Des Moines Daily News (Newspaper) - July 24, 1901, Des Moines, Iowa PriM By Only ONE SIX Times ONE MONTH 2M DBS YESTER DAKS ONE CENT TWENTIETH IOWA WEDNESDAY EVENING JULY LAST EDITION W S a Letter to Secretary of the Long f M Admiral to Secretary bong Great Neck Island N Y July 221901 Sir Within the past few days a series of press comments have been sen to me from various parts of the country of a book entitled The History of the Navy written by one Edgar Stanton From these reviews it appears that this edition is a third volume of the said history extended to in clude tho late war with Spain which the first two volumes did not contain and were inuse as text at the Naval From some reviews in which the page and paragraph are is such perversion of facts misconstruction of intention such intemperate abuse and defamation d myself which subjects Mr Maclay to action in civil law the right of lair criticism ofevery public officer I must protest against the low flings and abusive language of this violent who has infused into the pages of his book so the malice of unfairness as to make it unworthy the name of history or of use in any reputable Institution of the I have refrained heretofore all upon the innuendoes of enemies in secret and with safety to the time has now to take such this entire matter un der discussion under the clearer and calmer review of my brothers in arms and to this ehd such action at the hands of the department as It nay best to accomplish this 0 Put I would express tho in this connection that whatever the action my be in Washington where most of my papers and data aje stored Very respectfully W Admiral U S N To Secretary of Washington D C Secretary Longs Reply to Admiral Schley Navy Department Washington July 241901 Sir I am in receipt of yours ol the instant with ref to the criticisms upon you in connection with the war and heartily approve of your action under the circumstances in asking at the hands o this de such action as may bring this entire matter under discussion under the clearer and calmer review of my broth ers in arms Then the Navy Department will at once proceed in accord ance with your request Very respectfully JOHN D LONG To Rear Admiral W S Schley U SN M f PISTOL IS MK MAKES A START LING STATEMENT WARNED BY POLICE CHIEF OFFICES FRIGHTENED THE EL DER MADE A PURCHASE OF A GUN Sr Carried Money to the iji a Car and Had Bought a Revolver a MUSK July doors Of the court which the manslaughter trial is proceeding were be sieged fully an hour before opening of todays session by crowds of spectators and owing to the crush hundreds had to be denied admittance BO great tho in terest in the address of Sir the attorney for the defense Mr the hour of hud iost described lUc scene on morning of the tragedy when he said RobertL who beaten by burglars had recovered consciousness and rushed to a screamed He day by kept firearms in the bouse Mr said Wo Iniow nnd the government docs not know timt It was tho defendants his sister He continued The firm of II L Co many men In Us employ the payroll amounting to some weekly The men wore and paid in money atthe of the company Mv take money the bunk to the in HU electric car Tho men know this nnd be of tlie risk of police had DUCK that If any men needed a pistol they the did For this reason the got one Mr the defendant and his wife occupied the kitchen bed room hut they discovered a wlor In the Sink and moved to another room leaving sonic wearing apparel and a pistol lu the Robbery and have been motives of the Mr do were young active slight else they could not have gotten out of house through the opening loft by the screen Done By the Family Tlie defense he sMd Intended to show that the soiled cases etc were thrown by tho family into the lu carriage house The theory of the defense is that the crime was not the performance of skilled burglars that tlie stockings which were worn and cut were drawn over overshoes to muffle the sound of steps that the tracks seen were made by the men when they left the House and that to steal anything they could lay bauds on Hen were seen down Benedict KJl the ho said andit theory of the defense that they doubled on their trail and whon posse came along joined In the pursuit thus diverting suspicion from themselves Furniture WAS Cheap Tho in tiie house was cheap and easily and It broken ho asserted In the struggle in he back room Thor was only u narrow space be the the bureau and de fense claims that the was twisted around during tlie fray In conclusion Jlr said The de fense will timt the doms Its utmost to bring to Justice the men who entered the house nnd may be the theory Miss Mny a woman without an enemy in her home nnd in her church life she won the affection of all who know lior She was tier brothers companion her mothers Idol nud to the younger members of lio family she was ever helpful There no any iif Sir Toyner concluded his address be fore 10 oclock nnd the witnesses for Including neighbors rif the family and Miss Shel don were In n group HARDIN WANTS A REHEARING Application to Supremo Court for Re opening Police Contempt House Notes In tho from county of court the appellant ban Upd o mo tion for a rehearing on tho that court did not testimony or bud an imperfect abstract of the evidence of Iowa bus the contract for tho sowers at Cherokee call ed on thp state board of control on bis way to bogln oii tlie Job of the state hoard trol went to Clarinda on inspection afternoon The Sentinel of ims filed of president C U Marvin vice president II E Deator sec U G A WEDDING Miss Mary Murphy