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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-25
Roosevelt May take a Hand.

Washington, Oct 25.-President Roose-
.elt may take hand In the canteen
question. He is soldier and has had
actual experience with the soldiers in
the field and garrison. His policy of
caring for the men and looking out for
their comfort has induced some to pre-
diet that he will favor the repeal of the
snti-canteen law. Nc affirmative action
may be taken by the president as Secre-
tary Root is likely to express the ad-
ministration's views in his report.
Since the abollshment of the canteen
last March the effect on the army has
been closely watched by the department,
and apparently with different results.
The enemies of the canteen-among
whom Gen. Miles is numbered by ru-
mors-declare that experience has
proved the wisdom of the law. They
assert that the American soldier has
been just as comfortable and contented
without the canteen as he was with 1t.
and that the efficiency and morals of the
army have been improved.
Those who gre willing to give the en-
listed men the canteen arrive. at dif-
ferent conclusion, and present stronger
evidence. it must be admitted. than
the other side. They affirm that the
adjustment of the canteen has been
followed by the establishment of sa-
looms near the forts and posts and that
the restriction has increased the drunk
enness among the men.
Reports of courts-martial in the
Philippines show that there has been
no diminution of vice among the troops
ther and that. on the contrary, when the
men do get an opportunity to quench
their thirst, they indulge Id excesses
comparatively unknown before the can-
teen was wiped out. Secretary Root VIII
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-25
MlLEs NOW OPPOSES cANTEEN
Lieutenant General Has Reversed His
Views on the Subject.

Washington, Oct 25-Lieut. Gen.
Miles has again reversed his views. and
in his annual report will discuss the an
ti-canteen law and oppose any effort to
repeal that law. General Miles has been
In the past one OF the strongest advo-
Gates of the canteen system, and he was
largely responsible for its adoption. He
has changed ground since the anti-can-
teen law was adopted. and now argues
that the army is better off without the
lcanteen.
In this, it is said, the general hopes to
raise another issue with the secretary
of war, but in that he will find he ID
mistaken. The war department opposed
the anti-canteen law, but when 1t was
adopted proceeded to enforce it. The
only reference to the antt-canteen law
made by Adjutant General Corbin in his
report Is that "the provisions Of the act
of congress which prohibits the sale of
beer ETC., have been carried into ef-
feet
Secretary Root will, 1t is said. make
no more extensive discussion of the
question. The secretary of war regards
his Office as an executive one, and hav-
ing carried into effect the law of con-
gress abolishing the canteen, he will
leave the question Of results to congress
without comment from himself. Cen
teen which he was in u measure respon-
sible for, but he will not by so doing
raise an issue with the secretary of war.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-25
SEEKING =. AVERT DEFIcclT.
English Officials Discuss Postofficc
SAVINGS Bank Revenues.

Savings Bank Revenues.
London, Oct. Elbow the national
6ebt commissioners are to avert an an
nual deficit of 100000 ($9I0,000) in the
revenue of the postoffice savings banks
promises to provoke one of the greatest
financial controversies in the history OF
the country. While the matter will not
reach crisis until 1903. when the inter-
est on consols will drop automatically
from 2a4 to 21s per cent, thus causing an
immense slump in the earnings of the
postoffice deposits. it is already exercis-
ing the minds of official and unofficial
financiers.
The question will be pushed forward
early in the coming session of parlia-
ment. The more conservative members
of that body argue that deficit COM
pelling the reduction of interest on de-
posits il a mere fiction; the liberals
combat this assertion and recommend
that the debt commissioners be empow-
cred to extend the area of flnvestment so
as to earn larger erturns on the money
intrusted to their management.
Supporters of this policy hold that the
commissioners might protitably invest
the postof1ice savings in municipal Sc
!
acurities and workingmen's dwellings
and would run no risk of disaster. The
other side answers that such securities,
however safe, are not readily converti-
BILE into cash and. therefore, are unsat-
isfactory holdings for banks that are
subject to sudden and imperative calls
from their depositors. The nearly TO-
0oO,0O0 patrons of postotiice savings
banks in the United Kingdom have aG-
gregate deposits not much below e.
900, 900 GS970, ,oO0. .0oo). The loss of inter-
est I'm these deposits due to the reduce
tion OF interest on consols and necessary
to neutralize the impending deficit will
reach heavy fatal.
Representatives of the people in par
lament are organizing stubborn re-
sistance to the lowering OF the interest
rate on deposits, and the rumblings Of
the approaching storm are daily grow
ing louder.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-25
po>ver. Gao Near End,

