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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-08-03
WILD TIME in Nrr a -:'-
negro Kllls i've omc,,. \ u IN
O0N n Tv,s =, !. ST','S5 49, Sll in

Negro KIlls ave ON. ..-- NJ VI I'M
5.., s5s Ds1n In Turn - Shot
New 81. ans, July 2s.--A,t., NJ.
I. oattle lasting for seyera, aes- 5
]. u which he succeeded 4 " a ny n
Sergeant Gabriel Porter. = Killing
kurenl, keeper Of the police al y, v y 81
Alfred J. r. bloomfield. ! ON, ~, and is
a = 11 fatally woundling Corporal ,nS.
:, Lally, !, John vanville, ex.polies sUaa u
Frank H. Evans and A. 8. Issanatl
one Of the leading confection asslefe, N
the city, and more or less ser;a 81
several other persons, the ~
desperado. Robert Charles uha n ~, 3,
Captain Day and patrolman = ! na, s,
end badly wounded Officer Nor, ''a INV
smoked out of his hiding ~. wy Y
the heart Of the residence section Y y.
'''e city Yesterday morning ma ~ u
orally shot to pieces. The tra,.a. Z
was one OF the most re1narkah,s I,
the Mstorv Of the city. ard d, mn ~
people, soldiers, policemen and ~.
ems, were gathered around the ); !. !.
i'l which Charles was finally MI ~" J
death. Tremendous exciten,ont "
vailed in New Orleans as the ba -,
went on between the police and an,
zens and the negro with his ia ,,'
After the tragedy was ~ y,
Charles was dragged out from ~
mud and slush in which he had .s,s ~
On, with the mob bowling for n.
burning of his body, statements ,,s sas
made that the man killed vas ~
really the desperate who had .i,1ss ~,
lay and Lamb, but papers wars
found on his person, and the f,ct ~.
he fought so desperately for his lif,
and shot so accurately seems !.
leave little d''ubt that the r;;;ht M
was killed.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-08-03
'CONGER s CHEERIN 6 NEWS
Forwards flsssags to T en Tsln
ass That All Are Safe. ~

aTS($i Mac W9k All SAuO SoOaOs Fs5T
Washington, August THE war
department has received two cable
grams from Col. Daggett. The first
read: 7as
Che Foo, undated Corbin,
Washington. Tien Tsin, 27th. Mes
sage Just received from Conger says
since 10th, by agreement, no firing.
Have provisions several weeks, little
hmmunition; all safe, we'll" n
The second read:
Che Foo, Corbin, Washington:
Tien Tsin, July -Flintshire al
rived 27th. Two hundred and fifty
seven Ninth infantry, sick, ten doc
tors, one hundred hospital corps
inen, twenty signal men needed. I'm
avoidable delay unloading transports.
Foreign troops arriving
The official continuation of the
news that Minister Conger is safe and
well, coupled with the statement that
ne has provisions for several weeks,
hnd that the firing on the legation
has ceased, was welcome intelligence,
though not unexpected, in view of
recent news. The information from
5 Colonel Daggett was promptly tele-
zraphed to President Mckinley at
Canton. The last message which
came from Minister Conger was that
which was obtained through the in
termediation of Mr.. WI, and was
supposed to be dated the 18th in
slant, before which time nothing had
come since June IL. almost two
months. 1t is expected now that all
The energies of the government, as
we'll as those of other nations, will
oe concentrated for an advance on
2eking. Several of the reports which
nave come from China seem to indi-
cate that this will occur very soon,
some of the dispatches placing the
late as early as yesterday. The Off
Gals here, however, do not look for
SO early an advance, if the allied
commanders adhere to their original
estimate of eighty thousand men as
necessary for the campaign, as the
latest reports received here do not
show half that number on the
ground. Still other reports indicat-
ing the possibility of the advance
oeing made by the British and
American officers have come, and
our officers commanding in China
nave a free hand in any military
movements =
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-08-03
Pensioners still Increase.

Washington, August 3.-The report
!of the commissioner of pensions, ~.
Clay Evans, will show total OF 9sS,-
1928 pensioners on the rolls. During
the year 40,645 original pensioners.
were granted and 4,699 names mel a
restored to the rolls. To offset these'
43,334 names were dropped from Inc Inc
rolls during the year, including a5,oos
by reason of death, 9O9 ny reinal
!!riages of pensioners and 6,el6 1oI OF
:other causes. The number droPPeu
,by reason of death during the nscal
wear lust closed is about 14,2Oo less S
than was estimated.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-08-03
CIGARETTES DEADLY WORK.
Causes Explosion Of Cannon at Camp
Lincoln. 7'1 b.

