LeMars Semi-Weekly Post (Newspaper) - May 26, 1899, Lemars, Iowa e Cc ill Every Tuesday and EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL AND SPECIAL PRIVILEGES TO VOLUME LE MAY 26, 1899. NUMBER 4(>. COUNTY T. J. Superintendent of I. C. W. County A. P. G. M. Board of Henry L. H. Professional MCDUFFIE 4 Attorneys at Rooms 4 and C I LeMurs National E. T. A at Farm Loans and Collections Office JOHN A and Counsellor at Notary in National W. over Unas & Hardware Main i THE EARTH OCCURRENCES THEREIN FOR A PEACE TALK ENDED FILIPINO COMMISSIONERS HAVE LEFT Appreciate the Courtesy Shown Says the Are Fighting the Some Battle We Fought In 1770. E. D. II HOW Office over Dior's Shoo P. L. Physician and Makes specialty of Office cast second Opera House W. F. EDELSTEIN I | AQRO & In all All business promptly transacted In German If L. v. Berg AND SISTER furnish lo - date harp und violin or mandolin music for Prompter and oilier musical Instrumentation If Mall and orders Long No. 7fi, Peace Talk May 25, 6 The Filipino commissioners left by special train They will be escorted lo their lines under a flag of It Is expected they will return President nf the Philippine previous to his We greatly appreciate the courtesy shown We have spent much time with your Incidentally considering the American Its principles impressed us The plan of government offered the Philippines in to he a good colonial Hut why should n nation with your constitution seek to make a colony of a distant people who have been so long fighting against Spain to secure the same rights your constitution You fought the sumo battle in America when you fought In the fighting at San Fernando yester lay fifty Filipinos were killed and many The Americans had two killed and twelve HAULED DOWN BRITISH FLAG Prompt Govern incut for Act of n Particulars were received In London Tuesday regarding the hoisting or the flag over Port Island nf Palawan of the Philippine by of tlie steamer Ho ports thai on Feb. 1 he found the people a state of head man man asked to secure protection from the of and captain them a British merchant with instructions for the people to if they were that they were under also handing I he bead man a letter in and claiming a protectorate over On reporting I he matter to Sir Charles governor of the straits the latter communicated with British foreign which cabled order to to haul down the Hag The third-class cruiser Archer was dispatched to haul down the the foreign saying that Pa hi wan and the adjacent being per Hons of the Philippine American TO UPHOLD WRAIGHT & Loans and LE Commission Will American The Commission of former States Mln ister to Speck von representing and C. C. of the Embassy at arrived at May Its first sitting took place May 111. The sinners were all that morning in conferring with Chief Justice Chambers Nothing was disclosed regarding the but It is reported they will uphold the action of Admiral the American naval the commissioners a letter of welcome and 1 the hope that they would satisfactorily end the The Germans tiro preparing ft Is mid one firm claims and other German sub claim The K S. invited to put in and it is understood the commission will adjudicate DENIAL BY Agents After & Queen and Imperial INSURANCE DID Sixth 0 O. Pres. t. NATIONAL Banking Business IOWA Secretary of Not Senator Secretary Wilson on Thursday denied Ihc roport that he would be a candidate to succeed J. Gear us United States Sena tor from is not u word of truth In the re the Secretary am not a can for the and am not going to I appreciate the responsibilities ami honors attaching to a seat in the Senate but I have no taste for the character of the work expected of a mid my lion does not run in that my head is so full of agricultural problems that 1 have not had time to think of TRIP lias Positively Decided to Come oh Far ns St. President has positively decided to go as far west this summer us St. hut whether lie will go to Yellowstone Park and the coast depends upon lie intends to lie In this section of the country the Thirteenth South Dakota and other regiments arrive on their return from the NOTED SPANIARD BRUSH WITH REBELS LOSS IS VERY Kansas nnd Montana Fin nit the Filipinos on die anil Left Americans ported ALGER TO NO CLASH IN More Rebels 1 May 21: and witli Ihc Kansas ami Montana regiments and Hie dispersed MHl native insurgents intrenched on the hevend San near Santa The American scouts were tired upon from trenches unexpectedly and The tiring heard at San Fernando and MacArthur assembled his troops and quickly niter the The Montana regiment Hanked the trenches on the left and the attacked the enemy's right lending the