Des Moines Daily Leader (Newspaper) - February 12, 1902, Des Moines, Iowa THE DBS MOINES DAILY LEADER YEAR NO 37 DES IOWA WEDNESDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 12 1902 ANCE LOBBY ACTIVE ARE DEMANDING ITS ATTENTION Beady to Introduce a Policy Notes a ad to of Lost surance lobby is beginning to iff and active It has various with which to concern itself James C Davis LOBBY of and PLENTY Dr Smith Cedar Rapids tins ance Interests of those towns here against two are already under consider i addition xo the elements of Senator Brighton who two made ie fight for the valued iv that he in two introduce the Senator Brighton has in- rom the beginning to present sure once more but has been to ascertain the best method ing It The will have a opposition than two o and it is said in fact that interests of the country a a fight here against ex- of this policy as they have no other state On the other e has the support of a ss of farmers and townspeople lie who believe it is just and pass years ago it passed ses by large majorities tier bills in which the y Is interesting itself are the and measures The Dunham has 5 THE passed the house NCB MEN and is now up to the senate It provides that in notes shall not toe payable or s outside tha county in which ir resides The companies put stig case against it and It is be vigorously opposed in the It is known that some i are generally In line with the of the insurance lobby oppose and it will be occasion for no if it shall fail In the relates to proofs of der the old in force de- code was revised there was no jut these proofs and there was ne of judicial opinions 11 features of the law The i made soma changes and the ill proposes to establish the The companies oppose rn to the old form It is Senator and his lat the law now makes it very to make the legal proof of that the change will be much of the insured ild you knew all the is the cynical comment made r by senators who opposed tha to permit m aid to electric CESSION railroads The PROPOSED reason for their cynicism appearance of a new interest ig more concessions to the systems This time the are made toy an Ohio d capitalist Mr Handy who le senate chamber yesterday by T J Wilcox pre- Mr he is deeply in- ta the of trolley over the west He and enterprise He at rural trolleys are a good he pointed out that the rs ought to make it possible y supervisors to grant the rural highways The presented to a number of with the explanation that a De introduced eoon to permit ise of this power by county under proper restrictions 11 again be opposition Tha measure permits supervisors use of highways allows the 3 to condemn lands for depot etc and generally will place the eame class with steam Anderson of Warren ssed with the good to ba by the enactment of the he has introduced ON'S making the township D the unit of road RE Ha believes the Hobart measure the county is made the unit licaJ Mr Anderson yesterday the following statement re- the ill provides that the board of trustees of each civil lis state shall at regular in April 1902 consolidate all districts in the 3 into a single road district the provisions of the present provides that all road to the several road a township at the time tion shall be merged into a road fund It gives trustees entire charge I1 funds collected for local use 3 them control of all roads work They may let any part the road work by contract to responsible bidder or they rint a road superintendent to tha work under their nds the statute to provide for tent ol all property road tax md provides that the tax for 3902 shall be levied as id as it would be impossible i the bounty tax books in timo it this year the provides aJl be collected by the or township clerk ends the statute relative to to provide that all men ordinary manual the age limit shall be to perform two days labor tax and exempts school without compensation payment of such tax the numerous bills that will before the general the insurance com- panies will be one re- latins to health FH ance The old line companies have not written much of this business which is written y in the east to fraternal is likely to be fostered by ine companies to 9 maae by party holding a health is given a regular weekly in case he becomes Hick or for labor and resembles h the policies issued by the ind fraternal organizations bie Gardner Sharp one of of the Spirit Lake looi is in the city and wag J visitor at the house and senate yesterday Mrs Sharp is for the of ill tr provide an for the nf ning thp los cabin at U Park her parents h time of the Sho ast of Mr and lire i of 1416 Twenty-second and wili remain until the is disposed of