Dubuque Daily Telegraph (Newspaper) - January 4, 1901, Dubuque, Iowa Returns J VOL LVI DUBUQUE IOWA FRIDAY EVENING JANUARY No 81 Evenings Store Open Evenings Main After Christmas Sale a HITS AND OVERCOATS About two hundred suits of all Wool Worsteds and Tweeds in neat dark and medium colors tailored in first-class style with best of trimmings sold at and This week only OVERCOATS AND ULSTERS Oxford Mixtures smooth Black Blue and Brown Brown Mixed Rough Cloths Italian and Fancy Worsted Linings Wide French Facings Pure Wool Heavy Weight Cloths tailored perfectly sold at and This week only A SMOOTH BOOK AGENTS ING A GRAFT IN IOWA A MAN SHOOTS HIS TORMENTORS to that of her parents an difficulty arose the undertaker palled to remove the body Mr refused to give it up unless the widow would first pay a large sum held against hex- dead husband Claimed that Jie had and waited on- during his illness and that lie remuneration A re- plevin was brought a writ Issued for the body A Joke With Serious er Current Iowa Resolution for an In- of tho Vote BY LAOK OF PAIRING About Stock of Money In In OT to a for unanimous consent to the of By n the tary was continued con- tints it tho the buck futi 1 Tho house down the In which a of to act with them filly Thy had that should bo uj- It bo called tit a of a If IK tho of In Louisiana Mississippi South ami nil to and facts to a basis of bu status Why Itr nil of things follows total vote vast all la was In in districts of South Carolina tho total In was In In six of In mid In member of the house ton In Mississippi with a tion lu of only One of the ent house con in Carolina with a population In oC only votes one thirteen In with a population of revel only was why should bo a Tho resolution a It a eveu to oC lenders Tho leaders on tbo In vain to head It oK with points oC but against thorn They a inj that they would light looking to Oio of from the southern states to tho bitter end Aa a result when the question of consideration wna raised the resolution it de- 31 to 83 The was a party one Two of Indiana nod of an but did not vote weve against of the oppo clUan mil When the In ita session of tho century the army was up a to It to n In at voto ns as possible Its until 2 tho end tlic fliat lilts tho of tho Inn fau -1 increase of more than TOO per cent in the money of the world within less than a will be one of tho most Inter- esting exhibits of the annual report of tho of the which is now the press Nearly tho whole oC this is in money and much the proportion Is In gold The total stock reported In was about 000 of which more than halt was in money not fully covered by The situation at 1000 showed a total siock of about of which only little more than one- was in uncovered paper money Director duels that while the total money supply of the world has Increased about tho increase In gold money since tons been about in silver about In uncovered paper only about A proportion of the Increase In has taken place within the short space of seven while the tity of silver money which at Its maximum of about at the of since been somewhat by the sale of ver by and its in The of 1803 showed a- tal monetary supply of about which since been In- creased by about About of this Increase has been in Kolrt money The grout outburst of activity lu sold which followed the of of silver In India and United States Involving the rapid ment of nf Soutli Africa and o Klondike the In- output of Australia and fornia resulted In supplying nearly the entire monetary needs the world without resort to any material In net supply of- paper money In The director's preliminary mate of the production of gold and silver In the United States during the calendar your 1900 Is fine ounces valued at and fine ounces valued at DEATH Eldora Jan C Nestlerode one the pioneers of Iowa tmd oi this county is dead at at 77 Tin lie introduced a in the which and established the union school system in the state tie owned much real state particularly in county Koport That Head Forces Has Been Killed Turkish Uprising Jan reference to report that Count had been killed by an officer of tiie allied troops it is declared rumor to that effect j has been current for past but the government has ho the course of affray near In an attempt to arrest a ber of Bulgarians of being emissaries of the Macedonian com- eight soldiers were killed Trouble continues THIRTEEN MAY DIE A Minnesota Farm Home a Verita- ble Are Poisoned BOOK SWINDLE Fort Dodge Jan conscienceless school book agent has been doing an extensive swindling business In the counties of northern Iowa by getting contracts from school boards adopting his books for a period of five years lie tells all kinds of fairy stories to sell his books one of which Is that