MaiS riage With Church nt 8 oclock at St church was solemnized the of Miss and Mr A Hull of The bride wore a gown of silk crepe trimmed with and rib lions brides Tho mar riage was a quiet one followed by au elaborate supper nt the brides home on Sixth avenue The were pink and white roses and maiden Miss Murphy has hold a position with tlie Clothing where she Is held Ju favor the grooin lias a line position with a Chicago firm and the will go to Chicago nt to make their home IS CHARGED WITH Panor PdrttJodgVWhile at Balls Grocery Today Panor this morning arrested William Ft ou a of seduction The arrest was made on the strength of a request of Sheriff Dows of Kf Dodge who failed to furnish any Information of the alleged crime be yond the statement that tho man was working near Ft Dodge he met the girl who is now tho prosecuting witness searched nearly all night for tho mun and finally it Calls grocery store and Grove u veil nt about 0 oclock this Bank Will be Established at Earlham With Des Moines Say ings Banks The of the Dos Savings bank are establishing a hank at which will be open ed 1st IT E will be the president of the and A C Millerj president II M will bethe cashier Mr Is lie president of the Savin leg In and of the Citizens balik in The is private one nnd the capital will be as the business requires al backing IS SUED BY MRS The Presidents Wife Seeks to Protect Her Interests in a Nevada Mine ELY Nor Suit has been begun In the United States court at Carson by Mrs Ida and Mrs B Barber against John William and to recover of the till Jnh mine one of the of tlie on which the defendants arc operating and foe for ore taken out uid shipped by the the per iod of their occupancy of tho mine SIGNS UP STATE CONTRACTS Executive Council Closing Up Bu ness and Passing on Minor Bills of the State The stale executive council hold a special this morning to puss on hills and sign up the slate supplies and attend to similar tors The members present vjero and tho presiding in tlie of INSTRUCTED Heated Convention Held in Harrison County Cummins Strength Was Choice LOO AX July non county convention met At n m nml lr of Woodbine nnd Arthur of as A hot and over or should After ono and a of making motions nnd wore Tho no for that Uid insured Hint IIP will ho lit of tic to BUILD BIG HOTEL FOR r DES MOINES CAPITALISTS RAIS ING THE MONEY sophisticated crowd 1 backed the Americans when he Indignation over arid a raging of and females sav agely rescued with and a powerful LOCATED AT MEADS PARK ONE OF FINEST SUMMER IOWA DEAL IS PROGRESSING NICELY A 3 Is at the Head of the of 30 Acres Is Selected One of tlie most beautiful suburbs of Des is to have a summer hotel it be on ti tract tibout acres near the end of flic Flint know ns find belonging to Savings bank A S the well estate man is iu the scheme the necessary stockand the ness venture with hearty up of those who have been consulted The plan is to put at first something like into the hotel so it can easily enlarged tract upon which the hole Is to be erected Is one inost nightly on that part of thp river nnd hns long been R favorite resort for campers Jt is con a hotel at this place would he well patronized leaping at bound Into popular favor RUSSIANS THRASH A JOCKEY Cask Sloan Rode a Poor Horse and Escaped Death from a Mad Mob July Sloan the American jockej who has been riding Iu Russia hud an exciting experience at the Moscow races where lio narrowly escaped death at the founds of n furious mob Sloan had boon such continuous suc cess that his mounts were always favorites On the occasion in question Jic rodo a horse which bud no chance ot winning TUe un ARMS special to the Ak Os the county seat bf Mississippi coun ty 1s under 011 ao of revoked the commissions of Sain Bowen and Circuit Collif appointed J A 3 respectively ns l hy Attorney Coleman of Little but and took of the court house h crowd of and re fuse to court house is barri Practically the entire town Is un der have a following of five roon POLK BAR MEETING Attorneys of Bc spect on Death of JC Macy and Plan i The mot at 2 oclock afternoon In passed of respect on the of C They ar ranged to ho represented nt the funeral in an manner TOURNAMENT IS ON Affair of the Northwestern Draws a Large Crowd of July annual tournament of the North western lown began here un der the most A large lip attendance at the vari events ICE FAMINE THREATENS DESMOINES CAN HOLD POB BUT ONE MONTH AT THIS BATE HANDING OUT SMALL CHUNKS COOL WILL BELIEVE THE SITUATION SIGNS ICE TRUST Famine Other Mean Building More Factories Clinite Inactive DCS is threatened with nn Ico famine Sloui Joseph are Dea Is If not An Ice to the sick IOBS of dollars and cents of onu an absolute famine but If the worst should come to the commodity would lie reach only of wealthy At each the was expressed cooler must In come and timt In that by would result They said that should the supply rim out be to ship enough In from to the The enormous entailed by tho recent excessive has betn wholly without parallel In the history of any of the Ice companies The condition was disclosed by the fact that ninny of the drivers of ice nre handing out ice to their regular put rons only 111 little chunks In of severs of the Ice companies today t H J MORGAN AT HIS DESK H M M M f M elicited the statement In a general that another month such as the past will totally wipe out all tho river in the city Two proprietors took Issue this statement saying they had an ample quan tity but admitted that If others ran out and they were tailed upon to supply the entire