at Pisa. in 1922:
you should never have come to me. or
YOU should never GO
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-08
EXPECT A STRIKE SETTLEMENT.
Prospect OF the Early Ending of
Maryland Labor Troubles.

Prospect OF the Early Ending of
Maryland Labor Troubles.
CUMBERLAND. Nd. Farch S.-A COM
mittee Of machinists apo nted to wait on
the Baltimore and Ohio authorities to ask
for raise in the shops here from 1925 to
s2.5O day spent three hours in a confer
ence yesterday afternoon in Master Me-
chanic Bulingham's Office. II is stated the
matter will go TO the head officers Of the
company at once.
1t is said the steel mill. where machin-
lists are now on a strike. may have to shut
down shortly II the strikers do not return
to work or men are not secured in their
places. The company is now sending re-
pair WOrf to plants where nOn-union men
are employed, and it is reported the union
will try to bring pressure to bear TO stop
It.
Mr. f. Fl. Dickey, president of the COM
pany, said there were no urgent orders and
the shops could remain closed a while Re
garding an order for 12-inCh projectiles for
the Government. he said il was nearly
completed and the few remaining could be
finished away from here. Indications do
not now point so strongly to a general
strike Of machinists.
An operator who arrived from the Elk
Lick coal region yesterday reports q gem
eraI suspension, but everything quiet
There is likelihood of an early amicabie
settlement.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-08

Germany is in the clutches OF Infant
industries" almost as helplessly as is this
country. The protected agrarians are ap-
parently strong enough in the Reichstag to
jam through the meat inspection bill which
prohibits the importation Of any meat or
meat products except bacon and lard after
1908. How wicked this proposition is may
be learned upon application to our patri-
otto and philanthropic Chicago meat pack
ers and timers.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-08
THE HOMESTEAD LAWS.
A Bin to Extend BENEFITS 10 Honor
ably Discharged soldiers.

Representative Jones of Washington,
from. the Committee on Public Lands, has
submitted a report on bills to extend the
homestead laws TO soldiers Of the Spanish
y ar and the Philippine instruction.
The report says: These soldiers are de
serving Of every consideration at the
hands of the Government No better dis
position of our public lands can be made
than to give them to actual settlers. All
reasonable encouragement should be given
to secure settlers upon the public domain
To secure this. and also as a matter Of
reward 10 its hOnOrably discharged sol
Giers, the United States has pursued lib
, eral policy in allowing credits for time
OF service In the civil war to be deducted
from the five years residence required Of
a homestead applicant.
In the late war with Spain. and in the
! Philippine insurrection. the period Of &C
tual service varied. Some saw but little
service. while others served a much long
er period. In order TO do justice to all as
nearly as possible the committee was Of
the opinion that the following credits
should be allowed on the terms of resi-
dence required by law. to wit: To those
who served less than six months should be
allowed a credit of six months; to those
who served a period not exceeding twelve
months should be allowed a credit OF
twelve months. and to those who served
over twelve months should be allowed a
credit of the actual term of service.
1t was also thought. as a matter OF
Justice. that any soldier who was dis
charged on account OF wounds received or
disc bilities incurred in the line OF duty
should be credited with the full term OF
enlistment.
The benefits of the act have also been
extended to the widow of any deceased
soldier or in case OF her death or remar-
/ rage TO the minor children It also pro-
vides that II the soldier died during his
term Of enlistment the entire term OF En-
listment should be deducted. and that in
no case shall the credit to be allowed to
! the widow or minor children be less than
one year. Ii is thought that any apparent
discrimination in favor Of these soldiers
against the soldiers of the civil war Is
more than Offset by the lack Of desirable
lands for hOmpsfp cad settlement"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-08
KILLED BY FALLING PIPE.
The Missiles Dropped From n Fifth
story window.

The Missiles Dropped From Fifth
story Window
NEW YORK March s.--Walter Walsh.
a driver and George Connors. his assist
ant. were instantly killed yesterday after
noon m front OF al West 18th Street in
a most peculiar manner. The men were
struck by pieces Of 3-inch pipe which had
fallen through a window from an elevator
in the building. Bystanders narrowly es-
capped a similar fate.
The General Fire Extinguishing Compa-
ny is putting an automatic fire extinguish-
ing plant IN the store at the above num-
Der. Edward Reilly. OF the firm OF J.
Reilly q sons. Of los Lincoln Avenue. is
foreman Ct the job. Walsh and ConuOrs
were in tie employ of the company The
pipe used by the eXtinguisher people is
delivered in about 6-fooj lengths. II vas
carried TO the upper floors Of the Koch
Building by an elevator which runs
through a shaft. one side OF which is the
street wall The windows Of the shaft
open into t24th Street
The elevator loaded with lengths OF pipe.
had reached the fifth floor at O'Clock.
when. in a manner now inexplicabie. the
load shifted, and some Of the pieces OF
pipe crashed through the window. Walsh
and ConnorS were standing on the side
walk joking together. One piece OF pipe
struck Walsh directly on top OF the head.
crushing his skull. COnnOrs was struck
by at least two pieces, one Of which nit
him on the back, intiicting internal iniu-
ries. The men were dead when an ambU-
lance arrived from the J. Hood Wright
Hospital Foreman Reilly was taken in
charge by the police, but released later.
Detectives are Investigating the accident,
with a view TO fixing the blame.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-08
SUES FOR TWO MILLIONS.
= Buffalo Mans Allegations Against
Two Railroads.


