Daily Iowa Capital (Newspaper) - September 12, 1899, Des Moines, Iowa 5 OCLOCK EDITION J VOL XVI DES MOINES TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 12 1899 of the West Shore railroad director of the West Ontario Terminal company director of the Totedo Can ada Detroit Railway com pany director of the New York Cen tral Hudson River and a dozen other affiliated railroads PASSES AWAY CORNELIUS DIES AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS Hia Wife Daughter and Son Were With Him When He Leaves Large Thorough Railroad Man New York Sept Van died at this morning m li s unaccustomed to restraint and the se home at street Fifh discipline imposed by their col avenue In this city There were who had been in the regular serv TROUBLES OF A REGIMENT Souie of the Facts Pertaining to the South Dakota San Francisco Calt Sept prime causes are back of all the in the First South Dakota regi and a revival after the active campaign of the old feeling among the men that Colonel Frost while a brave officer and a good leader is very ambitious and of a tyrannical disposition The volunteers had been ice for grew almost Mr Vanderbilt at the of his death his wife his daughter and Keg to some There were his youngest son discontent and an He returned from Newport with his home concerning wife last evening apparently in excel prior to the regiments departure for lent health ard spirits and ret red the firing line In the field little was eaily About midnight he was sez d thought of save pushing the enemy OCLOCK EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS SENATOR GEAR WILL ADDRESS THE CON VENTION IN CHICAGO Large Attendance Will Be Populists ami Agitators Will Steer Clear of the Tomorrow Chicago Sept Gear Iowa will talk upon Trusts before the convention which convenes in this city equal opportunity for young men The young man out of college has no rule He cannot begin business on his own account against organized capital He must join the procession He must content himself with being a mere clerk and the chances are that he will never get any further because there are so many in his class This makes his po sition a poor man I am sorry for the young man of today r have studied the situation and I am sure of what I am saying present Industrial tendency amounts to almost a craze for trusts hardly anything in the indus trial line that has not been tackled by the promoters of the trusts Just at present times are good and everything Is floating along nicely When the collapse as come it must It will sweep those trusts to fi ruin steel rails for instance er the Great Britain will talk although several of the from that state have an a serious attack the household j and upholding the good reputation of i to address the convention was aroused and several physicians the troops When the regiment was Truts and combinations will be on summoned Everything possible was i encamped at San Fernando and other done but he grew rapidly worse and J points and was suffering greatly from died at a quarter past five Mrs Van its exertions and exposure incident to derbilt and her daughter Gladys are the campaign the against the prostrated by the shock and physicians j colonel revived in quarters that had g I been prejudiced against The death of Vanderbilt caused a him This was intensified by the gen raid on the stocks at the opening and j era understanding that he had bitter Fome declines were caused temporarily opposed relief for the regiment from Jl in and other shares but the firing line and that he had held strong support appeared and the losses i large numbers of the men to active du were recovered with something who wore alleged to be fit only for the hospital Out of these disagree ments have arisen about all the trouble 13 blocks the Brooklyn Rapid Transit wore LUC thrown on the market causing a sharp j The volunteers were in constant corre break in those securities and carrying with relatives and friends down the rest of below the and the arrests made at the instance of previous low point Colonel Frost were the consequence of left five children charges and statements made con lus Gertrude Alfred Reginald and his conduct Gladys Cornelius married to the When the regiment reached Naga daughter of R T Wilson a banker sakl on its return by the Sheridan it two years ago became the I received a vast accumulation of mail ire of Harry son of j forwarded from San Francisco There the former secretary of the navy AViU was an abundance of South Dakota pa uam C Whitney pers containing soldier letters ad to Senator Pettigrew and was B6 years rf er citizens The Warne letter was in age born on the of No He was the oldest son of William H Vanderbilt the oldest son of Commodore Vanderbilt who laid the foundation for the Vanderbilt fortune The deceased was a man of pled virtue a strict disciplinarian in family matters and withal very phil anthropic He was president of the New York Central and the Luke Shore and bs this collection and the surgeons ar rest followed without delay After leaving