Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-10
CHINESE EZCUSAB[E
Wife Of an American Consul
Claims Chinese We're Bru-
tally Treated.
Graphic Description Of Siege
Expected From Mrs. Coneer
on Her Arrival.
Scarcity Of Convicts in Peniten.
tiaries Embarrasses Employ.
ers Of Convict Labor.
Special to Times-Rep,,bliean n

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April Something of a
sensation was caused in a little group
of ladies' in Des Moines the other day
when Mrs. Ragsdale, wife of the Amer
ican consul at Tien Tsin, China, de-
clared her belief that the troubles in
China were due primarily TO the con-
duct of the American and English peo-
,pie living in China. She asserted that
the manner in which the Chinese are
treated by the American and English
iintruders in China is simply brutal and
the wonder is rather that the Chinese
stood it so long instead of rising in re-
lvolt to drive out the foreigners The
wife of the consul was an eye witness
TO many acts of brutality by foreigners.
Formerly the Chinese met fore gners
/ with deferential air and the foreign
ers came to regard this as their due.
4 but in later years they have believed
themselves as good as the intruders
and this is the cause of much friction
Mrs. Ragsdale is rot kindly disposed
toward the missionary system as i'll is
carried on and believes in placing upon
4 all elements of the foreign population.
j'some share in the unfortunate situation
which has arisen in Asia The Des
I Moines friends of Mrs. Conger antici-
Epate some graphic descriptions If the
sege when the Wife of the minister re-
1 turns home She is an unusually bril-
liant woman ard grea; observer of
things. She has had sufficient expert
ence in public life to make her familiar
with affairs a the great centers of
population and as her lips will rot be
sealed as tho she were the minister, 1t is
hoped she will shed some new light on
4 the mystery of Asia.
After some preliminary skirmlshing
the affairs OF one Of the oldest Des
/, Moines firms that OF Garter & Hussey.
Eare to be taken charge of In limited
4 Way by the courts. To straighten out a
tangle into which the partners have got
u their business Tars Hussey, IN his state
4 ments To the court. declares that there
has not been a balancing of the books
4 for many years. Ii is evident to out
siders that the relations between the
klpartners have become strained Some
Il persons may be inclined to attribute
4 this TO the dabbling in literature of the
i junior members of the flrn. Tac Hus-
sey is the justly famous author 1f
iowa Beautiful Land. a scng set 10
4 music by Judge Towner, who aspires to
/ the supreme bench and which is used
In Iowa schools as a standard song. But
= liussey couldn't help turning IL itera-
Il ttIre. for he graduated from a si:, a, .,s.s k
school house in the baekwoods u In
I9diaha He is one Of the old fashioned
printers having commenced 70 put up
the types on the Iowa Statesman and
later on the Iowa Citizen when Il was
started in Des Moines. That was some
time ago.
The state beard of control Will prob
ably hang out card bearing the in
scripfioii: Wanted More Canvicts.
Whether II is THAI those whc are IN the
|peniteatiaries are beng let cut too
ing thr criminals 10 the psHitentiary
fasJ enough the fact is that there are
rot a sufficient number Of eonvists at
4 the penitenJiary al Fort Madison 10 fill
the contracts Tor convict labor which
- " -. "a oi Y -
overcoming this embarrassment, the
Fort Madison district has been enlarged
and the Anamosa district correspond
4 insiy decreased by SIX counties, nsmely,
aha scott lhsse COUNTIES furnished the
stals Mis'' 'nifss-liSe laporers last
seat'
'ne q me neglected lnaustries OF
loWa "hlsh mas nor Ss, come 10 tne at
.sissioii ~ ,hose Mi'1 are Trying 70 tel
"iias aus ie"a SEEMS no, 70 haNe en-
.iisls alsappealtu, a,a may actuaiiy be
sa!hihs ~ soiils iocalilles' rms is
iiuh'li's ana Trapping TOT iurs. y W IN
.sises h,ai1 Wiio oovs sons business
puSing iurs from the farm boys who
4 North rivers rs,,aTfs ma, d,,r,,.sv ,,,a
4 past winter he purchased pelts as fol-
lows: skunks. 734: muskrats a95 cIvet
cats. a47: opossums. 81: raccooas IS.
minks. 32l; wolves. 3: grew foxes 3