city they could not out so long The condition has served to disclose again the apparent existence of im ice trust as wagons refuse to pat rons of a rival company and that no one oan discover any truce of competition no matter hard he tries to quit an old Ico man and try n now one This Is In ac cordance with the disclosures In district court last winter MIse The talk ofA L buying up n number of nmt starting ft manufactory In the bargain Is not bearing rapid tf ml t So far as enn bp he control only of the SUir and is not after any very actively MAN WILL WED Joshua B Bunyan Believes Heads Are Better Than One and Will Take Life Partner ThV marriage of Miss Mary Margaret and Air Ionium B lake pin CD this evening at the homo of the grooms sister Mrs W L Spalding street and Arlington the near relatives will be privileged to witness the ceremony which will he performed ut S oclock by Her L Tito bride will n gown of white luce trimmed and roses following refreshments will bo served The young people will go to their home lit 1240 street Tlie groom IB Man num young arc wot I known io a large number of friends In tlie city Miss Is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas 11 Dunforth of Iowa HAVE FATAL QUARREL Couple at Walker Have a lov ers Spat and Murder and Sui cide Are Attempted WALKER July ftim esh Is lying at Hie point of and his Miss IB wound j cd as a result of a quarrel the two engaged the shooting which followed tired twice at his lady companion one hill lot striding her In the left mid the other shattering the bone He then turned the revolver upon Himself the bullet passing near the heart He will probably die lint the Injured woman may recover EARTH NO LONGER A HEAVEN DEATHS of Mrs G II Wilson street Fun ornl at 5 p m this afternoon Kiel 22 months old Fun eral from tho homo of the parents 910 Shaw OPS William Kraus of Takes Strychnine an Hour After His Wife Died and Joins Her July William K rails living near died this morning An Intor her overcome with grief and fnr tho time he ing have been Insane tool died in n few minutes later There will be a double funeral NO RELIEF IS YET IN SIGHT WASHINGTON July of Hio weather hold out no hope for Im mediate from nnd heat middle Wost III July today In i dozen of Iho region ho drouth Hint has for sis weeks NKW YORK July ter at the In I his city reg 87 nt 2 ji m ST July p m lOfi and D fraction wus the iword and tho si til The lias offered lot poor under 10 years of ngc ride fron In tho parks of ML O T July yood foil shortly after noon re UK of here THE WEATHER Forecast for tonight and Thursday slight changes In Des and to night and Thursday except possibly light local thunderstorms tonight slight in HEAD COURT Of CASE TO BE SAKEN TO WASHINGTON STIRRED UP OF WAR TIME EXCITE MENi AT CAPITOL SCHLEY FAIRLY BOILS OVER Charges Filed By the Officer Sec ietary Long Gives Them diate Attention Inly Long bus received u letter from Admiral Schley asking for a court of inquiry Nothing beyond this was mado pub lic The secretary is now In Advocate General Lenity Ad and Cowles chief Jlie bureau of Admiral arrived at hie navy de shortly oclock this morning having been summoned from his home near this city by Secretory Long The conference which wag In prog ress between the and Advocate General Lenity was and Secretary Long IB nov with Admiral In his letter to the secretary Admiral does not specify any of the to which lie takes exceptions buj In view of statements and In nnd abusive In ho he does not consider worthy of use In any college iu the country court of lo of the entire matter he held lie that court shall sit ill Ills papers arc Sbc rotary Long bus replied to the lotter say Ing that heartily tt and that tho will act favorably Admiral request It is stated that edly will he tlie head of tlie court of in The other members of the court have not yet derided upon It Is not the Intention of Secretary Long to have tho court convened it once hut to wait until the becomes cooler Like the Old War Days The information Admiral asking for a court of inquiry hnd been received by Secretary Long soon the navy department and not since tho recent war duvs has one such font Ion iu 1805 established principle Hint no court martial could two years after the occurrence under Investi gation Tills Is known is the Stat utes of limitation and while it bars a relating to tho Santiago cam It does not liar tlie court of inquiry In this cuso the court of Inquiry would hq effective only In establishing records and not be to a An Import tint feature In Infi tho court 5s that whether It shall stale only tho facts found or shall also give a n opinion based on the facts the expressly requires tha court to give Its opinion it Is con lined to stating the facts found It is con quite that in n of tills tho order would direct the court to record Its opinion as wull as Us conclusion of fuels V Open or Closed Court shall lie held in open court or not Is by the court mi loss sited tied In the con vening order This leaves It optional with tilt president or Long whether the court bo opon or closed But la of no direction tho court will Whim tho court reaches its decision all th papers are forwarded to the judge ad vocate general of navy and tho final approval or disapproval rests with tho soc of the navy or the president accord ing to which ono has the court THREE GET VOTING PAPERS Governor to Citizenship Three Who Have Been from State Prisons tic following boon restored to by Kay tl for and July IS Ike pen M to ten and Juno HO ion Mny Hi to and relented July IT All have tU cd by