Yokohama the arrest of Quar Sergeant William Wiehe of the Spearfish company and Sergeant McCoshen of the Watertown company was ordered Private Jones orderly to Colonel Frost felt sorry for the pre of Sergeant Wiehe and told going through j get ci had written a letter which he stated it the same as ons of the workmen He was acquainted with every detail of the in dustry and while president put in as irany hours of solid work for the com pany as any man it He was stricken with paralysis years ago and has from that two to Pettigrew in was understood seemed to be on the decline so far Frost was to be made a brigadier gen eral Major Howard of Aberdeen colonel of the regiment timo distinguished himself by a t early in the campaign his health concerned His eldest had home some especially se Cornelius sometime on the conduct of the ft which was ins commanding officer which found their fathers wishes Shortly previous to vay the Watertown Sioux Falls the marriage the father was stricken ss stated and it is said that the b son had do with bringing on the attack Cornelius wa bora on Staten Island William his father was at that time a farmer ard Cornelius ai the ape of 16 school and secured a place as gar in the Shoe and Leather bank His grandfather the commodore learning of this sent for him arid asked why he bad not applied to him for a place Because I want to ask you for the reply Thip pleased the commodore and it is said that he marte a to hi a few days later hi grandson leaving to left the Shoe and Leather go into the employ of Kissam Brns bankers but later his grand father him to enter the railroad service The young man was making 60 a month and declined to leave his place unless he got more money He given and accepted it He was then about 21 The first place he was given was that of as treasurer of the Xew York and Harlem railroad His vise wag rapid and he succeeded father as heart of the Vanderbilt system Mr Vander bilts active career was closed when he suffered stroke in practically a paralytic Despite his enormous business inter ests he found time to devote to church and work which he be gan early in life He gave freely to railroad branch of the Y M C A the work of the St Bartholomews Episcopal church in thie city Mr great business cares made his life necessarily methodic and he was noted for his punctuality Mr Vanderbilt tor Europe last spring and came home on Jun 21 ac companied by Mrs Vanderbilt ard his daughter Gladys They wen to New port the same day and Mr Varner bilt improved in his health On August 5 he gave a house party at his home The Breakers the social af fair in The Breaker were upon tic departure of Alfred for a roundtheworld trip The effects of Vanderbilts death on the stocks is at the bottom however and the snorts began to cover and recoveries followed At noon the market was hesitating and unsettled Coroner Called Coroner Hart was summoned to the Vanderbilt house because of the fact that a doctor was in attend ance at ih death of the reg ular physician The disposition of the Vanderbilt es tate i3 a matter of doubt Cornelius Jr was alienated from the family by his marriage to Grace Wilson who is eight or ten years his senior and other state paper Both sergeants wrote that Frost cared nothing for the welfare of the rank and file and that he was ready to sacrifice them in any way to further his own ambitions Ma jor Howard was called an arrant cow ard and Lieutenant Stover was named as the man who ought to com mand the regiment Stovers arrest is Said to have fol lowed a confession imputed to Wiehe that he Wiehe was inspired to write the letter by Stover Lieutenant Bates is also charged with having written a letter reflecting on the colonel when be was second lieutenant in Company I Lieutenant Colonel Stover it is said ha made the following statement Colonel Frost i3 a good commanding officer and a man against whose rec ord nothing can be said But he is an egotist and consumed with ambition He was first lieutenant in the Twenty Second regiment as such was at to the agricultural college at Brookings S D He lost that position and I fought hard for his restoration He sent pitiful letters to me to help him and I did Then when it came to the colonel of the regiment I worked with Governor Sheldon and made him sign his commission The governor opposed it almost tearing the paper with his pen when he signed the commission Youll be for this some day he said and he seemed to be gifted with prophecy When Governor nominated by the populists Colonel Frost sent him a telegram of congratulation asking Stover to sign it After the lieutenant colonel had done so it is claimed that the commanding officer added We hope you will win Lieutenant Colonel Stover hearing this scratched his name from the telegram Congressman Gamble is endeavoring to adjust the difficulty but has met with small encouragement The case will undoubtedly be laid before General Shafter and should he order a court martial the South Dakotans may not be mustered out for months Use the celebrated