charge at double The insurgent loss was large and many prisoners were It reported twenty A were Secretary of Decides to A Washington special to the St. Louts Secretary Alger has declared unreservedly Ids intention to he a candidate for the He said that lie had laid his and that Senator determination to be a candidate for re-election would make no difference willt The Secretory spoke rather resentfully or the course of Senator McMillan's friends in assuming lo represent I he Administration in Michigan The Secretary did reach his derision Until he had personal representatives make a study of the lie believes ho can beat the Alger ami McMillan are old Until have large personal Roth are men of The senatorial campaign in Michigan will bca very warm Secretary Alger will not say at what time lie experts to e the Cabinet to gi c his to Ins that it will depend upon Hie wishes ol the KILL SEVEN THE HAWKEYE STATE NEWS OF THE WEEK CONCISELY I own Prohibitionists Hold Their Convention m lies Moines - M. W. Atwood of for VICTORIA 80 MAY 24. Will Not Use Force lo cure Some ol the late Cuban insurgents aver they will not give up their anus Gen. lias no intention of making a house | to house search to sieze the the j Cubans are not willing to bring Hick and get the allot to each matter will he passed The payment and dispersal of half of the bandits that have been voluntarily or involuntarily | quartered in the country will according lo the present next unlay in Tuesday Gen. and Gen. Maximo bad what both consider a linal interview on Hie question of surrendering the Tim two with Col. Curios and Maj Kennon of Gen. went over the payment order which was signed bv the Governor General last but not Kadi expressed himself entirely satisfied and fell Hint the order met all the object ions which bad been Old MRS. DAUGHTER Cuban Girl Who n Mrs. A. ol 1). has received n letter from the husband of now Mrs of announcing the birth of a The little one is to be named Mr. ami Mrs. were married on nt the residence of Mrs John A. where Miss was making her home at the Secret of When G. W. of W. died it was thought his method of he to have secured from the died ft. has sold the and the secrets will tic Made public at manufactured the embalming liquids fiom Ileitis he gathered among the hills and Is accredited with wonderful I Woman of ram Ushered in la's May At Windsor a general holiday was The weather at about It mid a by the Windsor and Amateur was given in Hie grand of Windsor and was listened to by the Queen and the of the royal The College took lip a position in tear of the the cadets were drawn up Hie rest of the Kton boys and Hie military Knights id Tlic ami corporation of in foil robes of and the magistrates were also Tlie was extremely que. All sang Ihe national and then the choir gave the 1'irtliday ations occurred throughout tlie the ships in the ports were Tor tlie occasion and Ihc warships covered with IRISHMEN AT Prisoners Convicted of in ( Ion The Lieutenant of Karl has released and alias the Hie Irish w tin were sentenced to fin life for to murder Lord chief for 11rlaml, ami T. for who were assassinated by slabbing in Phoenix CHINA TO BE Town the Scene of Whole is in Hie town ol over the of nu Central as the of Hie attempt of a Spanish to assault the w of I a ranch The regulators did not attempt to prove Ihc guilt of any of the but hung of them and shot lour are swearing in deputies ami race tumble is threatened in Hie colored Four of the negroes killed were All have served sentences in Hie Texas DEWEY AT HONG of All I In- The Willi liewey on arrive at Hong Kong from Manila She was saluted by Ihe ships ol all and Consul Wildman were bv a guard of honor of the Welsh when they landed to pay a visit lo Sir Henry Governor of and Commodore The visit was Dewey is ill bad being loo ill to the LARGE NUMBER Will 500 It is estimate 1 that saloons id will close their doors because of Hie determination of the Maryland which controls of the output of that to abandon the uf paying saloon licenses in order to their product upon the mark to ii in Spile of Celestial Russian minister at lias the foreign Russia is accept the Chinese of a railroad and that she will scud engineers forthwith lo survey a line to the Russian Railroad Hi Kimn J F. F. W. German State Capita We Want Your Bank Account 850,001 Interest Allowed oo OF LE - OFFICERS - P. D. 0. L. A. Casli A Banding Business PLAIN or FANCY EXECUTED Senor the Don tho distinguished Spanish und died in Madrid Crops by Ha I n and hall did much damage to crops and property in central Kansas May 24. In Sallno County wheat and other crops for miles were completely destroyed by the