Georgetown, Ky, Oct. 25.-The jury
in the Caleb Powers case was sent to-
Frankfort this morning to view the
scene of the murder. Arguments will
be presented this afternoon and the cAse
will go to the jury tomorrow.
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recount these developments if he de-
cides to discuss the proposed repeal of
the La
SUBMITS CANAL PROPOSAL.
William Hutin Offers Terms for the
Panama franchise.

Panama franchlSe.
Washington. Oct. 25.-M. Hutin, presi-
dent of the Panama Canal Company,
has orally made proposal to the United
States government thru Admiral Walk
CT, president of the isthmian canal COM
mission, for the sale of the property of
that corporation to the United States
government. AT the request Of Admiral
Walker, NJ. Hutin has undertaken to
submit his offer in writing. He hopes to
rave 1t ready by Saturday. Both Ad-
miral Walker and NJ. Hutin decline to
give any information concerning the
price asked. and conjecture runs all the
way from s50,0oo.0oo to s1oo,oOo,oo0. Mr..
Walker and his colleagues of the COM
mission have impressed upon NJ. Hutin
the absolute uselessness Of asking a
large sum, as the probabilities are that
congress will give but scant considera-
ton 10 the Panama project, even under
the most favorable circumstances. There
is belief that the Panama company
las submitted proposition designed TO
lrduce.congr IS to hesitate before going
ahead with the Nicaraguan project.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-25
FIRE AT DAVENPORT.

Mueller Lumber company's sawmill
Destroyed-Loss, $4,000.
Special to oTimes-Republican
Davenport, Oct. 25.-Tl,e Chris Muel-s
Ter Lumber Company's, saw mill burned
today. Loss, $4,000. partly insured.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-25
Marriaon Halo Dead.

Denver, Oct 25.-Horace Morrison
Hale, former president of the University
az Colorado, and father OF Gen. Irving
Hale. who commanded the Colorado vol-
.rnteers In the Philippines. is dead at his
home in thic city. Heart failure was the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-25

, tenn and bruises about the body.
She was conscious when taken out OF
the barrel. The doctors in attendance
upon her last night said that tho she
was somewhat hysterical, her condition
is not at all serious and that she prob
ably will be out Of bed within few
days.
Mrs. Taylor's trip covered mile ride
thru the Canadian rapids before che
reached the brink of the precipice. Her
barrel was twirled and toppled and buf-
feted thru those waters. but escaped
serious contact with rocks.
The ride thru the rapids occupied
eighteen minutes. Half way to the Maid
of the Mist Landing the barrel was
caught in what is known as the Maid
of the Mist eddy and held there until 1t
fioated so close to the shore that 1t was
reached by means of pole and hook
and drawn in upon the rocks Ten
minutes later the woman was lifted
from the barrel and half an hour later
she lay on a cot at her boarding place
In Niagara Falls on the American side.
She thanked God she was alive, thanked
all who had helped her in any way. said
she would never do it again. but that
she was not sorry che, attempted 1t, III
1t would help her financially.
She said she had prayed all during
the trip. excepting during "a few mo-
ments' Of Inconsistencies Just after
her descent.
The barrel In which Mrs Taylor made
the journey is AZ feet high,
and about three feet in diameter. A
leather harness and cushions inside
protected her body. Air was secured
thru rubber tube connected with a
small opening near the top of the barrel.
Mrs. Taylor is a school teacher and
recently came here from Bay City,
Mich.
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BIG FIRE AT ST. LOUIS.

cupple's Wooden Ware company's
Plant Badly Damaged. II
ST. Louis. Oct. a5.-Fire this morning
Gid s65. 900 worth of damage to Cupple's
wooden Ware Company's establish
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-25
pR. sToNER DEAD.

Prominent Physician and Authority of
Bacteriolosy Passes Away.
Des Mones. Oct. 25.-Charles p. Ston-
ier, a prominent physician, a recognized
authority in bacteriology. died this
morning of typhoid fever. aged 4S.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-25
Explosion in Carnegie Furnace.

