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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-07
S|ORM season Opens
cloudburst in Vicinity Of Austin,
Tex, Does Great Amount Of
Damage
Colorado River Rises Eleven Feet
In Three Hours One Train
Wrecked.
a Number Of Passengers Reported
Burned Property Losses Will
Be Great.

+. Austin, Texas, April This section.
of Texas was visited by a cloudburst
this morning and the entire county in
undated. The Colorado river rose eleven
feet in three hours and is still rising.
three feet an hour. AS a result of the
storm a bridge on the International g.
Great Northern railroad. seventeen
miles west, was washed out, wrecking
the ST. Louis cannon ball train. A num-
Der of passengers are reported burned.
The damage to this section will be hun
dreds ofsthousandso of dollars. Trains on
the Austin & Northwestern road are
abandoned as the result of bridges and
track being washed away. Reports from
all sections tributary to the Colorado
river report great damage. 1t is rumor-
ed that family of six negroes were
drowned west Of here. People in the low
lands are fleeing from their homes. 1t is
feared the loss Of life and property will
be great. 1t is still raining.
Dallas, Tex, April 7.-At 1915 all
telegraph and telephone comnunica-
ton with Austin and San Antonio was
lost. "A telephone message from La
grange at noon states that the big dam
in the Colorado river at Austin broke
washing away the power hoose which
supplies the city with water and light
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-07
Rcnublicans Of Nnshington.

Ellenburg. Wash. April THE re-
publican state convention met yesterday
and elected eight delegates to the ma
tional republican convention, instruct
ing them TO vote for William Mckinley
for president. ard adop:ed a platform
and adjourned after two hours ses-
sion The platform endorses IN its en-
stirsty the administration q Isesident
Mckinley. the course in congress OF
Washington's republican senator. "A. g.
sFost ter, and the two representativ w.
l.. Jones and e w. Cushman. Contin-
uing. the piatforra3 says
We endorse the action of congress IN
having enacted irtoalaw the existing
Egola standard and oppose the free coin
age .f silver. We congratulate the
country upon the fact that the present
Republican congress has removed the.
monetaryTques from the realm of.
doubt and uncertainty into that of set-3
tied Law. We adhere to the doctrine that
Ii he war with Spain is under complete
control of the government of the United
States and subject to such laws as con-
gress may from time to time. enact. We
favor the prompt establishment of such!
Ipermanet government in this newly
acquired territory as will prom2te civ-
lilization, education and commerce. In
the formation of such government we
advocate the home rule principle. We
oppose any backward step on the sub
lject of expansion" "
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-07
IN F1FTY-FIvE SECONDS.
Champion .Jeffries Quickly knock,
Out Finnegan OF Pittsburg.

Champion .Jeffries quickly knocks
Out Ftnnegan OF PtttsburE.
Detroit, April q. Champion James j..
iJeffries knocked out John Finnegan. of
iPittsburg, last night before the Cadillac
Athletic Club in flfty-five seconds. Fin
inegan landed the frst blow as they
came together in the center Of the ring
and Jeffries then put his left on the
.Iattsburg mans jaw and he went to
the floor. Finnegan came up in few
seconds. only to be sent to the floor
again with a blow in the same place.
He stayed down longer this time, and
when he again arose he was in visible
Distress. He had hardly assumed a
fighting position before the champion
put his left in the pit Of the stomach
and Finnegan went down. completely
out. Referee Siler counted off the sec
onds and when he stepped back 1t Was
seen that Finnegan was crying. He
staggered to his feet. reeled against
the ropes and his seconds carried him
to his corner. 1t was several minutes
before he recovered sufficiently to leave
the ring. Jeffries said he weighed 900
pounds. but he looked thirty pounds
heavier. Finnegan weighed but $50 and
looked like a boy beside the champion.
In the preliminaries George Gibbs, of
Cleveland. knocked out Shorty Cross in
I the eighth round Of what was sched-
lfuled for ten-round bout and Tom
Prendergast, OF Saginaw. got the decis-
lion over Frank stackhouse, OF Detroit
| at the end Of their ten-round go.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-07
sARsHALLrowls IOWA. SATURDAY. APRIL . 1900
treaty IL amended by adoption of the
Davis proposition. It is known that
Lord Pauncefote cabled his government