comity superintendent them It la said not with ho pecuniary ments to school boards He has cured from dozens of school boards in the different ties of this vicinity At a recent teachers convention a discussion of the agent's tactics dis- closed the swindling misrepresentations of which he has been guilty and al school boards are seeking an an- on their contracts SHOT HIS TORMENTOR Dos Jan in a fit of despondency supposed to have been caused by a peremptory dismissal by his best girl and because his uncle David Allan sought to tease him about tho love affair C Allan a old Elkhardt township boy Is ed to have shot his relative in the left breast with a revolver day night The bullet entered the loft breast just below the shoulder blade struck a rib and ing at a point a few Inches below where it entered The wounded man will re- cover JOKES WHICH PROVE FATAL La Porto Ind Jan Lizzie Biers of this county Is at the point of death as the result oC being made the victim of a practical joke Miss Biers attended a dancing party and as was about to take her seat her jerked away she fell sustaining internal injuries which physicians say will cause her death It la the purpose of the family of young woman to hold the joker legally and criminally responsible for her death if the fall proves fatal WARNING TO HUNTERS Charlton Jan thirty ers of Beaton and Warren townships this county have posted notices in prominent places their farms and caused to be printed in the papers warnings threatening with prosecution hunters who trespass on their grounds The deemed necessary from the frequent accidental killing of stock damage to fences and the j to their beds Ray of leaving gates by the numbers let other pf hunters from none of the sick who frequented the 0 In the neighborhood these farms A DEPOT Jan Iowa Central depot was broken into last and the office was pretty generally littered but nothing seems to have been taken Tho burglars gained entrance by the lock THIEVES AT CLINTON Clinton Jan the employes were at dinner at lars entered the rear of the Coe son millinery store broke open the cash drawer and stole THE DRUG WAS FATAL la Jan berlain of this place in a dying condition A physician was called and succeeded In rousing him and he told the doctor he had taken strychnine He died in thirty minutes It is not known whether he took the drug with suicidal Intent or A FARMER TRIES TO SUICIDE Ute la Jan S Baker a farmer living two miles west of Ute attempted to commit suicide He was found hanging in one buildings and was cut down before life was He was resuscitated after several hours of hard work It is supposed too much bad whiskey caused the attempt HELD UP AT SHOW Avoca Jan the Merry Minister show at the opera house Tuesday night two young farm boys by the name of Fred Hansen and Hans who had been brating New Year's rather freely were both relieved of their watches and several dollars in money The trick was evidently done while leaving the hall after tho performance as the house was crowded There are no clues miscreants and their loss was only discovered by noticing one of the boys watch chains dangling from his vest THE GOVERNOR'S ESCORT Des Jan ment that Governor Shaw will be accompanied to Washington D C to attend tho inauguration of President by one company of the owa National Guard Now the Question is vSt Peter Minn Jan of a family of eleven named Forbrook nre dead or dying in the town of New Sweden in tills Nicollet county nie Forbrook aged died on Sunday last and on Monday the father aged 55 away after suffering great agony The mother and son the point of death and the remaining children can short time Horace Thompson arid wife of by are also and may not vive symptoms are identical those of will deaths do not result Dec Forbrook family Mrs all assembled ily sausage -had only been smoked Shortly afterward For- became sick and had to take WORSTON RECORD ENTIRE PACIFIC COAST SWEPT BY TERRIFIC SNOW AND WIND SIX FEET OF SNOW FELL IN PLACES Railroad Train Blown From Track aitd Much Damage Done in Reno Nevado wind storm has done much damage here and vicinity The south bound passenger train on and Oregon was struck by a gale at Doyles forty of Reno and hurled from the rails Four passengers and In Reno a number of buildings were blown down and others unroofed Terka Cala Jan snow storm here has passed all records two inches having fallen arid Is still Buildings are falling under the tremendous weight Trains engines and snow plows are at ferent places line of the roads San Francisco Gala Jan vere wind storm accompanied by ing rain over the city last night although of short duration did considerable None of the in- dividual losses are large but the tele- phone and telegraph wires are de- moralized