heavy many buildings wore damaged and thousands uf window lights Some and many chickens and birds were At Abilene and Perry more or less minor damage was Two Din In a New York A man nnd woman in a that a lodging house in New Vork city i was known of The a waa killed by leaping tho top fhe gained It. was wus In Ills China Grants An Imperial hun by I China assenting to the building of the Klang a concession | being granted to Consul Clark Dies at United States consul at died on board Ihc steamer May HI of disease und was buried nt who had been ill for some was returning to his home at 11. nnd Kill He While workmen wore engaged In lining shells at the military laboratory In somo of the shells exploded and killed seven und severely injured Tho laboratory was In The countries of North and South are suffering severely from a scarcity of by the thousands and distress among is loss up In the pi lime is computed at kroner f licet Sugar The has a beet bounty which had pa providing a bounty of 1 cent per This will call for all the next year estimated at from to Hotel Men Death At the annual convention of Mutual In the Mates and held in Chicago a resolution was adopted reducing the death from to and establishing a reserve No Trouble In A dispatch from Managua the report that the United Slates cruder Detroit had Died the gunboat San and sunk it Is is quiet along Hiu Atlantic coast lit A dispatch from porlo Tlie accepts | the of thn frontiers President of and Ihe | dents of both republics wiil meet in at Mole St. Cold to tho The opened in Representatives from the United Great and Russia were among those who All were vigorously except Surgeon who represents the medical corps of Hie United Mates lie was heard In One Case A Denver dispatch the alleged heresy on the doctrine of in the hook by Rev. Dr. a of the | land Presbyterian General Assembly Dr. had deci led lo vise his work and make It with the standards ol the as Ins was Dig Concern with Small Application has been made to Ihe Slate Department of Pennsylvania for a charter lor the Coal and Coke Company of at ft understand that the company will control all the coal milling properties along the Ohio River and its capital will be increased after the chatter has been Double Now Joel a prosperous fanner residing near Long Warren N. shot bis wife in bead Wednesday a wound which may in her Till then blew out bis own bra The couple had been married seven years mid hud lived Recently Till had shown signs of Crowded with People in A stand on the route ol the in celebration of Ihe anniversary of Ihe founding ol the occupied by members of Hie Legislature and collapsed at and a large number were Representatives Howell and are among those badly Adolph a business man of has brought suit against the Akron Cereal Company fm lie alleges that lie largo German business for cereal loo Is. The Akron Company sent him packages with the figure of the ol Germany printed on but lace ol the Km press was As a consequence Hie Germans would not buy and lost Order for The Giand Central Railroad of has placed an order for twenty locomotives with the Baldwin works of They arc lo be freight engines of the same character and design as those now under at Baldwin's for Ihe Midland Railway of Another the Great a number of engines fiom Cement A special fiom Toledo says a syndicate hanked by capital is being to control Ihe largest 1'orilaod works in the headquarters will be at Mich. Fourteen Drown in persons were drowned by the of a ferryboat on Ihe Danube at Ion The Prohibition state convention met In ] lies Moines May and gl for the if nominating candidates for the to he at the fall Rev. K. of Des Moines was temporary chairman and made a The committee on nomination reported Dr. Katun for This gentleman declined honor and Hutc whs some trouble in a man who would accept the Malcom Smith of Cedar and Frauds of Wilton were bid Then M. W. Atwood of v ilte was as was Scull of A ballot resulted in At wood's ami it was made Tlie others Lieutenant Governor George Pugsley of Supreme F. of A Wray of I County Superintendent of Public S. of Jasper The stale was elected and witu Rev. It ol j Russell as M. W. ol j a- and j con of as j The platform is as j We demand the entire suppression of Ihe manufacture and sale of liquors as a beverage ami the repeal of all laws favoring He and the of nil law s lending In the suppression of the We heartily commend the action of Secretary Long m tlie issuing of alcoholic liquors as a rat ion in the but mod emphatically denounce Ihe army which the civil war soldiers never and view with alarm Ihe net of anarchy in Gen. decision Hull sets aside the will and intent of