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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16
St. Louis Double Murderer
Strangled at Last.
MONEY COULD NOT SAVE HIM.
Two Other Mound City Exc
cutions.
The State Legislature and
Other Late News.

Union, No., Feb. 16.-Dr. Arthur
Duestrow, the st. Louis millionaire.
who Feb. 16. 1894, shot and killed his
wife and child in that city. was
hanged here this afternoon. Not
until this morning when he arose
and saw through the window Of
the jail for the first time the gal.
lows on which he was to die. did he
show signs Of . realization. Of his fate.
Turning from the window he sobbed
Ikea child. He put away all SEM
blance Of insanity which he carried
out 10 long. and groaned. Il know v
TveRot to die. l killed my wife and
child. but it was not my fault. Some.
thing within me made me do it.
was not myself" After . time he
regained his composure and talked
with the visitors, and even smiled.
The condemned man walked to the
gsllows without . tremor, and
mounted the steps firmly. He died
ss "Gen. Brandenburg." quietly aud
bravely. The crowd all about was
90 dense that it was impossible tc
get near the place. On the gailowe
Duestrow resumed the fiction tn vt he
was Brandenburg. In q speech he
denied that he killed the woman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16

Denver, Col, Feb. 16.-A special
train from Chicago over the Chiclgo.
Burlington & Q ,incy railrosd rssched
this city at 1852 this morning. hsv-
log run 1,026 miles in Is hours aud
62,minutes. the best previous rail
roed long distance record bsing 1 9
hosts and 81 minutes for 96i miles
ovtr; The New York Central and Lake
Shore roads, from New York to Chi
cago. The train was chartered by
H. J. Msyhan, of Denver, at Chicago
to reach she bedside Of his con vii.
lian. who was dying Of appendicitis
He was too late.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16
Mrs. Hearts, Motive.

Mrs. Phoebe Hearst of California has
given 5000, coo to found a mining school
in connection with the state university
at Berkeley as memorial to her hus.
band. She gives largely to the free kim
dergartens, supports several college set
Elements and contributed 81 200 to the
recent campaign for the woman suffrage
amendment She has also given $780,
600 to establish fine gymnasium for
girls at the state university. She said
Miss Anthony, II am doing all this
make girls fit to vote.''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16
PAYNE IN THE CABINET.
His Friends at Milwaukee Say He Will
Surely Have a Portfolio.

Milwaukee, Feb. 1.-THE Milwaukee
friends of Henry c. Payne feel very
confident that he will be invited to enter
McKinley's cabinet. A letter reached
here yesterday morning direct from the
president-elect himself. written to a
prominent party worker, which referred
to several matters. and no intimation
was contained in the letter that the pre-
viously understood programme in rela-
tion to Wisconsin patronage would not
be carried out. or that Mckinley had de-
termined not to invite Payne into his
cabinet.
The directors Of the Milwaukee Rail-
way and Electric Lighting company
held a meeting yesterday and it is un-
derstocd that Payne will resign the
presidency of the company in order to
be free to accept whatever may come to
him in the way of political honors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16

Springfield, Ills, Feb. 16.-A delega-
tion from Chicago representing the Civic
Federation, the Union League and the
Lincoln and Marquette clubs waited on
Governor Tanner last night and dis
cussed the proposed primary election
bill and the revenue bill prepared by
the Civic Federation. The governor as
sured the delegation that he was in
favor of any law which might tend to
the publication of the primaries and
would favor all legislation in this di-
retciOp
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16
VICTORY WON BY THE cusANs.
Brilliant Strategy Enables Them to D.
feat the Spaniards.

feat the Spaniards.
Cincinnati, Feb. 16.-The Commercial.
Tribune's special from Havana, via Key
West, says: A detachment from General
Lacret's army now operating in this
province had a pitched battle with q
band of guerillas under Major Selasco
and a portion OF Havana volunteers un-
der Colonel Sanchez. The Cubans at
tackled a blockhouse ten miles west of
this city, not knowing a large Spanish
force was nearby. They had partially
captured the fort when the Spanish re-
Inducements came UP. The Cubans
were caught between the two columns
and for several hours the fight waged
fast and furious.
Finding that they could not make
progress against such odds, the Span
iards outnumbering them two to one,
the Cubans, by a skillful feint, drew off
part Of the volunteer corps and then
made a furious and unexpected on
slaught on the other, compelling them
to retreat and offering a passageway for
the insurgents. Through this they
passed with a loss of some 100, the Span
ish losing over double that number.
Notwithstanding their defeat the in
surgents managed to so dismantle the
fort that II had to be destroyed to pre-
vent its falling into the insurgentss'
hands and the large supply Of ammuni-
tion there destroyed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16
Maher Tackles a Black Tartar.