Pittsburg Oct 25.-By an Slsosion of
gas in the dust catcher of tie Carnegie
Steel Ccmpany's furnaces at Rankin.
Pa. early this morning four men We're
badly injured. Over fifty workmen
were within twenty yards of the expo-
sion when 1t occurred. and their escape
from death is regarded as miraculous.
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sail fnr EnnIand.


ST. Johns. N. f., Oct. 25.-The Duke
and Duchess of Cornwall and York
started for England at daylight today
on the ophir. with two British cruisers
forming an escort
One trainman was killed and two
others We're injured seriously in Il tail
end collision between IL passenger train
and a helper engine near Petersburg.
N. ID.
The body of William e. Parkhurst, who
attempted to murder his wife and dis
appeared after seriously wounding her,
was found. in barn yard three miles
from Flint, Mich. Parkhurst had
blown his brains out.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-25
E.;l 10 Sell Bonds.

Yokohama, Oct. 25.-The attempt to
dispose of bonds for 5O,O0o,0o0 yens has
failed. This 1t is expected will seriously
affect the position of the cabinet.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-25
DIES OF HIS INJURIES.

ono of the Victims of the ExIine
Wreck Dead.
Special to Times Republican.
Ottumwa, Oct 25.-John Silverwright
of Kansas City, injured in the Burling-
ton wreck at Exline, died during the
night. Three others are expected to die
at anv time. Six were seriously hur:
and twenty-five slightly injured.
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=
BURGLARY AT ROCKFORD.

Meat Market of Hoadley & Son Robbed
of $40.
Special to Times Republican.
Rockford, Oct 25.-Hoadley & Sons
meat market was burglarized of $40 last
night There is no clue.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-25

larger number than at any previous
term for several years. The court also
passed on great many motions and
heard a great many oral arguments.
There was some surprise that the Sioux
City water works case was not decided
at the last term. There are important
property rights awaiting the decision in
that case, and the principles involved
may cut some figure in legislation re-
garding other matters in the state.
Iowa is to have member of the eXu-
tive committee of the national council
of administration of the G. A. r. in the
person of Dr. S. C. James, of Centerville.
DR.. James was selected by the Iowa
delegation as the Iowa member of the
council, and pressure was brought to
Bear on Gen. Ell Torrance, the new com
nlander. to have him also placed on the
executive committee. Gen. Torrance was
reluctant to do so from the fact that he
wanted one member from hts own de-
cartment of Minnesota and did not like
10 bunch them. But the Iowa depart
ment stood solid for him at the encamp-
nlent and he felt under obligation to ia
-or Iowa in this way. Thus the Iowa
Grand Army people will have a voice in
locating the next national encampment.
Word comes from northeast Iowa that
whereas there was at the beginning of
the campaign some friction in the sena-
to-ial district of Winneshiek-H Howard
threatening to the republican candidate,
all this has been smothed over and
there is now no doubt that the repub-
lican candidate will vim
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-25
SECRETARY WILSON COMING.

Will Make Speeches at Dysart and at
Vinton.
Special to Times Republican.
Washington, Oct. 25.-Secretary VIII
son leaves Monday for Iowa. where he
will deliver IA speech at Dysart, No
yember second and at Vinton Novem-
l,ar 4fh
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-12

OO0,UoO New York exchange was high
and is likely to remain so Naturally
there is some caution IN discount circles
in view of New Yorks probable demand
for gold for the autumn movements,
out it is not believed that this drain will
be sufficient to raise London rates ma
terially.
The week witnessed the unusual spec
tacle of an Improvement in home rails
and decline in Americans This arose
on the one hand from renewed appre-
hension regarding the steel strike, while
ca the other hand the fact that British
railway shares descended to about the
lowest possible figures was due to reac-
ton. The outlook for home traffic is ex-
ceedingly gloomy. The half-yearly
statements of the railway companies are
all in and they show serious falling off
in the gross receipts in almost every
case, while the tremendously increased
working cost materially reduces divi-
dends. The managers confessed that they
see no prospect of Improvement fur years
ahead, and there is a general cry for
retrenchment.
Retrenchment, however, seems to mean
only cheese pairing and the cutting Of
wages without any genuine reform in the
Anticipated method of equipment.
There is a wide field for improvement
in the equipment of both freight and pas
senger departments, and this fact COM
bmed with the present low price of
stocks seems to offer a Favorable open
ing for American enterprise to do for the
steam roads what it is already doing for
the tramWay lines.
So far as the steel strike is concerned,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-12
RuMoRs OF TROUBLE.
National Tube Workers Say They
VIII Tie Up McheespOrt Plant.

