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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-02
Murder closes sisk MIN.

New York, Nov. 2-Bscanse his son
Walter is in Jail charged with thu
murder of Jennie Bosschieter, the Pat
erson mill hand. James McAilister has
shut down has silk plant in that city.
All the employees have been paid on and
the works are closed. Mr.. MkAuieter
started the mill about six years ago tor.
the benefit of Walter. 1t was the de-
sire to give his son a chance to sucosed
in business and build up a first class
plant. Walter was manager, and ATTIC
the Arm was known as James lirAlis-j
ter & Co. he was the head ofsthe MIL.
About sixty persons were employed.
Business was good untii two weeks
ago, or until Walter was arrested on
the charge of murder. Ehe fUther had
the spoois all run off and then closed
the mill and paid or the employees.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-02
Run, Into an Open switch.

Hinckley. Mimi, Nov. 2.-rhere was =
serious wreck near here on the North
ern Pacific railway .esterday after
noon. Train No. 4, the limited express.
pulled out of here on time ana when .;
mile and half south of here ran into
an open switch. On the side track stood
an extra freight. Engineer Gage, of the
passenger, had time only to apply the
air brakes and with his fireman to-
jump when the crash came The limit
ed ran into the rear of the freight, cons
pleteiy demolishing the caboose and
wrecking number OF cars, which
caught fire and burned. Rear Brake
man William Rapp. of the frei6At train.
was in the caboose and his body was
burned None of the passengers We're
ser.ioi, sly injured.
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7nzz1l11<o
MILLIONS TIED UP.
Contracts Involving Large sums De
pend on Election Results.

Washington. Nov. 2..-Many millions
of dollars tied up in time contracts and
proposed enterprises Will be released
simultaneously with the announcement
of President NIcEAinley.sre- election In 4
the event Of Blyans, election the con-
tracing parties mutually agree TO in
validate the contracts. Scores of large
orders for manufactured articles, sup
plies, railway rolling stock and similar
product have been made thruout the
manufacturing region of the West SINH
lar to that recently negotiated by the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company,
making the delivery of 5000 steel cars.
aggregating an outlay Of 900, con-
5tingent upon the election of Presidsut
Mckinley. But all doubts as To any
of business in this country
due to the impending political crisis are
dispelied by the returns for the month
of October, available at the treasury de-
spartment of statistics.
The deep seated confidence displayed
in the reelection of Preaidnt McKin-
ly is revealed not alone in the banking
Operations for the month from which
the symptoms of fears manifested four
years ago are entirely absent, but also
by the size of exports and imports. Oc-
Etober Will contribute some more record
breaking figures in the amount Of gold
reserves. money perscapita in circulation
Iani exchanges. Secretary Gage, in
comprehensive interview today regard
ling the financial situation, says that the
bankers all over the country exhibit not
the least fear of Bryans election. and
compares the absence of all time money
loan offers four yearsiago with the plen-
itude of money Offered today by banks
flor any length of time at low interest
rates. Secretary Gage has just returned
from trip thru portions of PAnnsylva-
mia, during which he visited n number
,ef manufacturing towns, and affirms
the reports that Mckinley selection will
let loesa a great many orders for sup
plies which are bound to make the Mo-
yenloer record a banner one5in renewed
manufacturing and business activity
The secretary of the treasury dwelis up
lon the unexeelied financial. operations
Iof the goyernment.d due 10 the protective
tariff laws and the sound money act,
and points out that the preservation of
these conditions depends upon the re-
election of Mckinley While Bryar'si
election would result in a calamity of
alarming proportions
Growers Interviewer Interviewed.
Special to Times Republican.
Cedar Rapids, Nov. ar. j. Black. of
Vinton, who interviewed Grover cleve.
land. is here. He was interviewed by
the Gazette today and said he UNDER
stood Cleveland to say he favored
Bryan and that there would be land
slide. Grover also praised Mckinley
and the west, discussed crops and
talked for half an hour on general
topics in his library at Princeton. The
Philadelphia Times reporter wrote the
alleged interview and padded il. Black
says Cleveland thought he was q
preacher and treated him fine.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-02
AGAINST DEMOCRATIC VIOLENCE.
Republicans VIII Protect the Rights
ofyoters.