and street car traffic was Interrupted for several hours The gale ranges along the coast from Santa Cruz to Cape timers report by telephone It Is the worst storm ever known San-Francisco Cal Jan report has reached here from Reno Nev that a1 the Nevada California Oregon railway north of Reno had been blown from the Several sengers were reported injured Now county nre said ot lie stricken Two of them the ter already dead cians arc to have all hope of saving the members The disease is said to have been con- through the smoked sausage which had not been cooked Been Wis Jan stedt of Plymouth hus received no- tice a bank that a check for awaits his order Forty years ago he deposited the bank shortly after the institution failed He afterwards moved to county and the incident had nearly his memory until notified us above by the bank officials Christmas flay CITIZENS Prepaying for Any Sort of uality with a Boer Com- mando in Front CUBA ITS CITIZENS WOULD AND ASSIST THE STATES ARE PROPOSITION Policies of This Country Will Approved by tlie Will Them Interstate Commerce es a Report to Con- To-day i could make a rational explanation of the of disorder Dr Ray de- that was contagious and put the hoime in quarantine and for the family along out any assistance ever Finally a St Peter was called and pronounced it trichinae soning which hadi progressed too far to yield The state board of health was notified and on Monday sent a physician from Minneapolis who con- firmed made by St Peter doctors A examination of the of the was made and a portion of the contents of the abdomen was taken to the medical department of the U examination The physician who established the says he promptly notified the board but It appears the tion never reached Its destination Washington Jan fourteenth annual report of the interstate com- merce commission was congress to-day Attention is called by the commission to the necessity for further legislation amending the act to late commerce the reasons for urging hese amendments having been ully explained in previous reports of the present conditions and tendencies they say Increases ban lessens the necessity- for Ive action upon the lines already in- and in such other directions as vill furnish adequate and workable of regulation of commerce among the several states It is ent the report says that railroad managers generally have made no at- empt to practices to the tho lawi HE SUES GERMANY A Man Demands OOO From the eminent HE IS A UNION MAN Jeffries Won't Fight in the Bic Cincinnati Men Have Boycotted It THE POPE IS VERY SICK Cardinal Postpones to Bat Rome Jan pope after Ing Cardinal Vaughan to-day until next the reception he was to accord to the British grims to-morrow This act has given rise to the rumor that the pope is seriously Indisposed Little Colds oC lives sacrificed every year Dr Norway Pino Syrup cures little big down to the of presented Is entitled to the The matter will be ed by tho adjutant general WHOLE FAMILY ASPHYXIATED Sioux City Jan gas from a detective stove pipe came ending the lives of the family of Mrs Jennie Peterson Mrs Peterson and two children wore affected When neighbors found Mrs Peterson she was nearly dead and It took three hours of a doctor's labor to bring her to con- The children not seriously were Chicago Jan John J Fitzgerald of the international makers union has received a dispatch from Champion James J Jeffries in the latter declines to light in the big building at because it was built with labor rles is a member of the International Boilermakers union and has been proud of the he still holds a working card In that craft The of Cincinnati are with the buildings trades cil that placed a boycott on the ing Jeffries was called upon as all other union men were to observe the spirit of the boycott Tho telegram merely stated that Jeffries would not fight In the building as long as the unions grievance against the managers V The of dates from the time the was being built when It was claimed that non- union men were given preference in the work carpenters worked upon the building protest of the Carpenters was disregarded The matter was budding trades council Mr Jeffries union is affiliated boycott was formally placed the building Local ecl with Jeffries say that he cannot be prevailed upon A CORPSE AS SECURITY Widow Obliged to Bring Suit to Secure Her Body Anderson Ind Jan Speece a file worker died here day tho home of Thomas His widow began to make preparations for the funeral time was set fro morning 10 o'clock BO that the file might attend in a After making the funeral arr Speece decided to of from Jan fire in Reiss Coal clocks Is and of water have Deen continually the since Monday's fire The loss f oot up over the be