Keystone Coal Ninth and Locust and THE PLAY Chester Says The Ghetto ns Performed Is a Libel London Sept Bailey Fer until next Saturday evening in Central hall It is expected that more than 200 po economists statesmen labor leaders lawyers and successful bus iness men will conduct the Suit Pa pers covering both sides and all feat ures of the great question will be read discussed and commented upon There has been a contiguous stream of arrivals today from all of the county Delegations from Texas Miss and Tennessee were among the arrivals during today Victor Rose water of Omaha Crounse of Colorado and Treasurer of the Knights of Labor John Hayes has also arrived Col W Bryan is expected Thursday It now admitted by politicians throughout the country that the problem faces both parties and a political for the campaign of 1900 FOUR KILLED ON ROCK ISLAND HEAD END COLLISION OC CURS AT MIDNIGHT Took Place Near Cause of the Accident Is as Yet Un Is Among the Dead Special to the Capital r Iowa City Sept extra freight trams on the Chicago Roc Island and Pacific railway crashed to gether In a head end collision 23 miles west of Iowa City near South Amana Japan and other Pour men were killed enormous deposits of high grade ore were injured none of the in Minnesota and Wisconsin there is latter seriously The killed Webb Smith Jr of Iowa City Charles Brown colored of Iowa City Engineer Tom Quinn of Rock Island Fireman A H of Rock Island The cause of the wreck is as yet un known ability secured a more general recog Severat months ago Mr Blanchard was seized with what resembled paral Siis of the brain He suffered consid and not possessing a vigorous constitution faded away into the other world His loss to the editorial fra in this city is sincerely regret ted He had formed during his six years residence some very close ties and all feel that his death is parable one in the special field occupied by him His brother Ben lives in Dee no reaon why we should not be able to produce rails and other steel prod cheaper than any other nation Ae a of trust manipulation steel nails now sell at 30 a ton or there abouts It is an outrage onthe con sumer and it is shortsighted on the part oC the manufacturer There Is one thing dis me The republican party whether or unjustly is associat ed with trusts in the minds of the Another Account Special to the Capital masses As a party we have reached a I Marengo Iowa Sept uau crisis where we Have got to call a j occurred on the Rock island at bad halt The republican party has got to disconnect itself from trusts It has got to do than adopt an early hour this morning at South Amana in which two trainmen and two tramps were killed The wreck But the promoters of this conference tow of sentiment in the western which has conceived and planned states un platform planks It has was caused bv the collision of two got to put forth its and freight trains on a curve a mile and legislate against them The feeling a east of South Amana The cause against the trust idea is intense in tle wreck is as yet uns west It is so intense in the republican party that the party break ranks unless something te done The under but out by the Civic Federation of Chicago say they have been careful to eliminate nil semblance of political scheme in It They declare that the leaders of thought who have been invited to participate will strip the trust problem of every thing sentimental and theoretical and will consider it purely as an econom ical question The silver apostle and candidate for president W J Bryan is coming and will hold the center of the stage long enough to present what arguments he may have conditions that have made it possible for trusts to be formed and lived The Civic Federation prom ises that every variety of opinion shall be heard every interest represented When the arguments are all in and the is summed up then the gen eral public is to judge of the result Whether the conference will reach that point where it may take a stand and pronounce on the results rem edies for trusts is at present uncertain The federation officer Jo not even un They say that a committee on resolutions to report port of expression undoubtedly will be appointed At 10 oclock tomorrow morning the conference will be called to order in Central Music hall by Franklin H Head president of the Civic federation Mr Head has prepared an address set ting forth the objects held in mind by that organization in conducting the movement for holding such a confer ence In the event he is not prevented by Illness from coming Governor Tanner will welcome the on behalf of Illinois In the absence of Mayor Har rison who is not expected home until Acting Mayor Charles H Walker will delegates on behalf of the people of Chicago these ceremonies Profes sor J W Jenks of the National Indus trial commission and Professor H C statistician for the Interstate commerce commission will explain the problems to be considered The forming of a temporary organi and the appointment of com f n order of business credentials j elgi