Congress and still gives Hie canteen a legal existence and we call upon Ihe President to protect us fiom this We believe Hud all who share the burdens nf government should share its priv ami that intelligence instead of sex should be Hie basis of Ihe We demand an amendment to the constitution of United Stales so as to allow United Stales senators to lie elected by a direct of the We are glad lor thing that flic of We therefore heartily commend the Is id Ihe of Russia to the cause of peace on earth and good will Inward We demand of all corporations their grunting to all persons their light lo one day's in TO ANSWER A SERIOUS CHARGE County Woman for Wrongful Use of United Stales Inspector William M. of Cedar Rapids and Detective William Size of visited in southern part of Marshall Tuesday and took Into custody Mrs. on the charge of sending obscene matter through the If Hie charges against the defendant are the case is one of Hie most malicious and disgusting In the history of During the past eight months someone has been using the mails to blackguard and besmirch character of two married Mrs. George of and Dell Hols of These letters were all mailed at Most nt them were printed with a pen and signed but several were written in a hand corresponding The letters were of Hie most vulgar character and seem to have been actuated by the fact that Mrs. refused to marry a of Ferguson named Joe The was taken to where she was bound over to Federal Grand COUNTY WILL GET A Decidedly New Turn of Affairs In flic I loo i'll limn Will AI fairs In the will litigation have taken a decidedly new Among Ihe in Hie controversy is the fad that possessed fully worth of personal mostly in This was a revelation to Hie city and county and as a result the Hoard of Supervisors of Marshall decided lo bring suit lo recover about Justly county for taxes on properly not reported for assessment by for Ihe past live The new code provides that a fid per penally may also lie which would largely Ihc The heirs were mil anticipating this Good Time in Matrimonial lea Hutchinson was shot and killed by his wife during a family quarrel The woman pleads She Is but at years oil and Hutchinson was her 11 Mi Silver for Now A consisting of the silver punch bowl so far with all mid a silver was to Iho cruiser Now Orleans Thursday by the citizens of New Outlaw In a tight between deputy sheriffs and desperadoes at Rill Hie outlaw was killed und his brother Sam see your thu red wlah I could ns retorted the blue If you ever attained any it is qui to pa polls Attack n S. Jackson im aged merchant find postmaster at was attacked by robbers Wednesday Ilu was struck on the side of Hie head with a heavy club and strangled and left lie will II is Hud Iho secured hut little more than to He The Department bus cabled to United States Consuls at San Porto and at to close up on 1. After that dale neither of these will in the service of the and consulates will he Cause Cuban who was President of Ihe Cuban Provisional lias published a long statement In the course of which he expresses confidence in the but explains the Cubans are naturally suspicious at the wholly Hussion to The Missouri Legislature has die after u session of ' Tho last act was Hiu defeat of the the luxation MARKET to lo shipping lo fair lo to No. 7i|c to No. lo oat 11, No. lo No. 2, to choice 17c to 12c lo 27c to te choice to common to to No. 2 to 71c; No. 2 to No. 2 2!lc lo to to to No. 2, 7ric to 77c; No. No. 2, 27c to 20c No. 2, to to to to 2, 7ilc to 71c; 2 to 2 2Nc lo No. to to to to No. 2, 71c lo No. 2 to No. 2 SSDr lo to Toledo No. 2 7fic to 77e, No. 2 to No. 2 2ilc to No. 2, lo clover to No. 2 71k to 74c; No. to f 1-1 No. 2 2Hc to No. 1, to 2, 40c to 42c; to good shipping to common to to to choice to common to to New to to tu No. 2 85c to 8(Ic; No. 2, 41c to 42c; a 3Hc lo JSc to 10c; IDc lo Mining In A. Chatter returned Ida from where he went with a party from New Orleans last fall 011 a gold mining lie II is not safe for outsiders In go far Into tlie They found good which netted them each from lo Iwo ounces per He thinks tlint since the climate Is line during Hie during the summer lie says they have a rainy season which fiom four lo six Neck A sad occurred at the six miles of Little aged 2 daughter of Mr. mill Mrs. Paul was on flic porch of Dm farm looking into kitchen Hie open when window sash fell striking Hie little girl on the back of thu killed her Modern Picnic Great preparations tire being made by Sheldon Lodge of M. W. of A. Iho huge expected at their picnic to lie held June 2. Many lodges within a radius of miles have their Intention of being for New committee appointed at