Thio is not the first experience of Mrs Sharp in legislative matters She was in Des in the winter of at the time the appropriation was ob- for the Spirit Lake monument Sharp ts the only survivor of the Spirit Lake massacre in Iowa The only other one is Mrs Margaret Marble now in California Mrs Sharp was born in New York in came west her parents in the early Mi's Her father Rowland Sharp built the log in which the family lived at the time of the massacre At the time of that tragedy and of her carrying away into captivity Mrs Sharp was 14 years old She recalls the incidents of the horrible affair as vividly as if had happened but yesterday and site has written u book thereon This work is authentic Sharp having hed her ow n memory of the facts will additional facts gleaned from the state archives of Minnesota The cabin which Mrs Sharp desires the state to buy ie filled with paintings and relics of the massacre constituting a most valuable historical collection Sharp i alone in the world with the of having a son Allen Sharp lives at Pillsbury Point close to the old lo cabin and to the pile of rocks that has been heaped up to mark the spot where the foodies of Rowland Gardne and eix of his family lay dead at the close of the massacre The Lewis providing for the of state depositories and de- termining regulations under which the state t r e a s u r e i OF shall deposit state LOANING THE moneys in banks STATE'S FUNDS to draw interest is still in the uppe house ways and means committee Senator Hay ward is chairman of a sub committee which is investigating into the matter and he says that the more i is Inquired Into the more difficult tin problem becomes Talking about this measure one member who said he had at first been decidedly in favor of it pointed ou some of its difficulties He said it would be almost impossible to secure a and legal bond from the treasurer a all times because it would not ba sible to hold him responsible for al the money loaned to banks in ance with the law Likewise it would be impossible to make a bond for such a sum aa would cover whatever money he might have in the treasury at given time There is a general ment in favor of passing such a law but how to draw it to avoid all the has not yet been made plain The house committee ou ways ant means yesterday sat on the English which is a twin to the senate bil by Smith of SOME OPPOSITION Mitchell TO THE ENGLISH viding that IN THE HOUSE the executive council require certain information from the railroads The sets the de- tails of certain information which te given including detailed statements of the revenue earned by business originating and ending inside Iowa on business originating Inside and ending outside of Iowa on business originating outside and ending inside Iowa and on business both originating and ending outside the state but passing through Iowa The is understood to resent a feature in the administration plan of improving the railroad ment In the house committee Larrabee of Fayette objected to the measure He declared It did not secure any tion which the council did not have power to get at present it jt would the demand and that it in fact a subterfuge that it was calculated to give the impression of doing something with railroad assessment without really accomplishing anything Mr Larrabee is a firm believer that the only tion is in taking the market quotations of stocks and bonds as the index of value In opposing the English hill he was supported by Mr Whiting of Monona county who agrees fully with the Larrabee view that stocks and bonds constitute the only safe basis from which to determine values Mr Whiting was elected as a democrat in a strong republican district on this sue and lie insists that the legislature ought to take this method of settling the question Despite the opposition of these two the was reported out and is ex- to Superintendent S H Sheakley of the West Des Mottles schools will be heard by the senate committee on schools this afternoon on PROF SHEAKLEY the WILL BE regarding HEARD TODAY Professor ley believes that city superintendents to be elected for a term of cient length to assure that they will a fair chance to develop their ideas of management The is ly to be reported from the committee and to provide either two or three years as the time for which such con- tracts shall be The house on schools and yesterday voted to report for passage the Dunham compulsory education house FAVOR file 170 The measure is not a radical one EDUCATION and has the backing of the Iowa State ers association Yesterday a hearing was accorded a number of supporters of tho Henry Sabin Superintendent Sheakley