Buffalo. N Y. Feb. 16-Peter Maher
had narrow escape from defeat when
he tackled c. c. Smith, the BLACK
Thunderbolt," for six rounds at the
Empire Atheletic club last night. He
started to finish the fight in one round
but found his antagonist full of fight to
the end. when Peter was very tired al
though much the best boxer. Maher got
the decision
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16
LEXOW'S INQUIRY.
Noted New Yorker Still After the
Saccharine Combine.
BROKER ON THE WITNESS STAND

Who would BC Sott8neQ TO MAKO an
Eighth Of Cent . Pound-searles In
sists That the Trust Doss Not Control
Prices and Declares That Supply and
Demand Are More Powerful Lawmakers
Than Even State Legislatures.
New York. Feb. 16.-James n. Post,
coffee and tea broker, was the first wit
ness yesterday before the Lexow trust
committee. Speaking Of the matter Of
profits the witness said the profits to
the wholesaler on refined sugar was
3-16 Of a cent per pound, and added
that if his company realized 1-8 of a
cent profit per pound on refined sugar
it would be perfectly content with the
transaction.
Don't you fix the price Of the raw
material?" mo; how could we. The
markets Of the whole world would have
to do that
rs it not a fact that the factors get
3-16 of a cent rebate when the ref1ner
does not make IA of a cent?" Lexow
asked. THAT is So" the witness re-
piled.
Wholesale Gr0cers' Association.
Lexow handed the witness an equality
book sent from Kentucky, and witness
said the book in evidence did not fix the
prices of sugar. but only contained
rules governing freight rates.
You do not seem to know much about
your business or if you do won't tell, %
said LeXow.
I'm not wholesale grocer and know
nothing of their rules" retorted the wit
ness. 1.-The Wholesale Grocers' associa-
tion was not started in the interest of
the refining company. 1t was started
because the grocers wanted to make a
little profit out of sugar and not sell
| it at a loss" He denied the statement
that no man can live in the sugar busi-
ness unless he becomes a factor. The
price of sugar, he stated, was fixed by
the daily state of the market and not
by refining companies.
Something Lexow Couldn't Understand.
John E. Searles then took the stand
The witness admitted that the margin
of profit between raw and refined sugar
had increased during the last three
years. Lexow brought out the informa-
| ton that during the past year the Greer
Point refinery, one in Louisiana, the
Continental in Boston, and the De.
Castro were closed, and that the pur.
chase of the United States Refining
company's plant in Camden was in con.
temptation by the American Sugar Re.
fining company.
well. what in the world prompt:
you to contemplate the purchase of the
United States Sugar Refining company
at Camden" exclaimed Lexow, ''wher
you don't use 60 per cent. of your re.
| fineries now?"
I'VE may be able to utilize that prop.
erty for the interest of the company
was the calm reply. Searles admitted
however, that whatever plant has beer
acquired has been a competing plant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16

Springfield. Ills. Feb. 16.-At 5 p. m.
yesterday the senate met and in,medi-
ately adjourned. no quorum being pres
ent. The house was in session hut a
few minutes. Several bills were intro
duced. the most noteworthy being one
by Kain to prevent coal mine employees
being fraudulently deprived of wages
by the incorrect weighing of coal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16
.A,uas.r,s SLAYER, HANGED.

st. Louis, Feb. 16.-Peter Schmidt
and Sam Foster, colored, we're
hadKsd today for the robbery and
mufder OF b. E. Atwater, q young
ChicAgo artist, in the suburbs Of
Western Grove . year sgo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16
,McKsniey's Sickness.

Canton, Feb. 16.-McKiuley was
kept in bed by his doctor this morn
ing on account Of an attack Of infla-
enza, which is epidemic here. 1t is
not thought he will be able to receive
callers for several days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16
Corbett Starts for C.r.on.

SanFrancisco. Feb. 16-Jim Corbett
started for Carson yesterday afternoon,
accompanied by his trainers, Billy De-
laney and John McVey. Corbett spent
the morning playing handball and after
lunch boxed four rounds with McVey.
He is supremely confident Of victory in
his fight with Fitzsimmons
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16
Report That Gomez 4, wounded.