BUFFALO. March S.-Byron F. Schultz.
Of this city. has begun an action against
the Delaware. Lackawanna and Western
Railroad and the New York. Lackawanna
and Western Railroad for 81, 000. 00N In
his complaint Mr.. Schultz says he ants
damages for the loss Of his land ana for
rent, for the appropriation of about forty
acres Of quarry lands. for closing and fill
ing up Of Hewitt Street and for the filing
up Of Main Street in front of his prof. -ty
and the building of an embankment IN
front Of his home. He alleges that the de-
PENDANTS confederated, conspired by fraud
and deceit TO cheat, boycott ruin. and
lill him, under color Of law By attempting
TO incarcerate him in an asylum for the
insane, TO remain there until he should
die.
Schultz says The railroads took his land
in 1888, and that on November %, 1895. he
secured a Supreme Court order permitting
him to revive and prosecute several ac-
lions against divers persons and corpora
lions as poor person. He declares that
an attempt was made to have him placed
in an asylum and that the proposition was
made to his wife that II this was done
that she would get $4,000. but. Schultz
declares. his wife rejected the offer with
Indignation.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-08
IN THE FROZEN NORTH.
Trying Experience Of Revenue Cut
ter Men In Alaska.

ter Wen IN Alaska.
report from Lieutenant Cantwen. the
commander OF the revenue cutter Nunivak
which went into commission last year TO
explore the inland waters OF Alaska and to
enforce law and order on the Yukon. has
been received at the Treasury Department
The NUniYak is wintering in the Dali
River. a branch OF the Yukon. several hun
dred miles from ST. Michaels. only little
south OF the Arctic circle. Lieutenant
Cantwell's report is dated December 20.
The coal supply OF the vessel was low as
early as December l. and the crew OF eight
men were set az work choppiDg wood to
keep the fires necessary 10 prevent them
from freezing on the vessel The wood
had to be dragged a mile through the snow
70 thc ship. Before December 20 most OF
the crew had become mutinous. and it vas
only by the utmost force of personal au-
thority that the officers Were able TO keep
them at work
The region around the Nunivak is unin-
habited. except by a few natives. and the
only mail brought out this winter vas By
dog team down the Yukon. The tempera-
ture was very low throughout November
and December. During the third week Of
December the mercury was IS degrees
below zero. and the commander OF the yes
sci had his face and hands frozen badly.
WOOD choppihB hau tG De suspended TOT
few days and the fuel supply got danger
oUSly low The mercury in the engine
room was "a degrees. and even n the fire
room. where three cords Of wood per day
were being burned the temper 1ure was at
freezing point The last part 81 Lieuten-
ant CantTell's report was written with a
pen and ;aa we'd ink. for the reason that
"the ribbon on the typewriter froze and
made il impossible TO operate the ma
chine
The Nunivak performed valuable service
in river exploration last season, and the
work will be continued next summer.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-08
THURSDAY. MARCH s. 1900.
The Impending Crisis in Europe.


To those who can look below the sur
face Of things the political situation Of the
day in Europe appears more OmiDous
than it has in many years. Heretofore,
when war seemed to threaten, one could
always find plenty OF reasons why this
or that power would probably sacrifice
something rather than take the awful
plunge which would probably prove the
signal for that general European conflict
that soldiers and statesmen have been
predicting ever since the Congress of Ber-
lin in 1873. Even now il may be said that
there are few considerations which would
be strong enough TO overcome the dread Of
war under modern conditions which all
governments alike feel. Still. it must Eot
be forgotten that there are occasions when
nations feel the impulse Of destiny. As Ger
many did in 1870. and throw prudence 10
the dogs.
Al this time we have no doubt that an
intense race sentiment and the accumu-
lated injuries Of a century. have put a
spirit and purpose into the Russian peo-
pie that are not to be much longer con-
SedttH- RuSStd mas PAID on EerSia ueDt
to England. secured on the ports of the
Persian Gulf. and undoubtedly proposes to
occupy one or more Of them. France Is
VIGOROUSLY prepared for war, and the aged
Queen Victoria is starting on a tour
through Great Britain and Ireland to
arouse the patriotic enthusiasm Of her
subjects. In the meantime the Russian
mobilization proceeds on the Afghan Dor
der, There is a condition of nervous ten
sion at all the capitals Of Europe and most
Of all in London. Everybody feels that sn
explosion OF some kind is sure to occur and
very soon; but whether the scene Of il
will be in Egyp-, on the Indian frontier
or in some other place probably but few
people are in a position to have any idea
and they are not telling
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-08
GAVE BRIDES TO THE POLICE
Syndicate Miller Says He Bought Of
ctal silence.