treaty II amended by adoption OF the
Davis proposition. It is known that
Lord Pauncefote cabled his government
his personal objections to the amend
ment, and there isl no reason to suppose
that Lord Salisbury's view would differ
from that OF his ambassador.
Republican senators with German.
American constituents say they have
heard from their German friends in op-
position to the treaty. For some reason
or other the Germans in the United
States think the treaty device to play
into the hands Of England and as preJu-
dicial to the interests of the fatherland.
AS matter OF fact, the kaiser's ambas-
sador here, DR.. Won Holleoen, expressed
informally his dis4pproyal of tne bill
which provided SfortineG canal. was
Enthusiastic over the treaty as first
drawn, and is opposed to the proposed
Davis modification. In other words, the
interests of Germany and England are
on all fours in this matter, and in pro-
posing neutral canal the administra-
ton pleased Berlin quite as much as
London.
Apropos Of this, am informed on
most excellent authority that German
! diplomacy and English diplomacy are
now working hand in hand all over the
world. Further, England's relations
with all the nations are more cordial
]than they have been for some time past
The government here at Washington Is
the only one that dare not openly show
4 lfriendliness for Great Britain.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-07
4 DEMAND On IH|lI
America. British. Germany aud
France Join in ! Note q
China.
Immediate Suppression Of the s..
ciety of Boxers Demanded
Will Lard TroopA
Foreigners in the Northern Proyiuos
Foreigners in the Northern Prpvinoes
Will Be Protected ct All
Hazards.

London. April "a special dispatch
from Shanghai announces that thes
American. British, German and Freach
ministers have sent a Joint note to the
Chinese foreign Office demanding total
suppression of the society OF boxsrs;
within two months ana announcing thats
Otherwise the powers mentioned Will
land troops and march into the interior
of the northern provinces, shantung and
Chill. in order to secure safety OF fcr-
eigners.
According to the same dispatch the
American, Italian and French Legations
are now provided with naval guards
from a large gathering OF warships at
Taku. Lis Kun Yieh, viceroy Of Liang
Kiang, had three audiences with the
dowager empress relative to the emper-
or. and it is believed he Impressed her
with the advisability of restoring his
majesty to power.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-07
CONSOLATION HANDICAP.
Ten Men Had Clean Scores IN q
Grand American shoot.

Ten Men Had Clean Scores In the
Grand American shoot.
New York, April 1.-THE consolation
handicap of the Grand American Intef-
state Association live bird contest was
shot off yesterday. Sixty-two of the men
who took part in the shoot Thursday
lined up at the traps. The conditions
were fifteen birds, $40 entrance. with
the same handicaps as in the Grand
American. one yard added to all win
ners of money yesterday. Bates, win-
iner of the Grand American, missed his
fourth bird.
K WA Hills, the first man up. was ale
SO the first to miss three birds, and un-.
der the rules he was out. Townsend
Painter. j. l.. Smith, Lefevre. DIR. Vim
cent, Post, Hood, Werk, jackson. Howe
and Fox followed suit. so that at ne
end of the eighth round there were only
nineteen straiEhts left in the race.
Atsthe end of the twelfth round thAre
were only twelve straIgnts, and Wnen
the game was finished ten mens ett2l had
clean scores. They wess yAa -
Budd, Tanning. Price. ygAynAssS -
land they divided s5sA.1o:
The second event sche ed1le& ap ~
Aud Lang syne sweepstak AXE sat tsetvI
birds. thirty yards rise. At the end o,
Ethe eighth round Van Allen, Budd, Moo.
nes-. Marshall and Barker We're the
only stra lights, while Lambert. Post, DE-
Vincent. Stevens and Heikes had drop
lped out under the rules. At the finish
There were just five straights. and the
lentrance money was divided among
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-07
wATTERsoN ABANDoNs DEWEY.
Kentucky Editor Had Last Saturday