Mrs W K Bailey president of the Slate tion of Women's and Mrs TT Eaton The provides that between 7 and 34 years must attend school at least twelve weeks hi HIP year The school may be public private or parochial Provision is made boards of directors of any school cor- may establish truant schools and also for the appointment by the board of directors of one or more truant officers to serve one year terms and to report violations of law to taries of school corporations The house committee on fish and game killed the Greene to prohibit spring shooting The committee on banks and banking OTHER WORK considered the Secor OP HOUSE to de- posits of the stale funds in banks ing best bid as to interest rates The uas not disposed of Treasurer Gilbertson will be given a on the It Is the intention to arrange for a conference between the house and the senate committee on banks and on measure and there is a likelihood the will be made to vide that deposits may be made In banks anywhere in the state instead of in DCS Moines banks merely The on private tions decided lo report for passage the Wilson lo the limit off flic amount of fees for filing ar- ticles of Incorporation with the tary of state The maximum limit is now The committee on elections voted lo report the file ing- away wilh the circle on the ballot without This insures a spirited debate in the house when the measure comes The committee took favorable action on two bills by Hamann house 81 and 82 The first it the fluty of and city to for polling in city and corrects mi CONFLICT ON Rl VI STREETERS FIGHT Wl s Kirk a Watchman Bled lu the Between of Lake Michigan of Property Chicago Feb a fight with Winchester rifles this evening between the followers of rival claimants to property lying the Lake Shore drive the most aristocratic boulevard in Chicago Frank Kirk a watchman for one of the claimants was shot hospital tonight without regaining consciousness it is said that he came here recently from FAREWELL TO Brother Will Sail for America on Saturday ef Berlin Feb the farewell ner given last night Emperor liam to Prince Henry Andrew P White ambassador a seat on the right of his jesty while Count Buelow the im- chancellor sat on William's left The other ot the American embassy present John R Jackson secretary Com- SHOULDER TO SHOULDER ENGLAND AND JAPAN AGREE TO STAND TOGETHER The Important Between aud an Asiatic ll to the Integrity of Comment Feb Important paper was issued tonight giving the oi a practical nuce between Great Britain Japan lor the preservation of China said The paper ers a by Lord m- the secretary Of all the things that Irritate And add to John Bull's woes The worst is Samuel dressing up In Hoch der Kaiser's clothes Tribune Continued on Page 2 through the head a mortal wound The property in dispute consists ot- made land lying east oi the Lake Shore and between it and Lake gan Capt George W Streeter has for many years been a thorn in the side of North Side property owners be- of his propensity lo settle on vacant ground and then claim in the courts rights as a squatter has erected several small shanties upon this ground and claims that inasmuch as it was not originally included in the government surveys of the state of Illinois it does not belong to the slate but was public property open to settlement He claims to be the first settler and calls the ground the District of Lake and denies that the officials of the city ot Chicago or the state of have any rights upon it Between Streeter and his men and the watchmen employed by the ty owners along the Lake Shore drive there have been frequent fights night Henry Cooper a lawyer who has been active in his opposition to er accompanied by Policeman ley went upon the ground of the dis- and were attacked by o knocked him down with the butt off a revolver Several of Streeter's lowers covered O'Malley with their weapons and hs was ordered to leave or be shot Pitched Opens Shortly after Cooper and O'Malley lad left the ground a pitched battle broke out between of followers William McManners iani and John Hoeldtke and wo watchmen employed by Cooper Frank Kirk and Samuel Kirk and were standing just outside a small shanty of their own and one of the first shots fired struck Kirk n the lop of the head en- tered the shanty and returned the fire of the Streeter men with a Winchester A riot call was hastly sent to the Chicago avenue police station and a wagon filled with officers under the command of Captain Revero wan Bent on the run toward the pLice When he officers arrived Kirk's body lay in snow outside his while rom a hole n window up -i steady fire the men in the other bouse who era