Causes Explosion Of Cannon at Camp
Lincoln. B..
Springfield, ILL.,, July 31.-A careless
ly tossed cigarette caused the prema-
ture explosion of a cannon at Camp
Lincoln Sundy afternoon. Two milit-
amen were fatally injured and a score
of others more or less seriously hurt.
The accident happened at 4:3O o'clock,
when the soldiers were preparing for
the evening parade. hundreds of Wis
tors were congregated about the
camp, and the excitement following
the explosion was intense. When the
smoke of the charge cleared away the
ground in front of the cannon was
strewn with the torn and bleeding VIC
tins. The clothes of several of the
MANNED were afire, and the groans of
the victims were heartrending. Re-
covering from their CONSERVATION,
the bystanders rushed to the aid Of
the suffering. Ambulances were SUM
moned and the more seriously injured
were conveyed to the downtown hos
pitals. Others were cared for at the
post hospitals. In the excitement fol-
lowing the tragedy the person who
threw the cigarette escaped. Bystand-
srs declared he was member of the
First Cavalry regiment and wore the
stripes of sergeant. .
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-08-03
FOREIGNERS IN A PANIc.
Danger ut Hankow Owing to HOSTILITY
of Natives.

Danger ut Hankow Owing to Hostility
of Natives. ~
St. Petersburg, July %. The Rus
sian agent at Hankow telegraphs, I'M
der date of July %, as follows: 5
Foreigners are in constant stat:
Of panic owing to the hostility Of the
natives, who are affected by tn
events in the northern provinces IhtS
American and British consuls have
recommended their respective people;
10 send their families to Shanghai
Nevertheless there are no SYMPHONIC,
that serious disturbances are impendl5
ing. The viceroy has taken all nee
essary measures to protect the for'3
eieners and reassure Chinese" 5
The Russian minister at Seoul, N
Pavloff, reports that the Russian de-
partment which left Port Arthur en-,
route to Pyong Yang with the loss o.
fifteen killed and many wounded
They fought their way through ON
posing natives at the point of the'
bayonet.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-08-03
Yellow Fever Kills Eleven.

Washington, July 29.--9 =, ~. sa, nsM
eral Wyman has received the 10, IolioM y
Ing dispatch from Surgeon uae .a,,as
at Havana regarding the yelloW 1eVe1
"Hayana, July 2s.-NVyman, wash :l
ineton: Have beeen in communicates mn AZ
with military authorities regarding
First regiment. Have been en-. clever es' ,sa.
deaths at Pinar del Rio; elgnt ease ssla,:
and eleven suspects now under oDser r
yation. Troops moved out TO caml
for observation. All baggage ans
equipment will be disinfected, la 5saes
and sealed by MS before being place.
,l;pon transports.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-08-03
LEGATIONS SURE TO SUFFER-.
Tung Fun Slang Threatens to Aii
s- the Powers Go Forward.


s Berlin, July 31.-The Chinese lega'
ton in Berlin has received message
from Sheng, director general OF ran
ways and telegraphs, saying that Nc
has received dispatch from PeklnG
announcing that General Tung Nv
Slang threatens to kill all the mem mem.
bers of the legations if the internass
tional forces advance upon Peklngs
Evidently the legation is embarrassed 9
by the receipt of this dispatch as the
Chinese minister has not communlca,
ted it to the German government
The legation has cabled the vlceroy
of Nankin requesting him to try y
get information as to whether tne
widow of Baron Won Ketteler, tns
murdered German minister, is sun
alive 0at5
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-08-03
BRITISH MISSIONARIES DIED.
-Four Slain in Province OF Shan-Si and
Eighteen At Tung Chau.

London, July 3o.-Eighteen mission
aries have been massacred at Tung
Chau, where the churches nave been
burned. The Daily Express has the
following from Che Foo dated July 81:
-Four more British missionaries:
have been murdered in the province OF
Shan 81. News from native Chris.
tan sources says that for eight days
general massacre of foreigners has
been in progress in the province OF
Ho Nan and Shan Si.''
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-08-03
Wise is the man who doesn't sacri.
| flee his health in search for wisdom
URGE REVOLT IN IRELAND.