said 1t Was Too Late.
Louisville. NY, April THE Courier
Journal was one of the original Dewey
advocates. and AIR. Watterson sang the
praises Of Dewey long ard loud: but on
last Saturday he gave UP hope ard
committed himself in the following ed-
iiorial:
TIE ticket which will be nominated
ily the democrats at Kansas City will
be headed by Mr.. Brvan. There was
but enc man, under faNorirg condi-
Etions. who might have tried conclusions
with Mr.. Bryan's grip on the nomina
L ton, and that man was Admiral Dew
ley If i'll the autumn of 1893, Admiral
Dewey had given his consent. a move,
.nent would have been started to name
Dewey and Wheeler. which would have
proved strong enough to carry all be-
fore il. and which might have defied
any divisions that any faction could
lnring against it. The people We're ripe
4 for a rev shuttle are cut. Theyiwere
lful of the American spirit. They
/ wanted the perfect restoration of the
3rnior implied by the idea of Dewey and
/ Wheeler.
..Gus the admiral would not. He lei
the time go by The occasion has
passed. and With the end of it came the
4 end Of all opposition that could bf
made even respectable to the claim oi
/ AR Terrar,''
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-07
T.-R. BuV 5 TIN.
NOTICEABLE 5.lSOF TODAY.
rheMeather.

The W Gather.
For Iowa-Showers Sunday and in
the west tonight.
For Illinois Showers Sunday and in
the extreme south tonight.
For South kota-Th Threatening to-
night and Sunday with.showers in the
extreme east tonight.
PAGE ONE.
TODAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS:
Boer Prisoners Attempt to Escape.
The Casualties at Reddesburg.
a Cloudhurst in Kentucky.
Joirt Demand on China.
Frrce edings in Congress.
Close of the Iowa Legislature.
PAGE TWO.
TELEGRAPH AND GENERAL:
Arguments in Clark Bribery Case.
Dewey and His Backers.
The Canal Treaty shelved.
PAGE THREE.
IOWA NEWS:
Isldasa Girl Wins Prize at Anamosa
Sad Suicide at Klemme.
I;ocne Saloons Are Closed.
Grte!s Indians Coming to Iowa.
PAGES FOyR AND FIVE.
iEDITORIAL:
The Legislatures Work.
History Repeats Itself.
Corn at High Price.
Prosperity in the West.
Looker-On's S Notes.
| Topics, Press Comment, Iowa Items.
Sunday Reading.
\ Dewey and the Democrats.
PAGES SIX AND SEVEN.
LOCAL NEWS:
Status of Anti-Cousins Movement.
Methodists Will Fight Conference
\ Division.
Timber Creek School Appeal Case.
Local News in General.
District Court Matters.
Local Comment.
Local News In General.
PAGE EIGHT.
MARKETS AND GENERATE:
Local Markets.
4 Floyd d. Maxwell Under Arrest.
Shiloh Anniversary.
Saturdays Markets by Wire.
Chicago Street Car Employees Strike
4 The Trade Reviews.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-07
London press Comment.

LOndon. April 7.-The Times tllie
morning. in Its editorial leader, refer J
ring To- the capture Of five companies
Of British troops. saws:
.It is an unfortunate incident and
significant as well. It shows with what
daring the Beers. confident in their SUI
perior mobility, are operating in a
country where there are British forces
on all sides Of them,
bethany is on the line OF railway
which NE are supposed to hold. Gen.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-07
HERolsM OF BoiER WOMEN.
Fourteen Of Them Fan, Af,or rheir !.
Husbands. Fighting British.


New York. April IA correspondent
Of the World, writing from Pretoria,
March I, says: The world knows no
finer example OF heroism than that ex-
htbited by fourteen women on one OF
the Ave days fighting around Spionkop.
A strictly family party OF Beers. four
teen men and their wives, were in
trenched in one position and held it
with amazing bravery against small
force Of British. For long time the
smen fought incessantly and kept their
wives busy reloding their rifles. Final
~ fifty British soldiers. with fixed
charged on the intrenchment.
ms they came closer the Boer men
fkSrept over the earthworks and while
}fhe women began shooting tried with
fhe butts Of their rifles to hammer
hack the British. Before their wives
eyes every one OF the fourteen Beers
were killed-bayoneted or shot.
The fourteen women, SO quickly
widowed. never thought OF surrender
but fought most valiantly and coolly
for half an hour. The British sur.
rounded them; not one of the fourteen
survive TO mourn her husband.
1.-TWO days later when the British
forces retired across the Tugela TWEEN
ty-eiEht corpses. fourteen men and
+ fourteen women. were found within Z
Z radius Of 100 feet. Now there is a bis
\ long mound where rest the bodies OF a.
brave band az ever fought for free
T dom. l
Scores Of women have been In ever,
commando's iaager 4 have visited and
loniy one has bsen without her rtfll,
|and ndoliefa-1 1rs, Joubert. wife q
The cenmandAA ~ ssneral es ths Trans
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-07
Frcncl,nlen in a Duel.

