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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
MUST CONTROL COMMITTEES.
The Purpose of the Vigorous Campaign
In the Fourth District is to contro
Committees.

SOInFnlSteeS.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, July 24.-The importance
attaching 10 the Fourth district cam
paisn relates not alone to the direct
bearing it Will have on the gubernatorial
result but to the fact that If Cummins
gains the majority of the delegates in
the district and the land slides out from
beneath Trewin as it threatens to, the
anti-machine men Will be able to con.
troi the district caucusea 1t appears
probable Cummins will have control of
the credentials COMMITTEES at the con-
vention Friends of the Des Moines man
Will be on this committee from the Sec.
ond, Seventh, Ninth. Tenth and Elev-
enth districts and if the Fourth dis
trict is also represented by Cummins
man the antimachine forces will have
six out of the five members of the Gre
dentials committee. In view on the
fact the machine men threaten to bring
contests before the convention from
Carroll, Jackson and Polk counties. con.
troll of the credentials committee is i'm
portant. Similarly it appears the Cum
mins men will be able to control the
other committees
The machine men are making desper-
ate efforts to carry Iowa county The
caucuses thus far have left each side
with honors about even C. w John.
stone of Des Moines has been sent into
the county TO lead the machine forces
Circulars are being peddled by the
Wholesale the Cummins men. in view
of the strength they already have in tbs
Second district, and the fact they will b.
able to control the Second district eau
Gus. attach far less Importance TO Iowa
county than they do to the Fourth dis
trict campaign
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
Boer Prisoners Try to Escape.

Hamilton. Bermuda. July 24-The
Boer prisoners of war confined on Oar
rell's island make almost nightly at
tempts to avoid the patroling gunboats
Medina and Medway, and gain the
mainland by swimming. The water be-
1ween Darrelrs island and the beach is
calm, and ali night long the gunboats
sweep it with their searchlights. Sharks
abound. and the British guard will shoot
on suspicion. Yet several of the Boesr
have escaped from their detention
camp.
on the night of July H. j. Du Toit,
NJ. l.. Louvens, j. p. Deroux, and ]. G.
Du Presse, Boer prisoners. evaded the
guards and sharks, and reached the
shore. half a mile away. by swimming
BY daybreak they had reached the
southern shore of the island. Here they
approached colored man, asking him
for food He charged them with being
Boer prisoners. and they admitted it.
The colored man at once informed the
guards at Warwick camp. and the es-
Gaping prisoners were captured.
A night or two after three others
tried to escape by padding ashore on
planks. They We're seen. however, and
fired on by the guards. One was wound
ed, and returned to the island, while the
other two were caught.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
HEAT / KILLING many
Forty De s Due to Heat In Past
Tw $ ty.four Hours at
5 ST. Louis.
Hundr's Of Others Frustrated
anu City Hospitals Full
Of Victims.
New Records Being Made In
Temperatures All Over
Heated Area.

st. Louis, July, 24-According 10 the
report of the weather bureau the tenn
perature at - was 102, two degrees
higher than yesterday the same time.
Up to noon reports received in the NOR
tuary office show forty deaths from
heat during the past twenty four hours.
The wards of the city hospitals are full
OF heat patients. The exact number of
prostrations can not be learned, as
many were treated at their homes, but
was much greater than the deaths
Al 2:3O the mercury stood at los and
fraction official record. and the temper
ature is still rising. The transit COM
pany has offered to let poor children un-
der 10 years old ride free to the parks
during the period of excessive heat
Des Motnes July 24.-The temperature
at 10 o'closck was 96 ten degrees higher
than the same time yesterday, when 100
was reached in the afternoon
Kansas City, July pa scorching hot
wave was prevalent over the southwest
today with conditions that make 1t
possible that the unprecedented records
for the high temperatures of the uast
few weeks will be eclipsed In Kansas
City at IL O'Clock this morning the
weather bureau reported 1O1. the hottest
ever recorded here that early in the day.
The temperature here last night averaged
80 and the atmosphere was very heavy.
Today locally hardly a breath of air is
stirring and no rain is in sight The only
lain in the past twenty hours in
Missouri or Kansas is reported from
Hays, Kas.. near the center OF the state,
where light shower fell. The tempera-
lure at noon was lO4 and there were
nany prostrations both in Kansas City,
Mo, and Kansas City, kas
At p. m. the government tfermome-
ter registered le5. Twenty-Five heat
prostrations are reported in the two
Kansas citys up to this time, four Of
which proved fatal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
Fighting in South Africa.