PITTSBURG, Aug. I1-There will be
no development at MOpessen tonight for
the turn in the big plant of the Ameri-
can Tin Plate company does not COM
mence until O'Clock tomorrow morning.
There are reports of prospective trouble
there. The Amalgamated people claim
to have organized 1900 of the National
Tube workers at Mc<eesport, and say
they will completely tie up the plant.
The Republic Iron mills here have made
all preparations to start up tomorrow
despite the fact that their men have
been ordered out Many of the men
have gone to work in independent mills.
Wellsville will resume tomorrow and
it is claimed that it will go to full ca
pacity at once. Fifty more men have
beer added to the force at work dis
mantlng the Devices Wood mills at Nc
Keesport and fifty cars of coal ordered
for the mills have been sent back to
the coal contractors The steel officials
report that the situation at Leechburg,
Salisbury, Vandergrlft, Hyde Park and
Apollo continues to be satisfactory to
them.
Fires were lighted in the Canal Dover,
Ohio, plant tonight and ii is reported
that it will be started non-union tomor-
row morning The Amalgamated asso-
citation has begun its appeal to the other
labor organizations of the country. They
believe that 81 fund of fully 81 10000
will be contributed to their support and
that they will secure sympathetic action
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-12
IRONMASTERS CLAIM
VICTORY is THEIRS

striking Amalgamated men will hold an
open air mass meeting Wednesday again.
The local situation is now quiet and il
is not known whether or not any at
tempt will be made to operate the New
castle plants by non-union men.
The American Tinpate company this
afternoon b, gan building high picket
fences about the Shenango and Greer
plants. These mills were closed down at
the first strike order issued by President
Shaffer. The fences are sufficiently
high and strong to resist any but the
most determined onslaught and their
erection now seems significant However,
General Manager George Greer stated
today that this has no connection with
the strike but that the company has
intended for months past to build fences.
Even with this statement, crowds OF
strikers watched from a distance the
work with scOwling looks.
A meeting will be held tomorrow for
the purpose of organizing the furnace
men into the American Federation of
Labor Nearly 900 furnace workers have
been thrown out Of employment by the
strike and they will be affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor. A sec
ond meeting to complete the organiza-
ton will be held at Z o'clock tomorrow
night at the same place. The furnace
men will also be affiliated with the Ma
honing Valley Furnace Workers union,
which formed this year. This embraces
Youngstown, Niles, Girard Struthers,
Sharon, MiddleseX and all points in the
Mahoning and Shenango valleys but
Newcastle. e. ]. l.. Mullen, of Youngs-
town, a Federation organizer, is now
here for that purpose. The local fur
nacemen have never before been organ
lied and their present step will strength
en- the forces of the strikers here
According to a conservative estimate
made tonight it is believed that the re-
fusal of the steel workers at Joliet, Chi
cago and Milwaukee to obey President
= ShafIer's new strike order will reduce
the number Of new strikers tomorrow to
about $4,000, distributed as follows:
National Steel compan: New Castle,
1900; Minso Junction, 1920; total, $500;
idle annual tonnage of these plants. 500
600 tons. National Tube: Boston rolling
mill, 425; Eiba Iron works, $50; Republic
Iron works. 1,510; Riverside Iron and
Tube works, 1900; total, 4,095; idle an
nual tonnage, 291 500 tons.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-12
BAY VIEW LODGE REvoLrs.
Steel Workers at Milwaukee VIII
Not Obey ShafYer.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Aug. 1.-THE Bav
View Lodge of the Amalgamated ASS
clafion OF Iron, Steel and Tin Workers,
at its meeting today, decided not to obey
the strike order of President T. j. Shat
fer, and in consequence the plant of the
Illinois Steel company of this city viii
be running as usal tomorrow. According
to the officers of the lodge, the decision
was final. and a dispatch was immediate
~ sent to Vice President w. c. Davis.
of the Fourth district in South Chicago
notifying him of the action and request
ing that President Shaffer and the execu
tive board In Pittsburg be Immediate
informed. The meeting was held in tn
local lodge room in Odd Fellows han.
and every member of the Amalgamat 4
ASSOCIATION was present to take part, tie
question being the most important tn {
his arisen in the lodge for years Pres,
dent John Redfern called the meeting q
order and at once took up the questio
at issue. Every member of the lodg
was keyed up to the highest pitch on &C
count of the visit of President Redfer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-12
BOERSE WAS WEAK
BERLIN MARKET REPORTS ARE
NOT ENDICATIVE OF A
HEALTHY FEELING
BANKS MAKE BETTER SHOWING
Kreuz Zeitung Demands a COM
pIete Separation OF Banks of
Deposit and SDecuIn-
tive Banks.