re- luming his fire with all with they could work their i ides The firing as Uic police and a cordon of officers was at once thrown the shanty in McManners Blocki and were They barricaded the door and to kill the first Icer Headed by Cap- n Revere a squad of policemen be- gan to bailer In door while others stood waiting with drawn re- for the shot from of the treaties of Mrs who had been inside the age throughout the her decided resist nd the door opened before the police had broken down The three men and Mrs under arrest and taken to the elation Streeter House Returning lo the building in a short the officers found thai Streetor lad again barricaded the house He was summoned to surrender and after some gave himself up When he ram out of the carried a rifle and four revolvers He claims that ho not on ho the fishl was in progress Manners Blocki and claim hat the first fired by Kirk and that he Mas when they the fito This is denied by Viho Hint oilier side the All sona living on the district of Lake ucr placed under lending the death or recovery of Kirk At the hospital to he was taken t was announced that there was no chance of his recovery Tn the immediate of he scene of fight a number nf most prominent men re- side among them bring n W Totter Franklin and Kirk died at the Passavant memorial mander William H Beehler naval at- and Major John B Kerr the military attache Admiral von Tirpitz secretary of the German admiralty Admiral von Herr von the Prussian at Baden all members of Prince Henry's American party and Count von Eulenburg Em- William's chief court marshal were also present During the dinner Emperor William was jolly and interesting and English was the only language used Mr White showed the emperor a cable received ftom Secretary of Stale Eay laying that the eon of President velt was better Prince Henry of Prussia will sail for the United States on Saturday as ar- ranged Even should Presidant son's illness result fatally be- fore that lime it is probable the Prince will enter upon his journey unless it should appear to be President desire that his visit be deferred or omitted altogether COURT RELAPSE Dispatch From Last Night Stated Bo Was St Petersburg Feb Count Leo has suffered a relapse and is dying According to a to the Press from London February 10 alarming advices regarding the con- dition of the Russian reformer who is in the Crimea had been received by Count Tolstoy's agent in England Count Tolstoy Is from heart failure and inflammation of tha lungs AMERICANS AKK HARASSED Police Against Thum fn Civil CaneK In Guayaquil Feb arrest of Michael Bolan of Springfield O for refusing lo pay a magistrate's ment him as result blackmail was made on a order He was detained for three The United Stales consul Perry M Pe Lenn took ihn ma tier up and obUiine'l Bolan's release under a I guarantee lie appealed to Hie to tendency here is to proceed under the police laws in civil cases and harass in all ways the American con- and by orders from us government authorities under the state hava no jurisdiction HAS WOMAN Mile fie Appointed to Pails Feb Jeane de has appointed secretary of lie French general in New York Mile de who belongs to an old family of Provence has been 11 government for nine years Her appointment which was made by the foreign minister M marks a new departure as it la believed to be the first time a woman has been pointed lo a post in service New Feb school of tind jurisprudence to be known ih of law and jurisprudence of the University of will bo opened by the university October 1 This will lio the only law school west of New York requiring a bachelor's degree of threp years of college work for ad- mission Dr W Harper president of the university this Unlay UP that a of has been for the Initial purpose of the law library but is nnt at liberty lo the name of th donor This sum will 30.000 volumes to Conae to Ee Secret London Feb special today from at of lives of Infixes of Freemasons it Italian Freemasonry should lo a secret society of slate for foreign affairs KO to the British minister at Sir Claude M MacDonald and comprises a signed copy of HIP In explanation tho thn agreement may be as an out- come of the events of the past two years Throughout the Boxer troubles Japan had been in close and uninterrupted communication and by similar views We each said Lord downe that the integrity and of empire should be preserved find should be no disturbance of the territorial quo either In China or regions Tha agreement wan signed In London January 30 Bolli governments themselves lo be uninfluenced by any aggressive in either country of The agreement provides however hat in rase