5eepu bltCans VIII Protect the klxnls
ofvoters.
New York, Nov. 2.-The republican
national committee has Issued a formal
statement to voters as follows:
Mr. Croker, the head of the demo-
cratic organization in New York, has
ordered his subordinates to gather in
force at the polls next Tuesday, and In
case they sse the result of the count
going against them to eject the election
officers and take possession of the ballot
boxes by force. This astonishing anar-
chistic orGer has been approved and en-
dorsed by Senator Jones, the chairman
of the democratic national committee.
The republican party always stood
square for a vote and an honest count
A dishonest election is possible only thru
violence such aa iss now thfaa tened by
the democratic leaders. because an equal
number Of inspec ctors from both political
parties is present at every polling place,
and loEg as, those inspectors are not
| iinterfered With the voting must be con-
Quoted fairly. The democratic plan of
lficialiy declared now iSto empower the
inspectors whenever their party exigen-
cies appear to require violent interfer-
fence.
Notwithstanding the announcement
of this democratic policy of terrorizing
voters and burglariziAg ballot boxes, the
republican national COMMITTEES desire to
state to the public that the republican
managers. state, national and local,
have taken measures to insure the pro-
tection of the rights of every voter in
the pending election and that the votes
shal. be properly counted and recorded
Las cast. The committee therefore ad-
imcnisii all voters that they must not be
hdeterred by these threats of the demo-
cratic leaders from exercising the right
Iof suffrage on Tuesday next; for every
cftizen is entitled by law to protection in
this, his highest privilege, and we shall
see toit that his vote shall also be pro-
tected at all hazards
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BIG ELECTION BETS.
Republicans Always Required 4
Give Heavy Odds.

Give Heavy Odds.
Chicago. Nov. 2.James j. Town
send, the LaSalle street stock broker,
says that Il New York stock exchange
man has notified him that he is ready
to bet $100,000 against $4,000 that Nc
3Kinley will carry New York state by at
least $4,000 majority. Mr.. Townsend
adds: never before saw people so
crazy to make election bets as they
are in this campaign. Our office was
full of them yesterday. The ODDS are
all the way from 2 to to to ! and
even higher and on every proposition
Imaginable"
Some of the big bets made yesterday
We're:
On general results, Sternberg Fold &
Sim, New York brokers (for custom
ers), 100000 against $1,000 put up or
Bryan by John O'Leary. of Chicago.
Chaplin & Gaylord, Chicago brokers
(for customer), $500 on Mckinley
against s1,5co on Bryan by Patsy King,
a Chicago betting man.
One hundred dollars was sent in from
William Lorimer's ward to place
against him, even money, and was taxi
en- by n Chicag 90, broker. Henry Herbst..
lfNGsiul tHS h7SSoAASa
ward, placed $500 to 5000 that w. lI.
o'Neill would carry the Thiri district.
The party who took the Dig end i this
be. has s1,s00 against O'Neiil.
Henry Magnus has taken about siS.-
900 of Bryan ends at varying odds.
Other Bryan betters are asking odds
of to /. Joseph Martin has placed
$4,000 with a broker subject to thos:
ODDS
A. prominent democrat offered to
place $4,000 on Bryan if he could get.
odds of 8 /. His offer was .aken inside
OF five minutes by Edwin Jones. a Chs
cago Change man, but the Bryanite
failed to make good.
Even money is offered that Mckinley
Will carry Kentucky.
If the saying that money talks" Is
true it certainly speaks for Mckinley
this year, the greatest odds offered on
him four years ago We're 8 or to 4;
these are doubled this year.
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IOWA. FRIDAY. NovEMBER ?, 1909
Grant and Garfield, Hayes and Harri-
son, and last. but not least, President
Mckinley. What tower Of strength
has each been to- our country in war


