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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04

Ing as such needs require or by con-
tracing when s'uperfitious in amount.
The truth is that. safe and desirable as
is our currency system in many re !
spects, it is not properly related. The
supply of currency is but remotely, if
at all, influenced by the ever changing
requirements of trade and industry. It
is related most largely, il not entirely.
to the price Of government bonds in the
market. Between the needs of trade
and commerce for a medium Of ex-
change and for instruments Of credit
which proper bank note furnishes. and
the investment price or value. of gov
ernment bonds, which is at present the
most influential factor in determining
the currency supply, there s no discern
ible relation Whatever.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04
Jim CROW" CAR SUSTAINED
supreme Court UphoIds Southern
Regulattono of \ eRro Trnyel.

Regulation of Negro Travel.
Washington, Dec. "a n opinion wa :
handed down by the supreme court Of
the United States that virtually means
the adoption of the so-cailed Jim
Crow car in all the southern states
The case related to the failure of the
Chesapeake & Ohio RAILROAD C,onlpany
to comply with the Kentucky state:
statute requiring railroad corporations
to provide separate coaches for colored.
passengers.
The railroad company was indicted
for ignoring this law and in defenss
pleaded that the statute was unconsti
9tuticnal, being an attempt by a state
TO regulate interstate commerce. The
lower court stood by the law. ordering
the railroad company to comply with:
IT'S provisions, and an appeal was ia ken
TO the supreme court
In affirming this Judgment Justice
Brown. writing the opinion for the
court, held that the question of inter-
state commerce did not necessarily
arise because the lower court in Ken
tucky had said it would limit the ap-
plication Of the law to travel from
point in one part of the state to a point
in another.
Justice Harlan dissented, holding the
law an encroachment upon the power
of congress- to regulate interstate com
merce and declaring that no state is
competent to order Its citizens separat-
ed into classes under such Statute.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04
.DOLL|VER SWORN N
The New Senator From Iowa Tskes
Oath Of Office in tho
Senate.
His Successor in the House Also
Sworn in Shipping Bill
Taken Up.
Senator Frye, Of Maine. Makes !
Speech in Favor Of
Subsidies

Washington, Dec. AS soon as the
journal was read and approved IN the
senate this morning Jonathan Prem.
stiss Dolliver. who was appointed to
succeed the late Senator Gear, took the
oath of office.
When the house met Hepburn. Of
Iowa, withdrew the credentials offered
yesterday of j. p. Conner, of Iowa, who
was elected to succeed DoIliver, and
offered new credentials from the gov
ernor of Iowa, certifying to the election
of Conner. No objection was made and
Conner was sworn in.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04
TERRIBLE TEXAS CRIME.
Texas Ex-Constabie saturated With
5 Turpent ine aud burn ed 10 aIleatl,

Texas Ex-Constable Saturat ted With
Yurpentine and Burned TO Death.
Dallas, Tex Dec. A.-Pete Balm, ex-
constable of the Garland precinct, Dali
las county, was burned to death III
John Chapmanls saloon carly Monday
morning According 10 his dying state
inent he was drugged, robbed and then
set aiire. His clothes were saturated
With four ounces of turpsntine and then
ignited with a match. His body was
buried TO a crisp before the fire could
he put out. His eyes were des troyed by
the flames, and there was not a piece Of
sound skin on his body. He diad at tn.
Parkland hospital two hours after be-
ing carried there.
John Chapman and Ed Faulkner his
bartender, were arrested by the police.
Charged with the murder. and three 9TH
er n'Nn are being looked for. The men
under arrest deny any knowledge of the
Crime alrhoi it was committed in a back
room of the saloon and within a few feet
of the bar and in their sight.
A body of armed men without masks
said to be farmers called at the county
Jail and demanded to be given the Gus
todY of the men charged with the Bain
murder. They declared it to be their.
intention togburn then, as Bain had beer
burned. Jaiier Owens met the men al
the iron cross barred Jail door. which
was locked He told their leader it
would be useless for them to take fur
ther proceedings. as the prisoners had
been taken from his custody early in tha
night and conveyed to jail at Fort
Worth as a matter of precaution for
their safety.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04
GAGE MAKES REPORT.
Annual Report of tho Secretary q
flle Treasury Snbmtttnd