Rock Valley lo canvass for subscriptions for the fund lor building the new Church Is meeting Willi gratifying success 11111I tins erection of edifice is lo lie ORATORICAL of fieriest Speak lor and Tlie fourth annual contest of the low a t Association took Opera The schools were Vista College nf storm Sac City Institute of Sac t and the Normal School of Kacli school was represented bv large delegations of enthusiastic who made things lively with their college yells The combined markings on thought and first to Weir of Storm second to C. 11. Hardy of and third lo J. It. Romans of Tho worth of books as bis A railway crossing accident occurred at 1 Hidden in which two men escaped A fust train nil the Northwestern passed through town at a high rate nt At crossing D. S. Porter was across tlie track with a team and lumber accompanied The team just passed over Ihe 11 the engine struck the wagon and completely demolished it. Roth occupants vv ere throw 11 a di of a I ion I thirty but are apparently not seriously injure I. A high wind and falling rain prevented their hearing the noise of the Sonic months ago K. W. Green had a team killed at the same crossing in a similar ae by n Hat I While Robert V. Gray was getting a basket of cobs at Arthur he felt a sling to left and upon kicking over cobs at rattlesnake coiled and ready tu strike a second lie quickly dispatched the reptile and sucked out as much of tlie poison as lie could while a physician was being The hand and arm swelled frightfully nnd were very but Hie soon got the upper hands of the poison and the Is resting Heavy Deal of biggest deals over consummated in was Hie purchase of Ihc properly and franchise of the Gas Light Company by the Railway and Lighting the price paid being The latter company was organized several years ago and reduced tlie price of gas from to per The new company says it will not raise the price of State Ijok will be Ihe scene of a Stale on June the occasion being Hie annual meeting of Hie lowu Stale Log which Is composed or representative Iowa camps W. O. W. The day will be in Ihe execution of an excellent program and exemplification of work of Ibe It is expected that will be Accidentally The 12-year-old sou of S. living In the west end of accidentally shot the bullet passing through his left entering Dm ranging downward anil bulging back of hip The of the engine of the Plymouth Roller Mills at blew a few nights narrowly missing the engineer and 11 The break caused soino delay In Idling of I. C. 11. Laying Trunk laying was begun Muy 25 by tho Illinois on Its extension from to Council a distance of It will bo opun for Nov. 1. at The May festival at Cornell May 17, IS and 111, wus of the musical events in Hie history of Special trains were run to and Hie concerts and given in tlie college one of Hie and linest audience looms in Hie were enthusiastically received by crowded From Idlers received in it Is learned thai Mrs. of Consul A. W. of left for homo on 12. Tlie ship 011 which she sailed was lo leave Rio May 17, and will reach New York about 7th of She will go direct from to Des Moines to visit her To Double Ham The Packing Company will immediately double Hie capacity of Its smoke bouses in Hie big ham house of the Sioux City ami it not unlikely that a large addition will he to the ham house Tell new houses will be which will give the house a capacity for No ul Tlie Stake for Ihc Rush Park meeting al Independence In August arc not satisfactorily tilled and sentiment is against reopening tills condition exists the entire western In all probability Iho gates will be closed this for the timu in ten yea is. State Arthur chief bookkeeper of thu of Auditor of has retired from I hat position and was succeeded by Mr. L. lias bad charge of the building and loan Tlie successor to Mr. Camp has tint been 101011 led 11 Now The trustees of the Sue City as principal W. now principal of the High and a lay worker of note lit thu Church of Western Mr. Leu Is an alumnus of Ihu Des Moines with which thu Sao Oily Institution UeiN Twenty-Five Frank convicted of at wus sentenced to Ilu gave bonds of and was pending an to thu Supremo ItH The Perry Light and Power Company bits to its articles 0/' Its capital stock from to and adding to lis of In Hamilton An epidemic of diphtheria exists in tho northwestern part of Hamilton Joseph an old has lost children and his during tire past week und is now sick There have been twenty-two deaths during tho past month from thu In that Murder nt Muhou Tho trial of W. It. Hono for tho murder of James Allison Is on ut Mason City before Judge Allison was stubbed in thu back by and died three hours after the