Great or Japan In defense of their respective should become involved In a war with another power the other con- party will maintain strict neutrality and use ils efforts to pre- vent other powers from In Ilia hostilities its ally If in the any power or powers should join in against thai ally the other con- party will come to Its ance and conduct war In common and make In mutual agreement with it The takes effect ately and is lo remain in force for years This is tho first important alliance a western nnd a yellow or atic race and comes as a prise to the public Although the Idea an alliance with Japan Is really to meet with general approval the out- come of this sensational departure will be awaited with no little anxiety It is as a direct move against sia and to explain the abandonment of colony of Wei Hal Wei Referring lo tho Japanese allance Dally News Our magnificent isolation has come lo an end with a pretty sudden shock Whether the Is indicative of fin anti-British coalition In far whether il marks the up of the Anglo-American treaty and whether the visit of lo America is an answer to the new naval alliance are mailers of speculation We hope the government will lose no time In further which is fraught with the gravest The Dally Chronicle thinks the treaty marks an epoch In world history and that il will profoundly affect British policy The Chronicle thinks that can policy is in line with the Anglo- Japanese policy The Standard says the agreement constitutes a dual of ingly binding character The Dail Mall claims lo that the relations between Great Britain and Russia have become re- impaired in consequence of Muscovite duplicity to tho future of Manchuria New York Feb W Hollis member of the conference at The Hague and Mil authority on In- law road tho from announcing the Anglo-Japanese al his home in of Interest Is a verv ment said hf T should say Its Is In showing thy friendship England T should not say from summary I rend the Is or any other particular power To me liance has the appearance morn of tin accentuation of n very com- munity of Interest and than Thp fect will bo t British in In far and to emphasize importance of Japan as one of the countries of the I do not regard It as significant that only two of those Interested in are parties to the alliance Un principles and wish an im- perfect knowledge of the contents of I should say the will be u peace iu China PRICE THREE CENTS WILL OPEN TODAY JUDGE FRoun Political livid a Kir Station ami Ail meeting hi the of lor mis held at tiro Charles M and 11 were tho Follow In tile a of Uio to i he and a club formed The was called tu order bv T J tlm of S H as nf Uv said ho ami to make a lull win and sold in invor v lo ami to Male lu I n uu u ot and us u man u and ah n proven a man are told Hie t- i of and of are in my judgment wilh in cr one of Una of tho principal I to Hull In Is 1 do not favor HID In Then lu a of lie the than they know In lor two and tlin In tu thn of to MI Hint then bu a rotation hi to bo were directly In nnd their nnd belter to know what than had been ill all lite OUT thn Mad a it II to be thai lio in o or lio was to board In tu a upon tho elevator hoj a or Iho In tlm that If In- for they er and Unit if jol lulu lie soon bn heard lio wan or snubbed by boy nr tlm housi wnn next Introduced M nm tu tbn said Indue Unit I flm a for irom tills and t will Unit I do not waul lo no lo Tills Hint Is now Iri mil a personal matter between Hull and myself I represent a which hug lieoti with nm for years tain Hull nro I trust wu will remain wo simply two schools of lies of In a which In upon for nnd nnd of taln Hull Is tlm exponent Tins other Is of merit 1 nt limn and the and of IKio land nl war UK ona IK merit or And ban been In order to see hind If by Hie ot God me I to by wo to the of tbU that Hie shall not in I to Quay Gorman nf Montana and as nf Ihn Hald lie iml of to A Tl man whom IH Huld ho loved with all bin and wlm had from at Hie hands of only to Mud In Urn chair Mild hbi lovo for hart boon in a grunt for lib having entered Ihn n a for Ilo having twice him KU down lu ho bud lint light nnd he that tho political machine for be bad worked all Ihn harder Hull chair upon Bl and W 11 lln eaob at short lor the A political waa huld last In tlm old between and Six 111 on talks woro made by u number of Mr for Iho Mr UKI to order nnd WHS In Iho chair by Mr W Mr Patrick nova of tlm Mr for from tho ward wan tho next In quick Mr for elly Mill for Mr for park Air A S tor county attorney Mr ler also IL candidate for comity Mr Curler for of thn for DPH Mr fluff candidate for Mr John of Lho Third Street chib speech was feature of Ibe