Star that There are tons of Jan ton of the bestr known died in of He had been In ill health time and had practically his active life as a member oC tbe lav ot Strasburg Jan May an American named Joseph from Ky arrived in Germany for he purpose of visiting his relatives at St Amarin Alsace When the les learned of his arrival they arrest: ed him on a charge of not having ed his term in the army After some discussion of the case he was released because he that he had emigrated along with his ents and had a government emigration permit has returned to America and iias brought suit against the for damages for unlawful THERE It Suya mi Illinois Slat nation of Ben H Brainerd treasurer of tlie state board of agriculture and teller df the Marine bunk of city from the latter position has in reports that shortage exists in 1 accounts the state While no ar- rest has been made the officials 01 the bank admit the truth of the stories of a shortage and that lefi Ms position request qf his em- They say the shortage is 510 000 or but that the for mor toller's accounts as a bank em- ploye are correct who lias and cial circles for years when questioned Wednesday night on alleged age This affair is a severe blow to my reputation which has been hitherto un assailed If any shortage in tnj accounts it personal business When the calls upon me to turn over its funds to i successor will do if not mj bondsmen that end the matter In the meantime 1 have a to do as I with the money There is no salary attached to the of- treasurer nse of the money is reason any -one a draw the money from the and burn it If I to so long as my bondsmen are Northern Pacific Jan grievance com- of the Northern still in St most members will proton My at the end of ft stated officially that the telegraphers have for present aside their request for rules and are how concentrating attention inducing the conir pony of The is asking for an equal to cent Peter Jin entire Cape Town Jan British battleship Monarch landed men and guns to relieve the troops for service northward It is believed that the guns will be sent up hundred citizens enlisted the enrollment being very tive It is hoped that the first batch of mounted men will leave three days for Worcester They are to hold the passes of the Hex river tains and to protect the railway nel The organization ready and not troubled much with drill or special uniform Horses are scarce five hundred South African irregulars have been re- during the last eight The Boers In the Transvaal have been exceedingly active last week or so daily attacking trains convoys isolated posts In most instances they have been repulsed railways are now working more regularly of tho Doern A 1s be in the adn tout cannot located The invaders in the west expected at day have altered their course and are now moving in the direction of tbn tor northwest The British have occupied The Boers in have been joined by the Inhabitants be- fore rebelled re- ported to be at and Daniel's objective point is said to be which Is the British Kitchener to Ilear of It General Kitchener has sent a to General Forestler-Walker in command of the British at Town I am glad to hear of the ministers action them all the assistance iiii your power Use trains to these colonists south of the enemy Ask the in- form me itf I can help in any way Inform him the enemy are few but very mobile men are most required to surround them or drive Preparing for All authorities pre- paring for all contingencies It has been decided to transfer the Boer the camps to transports Farmers in Carnarvon describe the Boers as traveling in flanking parties sweeping the country of horses dering and carrying off thing It appears that they are accompanied by strings of pack horses lightly loaded tele- graphs that commando is crossing the Middleberg district but is getting few if recruite Here in Cape Town men as are leave nre organizing a town guard composed of the leading zens Havana Jan principal in the future relations Cuba and United States are being by the Constitutional Convention Monroe doctrine and of friendly lions with all nations with a resolution to proceed in all cases in complete accord with the United States proposes to put at the dis- posal of the United States a portion ot the shore of any bay on the north coast and two bays on the south coast for naval stations together with slona sufficient for purposes of defense and sanitation A third proposition declares that Cuba will place herself on a war ing to be of help to the United in case such assistance should be The other promulgation contemplates that the convention is vested authority only to convene and not having been granted legislative tions cannot arrange the basis of future relations