London, July 2i.The British war
office has received the following dis
patch from Lord Kitchener, dated Pre-
toria. July %
French reports that Crabbe with
300 men. was attacked in the mountains,
near cradock, by Kritzinger at dawn
July 2l The horses stampeded An all
day fight followed. Crabbe fell back on
Mortimer Our loss was slight
A train from Cape Town. with lls,
details and stores. was held up, cap
tured and burned at Scheepers, eight
miles north Of Beaufort West. on the
morning Of July u. our casualties were
three killed and eighteen wounded. An
inquiry is proceeding
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
NAVY CIRCLES EXCITED.
Great Interest Manifested in the sehI.
Court of lnnIliru


Court of Inquiry.
Washington. July 24-The informa-
ton that Schley,s letter asking for a
court of inquiry had been received by
Long soon spread thru the navy Depart.
inent and not since the recent war days
has one theme excited such general at
tention, Congress in 1895 established
the principle that no court martial coul. i
be held in two years after the occur-
renee under investigation This il
known as the naval statutes of limita.
tor. and While it bars.a court martial
relating TO the Santiago campaign it
does not bar a court of inquiry. In this
case court of inquiry would be effect
i've only in establishing records and
would not be preliminary TO court
martial.
The important feature in an order di-
recting court is that specifying Mheth.
er 1t snail state only the facts found. OF
shall also give an opinion based on the
facts Unless the order expressly re-
quires the court to give their opinion
they are confined To the stating OF the
facts found. 1t is considered quite prot,
able, however in case of this impor
tance. that the order would direct the
court to record its opinion as we'll as thu
conclusion of facts Whether the inves
tigat'on shall be held in open court OF
not is decided by the court itself. unles.
specified in connection with the order.
This leaves 1t optional withthe presiden,
or Secretary Long 10 direct that the
proceedings shall be open or5closad, but
in case no specific direction ia given on
this point the court will decide IT, When
the court of inquiry reaches it's decision
AL papers are forwarded to the Judge
advocate general of the navy. and final
approval or disapproval rests with the
secretary OF the navy or the president
according TO which one has ordered the
court.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
WRECK ON c. R. /. & P.
Passenger Trains Collide at rifin,
Johnson County, This Morning and
Eiqht Are Hurt.

Tiffn, la. Juy 24-one passenger
train - the Rock Island railroad ran
into another which Was going on a sid
ns here al ] o'cleck his morning. The
Sleeping car Was Knocked over on its
side and several passengers injured,
none Of the seriously Following are the
names of those hurt:
cN Reiter, East Orange. \. Y. back
hurt.
Two children slightly bruised.
Frank L. Adams, Boston. Mass. foot
hurt.
J.E. Dunreap Denver. Colo, cut on
ear.
4. NJ. Collins. Lebanon Kas.. head
Slightly.
j. a McGrear. Chicago, bruised.
f Bumpson, Chicago porter. bruised
left shoulder.
All passengers injured proceeded to
their destinations.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
OPPOSITION GIVES up.
Now Comedies Tha. cummins Will Be
Nominated.