son, and last. but not least, President
Mckinley. What tower Of strength
has each been to our country in war
and in peace.
To the last OF this galaxy Of heroes
we shall now give another term. as we
did the first. The duty and privilege
of aiding in this result will be satis-
faction in after years and 1t will be a
pleasure cannot forego. Veterans.
sons Of veterans and all first voters
should think OF this. We are making.
history, and this is probably the only
opportunity remaining to vote for d
soldier OF the war OF the rebellion for
president.
Four years ago, in speech at Roa-
noke, Senator Daniel, of Virginia, de-
clared that Bryan would be elected, but
that if defeated he would be nominated
again and again until he is elected.
Twenty years ago this fall heard Gen.
George B. Mcclellan use almost iden-
tically the same line OF argument IN his
speech against Garfield at a barbecue
in Watkins. N. z. The Judgment of
Virginia's Daniel was forced on him
by his convictions. He could see the
handwriting on the wall. According to
him there will be other chances to vots
for Bryan. We can wait to take one Of
those But there is only one chance re-
maintng to vote for a soldier of the civil
war. start for home in Wisconsin to-
morrow for this purpose.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-02
P|[ACE PROPOSITIONS
Representatives. Of the Allies at
Fekin Discuss Terms to Be
offered China.
The French Proposals Accepted as
Basis-The Question Of
Indemnity.
Allies May Agree on Demand
and Divide Amount After
Collection
( Paris. Nov. IA dispatch to the
8Havas agency from Pekin. dated Oct.

Paris, Nov. "A dispatch to the
Havas agency from Pekin, dated Oct.
E1,S says:
The foreign ministers continued to-
day the discussion OF peace propositions
to be presented to the Chinese. The
French proposals were accepted. Addi-
#tional specifications will be discussed
Monday. Chief veyron.
of the French troops in China. with the
allies under his command, is purging
the villages around Tien Tsin ana PEE
kin. Many villages infested with Box
ers were destroyed and their inhabi.
tants punished. "A French column sent
to Tuen rescued the missionaries there
Another French column met with re-
sistance at siet Chung, The enemy's
losses were considerable. The village
was burned. News received from Pao
Ting Flu indicates q movement of
French and German troops upon s!
Ting, where the imperial tombs are sit-
uated. IT is rumored the army of Yang
Yuh Kante has resolved to defend the
place.
.'As result of inquiries made by the
International commission the allies are
convinced the grand treasurer and gov
ernor OF Pao Ting Flu and Chinese
colonel were instrumental in the mur-
der Of American and English mission
aries and they have been condemned to
death and will be executed soon.
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the facts he gave as follows:

the facts he gave as follows:
Myers becoming wounded. Hail was
placed in command OF the wall. Be-
Russians there. The Chinese began
sheliing and the Russians left the wall,
followed by Hall and his command.
Minister Conger met Capt. Hall and
said: II you don't return tosthe wall
will have you court martialed IL we get
out of this alive Hall thereupon re-
turned to the wall. No harm was done
by the momentary stampede. The wall,
however. was the kew to tns defense Of
the legations.,s 7
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-02
Called Webster DAVIS 8 l.an,..


Kingston, Mo-. Nov. - few aayAl
ago Webster Davis spoke 1T Han,tftorS
in Caldwell county. In the course OF his
remarks he charged that the United
States soldiers first fred upon the Fili-
pinos, and that it was kept up for sew.
eral days before there were any as
saults upon the Americans by the Fill
pinos. When he stepped from the plat
form he was met by a young man from
this county, Pete Nichols who wac at
Manila when hostilities broke out Mr.
Davis, I want to tell you" said he, you
have lied about the soldiers firing the
first guns at Manila. was there ct
that time, and / know the accusation Is
false Mr.. Davis flushed and said sew
seral of the Twentieth Kansas had told
him that the soldiers did the frst
shooting. MIR. Nichols demanded the
names of the soldiers who made the
statement. Webster Davis refused to
furnish single name, after being re-
peatedly requested to do so. When this
apostle of Organism is caught in q lie
there should be manhood enough aboHt
him not to repeat 1t, or acknowledge
that he was mistaken.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-02
Victim OF Confidence Men.