in the and c1 session conclude the open It IF proposed that so far as possible the governors shall be called to preside Each session will elect its rown chairman Governor Poynter telegraphed to Secretary Easley that he not be Here until Saturday and it was said he would probably occupy th at the morning that lav The who have promised to be present are W E Kansas H S W J Nebraska fj M SMw Iowa George W West Virginia Edward Wisconsin John R Illinois Governor K V Stevens of Missouri and Governor A E Lee of South Da kota are also expected to be here east The revolt may strike us early as nest year It teems to me sifter giving the subject a great thought that the republicans in congress will have to examine the subject thoroughly and whenever they find for its exorbitant profits largely duties it the duty of re publican congressmen and senators to remove the duties att once We cannot Stop short of AH Sorts on Hand New York Sept States Senator Henry W Blair of Vir ginia who is on his iray to attend the trust conference last night All sorts and conditions of theorists bs there The Spellbinder wh thinks the trusts arc driving this country to the bowwows and the cor who can see no harm in them be there to views I have the only a shore are 547 trusts up to date with a eight billions Two billions eight Just about represent the bonds The other six billions are water Much tf an will be made in a few TROOPS RUSHING FRONT ENGLAND KEEPS ON WITH ITS DETERMINATION first Transport to Sail From Ibia on September 10 Ans wer Now iu the Hands of the Bute Cabinet Express Ho London Sept is still uncertain The press of Iowa learn with sincere I regret of the death of John j decided upon or when nomi except the Indian contin were to be mads Inan early gent and four other regiments ane each he aided materially in getting the from Egypt Malta and 01 Iowa a distinguished stand n Crete making the additional force for chard BIan Africa 10000 men which will dies a victim of overwork He bring the garrison of Natal up to 15 Penalty that has many A conservative estimate puts the at As yet no British volunteers have been accepted for cape service and many efforts being made to warning for at least one bat talion Col has to enroll a battalion 1000 strong at his own expense Such a regiment of picked to hf marksmen would useful f ITI Boer fighting its of a Ohio Democrat On Finlay O Sept E T Dunn of this city a leading lawyer and prom inent democratic politician of Ohio in a letter to the Kan county com as a democratic senatorial this district The Son for ML Dnn move is fully expiated his letter H 6 a impetus the He said that until last evening he J volunteer enthusiasm to gulp down the v platform could not indorse its w ui but of od O Quinn and 807 and were Conductor j tions of Mi Fireman Poison Bot iet Ammunition Lourenzo Marquez Bay m the remainder he thought his consignment of the campaign mght be tlon presumably for the Transvaal has but since rending the speech of Co arrived here gressman Lentz at New York COM d n no longer endure it He quotes por Received at Pretoria ns of Mr speech and adds Pretoria British cab am not in accord with these views i net Dispatch of Friday has just been two tramps who were stealing a ride The car in which they were con was completely telescoped and they were killed Death must havu been instantaneous as their mangled bodies gave evidence when discovered in the wreck They have not been identified Engineer Thomas Dunn of No was hurt though not seriously The tram had just pulled around the curve out of South Amana and was going at an easy rate of speed Both Dunn and the fireman jumped and es caped without serious injuries The scene at the wreck was a bad one as over a dozen cars were smash ed up and piled about the track The engines were practically destroyed It impossible what was the cause of the wreck said to have had or the i vi He capitalization of thought they had orders for the right of this of way and that the track was cleared It r that an will be made in a few days The dispatch of of the latter is held by people who will fice at Des the lose on it one of these days I read Washburns interview with a good deal of interest There is a good deal of sound sense in what he says But I take exception to his state ment that the republican party is al lied with trusts to greater extent than our the democrats can denounce trusts to any greater ex tent than can the republicans then it is because they are more conversant with the dictionary The republicans wilt make the issue next fall They will not allow Mr Bryan to make it I have been the cost of the war in the Philippines One month of idleness by the oC the United States with the consequent lose of wages to the employes would amount to more than the entire cost of suppressing the rebels in the Philip SHAW DO He Proposes to Moat of His Time to Pension Legislation Kew York Sept Albert D Shaw the new of the Grand Army of the Republic eaid last night A great deal of my attention will oe given to pension legislation