Special to Times Republican
Clinton. July 24-The following ap-
peared in the Des Moines correspond
ence OF Tuesday evenings Clinton Her
aid.
IF. w. Bicknell. Des Moines cores
pondent for the Record Herald. Bur
lington Hawkeye, Sioux City Journal
and other anti-Cummins papers. Satur-
day night in the office of the Iowa State
Register tanti-Cummins) announced
that hereafter he would give the
straight facts in his reports refusing to
color them any longer for the benefit of
the opposition. Mr.. Bicknell advised the
Register To pursue the same course. also
A. NJ. Piper. correspondent for the In
and number OF Iowa papers
Its no use to keep 1t up any longer >
he said. "Cummins will be nominated al
Cedar Rapids. The crash Will come
soon enough and it's folly not to get on
the right side now"
Mr.. Bicknell's position created much
surprise and was followed by a heated
argument in the Register Office. Bick-
nell announced his determination to do
as he had stated and Sunday mornings
Sioux City Journal contained a dispatch
conceding the nomination OF A. B.
Cummins. the first report of the kind
contained in that paper since the open
ing OF the campaign. 1t is believed
that Mr.. Piper will follow the course
outlined by Mr. Bicknell in regard to
political stuff sent out from Des Moines
between this and the date OF the con-
vention.
There was no perceptible change in
the policy OF the Register yesterday
morning. altho two weeks ago that pa
per made wonderful backward hand
spring and credited Mr.. Cummins with
geo OF the s4s delegates then claimed, a.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
THE LEGAL SIDE OF 1T
Judge Taft Discusses Form of Oath for
Filipino Officers and Renders De-

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was Preeseea nS tMo interesting inci-
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tative stat.n,.rts sro-,, prasia..n. re,
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the oaSh oi ONCE 10 be taken .'y the
judges. support pf the constitution of
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rom ms oatn, pnt recognition II The
supreme authority of the United States
was Included Judge Lie. author 9f the
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
T.-R BULLETIN.
NOTICEABLE NEWS OF TODAY
The Weather.

The Weather.
Iowa-Fair tonight and Thursday
1llinois-Fair tonight and Thursday
except thunder storms in the north to.
night.
PAGE ONE.
TELEGRAPH1C NEWS:
Status of the Strike.
Court of Inquiry for Schley.
Text of Schley's Letter.
Many Killed by Heat
Bubonic Plague in New York,
New Form of Oath for Islanders.
Harrison County for Herriott.
Iowa State Authorship.
PAGE TWO.
GENERAL NEWS:
Opening of the Reservations.
Schley Sampson Controversy.
News of the Day.
PAGE THREE.
IOWA NEWS:
Murder at Clarinda.
Fatal Gasoline Explosion.
Escaped Prisoner Recaptured.
News of the State.
PAGES FOUR AND FIVE.
EDITORIAL:
Breakers Ahead But No Storm.
Land Seekers Glut.
Violating the Primary Law.
Looker-On's Observations.
Topics and Iowa Opinions.
Iowa Items and News.
PAGES SIX AND SEVEN.
CITY NEWS.
lowe Gamers Talk Crop Prospects.
Veteran Dies from Heat.
Pointers for Land Seekers.
Horseman Brings Suit for Killing OF
Trotter.
Brief City News.
PAGE EIGHT.
IOWA AND COMMERCIAL:
Review of the Markets.
Wednesdays Market Quotations.
Iowa Crop Reports
Wi.son on Corn Shortage.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
ARKANSAS lNsuRREcTloN.
Armed Insurrec.ion on Account of Gov
ernor Davis Order.

Little Rock. Ark, July "a Osceoia. the
county seat of Mississippi county, is un.
der ar armed insurrection on account OF
Governor Davis having revoked the
commissions of Sheriff Sam Bowen and
Circuit Clerk c. $. Driver and appointed
j. A. Lovewel and j. w Rhodes re-
spectively, successors. The commissions
were forwarded by Attorney c. r. Cole.
man. of Little Rock. but Bowen and
Driver took possession of the court
mouse. supported by crowd Of deter
mined followers, principally from Lux
ora and refused TO vacate The court
house is barricaded. Practically the en-
tire town is under arms. Rhodes and
Lovewell have a following of probably
5000 men. There is much excitement
and many people are leaving the neigh
borhood
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
Celebration al Detroit

Detroit, July 24.-With the firing of a
salute of twenty-one guns by the reve-
nue. cutter Fessenden at sunrise. Detroit
began three days celebration OF the
landing of Cadillac at this point 200
years ago today. All the public build
ings. many business houses and residen.
,es We're handsomely decorated with
bunting and the flags of the United
States and France. Today was largely
given over to literary exercises.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
RIOT AT COLUMBUS.
Icemen's Strike Assumes Serious AS
pect-Drua Clerk Beaten.