Mr Ihen called upon and a fmv brief on all tho lifter Hit ad- Joui ned An wan bold in hull with about hundred and In jor Carper lo der and Introduced Mr who pre- sided M made nn ad- dress In which ho to already by Hull family from tlm slato arid national nnd was followed by seph A who thai call for early wan n movo lo and and F C ANDREWS SAYS HE OUT Thu I If U Mini Will Nnt n Cent Feb most question to tho depositors the wrecked City bank Is whether the which Cashier 31 Jt An- for P C Andrews lie had no In tho bunk amounting to anil which latter deposited four other banks a trust company If are bold bo be of Cashier Andrews to knowledge of Iho di- rectors II is tho of the Savings bank with lias been turned over to II by F Andrews will ba lo in full On the 1C they are held lo be It will tuke Just that amount from thu depositors ident F C said today he tho would be decided illegal and the depositors would at least on the tho bank's were ks wern K Andrews was afternoon for the time since bunk closed its floors I have not a penny I am wild he As far IK there in about It Tic can a man's note for if he lo be good and If the maker lurns worthless he has only a piece of paper show for il hasn't i had plenty of at the time only a of over loans That is all it amounts to If they would give a let uio pull out would money I have of and other tilings I have riot turned over to bitt do soon OB they will Heten to me A M HUNTER CHARGED WITH MURDER OF HOMER HOLLAND in Addition ta n at Hie on Mt Ayr trial of A M Hunter the minder of Homer In this town on November in today On f K S a of men have been in addition to tin Junns beon with K cure with a to men Insure n fair trial In the must important ever up In his county vlll hy are In Vuller will be in the Ion by K H Spence of the of it Smith Mr Spence of tho state tral Jt may of to know that a finv days after tha of Holland anil prior lo nf the defendant sought to of Mr an Into the of tho death Mr who Is friend of the father of Iho boy refused to a retainer nnd Mr with Urn statement that did not hn lu Hunter Hunter is not law ot Ai MUen thn Kenlor of which wiis for nn tho lu tills been and they lull up a opposition to in have associated them la defense uC of Ihn member of and nt United for tho southern of Iowa Miles did not wish be known us with easo until it to and tho Hint would takes was nnt made until today This afternoon lie told n of Tho lender Hint ho had been and In thn of of Community The Is il Judicial at til udo which a fair and I fur Hunter Is an almost total of out may tin tho trial nt wenms bo no or the Iho io tho of or In- to tho nnd jury H ot the vtM until 11 ot Mt Ayr At from m- to where lived Ilo today and vinn In consul tu I Ion with for I IKI defense during tho he was with Lewis Miles for several hours cube the nl AI tile close of Hit Mr Miles lie rior i jury could In Iocs The lint ot pel II jury In of the and limy over II with n view of out who was allot killed on a In Ml Ayr on afternoon of November fl by A M Hunter popularly known Mull The wide of and linublo which fnr two n tho Iowa Inler Hie him Ho nnd raised heiro In early youth hu was as a friol racer bull player ami Tie uni- versity nt Dcrt and lib brought Hint school lo Ihn fore front In Iowa Then of were him and by the Alain Ho left university anil to Mt Ayr lo Soon he and lo the time of his mora or with Ramblers la a gambler and lie and Holland were much Just Iho they liad quarreled over which Holland Hunter owed him On the day of thn aCler some of the dubt laid down which and went out on Hunter lowed him and him No ono the at close Tho theory Iho In It murder Jt is at- will plead When Holland was falling to thu sidewalk an unloaded revolver waa found under him friends It fell from think Holland to draw tho for a bluff and Hunter not knowing It was not loaded shot In self After the It joth men wore paying attention to nl and Hint they went of each oilier IH aiie In tlm trial of tha ert to for Off From a Houin New York Fob nf Mount Verrion re- to pay a Kas ol which ie conl ended had never contracted tha gas company turned off Ma years airo He brought suit and he pun company carried the lo tha division of tho court which has Just handed down a decision Judgment for in favor of Judge Bemnett for the o which he had been pill The tgna wore at the nilo of per day Gnl Two Philadelphia Louisa aged yearn and her two- child were found In at 739 stroot alfi been by Illuminating ths aann her children flond but they wero to a Hold Output 11 A cubic from the of mineK at hat Iho for the month of ary wes ounces of gold na compared with tn last in rb For lewc i ftt ft cold nerth wi