Cork, July 31.-At the nationalist
demonstration held here Sunday hand,
bills were distributed discouraging
the work of recruiting for the British
army and urging that, as England's
army was now ''tliscomforted" in
South Africa. the time was ripe fol
an Irish rebellion. John f. Redmond,
leader of the United Irish party in
parliament, made a vigorous appeal
for funds to assist the candidates OF
the party at the Forthcoming general
election. He publicly repudiated the
statement that the United Irish league
was opposed to certain Irish members
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-08-03
Kaiser Would KIN All.

Berlin, July 29.-Addressing the
troops at Bremerhaven before they
departed for China, Emperor William.
according to the Lokal Anzciger, en-
ployed this extraordinary language:
IF you close with the enemy, re-
member this: Spare nobody. Make
no prisoners. Use your weapons SO
that for q thousand years hence no
hinaman will dare look askance at
any German. Open the way for civil
tzation once for all" @
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-08-03
Nears Pekinc on the North.

London, July Silt is reported that
Russians from Charbin have arrived
at point $50 miles north of Peking
after severe fighting. With the arriv-
al of the second Japanese division the
allied forces at Takn and Tien ysin
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-08-03
,...,..,,. or.rou Docked.

Washington, July 2s:-The navy de;
partment has received the following
telegram from Captain Wilde, com
mander of the Oregon:
} "Kure.-ship locked. Structural
strength intact" III
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-08-03
DEMOCRATS WIN BY 10000 VOTES.
Triumph of White Supremacy In North
e Carolina. @,

Triumph Of White Supremacy In North
Carolina.
Raleigh, N. c., August 3.-After one
of the most bitterly contested cam
paigns ever known in the old North
state, the democrats and white sup
remacy triumphed by a majority Of
about 10000. Spencer B. Adams, fu-
sion nominee for governor, was de-
feated by Charles B. Aycock, the DEM
ocratic nominee, and all other state
officers were elected. The legislature
is democratic in both branches. The
election DISTINGUISHED the negro and
changed the state legislature from it's
combination majority of republicans
and populists to straight democratic,
insuring the defeat of Marion Butler
for reelection as United States SEN
ator. The negros as a general thing
remained away from the polls. The
election was for state officers, MEM
bers of the legislature and county
officers and for an amendment to the
state constitution looking to prac-
teal elimination of the negro from
politics as its adoption DISTINGUISHED
the bulk of the negro vote.
Great victories are net always won
on fields where great armies fight.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-08-03
HITS TAYLOR AND POWERS.
Startling Story Of wharton Golden 1,
G0ebel Case. ;

3oebel Case.
Georgetown. KY, July 2o.-.Evidence
upon which the prose, ution places
it's strongest reliance was given in
the Powers case yesterday by F
Wharton Golden. 1t seriously re.
fiected upon former Governor Taylor
and the defendant, Powers. The wit.
ness said that shortly before the
shooting he was walking with Taylor,
when the latter said: Golden, il
looks like horrible thing to kill 2
man, but that looks like the only way
to handle Goebel and his gang.'
Golden said Caleb Powers came tc
him in January and asked him to &C
to the mountains and get a crowd o.
mountain feudists to bring to Frank,
fort. Powers furnished the money
and Golden helped to get the crowd,
Receipts from Hamp Howard, Dr.
Bingham and other mountain meE
for money paid to them by Colder
were placed in evidence. At Barbours.
vile Golden heard former Secretary
of State Charles Finley say: I'VE will
go down there and petition the legis
lature and if they don't drop that
thing we will kill them" Powers,
who was present. spoke approvingly.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-08-03

Great victories are net always VOL
on fields where great armies fight.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-08-03

ton among Iowa towns and as q
county seat without a railroad has
been heralded far and wide. A town
of considerable Importance and To-
Gated in a part of the state covered
with network of railways, it's fail
IRE to secure the long coveted desire
has been peculiar. While smaller and
less important towns were echoing
to The sounds of the whistle of the
locomotive. the only means of egress
and ;ngress 10 Pocahontas was by
means Of tie old.fashioned stage. For
years people there struggled to Sc
cure q railroad and many times
seemed at the point of success, but
each time these efforts closed in bit
ter disappointment. The new road
which has finally broken the spell
under which the town seemed to be
placed, is the Rock Island. which runs
north from Gowrie. The first train
which ran in was common work
train, but tho first locomotive whis-
tic heard in Pocahontas was sound
fraught with the greatest impO' tance
to her people. The event was cele-
broted with tanuuets and oratcry.
A newly made grave, hidden in the
center of 500 acres of brush in the
vicinity of Mason Lewis house, in
Keokuk township, Wapello county,
has given rise to the theory that per-
haps the body of Walter Davis, an
aged man who disappeared from his
usual place of abode in that town
ship some months ago, reposes I'M
derneath the sod. Efforts were made,
it is said, by two farmers to exhume
whatever is buried there, but the
stencil was so great that they gave it
up and notified the coroner of their
suspicious, who together with the of.
ficers will visit the place and make
l further investigation. ES
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-08-03