Syndicate Miller Says He Bought Of
eisI silence.
NEW YORK March s.-According to a
statement made yesterday by William r.
Miller. known as the head OF the Franklin
Syndicate. the business which in nine
months tine brought into the hand of the
promoters $1.5OO,OCO was started on a cap
ital Of $50. furnished by Edward Schlesin-
ger Miller said schIesinger was the origi-
nator OF the scheme and employed him as
manager.
In his cell in Raymond Street Jail Miller
yesterday told the inner workings Of the
gigantic fraud to Miss Annie Gorrie. for
merly confidential clerk employed by the
Franklin Syndicate.
Miller declared that he Is being made
football Of by the District Attorneys Office.
and intimated that when he is brought to
trial his evidence will involve many promi-
nent men in official circles. He asserted
that the police made no attempt to prevent
his escape and that he was in the City Hall
when Brooklyn detectives were supposed to
be searching for him
OF the $3.50 600 which Miller says passed
through the hands OF the syndicate less
than $500, 900 was paid out in dividends. -
He said that politicians. policemen Of the
precinct, and firemen crowded into the
place every day and many received money
from Schlesinger without ever investing a
cent IN the concern
Miller in his cell yesterday said bitterly
to Miss GOrrie: The money came in such
an avalanche that I never had time even 10
estimate the amount. but it was all turned
over to Schiesinger. He got it ALL 1 got
nothing"
He said that in March. 1899, he was
II IN hrr~
shop in New Street and met Schlesinger.
who proposed starting the Franklin Syn
dictate.
What money was used was advanced
by Sehles.ngeT in small amounts-say. $50
at first" Miller said. Il worked night and
day and turned over every cent Of the
proceeds to SchIesinger. The money came
in slowly at hrst. but later il came in
1 quantities. Fully 81 500. 600 passed through
my hands
/ The salaries OF the employees were
/ small, rarely exceeding SIS. SchIesinger.
( however. was down for $500 a week The
I leading powers in the concern we're
/ SchlesiHger, Powers. and T. Sullivan.
/ Sullivan was the man who looked out for
/ Schlesinger's interests and took away all
the money"
/ Miller denied that on the day OF his es-
! cape he got away with S45. 600 in a satchel
I He said that he walked out Of the office
/ and TO his mothers home. took a car to
I Manhattan. and went direct TO Colonel
/ AmmOn's Office. From there he walked
I up Nassau Street TO City Hall.
/ Miss GOTrie declares that when she es-
/ capped with the saIche! fuIl Of money she
/ was helped out Of the window by a detec-
Z tive and that when Captain Reynolds faced
( her in her home the satcheI was lying on
/ the table and was not found under a sofa.
as the police asserted
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-08
= THE IRISH JOAN OF ARC.
Maud Come IL Not Touched by Vic
torin,s Shamrock order.


NEW YORK. March s.-Maud Come, the
Irish Joan OF Arc, sailed today on La
Champagne She will go direct TO Paris
for few days and then return to her
work in Ireland Before sailing she made
this statement OF her views relating TO
Queen Victoria's order permitting Irish
regiments 10 wear the shamrock on St
Patri ks Day. She said:
For several years there has been a row
on each ST. Patricks Day with the Irish
soldie s who put on sprigs OF shamrock.
discussions have arisen in Parliament.
strong opposition has been made TO the
inyariable Imprisonment that has been
melted out &c the soldiers Personally l
have always looked upon il in this way:
That when an Irishman who wears the
English uniform puts on the shamrock he
is simply degrading the Irish emblem. SO
have not the slightest sympathy with the
soldiers on that question.
England is now trying 90 make IL out
that the irish regiments are loyal. and that
is the greatest proof in itself that there is
a great deal Of dislcyalty. And that is the
reason the Queen thanks them, makes her
statement, and proposes TO visit my coun-
try.
We know that every regiment went IN
willingly and have read accounts Of how
they threw their rifles overheard at wa
terfOrd rather han be taken on board and
had to be handcufed: and how another
regiment went out Of Cork HarbOr and
pulled Boer flags out Of their pockets and
cheered for the Beers.
We know that during the Afridi war
they threw down their arms and refused
to fight and that the English accordingly
met a great defeat.
Personally / know. and Irish soldiers
have told me that they were going to let
the Queen pay their journey out for them
and that then they would fight for the
Beers.
81 hardly think 1t is likely that Her
Majesty will go to Ireland. She will not
want to be received like Chamberlain. II
she went / should like to get home in time
10 receive her. ] hope. for the honor OF
my country. that they will receive her in
the same way they did him. They may
let her go without too many rotten eggs
after her carriage in honor OF her age But
she will get 10 sort OF reception. that is
certain
1T is a good many years since she has
made a visit. We do not want her. We
/ have not complained Of her absence AS q
matter Of fact. l do not believe she will
20 at all"