the Treasury Submitted.
Washington. Dec. 4-Secretary Cages
report was submitted to congress To-
day Relative to reduction OF the reve-
nue. he says:
From the estimates of REGENTS ana
expenditures for the fiscal wear 1909
there promises to be an excess Of re-
ceipts to the amount of s26, ,o0O. 900. i,
is hardly necessary to point out III at es.
Inmates are at best approximate. Ext
gencies in the public service which can
not be anticipated may require expend
lisures not contemplated. Congressional
appropriations, extraordinary in char
acter, or failures to realize fully estI-
mated revenues. are also influences
which may operate seriously to derange
all advance calculations A conserva-
tive margin should therefore b. re-
served in forecasting definite results
paseu on hypothetical calculations
he operation of the act of February
25 1852. providing for sinking fund
contemplates the payment or purchase
and cancellation of substantially $780,
0o0, 900 annually OF our interest bearing
debt obligations Owing to the unfav-
orable conditions in the treasury during
the six years just referred to. the sink
ing fund was entirely neglected.
In the absence of any expression to the
contrary. it may be safely assumed that
1t is the desire of congress to observe
faithfully the general requirements of
the Skiing fund act. and to provide rev.
enue sufficient to meet the charges thus
imposed upon the government. The
present and prospective easy condition
of the treasury justifies the belief that
the sinking fund requirement. can be
met, both for the current year and for
the next fiscal year, and still permit a |
moderate reduction in taxes imposed by
the war revenue act. A reduction to the
amount of $SO,0o0,OO is therefore rccom-
mended to the consideration Of the pres
ent congress.
Az to the currency. while the liberalAl
lzing conditions has. as previously not
ed. found response in necessary In
crease of bank-note Issue, there is un-
der our present system no assurance
whatever that the volume Of bank cur
rency will be continuouslyre responsive To-
The country's needs. either by expand
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04
: At 4 % the house adjourned.
DEMOCRATS ARE DlsoRGANlzED.
Fail to Fix Upon a Plan of Action in
Congress.

4 A11S 70 n TX U pom a f,lan OIL ACt1On In
Congress-.
Wa ashington, Dec. 4-That the result
of the recen, election has disorganized
and denoralizsd the democratic parts.
was Illustrated Monday wnen after ad-
journment o. the house the democratic
repress sntatives met in caucus to dis
scuss the attitude to be adopted toward
the bill for the increase of the army.
After a long' discussion in which the
various propositions We're advanced the
caucus adjourned without action, leav
ing the members of the party free to-
act as they may individually deter
nine Representative Hay, Of Virginia,
one of the members of the committee
on military affairs. was principally in
strumental in having the caucus called.
He offered a resolution advocating the
adoption of a sort of middle course,
which should continue in existence the
present number of regulars and volun
teers for two years from July /, 1901.
This proposition was strenuousiy ops
posed by Representatives Cox, Car
mack. Bailey and others. The apparent
hopelessness of reporting and conclu-
sion led Mr.. Richardson, of Tennessee.
the Democratic leader. to make
speech assyocating inaction and after
some further discussion motion to ad-
jcurn was carried by a vote of Sc to %.
Senator Wellington, of Maryland,
said.
Il am still a republican. and believer
in the principles of the republican par
~. / am not in sympathy or accord
with the administrations foreign pol
icy. ! contendA6 from the very begin
ming that the administration was wrong
in its policy in the Philippines, and
was consistent thruout the campaign
in expressing myself in that direction.
/ am not in favor of maintaining a per-
sllanent standing army for the purpose
of continuing hostilities in the Philip
pines. / will oppose any measure which
proposes to perpetuate standing army
for that purpose contend now, as
have contendec before, that we are pur-
suing the wrong policy in trying to
subdne the inhabitants of the Philip
pines. hold that we can honorably
and in a dignified manner resort to q
policy there by which the Filipinos may
be able TO establish and maintain sell
government. That is what we original
" intended, and that is what we prom
ised TO do. Should such policy b.
adopted would cheerfully withdraw
any opposition / might have on techni-
cal grounds and act in entire accord
with my party"
The continual mental incapacity OF
Representative Bouteile. of Maine,
makes It extremely doubtful that he
will ever be able to actively resume his
congressional duties. He is Still in the
McLane asylum near Boston. Some OF
his friends in congress have devised a
plan to enable him to resign and at the
same time give him sufficient moons
to support himself and his family. A
bill has been prepared by Representa-
tive Burleigh, of Maine, and will be In
troduced in the house in few days,
placing Mr.. Boutelle on the retired list
Of the navy with the rank and, pay Of
captain Mr.. Boutelle served In the
navy with distinction as volunteer
officer in tlae spring OF 1862.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04