Columbus, o., July 24.-The ice mems 8
strike took a serious turn today and FIRE,
quent riots resulted. The strikers am
nounced they would not only stopnon-
union men from working, but they
would not permit consumers TO secure
supplies from the storage houses. An
employe of a local drug store went TO
the Crystal Ice Company's factory TO Sc.
cure Ice when he was get upon by a
crowd of strikers. pulled from his wagon
and severely beaten. The companies and
the strikers are both firm in their posi-
tlon and no compromise is in slght
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
BITTEN BY RATHER.
Snake charmer Picked UP the Wrong
Snake and May Die.

MILWAUKEE,. July 24.-Charles La Pearl
who has been handling the snakes in a
street show. was bitten yesterday by a
rattlesnake and is at the Emergency
hospital in precarious condition. This
Is the second time La Pearl has been
bitten within a month by a rattler The
first time he was taken to Trinity hospi-
tai and had been ou, of the hospital but
short time Yesterday he made the
same mistake as the first time picking
up snake that did not have its fangs
drawn
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
OUTBREAK OF ANTl-sEMlTlsM.
Attacks on the Jew Becoming More
Prevalent in EnaIand,

London July 24-Anti-semitism is on
the verge Of open and Widespread out
break in England. according TO Isaac
Suwalsky. editor Of the Jew. an infiuen.
tial east end Yiddish newspaper He
asserts that daily attacks are made on
poor Jews in the streets of the White
chapel district. and that symptoms OF
hatred toward the Jews exist even
among the highest political and social
classes in the kingdom.
He says that unless this feeling 10
promptly and forcibly bridled Judaism
in Great Britain is threatened With per-
secution outrivaling anything in Russia
France. Austria or Germany.
The symptoms to which the editor re-
fers have become alarmingly common in
the London Ghetto. During the last
three months the Whitechapel police
courts have been regularly called upon
TO punish persons for assaults on jew.
ish peddlers and householders Several
jew hunts have lately occurred on
the highways in this district Testimony
in most of the cases proved that racial
prejudice waa the sole cause of attack,
the victims being Industrious law -abid-
ing residents. frequently inoffensive
youths
form of injury or robbery the persecu-
ton assumes terrorizins character
The policemen who guard the crossings
are kept busy rebuking truck drivers
and busmen guilty Of bounding Jews
with brutal taunts and of making delib-
crate attempts to run them down.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
Moclay's Statement.

New York, July 24.-Edgar S. Maclay
VINO criticised schley in his history of
the United States navy, said today: 1T
ls the proper course for Schley to de-
mand court of inquiry. 1t is his only
means of vindication. After this court
mas determined upon his case then he
can bring suit. 1t is needless for me to
comment furher upon Schley's record"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
Rain in Rock River Valley.

Rockford, H., July 24.-hains with .
brilliant electrical display fell at inter.
walls of several hours over half dozen
counties in the Rock river region last
night and this morning, reaching some
districts where the drouth had pre-
vailed six weeks.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
Sampson ls Satisfied.

Boston. July 24.-sampson said today:
u am glad Schley asked Long for an In :
vestigation. hope If there is an inves.
tisation 1t will be thorough one, and
that no detail of anything that has been
in dispute will be avoided by the inves-
tigating board. This whole business is
inspired by malice. but now perhaps 1t
may be all investigated. and IL it is the
people of the United States will know
all the factS,'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
Watson w. Moore Dead.

Denver. July 24.-watson w. Moore
formerly a leading member of the New
York bar, is dead Of paralysis OF the
brain aged So Moore achieved interna-
tional fame while acting as consul at
Constantinople during the Russes
Turkish troubles
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
AT SALT LAKE NEXT YEAR.
Next Convention of the EIks Will 3.
Held in That Citv

Milwaukee. July 24.- Salt Lake City
easily captured the next Elks conven-
ton. Today's session was devoted to
legislation affecting the order. grand
street pageant. with 5000 Elks in line.
was the feature OF the afternoon Ten
thousand dollars in prizes We're gwen
the successful classes in the parade.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
Admit 1t in Cedar Rapids.