BERLIN, Aug. u.-Last weeks boerse
was without strong features and more
quiet than usual, but the general tone
was somewhat improved. Business was
limited, bona tide investors being almost
totally lacking in the stock market The
Frankfurt Zeitung says that scarcely
one transaction; in shares was made, as
far as investment is concerned. The
attention of the market was much occu-
pied with the affairs Of the banks, owing
to the recent publication of the semi-an-
nual statements, which made better
showing than had been expected. The
press points out, however, that these
statements, being for June 30, do not
show the effects of the LeipZiger bank
failure and that the effects Of this cat
astrophe are better shown in the fact
that the Reichsbanks discounts are now
100000 marks above the figures of
June %, whereas last year there was
contraction of 100000 marks
The semi-annual reports have had a
somewhat reassuring effect upon the
market. The National Bank Feur
Deutschland published today a statement
that it's earnings had attained normal
proportions.
The affairs of the Breslau disconto
bank are now regarded as more hopeful
since the managers of the institution
have decided to liquidate the Berlin
branch
Yesterday the Kreuz Zeitung devoted
long article to a discussion of banks OF
deposit and speculative banks, demand
ing their complete separation. The ar
ticIe attracted considerable attention on
the boerse and caused some selling Of
bank stock.
Domestic loans were actively traded in
all the week, large buying orders COM
ing from the public. Nevertheless the
result for the week was a moderate fall
l Foreign rentes We're mostly higher, es-
pecially Italian. Interest in American
railways was Slight. Canadians were
very active, closing at 1885, and on the
curb at $50.
Prussia's coal production for the first
six months of the year was 49,S28 1888 tons
or an increase Of 2S9 233 tons.
Old sugar fell sharply upon heavy Of
ferings of the new crop.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-12

to Chicago and Joliet, which was for the
purpose of ascertaining the sentiment of
the men there and their probable action
upon the strike order.
Mr. Redfern briefly informed the lodge
that so far as ne could learn there was
absolutely no chance of the other en-
ployes of the Illinois Steel company obey
ing the strike order, and that there would
be no stoppage of work in the mills to-
morrow morning. He said the sentiment
there was practically the same as herei
that q strike on the part of the Illinois
Steel company employees would be Vlo-
lation of the contract existing between
the men and the company, and that the
men had absolutely no grievance against
their present employers.
Mr. Redfern did not express any per-
sonal opinion, but simply stated the re-
suit of his mission to South Chicago and
Joliet. AT the conclusion of his remarks
the call of President Shaffer was read
and an opportunity was given to individ-
ual members to express their opinions
upon the subject
It was apparent from the first that the
sentiment was Overwhelmingly against
striking, and the only doubts in the minds
of the men was as to whether they owed
their allegiance to the association or to
the company.
Several of the speakers pointed out
no advantage to the Analgamated as
ISOLATION and would do no harm to the
United States Steel corporation mas
much as the trust is prepared at snort
notice to transfer all the work of South
Chicago and Bay View mills to
Duquesne, which can be made into plant
for the making of bar steel. Allusion was
made to the feeling existing between the
Illinois Steel company and its employees,
and strong emphasis was laid upon the
wage scale which has just been agreed
to by the company and provides for an
increase of 5 per cent in wages, dating
back to July /. 1t was shown that II
they decided not to go to work tomor-
row the company would be justified in
Withholding this extra money on the
ground that the provision Of the con-
tract under which it became due had
been broken.
The members of the Bay View lodge
will contribute literally to the strikers
in the East.
Whether the lodge is in danger of los
ing it's charter it the only question that
is disturbing many of the workers