80 exclaims: This coup de theatre will
equal that just made by the kaiser
The Temps says: THE emperor $
wording, that he could not receive Mr.
Kruger on account of his position all
ready taken, is very clear. Every one
understand s tha I the emperor, If not ac-
.tually fulfilling one of the clauses of the
recent Anglo-G German accord. is ins piredI
ny tbs spirit thereof on decling to re-
Iceive Mr. Kruger. Neither the declara-
lions Of Count Won Bulow nor of others
have concealed from the eyes of the
world that The emperor has veered his
policy in favor Of England since he sent
his famous Dispatch on the jameson
ia So W
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04
Oils1ndustrv erinni.a

Peru Ind, Dec. s--The famous Peru
oil field was killed by a single blow,
when the natural gas company shut
off the supply Of fuel for pumpins
purposes. Over seventy-five wells
within mile of this city and
about forty farther out shut down. as il
would not pay to operate them with
wood or coal as fuel. They will be dis
mantled and the machinery will be NOV
ed to other fields. The action of the gas
company was taken 70 enable it to sup
ply domestic coiFsuners. Over 1000
barrels a month has been taken from the
oil field
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04
Bribe Taker sentenced

indianapolis. Dec. An the criminal
court today John NJ Higgins. member
of the city council. was sentenced to
states prison for an indefinite term, be-
tween two and fourteen years. Higgins
was convicted of Offering to accept a
bribe for promising to push a measure
thru the council.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04
appropriation Bill Reaav

Washington. Dec, 4.-The house COM
mittee on appropriations today COM
pleted the legislative executive and ju-
dicial appropriation bril-. The commit
tee expects to be able to obtain considI
GRAFTON tomorrow. The bill carries s24,-
49o. 50S, being .fs6 more than carried
by the present laN
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04
~. q. hi. IA. Resolution.

Washington, Dec. 4.-The VIC. II. u.
convention today adopted resolutions
against the army canteen AMI prepared
petition to the president and another
To congress and Identical petitions 10
all the great powers against the sale
Of firearms and Importation of liquor
and opium into the Philippine Islands
or island possessions Of the other pow
ers addressed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04
BANK cLERK coNY1crEp.
William E. Dunton. OF chicago
Found Guilty OF Embezzlement.

Chicago. Dec. 4.-william f. Dunton.
formerly Sauditing clerk of the Union
National Bank, was today found guilty
of the embezzlement of $4,000. Sen
tence was not pronounced Dunton was
an Intimate friend OF the assistant teller,
George Forbes. of the First National
Bank, who committed suicide some
months ago. His books showed dis
crepancy in accounts. and it was learned
that dependency over this shortage
which vas caused by Forbes loaning
money to Dunton on the latter's promise
ne wousi 1t ssslrae ediately, drove
him into taking his life.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04
CASH FOR THE COUNTESS.
Agreement Keached to SGT Aside
$40, S:S3 a Month for Her

! = A = = ectheHt hleHt heacheu to Set Aside
$50, S;s3 a Month for Her.
New York. Dec. 4.-Countess Boni d.
I lCasteilane, instead of being deprived of
tne whole of hei income from the sia )
! 3eoo,vUo set apart for her understhe will of
ier fntfler the late Jay Gould, is 10 re-
lseeiSe Ssu,SS3 month. Before this agree
ment was reached the whole Gould fam
iiy was accused of being banded to-
gether against the Castsllane creditors
Pendlng final determination Of Anton
y. Dittmars' suit for S377 900, as assignee
| tof claim held by Asher Wretrein,er q
LONDON dealer In brio -brac and works
oi art, sait TO have sold about 1000. .00G
worth of articles TO Coant Boni ssla $(,a--
leiiane and the countess 1t was agracd
mat the trustees of the estate of .Iay
Goulu could pay to the countess on th,s5
Irst OF each month one twelfth OF Sa5o
VvV Tor her support and the rnaintepa nre
ol her children. Her income from the
trust fund held for her by her brothers
anu sister amounts to about 5000 0C0
ereditors of the count and countess
wish to ignore the proceedings taken
in the French courts by which George
~ Gould was appointed guardian of his
sisters fortune upon allegations thar
she was spenthrift. They think this
proceeding detrimental to their Interests
and ask the supreme court to determine
that s25o.ooo year is sufficient to sun
port herself and her children and to sci
apart ss5ooo0 toward the payment Of her
debts.
Judge Ferguson last week granted an
injunction restraining the trustees from
paying to the countess any portion of
her income. and >the appointment of a
receiver of her share in her fathers
fortune and an accounting of 1t is asked
to determine the creditors rights. Ex-
cept as modified to permit the monthly
payment the injunction is still in force
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04