Chicago, Nov. 2.yincenzo Disalv0.s
an Italian fruit vender, who lives Ats III
West Taylor street, was swindIed out Of
$500 yesterday by two confidence men,;
who played a trick on him known ~
"swl Itching the satcheiF.'' Disalvo Swas
|distrusttul OF banke and M kept hin
hoard In q Safety deposit vault. xhie
was known 20 several g Ais c0oo ~;
anceA gsa ssssi.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-02
Alxord He'd for. Examin..tion.

New York. Nov City Magietrate
F'lammer discharged Cornelius l.. Al
word, the defaulting note teller OF the
First National Bank from custody to-i
day, on the grounds that he had no
jurisdiction in the case. Alvord was re-
arrested by5a United States marshal and
taken before United States commission-
er Shields.
The commissioner held him In 1l50,eo
bail for examination
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-02
s'4 QUESTION s.F INDEMNITY.
Powers to collect From China and
Then Divide.

81 ~
Washington, D. c., Nov. "a method.
has been adopted for the indemnity
question in connection with the Chinese
negotiations that the authorities feel
confident Will result in erecting set
Element, SO far at least as China is
concerned. This contemplates the min
listers in China agreeing upon q sum
which will cover the claims for in
sdemnity held by the several powers and
at feqliring It's pa yIaen by the In in-
perial government " hen the demand
! mas been compiled with the powers Will
decide upon the the distt1 1bution aot !: t.' :as5
amount exacted. Ii there be difficulty
5in determining upon distribution that
will be equitable and satisfactory then
thr United states proposes that the
m tier be referred TO the court Of arbi-
II lion at The Hague.
The several representatives. OF the
European powers called upon Secretary
OF State Hay yesterday and discussed
the Chinese question. The replies OF
France and Japan to the invitation Oh
Great Britain and Germany to assent TO
the Arglo-GerElan agreement We're not
communicated al the state department,
but the American officials believe
Frances position is identical With that
OF the United States and it Is presumed
{ that Ruusslnss reply will be in similar
terms Three nations-Great Britain,
Germany and ia pen--haye therefore re-
served to themselves the right to come
to preliminary greene Mt for the pro-
tection of their own interests in case
another power should take any action
looking 10 the seizure of territory. All
the nations have declared themselves
4 in favor of the integrity of the empire
and the open door and the aim of
this government will be. as lt3has been
Il in the past, to see that no step N tbs
direction Of partition of China is taken.
Italy and Austria have joined the
+ Anglo G German alliance without reser-
yations.
Chinese Leaders sCondemncd.
Pao Ting Fu, Oct. 26 The commits
sion of inquiry into the outrages on the
missionaries here sfntenced to death
Tien Yang, provincial Judge; Wang
ehung, military commandant: Gen. kiu
and two other officials. Preparations
are complete for destroying. Oct 26, the
most venerated temple OF the city.
Troops nj ~ sing.
Paris, Nov.s2. "A dispatch from Pekin
s.ays: French troops arrived at 81 Ling
Oct rs, and occupied the tomb of the
eynpresr. The Germans. Italians and
English arrived afterwards and occu-
pied other imperial tombs." No fighting
( Is mentioned.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-02
HEARST OFFERS REWARD.
9wliPay Detective. for lnformatio,

WtllPny DETECTIVES for lnformntion
of Election Frauds.
New York. Nov. President Hearst,
of the national democratic clubs, has
Issued a statement to the members of
those organizations Offering $1,000 re-
ward for the arrest and conviction of
persons guilty of altering the election
returns and $4,000 for the first person
telegraphing him Information of this
character which may lead TO convic-
itiopt 5ss sGH .iis555. l$i
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-02
RocsEvELT's TOUR.