The oid soldiers are entitled to lasting consider of trains on the division South Amana is six miles from rengo and something like 30 miles from Iowa City It is located in Iowa coun ty A call at the Rock Island general office in this city developed the fact that no information was being given out with regard to the cause which led up to the accident pending the tion which will be held soon It is gen understood that the investigation will lead to a thorough examination of the orders issued out of the train patchers office The dis patcher is Lieutenant Fred Jones a very careful and painstaking officer COUCHES in great variety Andersoh Co 424426 East Locust BANTAM FIGHT Indications arc That It Will Come off This Afternoon New York a bright sunshine and a cool fresh breeze at 10 oclock this morning there was a good prospect that the contest between Ped lar Palmer and Terry McGovern at the Westchester Athletic club ring in Tuck ahoe would take place this afternoon The prize is the bantam weight cham of American liberty but s strengthening its bulwarks We ar 5 not attempting to crush dawning r publicanism in the orient do and his rebellious hosts are our ee mies The Philippine islands are n w a part of our country by conquest bv solemn treaty ratified by Spain and our congress and by purchase for a pr ce paid The Filipinos are Their government is a must be worked out by embarked by September GOU Southwestern Mines the Inventor jays May DC Worked Without Water New York Sept A Edi and I are trie patentee of the HE IT Duke of Orleans Position in Dreyfus Case Causes a P L QT me process ratify in the FAILED TO IDENTIFY Sherman Kirkhart Did not Recog nize Colored Men Arrested Sherman Kirkhart and a law whose name could not be appeared in police court this morning to identify three colored men Harry Welton Horace Hose and Walter Taylor who were arrested Lewis last night upon that the who ted assaulted and down on the Q depot earlier in the evening The latter wer however unable to identify the that believed they had their clothing and otherwise altered their appearance so as to prevent recognition The prison ers were accordingly again committed to jail to await further identification It was expected that Officer would be able to clear the upon his arrival today The complain ing witnesses are badly bruised up and have some severe gashes about their faces and hands The details of the tight were not made known at the morning session of police court non which is to work the gold out of tne sand which is called the Castro company is my employment as PX pert I expect io go Mexico with the machinery and ta superintend construction of the plant shall be gin work almost at once At the start we shall produce OOU worth of gold every day 800 million dollars worth of it there Tha will take it directly from the will oe no trans of the ore We shall handle it all OTI the spot and the pure gold My process has solved the problem oi gold mining without water It has and found to fulfill all re The gold ore in some places is not more than three feet below the surface and it extends downward in Mr has done little for two years besides perfecting his gold ex of SOW extraction b electricity 15 similar to that which he uses at Edison K J getting iron from river by I AHO large ore crushers are required There are sets of and the ation what if the pension roll is large The union soldiers saved this nation the Their reward should be commensurate T f with their services If the burden should prove too heavy I am in favor of a patriot pension bond issued to that only the interest would have to be met from year to year Let posterity meet the bonds when they mature Why The saved to pos strong of Texas saying they would at tend the entire conference The Texas delegation headed by At torney Smith left Austin in the morn asks to have it particularly un it ie only proper that a part on posterity w rotary Easley received letters yesterday of tile burden should fall from Congressman J P Dolliver of Iowa C S of Tennessee L F Livingston of fortunate coincidence proved anunde ht the all kt served libel on the Jewish character J a tus AFFAIRS Picnic to Be Held byv the Modern Woodmen orAm erica Special to the Capital Sept are being made for the grand Wood men picnic to be held n the park at this place on Thursday September 14 Del from Altoona and City will be in at tendance Music will be furnished by u M w toil LCI T j The adaptation of the play was l tne Garment Makers made from Jewish i at the audi drama by air Fernald but in the annex A later train brought I course of rehearsal the management at j Dl Chamberlain of Denver the Comedy theater cut the play to pieces in order to give all the best lines on Trusts Some of the Offices He Held At the time of his death Mr Van the production derbilt as president ofthe Canada The result proved his wisdom for the Southern railway and j play is a dismal failure in spite of he director of the Rrach Creek railroad president of Detroit Bay City railroad director of the