Nevertheless should Washington desire such discussion the convention is willing to discuss and agree upon an arrangement of mutual relations The aspirations of the convention are merely to consolidate the country for reconstruction Its energies are to supporting the avowed policy of the United States to which Cuba is bound by indestructible ties of tude this policy based upon the unequivocal preservation of liberty and independence throughout the American continent The former promulgation embodies the desires of delegates friendly to United States The latter Is a counter check to the extremists The former 19 likely to carry WEDS A CUBAN GIRL Mr Fryc Joined in Matrimony Witli a Pretty NatiVe of Havana Havana Jan Alexis E Frye superintendent of public schools In Cuba was married at to orita Teresa a school teacher of Cardenas Mr Frye is the first American official to marry woman and the wedding was one of the greatest social affairs history of Cuba Teresa Is a beautiful and popular young woman Over people were present at the ceremony which took place in a largo hall Superintendent Frye's bride was one of the school teachers who visited the United States last summer Mr and Mrs Frye shortly on a wedding tour to the United States and will visit Mr Frye's old home in California KILLS William Barry Enraged by drew Conduct to His Sister Stalls Him tc Death Grand Forks N D Jan pie of Milton the business center southern Cavalier county were fied this morning when William Barry came in and asked to be placed in tody by a deputy sheriff stating that he had Just killed his hired man An- drew Mellon Mr Barry is a man of middle age a wealthy farmer and one of the most re- spected residents of the county He owns a fine farm about miles from Milton with modern residence and being a man has for years had sister with him as a housekeeper Mellen has been employed by him at intervals for the last eight years The story that Barry tells Is that he had found his sister In tears On being questioned by him she confessed there had been a engagement of marriage but had broken it Barry became and went in search of Melten ing to the house he found that his ter had disappeared He began ai search for her which continued aU Towards morning he found lying on the prairie with hands anA feet badly frozen the night having been very cold He placed her In care of a neighbor and returned barn he found Mellen Inside doing the morning chores He went in fastened the door and told Mellen what had occurred and that bp had resolved that Mellen must die gave Melien the choice of by rope or knife and demanded that choose at once Thia MeHen to do and Barry then took a rope anA with it attempted to hang his a beam overhead Mellen resisted anS a desperate struggle ensued las Mr Barry says about fifteen Barry weighs about 260 pounds and about HO but so desperately the latter struggle that the plan hanging was abandoned Barry took out his watch and told Mellen he had Just live minutes to live and recommended that he say his prayers and the latter too exhausted for further resistance knelt on the floor of the stable and implored for forgiveness and mercy At of the minutes Barry closed watch returning it his and with a knife with which he had armed himself stabbed the kneeling man In the neck The wounded man died in- stantly Barry then drove to town and gave himself us itr Mansfield O Jan Jury in the case Andrews indicted in connection the riots last fall rendered a verdict otf guilty yesterday Andrew's resisted otfl- cer ivas protecting a elder The others indicted for in wUl trial to Denver Jan Denver Times management a special tion to don editor who Is in New iuad is about to visit to edit The Times during one day Terrible plagues those ing diseases of the skin drug store NATIONAL LIVE STOCK TION SALT UTAH JAN For this anual convention the go Railroad on Jan li to 17 sell through excursion tickets on the Certificate Salt Lake City good 31 at and one third for round City Malaf buQue Iowa Chicago Jan 4 John and a found dead from asphxlation at St Anthony's hospital room In which the victims slept heated by a gas stove and in way the flame became extinguished during the without the flow of gas stopped Representative Martin Hotter S D Jan 4 condition lias proved He passed a good night and physician believes he is out of ger unless he gets a Illness has reduced him greatly strength and he be several regaining his health sufficiently to o to Washington for the Friends Baltimore Jan 4 Upon the cotton of Cyrus J Clark of and Andrew O Trippe of havo been appointed receivers Judge iu the circuit for council of of Chosen Friends Boud ivas the sum of A to I Montgomery Ala Jan Two loads of negroes left here tlie via go to take o