A Number of Important Points Made
Today.
olean. N. Y, Nov. 2.The Roosevelt.
party left Jamestown at 3 this morning
bound for Oswego. The first stop was
at Randolph, where the governor spoke
briefly. Al O,ean Roosevelt devoted
most of his speech to the alleged vio-
.lence and disorder by his political OPP
ponents
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Many yoters Ili.u ualifieu.

San Juan, Nov. ALMOST 80 per cent
OF the persons who have registered t.
vote at the coming general election in
the island are disqualified by the prop
erty justification. The total OF regis
tration is almost 10000 and thus NOR
than 10000 men of the requisite age are
disfranchised.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-02

Practical Legislation Recommended
Public Debt Statement News
Of the Day.

Washington, Nov. The annual -
port OF the second assistant post,nas-
ter general, Shallenberger. was madss
public today. It is shown that on June
80 last the annual rate Of expenditures
for inland mail service was ~, ,ile,te0
and foreign service $2,0l4.5ss. Routss
of all kinds in the domestic mail eary-
ice cover over half q million mtlen IN
length and mails Travelled over them
per annum 459, ,205,773. Shailenbsreer IN
referring to the steps taken looking 60
the stopping of speculative bidding Cor
mail contracts by giving the contracts
only TO the persons living on or contig
uous to the routes involved, says Il ~
worked satisfactorily. The experiment
OF oox delivery on star ROUTES. where
by persons along the lire could havos
mail brought from the next of1ice by =
star route carrier and left in Q boz
erected by such persons, has worked
satisfactorily in South Carolina and ahei
next star route contracts wiN provide
for such service, increasing the uail
facilities in rural districts at q znolAr.
ate increase in cost.
IN the rallWay mail service mail mAt-
ter too illegibly or too improperly ad-
dressed to permit of delivery amouatsa
to l4. .6l7,2A pieces, an increaAe Of over
11.000. Relief legislation for the famt-
lies of those killed in the service II
asked and creation OF fund to retire
on pay clerks whose usefulness is cut
short by permanent disability incurred
in the line of duty. Reorganization and
reclassification of the railway mail SER
vice, legislation requiring separation OF.
second class mail matter by publishers
and legislation for punishment OF psr-
sons who by force attempt TO enter :.
postal car or assault postal clerk On
duty is recommended.
The total estimate for all mail trans
! portation for the fiscal year ending
June 50. 1902, is ssl, ,430. .249, being s., ,15s 3
610 more than the current appropria-
ition. td
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southern Paciac Ofncers Elected.
New York. Nov. 2. The directors OF
the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
met here today and elected Charles N.
Hayes to the prestd tdency e the ,comDany.
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Jone. Appeals 70 pemocrn,..

Chicago, Nov. p. Chairman James Is.
Jones, of the democratic national COM
mittee, has issued the following ad
dress:
To All Who Favor the Republic and
Oppose the Empire The election is al
ready won. We now have only to main
tain our present position. urge that
every man interested in preserving the,
principles of government which have
come down to lis from the fathers shall
Ecansecrate the entire day on Tuesday
next to the great cause. Let each go to
the polls early, either singly or as a.
member of a club, vote promptly, and
then give the remainder of the day to,
Whatever may be necessary to be done
Let those who can do so place teams
and vehicles at the disposal Of the COM
mittees to bring the old and infirm TO.
the polls See that every one is re-
minded OF the day and urged to vote.
Let those whose duty it is to watch the
polling and counting do so. for every
instant Of time from the beginning to
the end. from the opening of the ballot.
box in the morning until the returns are
signed and sealed at night, and all will
be we'll. JAMES n. JONES.
.Chairman Democratic Committee
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.AcIor l;irarxi ncati.

actor is dead, at his home at Brooklyn.
OF diabetes and paralysis.
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Democrat. Claim New York.

New York. Nov. 2.--Executiye Chair
man James X Mcclure. of the demo
cratic state committee, gave out the first
estimate from the democratic state.
committee on how the state would go.
He said Our canvass of the state gives
Bryan so 600 majority, and it also shows
that the republicans will not come to the
Bronx with more than 10000 majority
L have refrained from making any
was completed. This estimate on our
canvass is a very conservative one