Cleveland Cin Chicago St Louis railroad director of the Detroit Chicago rail to Mrs Brown Potter so that Ferrald York SepL Tribune reluctantly withdrew his name from published today the following i the road director of the Dunkirk Allegheny Valley railroad director CC the Hudson River Bridge company president of the Northern In diana railroad president of the Lem railroad president the New fork railroad pres the Niagara com pany president of the Spuyten Port Morris railroad director of the Car director with States Senator Willi D Minnesota The present situation to the sements of are on the program including ana iasc at a Turkish baih housa me Kirg up town where weighed in at P has the Duke oclock this morning to to star a 3 tne Jungr Oi Italy has agreement Star Coal Co corner Seventh ot of Italy has ha the Duke of Aosta whose wif to ann Chestnut Sts H G McElderry life to Orleans if he comes Many letters brother this morning and bearing up weli The pris ah enormous num s of sympathy to Italy A at Copenhagen to Witness Unveiling of Monument monument commemorating the Schleswig wars was unveiled here today in the pres ence of King Christian the czar and the dowager empress of Rus sia the king of Greece the princess of Wales and other membere of the Dan ish royal family Great crowds of peo ple were present and there was much enthusiasm displayed A fine COUCH 700 between Jasper and Co counties a game of base nail etc A everybody is invited it is expected that an immense crowd will be in attend ance There will also be some speeches C W Britton the republican candS date for member ot the board of sup ie meeting a cordial re ception in his canvass He Trill run even with his ticket in Beaver township Our people are not do anything to j man who loves his country is really t alarming and it is more largely turn the county over to democratic con GOOD IX INDIA to the formation of what is called Two Provinces Get Rain lint Other There la no Change Simla British Sept the trust than to any other agency Firet this trust craze has changed the whole nature of When I was a young am The s A COLD WHILE Take Weeks Tab fett No Cure No Pay were Hke mine They entered the race without a handicap and their grit and capacity won this build mr up of put stop to fair Mad Best main springs warranted 5 years Jewelry Co 526 E Locust WHAT THE WEATHER IS TO BE Pair Tonight mud Wednesday Cooler in Central Portion For tonight and Wednesday cooler tonight Des Moines and and Wednesday in BEAD Was Well in and Was Formerly Oil Inspector Special to the Capital Minneapolis Sept Blanch ard editor of the Minneapolis Times and ona of the ablest editorial writers in the country died this morning at the age of He was oil for two years during the administration of Governor Boies in Iowa and had been to HONORS FOR A ITERO Capt I Mayo Dyer of Baltimore Re Baltimore Md ept I j Ministers Profoundly San Francisco Sept follow ing message was sent by tne Episcopal clergy of this city Being profoundly moved bv in the Dreyfus we most earnestly request your excel lency to take such action toward a reversal of the sentence as possible and compatible with diplomatic relations the two nations YOUK BUTCHERS f T J Mayo Dyer one of the heroes of Ma nila and commander of the cruiser Bal timore in the battle of Manila bay was the honored guest of this city today The streets were packed with people ana the residences and business houses decorated The procession the Maryland militia two companies of regular artillery G A R and civic organizations paraded and was re viewed by Dyer Mayor Malster on naL of the city presented Dyer with a magnificent sword and Dyer held a public reception at I Ladies spring heel Shoes values cut to The Hub inS made by retail butchers of this city to fight the beef trust by on J for many years MINISTER Corea of Nicaragua Presents His Credentials to Washington Sept A the new minister from Ki to the proportions in the east and plan of the beef the E that all efforts east must be abortive because organ the o rj For exchanged felicitations k an a long period he resided in hearty character It is and was connected with the Times Corea has Instructions to trat me the United States construction of a be possessed a more trenchant pen than John Blanchard Crisp incisive and to the point his editorials had an orig to them that caused them to be read in all parts of the country He was modest in his demeanor and owing to his constant timidity to push himself forward TPSS kept in the back ground where other men bate lew Nicaragua canal movement of tl business he Big Five alone There are areas of thousands of acres or i y nne Two cases of yellow fever are reIfing In the east on ported troops at Havana ANTISEPTIC LOTION For the complexion has no equal For the face nothing better for sun burn nothing like it Sold by all Price 25 cattle aw now raised soWy there is a poor market for them C a In Mr nn Mr Bannon declares are shipped to Chicago there slaughtered ard shipped charges being paid on them one is necessary two