Havana. Feb. 16.-Private advices re-
ceived here contain assurances that an
engagement occurred between the Span
ish troops commanded by Colonel Ar
jona and General Gomez. 1t is reported
that General Gomez was wounded in
the same leg and nearly the same place
where he avs wounded last year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16
scovel TeiesrsPhs His Father.

Wooster. O.. Feb. 16.-Rev r. S. SEQ
vel has received the following cable
gram from his son. Sylvester Scovel. the
Cuban war correspondent who was a
few days ago captured and thrown into
prison by the Spanish authorities: do
not be worried about my capture. Am
we'll treated. Love to ALL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16
Aiser rendered . Reception.

Detroit. Feb. 16.-General and Mrs. r.
A. Alger were rendered a reception at
the Detroit club last evening by leading
society people of the city in honor of the
generals appointment as member Of the
cabinet. Many OF the leading people of
the city Joined in the congratulations Of
fercc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16
Thirteen Feet of Lace for $1,000.

New York, Feb. 16.-One of the guests
at the Bradley Martin fancy dress ball
has secrued a big prize. 1t consists of a
little more than thirteen feet of old
Irish lace and it cost the buyer exactly
5000. The purchaser is G. X. McClan-
ahan. of Washington. At the Worlds
fair exhibit the lace was known as the
Cross-McCarrick lace
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16
Michigan Solcas Here Cubsns.

Lansing, Mich, + eb. 16.-A joint con-
vention of the Michigan legislature lis
tened for nearly two hours last night to
a fervid address from Senor Gonzalo de
Quesada, charge d'anaires for the
Cuban republic at Washington, after
which it was unanimously voted to be
the sense of the joint convention that
Cuba should be free and independent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16
MAJOR M'KiNIeY LAID UP.

Has q Bad Cold and Is Permitted to See
No One.
Canton, O., Feb. 16.-At $3.50 last night
Major Mckinley was confined to his
room and his doctor advised him to see
no visitors today nor until he was rid
of his cold. This is the first time he has
been inaccessible to callers since his re-
turn from Columbus over a year ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16
NO RESTRAINT ON COMPETITION
Some Books That Have "Become Obso.
lete and Of No Use."

lete and Of No Use."
Searles denied having any arrange
ment with individual wholesale grocers,
but admitted having an agreement with
the factors east of the Missouri in rela-
ton to the rates of freight within GER
tain specified limits. He asserted most
positively that the American Sugar Re-
fining company had nothing to do with
the prices formulated by any other su-
gar refining company in the United
States. Il have only to reiterate," he
said, what l have already testified to.
and desire to say again that we do not
restrain or compel any competing con-
Germ in the country to follow our prices
nor do we command the regulation of
prices in the south or east
Now. .isn'ti it a fact that the factors con-
tract, coupled with the wholesale gro
GERS rules, has absolutely destroyed
| competition after the product leaves
your hand?"
"Only so far as the other refineries
| see fit to adopt our prices. He admitted
| that the retailers are obliged to sign the
| contract and are allowed the 3-16
cent rebate.
Lexow questioned Searles as to the
| whereabouts of the certificate books of
| the original company" They have been
| lost sight Of said the witness. "They
| were obsolete and of no use" The in
| quiry showed that they alone contained
| the figures showing the increase from
| $4,000, 600 to $i3.00O.0G0 of capital stock,
| and they. together with all the minutes
| and records of the old trust, are gone
| Senator Lexow then inquired if Searles
had with him the minute book of the
| sugar trust.
81 have not" replied the witness "The
sent them here. ] have no power in the
matter"
Lexow said that the whole board OF
directors would be subpoenaed to an
swer and produce the books.
rs the increase of large corporations
disadvantage to the workingmen?
| was asked.
mo, SIR" was the reply. IF we had
less legislation we would be far better
of. If you make laws that will invite
capital to this state instead of driving il
away it would be an advantage. But 81
long as investigations like this are 70.
mented it makes capital unsafe and un.
certain and it makes it act on the de.
fensive as though 1t were the enemy OF
the workingman. There is a law fal
higher than the legislative-than tn.
state of New York-the law of supply
and demand. which controls all thes.
things. which no trust, however big, /,
able to CONTROL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16

One hundred doses one dollar 10
PECULIAR to and true only Of Hoods
ssrsapsrilis. II Is economy to bay
Hoods.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16
Death Of Captain John VI. Adair.