All of the counties of the state ex
:ept one have reported to the audi,
:or of state the 1900 assessment. II
will show an increase in assessmen,
II perhaps S15,OOO,O0O. This balances
The loss of last year. Auditor Mer,
liam announces that the accurate fe,
ares can not be given out until afte.
the last county has been heard from
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-08-23
COMMERCE AND FINANCE.
Proofs of Prosperity from the Treas.
ury Bureau.

Never in the history Of the United
States has there been a more prosperous
year than that which ended June 30, last.
That is the time when the general gov
eminent makes up it's books and draws
a balance to see how the nation stands,
just as merchants and manufacturers
take account of stock at the end Of their
business year.
The report for the government fiscal
year is now published aud every citizen,
as member of the great firm of uni
ted States & Co." may well be grati6ed
at the showing. We have trade in every
part of the inhabitable globe and have
interchanged commodities with every
people.
Our business for the year amounted to
the enormous sum of 50 .243. 901 .O41. sur
passing everything ever before known by
nearly $500 100000.
We sold to foreign countries merchan-
disc valued at 81 1874, 1851, and we
bought from them to the value of $780,
1850. leaving a. balance in our favor
to be paid TO us in gold. or to be credited
to future accounts, of $544, Al, 7O1.
A business firm. showing balance on
it's sales in proportion like this, would
be pretty sure to feel that it was doing
a safe and prosperous business.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-08-23
New southern Industries.

Chattanooga, Tenn, July 3O.-Among
the more important of the new industries
reported by the Tradesnan during the
week ending July %, are SlO.OOo bas-
ket and crate factory in the Fort Valley,
Georgia fruit district; broom factory
in middle Georgia, cigar factory IN
Florida, coal mines in Arkansas and
West Virginia. electric lights and power
plants in Georgia, Kentucky and Texas,
a palmetto fiber factory at Gainesvii,e,
Fla. a Touring mill and grain elevator
at Clarksburg. w. Va, hardware and
supply companies in Georgia and Texas.
a $4,000 harness and saddlery works ut
Dallas. Texas. an ice factory in Virginia.
an irrigation company in Texas, knit
ting mill in North Carolina. lumber mills
in Arkansas. Mississippi. South Carolina,
and Tennessee, a $G00.00O mining and
development company in Arkansas, o
$4,000 novelty works at Wheeling. w.
Va. natural gas and oil companies in the
Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia
fields, an elevator manufacturing COM
pany in Tennessee, $10,O 600 shirt factory
at Atlanta. Ga. soap factory in Ken
lucky. telephone companies in the Caro-
linas aud Texas, tobacco factory in Ken
lucky.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-08-23
Money in savings Banks.

On June 30, 1899, there were over
5.20O,0O0 depositors in the savings banks
Of the United 81; e.es as against 4.S00. goo
in 1894. and 3,SCJ.0OO in 1899. Each of
these depositors had more money to his
account than ever before. The average
amount on deposit rising from 1863 for
each person in 1894 to S419 in 1899. 1t
will be terrific task for the Democratic
and Popillist orators and papers Of the
same ilk, to persuade this vast army OF
depositors that has steadily increased its
savings. that prosperity is not abroad in
the land
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-08-23
EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURES
Pro ,ucts of Our Factories Are Now
Sold in All Parts of the World.