Paris. April IA duel between Comte
de Dion and NJ. de Saint Alery. the re-
spective seconds In the Comte de Luber-
sac and Baron Edouard de Rothschild
quarrel. was fought this morning in the
hippodrome at Neulla La Dafiers. AL
cry WAS slightly wounded in the right
arm in the sixteenth onslaught and the
duel was then stopped.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-07

Cape Town, April "a determined att
tempt to escap pc was made today by the
Boer prisoners at simontown. Fourteen
succeeded in getting away.
London. April 7.Roberts reports to
the war office today as follows: Bloem-
fontein, Friday. April 8. Casualties at
Reddersburg: officers killed. Capt. F. q.
) Casson and Lieut.. G. R. Barclay, both
6f the Northumberlands wounded. two;
captured. eight. Non-commissioned Of
( fccrs and men, killed. eight; wounded.
sthirty-thres: rest captured. Our
rstrength was 1s7 mounted infantry and
,A24 infantry. The enemy was said to be
yAeo0 strong, with Ave guns.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-07
pos,olllce Robbery.

Sioux City. April 7.--Chief of Police
Melon yesterday received a telegram
from G. Ivan Eaton, mayor of Little
Rock, Ia. which stated that the post
Office at that place had been burglar
lied during the night. the thieves sue
sceeding in securing some money and a
large amount of stamps. The chief mas
his men on the watch for the burglars.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-07
Miners, TROUBLES settled.

Columbus, O., April 7.-It is ans
nounced at the state headquarters of
United Mine Workers that an agree
ment has been reached between the
miners and operators of BeIlaire district
at the New Philadelphia conference. All
differences Mere settled, the Indanap-
oils scale signed and a new scale made
granting an increase of 20 per cent to
outside day laborers. Five thousand
men are affected.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-07
Married n hinninnn.

Rapid City, S. D.. April Charles p.
Wing and Miss Bessie Trudell We're
married in this city yesterday. Mr..
Wing is a prosperous Chinaman, and
the bride is a young woman we'll known
in this city and in the Black Hills. The
groom took out his last naturalization
papers on Monday and became an
American citizen. The couple were mar
iried by justice of the peace in the
American fashion. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Wing are now at home to their many
friends. This is said to be the first mar
rlage OF its kind ever performed In the
Black Hills. II not in TO: state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-07
invited not5only Dewey and Bryan, but
Senator Albert j. Beveridge, and await

Invited OtSOnly Dewey and Bryan l,ut
Senator Albert j. Beveridge, and await
ed replies.
Quickly on the heels of the Dewey
announcement came letter from
Bryan asking whether the date was
Still open, saying that the Nebraskana
would be delighted to speak to the
Seven O'clock Club on the eyenina OF.
May !. and that il the date was agree
able Mr. Bryan would he pleased to
have the club wire at his expense. The
club, thru its corresponding secretary,
Max j. Riese, did wire at Mr.. Bryan's
expense. and the result was that the
l.Sebraskan pledged his appearances.
The evening Of Tuesday, May i, is
the time set apart for the entertain
Iment Of Admiral Dewey and Senator
iBeveridge, both of whom, in the natu-
raj course of events, are expected to
max speeches The combination of
these two speakers a nd Mr.. Bryan, il.
I is believed, will make the Seven O'clock
Clubs dinner the foremost feature of
the Dewey celebration.
Nobody doubts Bryan's ability to
take care of the admiral in a rhetorical
ij9ust. and unless Mrs. Dewey takes a
/ hand it is forecast that the new candi-
1 date fot the presidency will lose a
ssa.is tc tie man from the west:
Just what Senator BeNeridge will do
!to ErSan If he gets a chance is a prob
lem. In what capacity he Will appear
whether as a champion of the admin
lstration or as presidential possibili-
1y on his own account-are questions
THAT can not be forecast. In any case
bryan has uttered mis- tdefin He will
lbe here TO do battle.
Whether he objects to the idea OF
i Dewey around Chicago in the dual role
Nof a hero and a candidate is not knowl,
! sEryan. having accepted the gauge first
becomes the challenger. His sword
! spear. bucklerS and glove are hansing9 a
1.-THE ridgepole Of the Lakeside Club. u
i remains TO be seen whether Dewey an6
4 tBeveridge, the challenged. will hearker
~. bt,p Ia.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-07
THE PANAMA PARADE.
FRANK OF Michigan ..Laws.' Brings
the ..Lifs', Into Battle.