Special TO Times Republican
Cedar Rapids, July 24.-The Gazette
of last evening appeared with column
editorial explaining that While it had
wished the outcome might be otherwise
1T could see no possible chance of Mr..
Cummins being defeated. II closed by
saying With all due regard and ad-
miration for the other gentlemen men
toned it is the opinion of the Gazette
that Mr.. cummins is as good as nomin-
ated."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24

state binder are not responsible for the
delay in the printing of the railroad
commissioners report. The report
proper was filed with the governor last
January, but portions of 1t could not
be secured until lately.
The origin of the fire at the state
bindery and Capital Office is mystery
Lafe Young has kept everything
scrupuously clean in the building and
especially in the basement whore the
fire started. 1t is probable that bit
of refuse or rag is responsible for the
fire. Some one has suggested that per-
haps Lafe permitted one of his red
lines to lie over night alongside of an
antiCummins circular from Cedar
Rapids. and this caused the explosion.
incidentally. it may be remarked
that Des Moines is in a new class in
weather matters. But three other sta
tions have ever reported higher tenn
peratures than Des MONIES. and ,hese
are Yuma Phoenix and El Paso. The
I5es Mones record of l09 has never
been equalled in New Orleans or along
the coast anywhere This is a new
distinction for Des Moines.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24

against something over 300 which the
Register conceded the week previous.
with only three or four conventions held
during the time of intervening between
the publication of the two statements.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
Tobacco Boys Strike.

Kingston. n. Y, July 24.--Four hun
dred boys, comprising the entire strip
pnig department of the American Cigar
Company's factory here. struck today.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
MERRIAM SUCCESSOR.
Candidates for State Auditor
Getting Ready for Next
Years Campaign.
Reported That Harriman's Lines
Are Weak...New Supreme
Court Cases.
Fire Loss Payment at State
Bindery Likely to Cause
Controversy.
peeial Id mes.Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, July 24.-Candidates for
state auditor next year are beginning to
be discussed in some of the newspapers
on the assumption that the present state
auditor will not seek re-election. This
may or may rot be true but 1t has been.
understood here that Mr.. Merriam de-
cided long ago that he would get out
of office as soon as possible and devote
his entire time to the insurance busi-
ness in which he has got start He
has in fact devoted a great deal OF time
to the founding of an insurance com
pany Tom Purcell, in his Hampton
Cronicle. touches up the matter in this
wise, which may be taken as expressing
the view of great many in the state:
Frank Merriam has disgraced him
self and the republican party. and the
Clinton Herald demands that he resign
as auditor of state so that the coming
state convention can select his success
sor Merriam's antics We're known TO
some extent last year when he Was re-
nominated for the Office re now holds.
and ii would have taken very little agi-
tatlon Of the matter to have defeated
him. which is now evident. would have
been the proper thing for the conven-
ton 10 have done. II Is not likely that
Merriam will resign but he Will not be
q candidate next year for he customary
third term. Consequently, candidates
tor auditor of state are already getting
in shape for next years campaign.
Purcell suggests that either Ed Chas-
sell of LeMars or Archie Smith. of
Storm Lake could land the authorship
next year; which indicates that Pur-
Gel. Is Wiling TO be a witness to an
other boxer War in the Eleventh dis
trict. But not until this years nomina-
tons ar- out OF the way is it likely that
anybody VIII seriously consider the tick
ct for next year. The authorship. by
the way. is one of the most important
Of the state Offices. almost equal TO the
state easurersnp. and good deal
harder than any of the others The
staff auditors office force is hard
worked all along the line and this has
been true for many years.
A gentleman from northern Iowa in
the city last evening who had beer ali
along the third congressional district
reports that the Hartman lines are
pretty weak He found one or two ael-
egatAs in every county Who althe IN
strueted for Hartman are slnn-r.-ly for
iCumnins. He Was not working iii the
interest ~ Curnmins eitfer. and x0uld
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
PULP WORKS DESTROYED.
Spark From Passing Engine Destroys
Property Worth 100000.

Jackson, Mich, July 24-The Jackson
Pulp Conpany's works caught fire from
the sparks of passing engine today
and were totally destroyed. Loss $780,
600; insurance. 100000
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
FIRE AT FONDA.

Power House Totally Destroyed by the
Flames.
Special to Times-Republican
Fonda. July 24.-The power house
here was Totally destroyed by fire at
$3.50 this morning. The loss is fully
covered by insurance. The fire will re-
suit In great Inconvenience to the city.