SOIQ All fartS Oh the w OTAUs
The increase in the expectation Of
American manufactures for the past year
is one of the most remarkable features of
our foreign commerce. We now CONF
pete with the nations Of the world in
every market, and we more than hold our
own everywhere. Our total exports Of
manufactures for 1900 amounted to
$443322 2S4 1866, an increase of So. COS, sos
over 1899, the largest ever known, for in
no preceding year has the increase ex-
ceeded SjO,000.0OO.
OF the total expectations for the year
manufactured goods formed 31H per
cent, or nearly one-third, against % per
cent in 1899. 81 per cent i'm 1897. 23 per
per cent in 1870, and 12A per cent in
1850.
To put the results in still more strik-
ing way it may be stated that in 1860 the
total exports of manufactures were $4O,-
345 1872, and in 1900 were $432. 2S4 1866,
while all exports in 1850 were $685., 567,
057. and in 1900 were $1,394, 1851.
From these figures it will be seen that
the total exports of 1900 were only four
times greater than the total exports Of
1860, but the exports of manufactures
were ten times greater in 1900 than they
were in 1860
|. In other words, in 1860 manufactures
formed but 12A per cent of the total ex-
ports and in 1900 they amounted to 31H
per cent.
These are the undeniable facts and
figures, and they prove that not only
does protective tariff protect the home
workingman and give him high wages,
but it enables the American manufac-
turer to so enlarge his business that he
can successfully and proitably enter into
h. -ot- Of tho oIld
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-08-23
Amount of Av. to each
donoSffa donnriinr
South H.. Lot, of MONEY.

The South Is at last getting on self
sustaining basis, and is able to move the
cotton crop with Southern capital. Pros
perity and general development of the in
dustries there, on account-of the protect
i've tariff, have led to great increase in
the banking facilities SO that Southern
banks are now able to furnish the money
needed to handle the crop. In spite of
this great improvement in conditions. the
South will be expected to vote for free
trade. free silver, anti-expansion or any
other desc which the leaders of the Dem
ocratic party sees fit to concoct
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-08-23
Western States Republican.

During the present year it will be posi-
BILE to carry the States of Idaho, Nevada.
Wyoming, South Dakota and Montana
on prosperity and the wool question, with
a remote chance of Colorado and Utah,
as wool-growing in these States is very
important industry. These States voted
for Bryan last time on the silver ques-
ton. The wool growers have received
such substantial benefits from the Ding
ley tariff act, and prices obtained are in
such strong contrast with those obtained
under the free trade tariff, that the wool
growers are convinced of the advantages
of protection. Even the Governor Of
Idaho, Democrat, is purchaser Of
sheep ranches in that State. He is talk
ing very little about free wool.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-08-23
Savings of Wage-Earners.

So steadily are the Democratic papers
and orators engaged in applying epithets
and abuse to any who are prosperous,
and speaking in tragic tones of the ''con-
centration of wealth." that the actual fig
ures escape them. In 1899 the deposits
in all the banks Of tine United States,
national and savings, amounted to the
enormous sum of $7,514. OOO.0OO. OF this
great total the savings banks and the
State banks-the repositories Of the So
called poor people-held nearly one-half.
1t will be seen from the above figures
that wealth is far from being concen-
trated and the cry about it should be
drOpped
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-08-23
Frequently and Charity.

Prosperity benefits largely education
and charity. That the country is pros
porous beyond what 1t has ever knows
is proven by last years benefactions-
The enormous sum Of $40, 749.9o6 was
given to charity and various institutions
as compared with $33.G1O 129 in 1885,
SGT, 943, 5i9 in 1895, and $19.561.11 in
1894. or the amount given in 1899 edu-
catiOnal institutions received $o5,S51 BIZ,
charities $13206,676 churches $685.
500. art galleries $2,6S6. 500. and libraries
S5O11 400
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-08-23
Prosperity Everyvhere.

The most notable feature of the great
prosperity wave is the manner in which
it has swept over the entire country, not
a single locality or single industry es-
Gaping its stimulus. The best evidence
of this is in the bank clearings. In New
York in 1899 they increased nearly As
per cent; in Pittsburg, 81 per cent; in
Cleveland, over 80 per cent. Seattle
showed gain of 81 per cent; Salt Lake
City. 43 per cent; Birmingham, Ala,
nearly "A per cent; Boston, 30 per cent;
Minneapolis, II per cent; and throughout
the whole country the average gain was
36 per cent over 1898 and 63 per cent
over 1897
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-08-23
Demand Tor small coin..

Hon. George e. Roberts, director Of the
United States mint, says that never in
the history Of the nation has there been
such call for small denominations Of
money-pennies, nickels. dimes. quarters.
half-dollars and one and two dollar bilis.
This is the sort of money that makes
change in the retail store and is paid out
by the banks in small dealings with farm
ers and wage workers, and shows how
much Of it they use.