Prank OF Michigan - Laws'' Brings
the ..Lifs'' Into Battle.
Ann Arbor, Mich. April THE big
gest rush that Ann Arbor has seen for
years took place on the campus and
streets leading down town last night.
Fifteen hundred students from all de-
partrnents participated.
Tho occasion was the might gown"
swing-out, with which the laws" bur-
lesqued the senior swing-out in caps
and gowns, which took place Thursday.
Seventy five laws donned night gowns,
or pajanlas, and. forming line, march-
ed around the campus, down Liberty
street ana thru Main street. attended by
a bodyguard of several hundred other
laws. The big fight took place on the
campus, where Il Thousand students
pushed and passed out good stiff punch
es to their opponents.
The. laws carried ou. their program.
but when the procession returned TO the
campus only remnants of night gowns
/ hung about their necks, the remarkable
lfact being that anything remained.
Earlier in the evening the library was
Invaded, so that the doors had to be
locked.
There were probably more individual
| fights in q short time than have been
seen here for several years. as depart
ment feeling is running high. 1t cul-
minated in the shooting down by the
\ laws of a senior lit flag. which Was fly
ling from the top8of the university flag
pole yesterday afternoon in defiance Of
the orders of the university authorities
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-07
Ashantis In Arm >,

Accra. British Gold Coast Colony.
April Ga Coomassle runner reports
that all the Ashanti tribes are in arms
the king OF Bakwai alone remaining
loyal. i. is believed the Ashanti
golden stool has been found and the
rising is due TO the endeavor OF the
governor Of the colony. Sir Frederic
Mitchell Hodgson, to take possession
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-07
REVIEW OF THE SITUATION.
Roherts. Attempt to Recapture His
Men Seems msIneHectunl.

Men seems slneHectunl.
London. April adding interest to-
the situation In South Africa comes the
report that detachment OF hussars be-
ing hurried forward from Norval's pont
to the arsistance OF captured British
soldiers had proceeded only so far as
s @Edenburg. when the train was stopped
BY email body OF Beers.
These incidents are particularly sig
, ,nificant. because they show that. the
Beers again have assembled in the posi-
Ionp whence they had been driven by
Lord Roberts army short time ago.
II the latest dispatches are authentic.
some highly mobile Boer commandos
are operating all the way from Wepeneri
TO Bashof. and from Paardeberg to
4 gIadybrand. This means that the Orange
Free State again is practically overrunS
by Beers and the fact is especially
serious for the reason that Lord Rob-
erts Communications thus are threat
ened and every small British detach-
ment within the sphere Of immediate
hostilities 10 rendered insecure.
The force captured by Lord Methuen
evidently was marching across country
for the purpose Of destroying the rail-
road near the British troops at Warren
ton. It would seem that the British
general became aware OF this and ex-
scuted quick and effective counter
march. What It was that saved Lord
Roberts communications from the Boe.,
force that gathered In five companies
OF British troop cannot be made out at
this distance. The capture took place
within a few miles OF Bethany station.
where. assuming the Boer force to be as
large as represented. there were no Brit
ish troops in sufficient numbers to con-
duct,a successful defense.
Lord Roberts army appears to be ut
\ terly paralyzed FOR the lack OF remounts
and the situation from the London point
Of view is becoming painful. Unless
rehef comes speedily there is likely to
be an eruption of popular wrath against
the seeming helplessness OF the war Of
nee. Surprise and Indignation Will be
snothered 80 long as England feels
there will be little more delay. but with
Just few more baggings of British
soldiers the situation Will assume the
somewhat gloomy aspect 1t wore las,
winter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-07
Queer Reviews Ghildrcn.

Dublin, April From $4,000 to 10000
children assembled at Phoenix Park this
afternoon and We're reviewed by the
queen. There was a remarkable dem
onetratlon. The queen, accompanied by
the princesses, drove thru the extended
lines of children. bowins repeated ac-
acknowledgements to their joyous hur-.
ra hS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-07
Nlngiil semitic tho Pen.

Chicago. April George Magill, for
merly a well-known Chicago banker
and who for years fought the charge
OF receiving deposits after he knew his
bank. the Avenue Savings. to be In
solvent, today Withdrew his plea of not
guilty and was sentenced to the peni-
tentiary and to pay a fine of $4,000