PAGE ONE.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS:
Dolliver and Conner Sworn In.
Shipping Bill Taken Up.
Canal Commsson's Report Submitted.
Boxers Attack German Troops.
Kruger and the Germans.
Capital News and Comment.
PAGE TWO.
GENERAL NEWS:
Incidents of Opening of Congress.
Fatal Explosion at Chicago.
News of the Day.
PAGE THREE.
IOWA NEWS.
Fatal Flaw in Titus Amendment.
Accident a Mason City.
Shiras on Indians Rights.
Two Attempts at Suicide.
PNsi.s Foyss AND FIVE.
EDITORIAI:
The Message.
Business at Leading Points.
In Favor of the Treaty.
LOCKER IN s Observ rvations.
Topics and Press Comment.
Iowa Items and News
PAGES SIX AND SEVEN.
CITY NEWS:
Councilmen Block a Game.
School Childrens Charity Donations.
Several Lodges Elect Officers.
List of New Pensioners.
Brief City News.
PAGE FIGHT
MARKETS AND COMMERCIAL:
Special Grain Letter by Wire.
Todayss Market Quotations.
Hush for Land al C'rookston.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04
FATAL TRAIN WRECK.
Five I.aborcrs Killed and Twenty
two Injured on Southern Pacific

Sus'un Cal. Dec. "A freight train
collided with q construction train IN the
Southern Pacific five miles from susan
this morning Five laborsrs are dead at
the s'cens of the wreck and twenty two
injured men have been brought into
SlIis,af,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04
Shot VITO ana seif.

Lexington, Ky, Dec. 4.-Robert L. sa-
lee, a street car motorman. shot his wife
this morning and then killed himself
They quarreled over money left the
woman by relative.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04
smith Fired From Board of Trade.

Chicago. Dec. 4.-Lloyd j, Smith. who
was acautted in the criminal court on
the charge of shipping grain from the
warehouses of the Chicago Elevator
Company without cancellins the re-
ceipts. was found guilty BY the board Of
directors of the board Of trade early to-
day and was expelled from that organi-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04
Anon Dtv,de,nd. ,,t

New York, Dec. 4-The directors OF
the Chicago q Alton railway declared
Its first semi-annual dividend Of q per
cent on the new preferred stock.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04
Jnncs NytnsIon Dend.

Springfield. H., Dec. 4.-Jarles A.
Winston, a clerk in the United states
court in Oklahoma under Judge Spring
er, died this morning in th:s city of di-
abetes, aged 76.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04
The car Able 10 sit up,

Lavidia, Dec. 4.This morning the
condition of the czar is very good. He Ia
now able to sit in an invalid chair at in
stervals during the day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04
The senate.

Washington. Dec Senator Fair
banks of Indiana, today introduced a
bin to admit Oklahoma as a state with
two representatives.
Among the bills passed by the senate
today was one authorizing Hon. George
d. AIeikeljohn to accept the decoration
of chevalier of the first class from the
government of Norway and Sweden.
The case of Senator Clark, of Mon.
tana, came up In the senate today for a
few moments, but at 2 O clock went over
until tomorrow. Frye then moved the
senate proceed to the consideration Of
the shipping subsidy bill. Carried, 3S to
20.
Frye then took the floor and made a
speech in favor of the bill.
Frye reviewed what has been done in
the past to revive the merchant marine
of the United States saying every effort
80 far made by legislation had failed Of
irs purpose. The world. he. said, had
entered upon great commercial war,
Which would be a long and fierce con-
test. He also pointed out subsidiee
which foreign governments were paying
to their ships.
Stewart introduced q bill creating
supreme court for the Philippine islands.
With five judges, appointed for life each
TO draw a salary of $4,000 per annurn.
The bill provides for an appeal on writs
of error to the United States supreme
court in all cases involving more than
5000 and in those in which the corsts-
tuition of the United States is Involved.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04
FRENCH CRITICIZE KAISER.
Severe in the Arrangement OF Hi.
Treatment of Mr.. kruver

Treatment of MIR. kruger.
Paris. Dec. 4.The evening papers az
all political hues are even more severe
than those of the morning in their crIti-
cism of the kaiser's attitude toward Mr.
hruger The soir dubs the Kaiser
Janus faced" All the papers publish
side by side his telegram of Sunday with
that Of 1885. 1t lie considered here that.
ME action is another long step in tile di-
rection OF quadruple alliance, and II is
admitted on all sides that 1t sronstitutes
fatal blow to the growing rapproch-
ment between France and Germany.
The surprise over the matter is In
creased by astonishment over the fact
that Mr.. kruger's advisers could have
made such blunder as to COUNCIL this
Berlin Journey. s'''-
Last nights Liberte declares that II
has the best authority for the announce
ment that demand for arbitration for
the Transvaal question will be made or
at least an offer OF good services sl,ch
a. that which France made during the
epanish-American war; The aner AZ
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04
Democrats Elect Mayor OF Lo. An
geles

Los Angeles, Cal. Dec. 4-The demo-
carts elected the mayor in yesterdays
city election by 1000 plurality. The re-
publicans elect seven of nine council-
men and five of eight other municipal
officars
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04
GLAD TO AVOID KRUGER.
Officials of Rcri.n Government Arc
Pleased at HIS ;haDyes of Plans

sFlSnScd at HIS & han * se of rlais.
Bstl:n. Dec 4.-The German govern
ment fesi.' relieved TO learn that Mr..
llruger is not coming to Eerlln. a for
egn office official frankly said to the
correspondent that the government
would net have objected to public DEM
onatrations in honor OF the Boer rresi-
\ Gent, but that any official Intervention
wss Of course Cit of the question. The
official wlsn said this also remarked that
the attitude of France was most anus
ing,
q 81 Fen: an Informed sources the core
spciIs:st learns that at The beginning
of the Transs.eal war the czal-, with
tears. in his eyer. selemnly asesared the
British alihs saadei to Russia that the
s RUSSIAN government wcuid not inter-
yenc.
'rhe anti-British ssetion of the press
Goes not concssl its an,cyance at the
position takei: by Is1npeso; William. on
the other hand, tho semi -ofticial Cologne
Gazette puts the matter as follow s..
The question as to whether Emperor
William would welcome Mr. kruger 9
visit mirt be answered without qualifi-
cation in the negative. The reason why
such visit just now can not be well
coined IS plain, for Mr.. Kruger Intends
the requested audience, rot only as a
mere act of politenes;. but al, an coca -
Ion for Inducing the rulers of those
states which ne visits to abandon the
strtct neutrality they have hitherto
found reas>n TO maintain in the war be-
tween Great Britain and the Trans
Svaal,,
Mr.. lSruSer's dispatches TO Count Won
lsulow the imperial chancellor. and to
the heads of the German states were
left unanswered. Dip,onlatis.s, general
5iy regard Mr. TSrugerls MISSION as, fi.us-
trated. and consider German ny'a action of
great political Importance. as denoting
Q new era in the relations between Ger
many and Great Britain.
On the other hand the governments
attitude is condemned by large portion
or the nation. Evensthe court preache-
DIR. Kritinssr, in the new cathedral. de-
ilivered a discourse filed with senti-
ments strongly favoring the goer cause
A correspondent has learned ON good
authority the following facts, in regard
TO the kaisar's refusal to receivc NJ,
Kruger. The latter's intention of yjslt-
inie Berlin was announced quite u,,ex-
pectedly by telegram from DIR. L.eyds
Ihen followed period of uncertainty
during which IT was again stated that
he was coming. Their that the Berlin
visit aad been abandoned. The German
government looked upon this as
preach OF international courtesy, which
demands that even in the case of visits
oI friendly chiefs of states the dipio |
matte representatives of the visitor
should first find out if the visit will be
agreeable or not.
But II the refusal to receive Kruger
were were partly based on the questions of
formal etiquette, 1t is at the same time
the Intention of the German govern
inent TO give Kruger broad hint that
his mission to Berlin is completely ii ne
less : !
message from Vienna s,ays Presid AMI
Kruger can not be received by the Aus.
trian emperor. a g he had made other ar
for the next few weeks.
rsy rNy =,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04
The House.

/ Washington, Dec. Hull. ci,airnan
of the military affairs committee re-
Ported the arrny reorganization bill ano
asked unanimous consent that i. be
taken up tomorrow. sulzer. of New
York, objected.
At 80 the house adjourned.