Springfield, Ills, Feb. 16.-Captain
John NJ. Adair died at his home here
yesterday afternoon, of consumption,
aged So years. He was once owner Of
the Mount Carroll. Ills. Mirror. and in
lsS5 was appointed assistant secretary
of the state senate. From 1869 to 1882
he was chief OF the index department
OF the secretary Of states Office He
served through the war In the Union
army.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16

To Cure . Cold in Oae Day.
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the
money II it fails to cure. 25 cents
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16
stuart Take. Out HI. I,c.,...

Carson. New. Feb. 1s.-Dan Stuart
yesterday took out the 81, 900 license for
the Corbett- Fitzsimmons contest to take
place here March l.. He paid IL by
check and now nothing in a iega, way
can prevent the big fight from taking
place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16
q Otntments for CatOerh tina
COatsla Mercury.

As ncreufy win surely destroy he sen.e oi
emsll and completely derange the whole system
when entering It through the mucous eurfacss
sseh articles should n:ver be used except on
prescriptions from reputable phyric:ars, q the
damage they viii do Is ten fold to the good YOU
can possibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure. manufactured by ?. J. Cheney Co.
| Toledo, o contains no mercury, and ID taken ir
| ternslly, acting directly urou the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. In buying HaIrl
Catarrh Cure b sure you set tie genuice. It
taken internally and 10 made In Toledo, Ohio, b,
=. ]. Cheney . CO. Tsztinonials free.
! eold b dxusxasts. peiee sc pss bcksls,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-21
TRUE SOUTHERN WOMAN.
Mrs. Helm, the Half Sister of Mrs.
Abraham Lincoln.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
A long interview with the widow of Gen.
Ben Hardin Helm, published in the New
Orleans Picayune. recalls the fact that
by his marriage with Mary Todd, Abra-
ham Lincoln was brought into close rela-
tons with a prominent southern family,
many members of which later took up
arms against the nation in whose preser-
walton he was to have so large a share.
Mrs. Lincoln was the half sister of Mrs.
Helm, and the latter recalls distinctly all
the circumstances of the Presidents
courtship and of his wedding. She says
that many of the biographies are inaccu-
rate In the details they give in regard to
both, and denies that Lincoln had gone
through a disastrous sentimental expert
ence before he welded Miss Todd. She
asserts, too, that the President and his
wife we're always in the highest degree
sympathetic and that their life together
was more than ordinarily happy. Speak
ing of her own husband, Mrs. Helm says
that he and Lincoln were close friends be-
fore the breaking out of the war, and
when hostilities began the President Of
fered the young Kentuckian. who had
been graduated from West Point. but was
then a practising lawyer. the position OF
paymaster, with the rank of major, II he
would cast his fortunes with the north.
Young Helm consulted with Robert j..
Lee, then a colonel, found that he had
lust resigned his commission In the un-
ion army, and soon decided to make the
fate of the south his own. Helm rose to
be a brlgadier general and was killed at
Chlckamauga. OF Mrs Helms brothers,
one fell at Shiloh, another at Baton
Rouge, and a third, who was also in the
confederate service, survived the war.
Mrs. Helm Is described by the interviewer
as "a typical southern bred woman, every
line and lineament Of feature denoting
arlstocracy OF birth and rearing. Her
head Is crowned with a wealth of silver
hair but the face is young and singularly
sweet, and the complexion is as fresh and
pink. almost. as that of young girl.
Her voice Is exceedingly soft and low, and
possesses that musical rhythm character
istic OF the true southern woman" She
speaks With sincerest appreciation OF LIN
coins greatness Of heart and mind, and
in discussing him shows no trace Of the
bite her personal losses by the war
might have excused.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-21
LIFE IN THE ASTEROIDS.
Sir Robert Ball Tells of Little Plan
cts and How a Man Would Feel
From the Youths Companion.

From the Youths Companion.
Let us suppose that a small globe like
Vesta was made of the same kind of ma
terials as those of which our earth has
been constructed. Then the weight of
any object on the little planet would be
no more than the tenth part of the weight
which the same object would have here.
A man standing on Vesta could raise
weight with ease which he could not stir
on the earth. On that planet he could,
for instance, lift 800 pounds with no more
exertion than a man on the earth gives
to raising fifty pounds.
One effect of this would be that our
own bodies would there weigh but one
tenth of what they weigh here. A man
who weighed 40 pounds here on an au-
tomato machine would, if he and the au-
tomato machine were translated to Vesta,
find his weight there no more than four
teen pounds.
His bones and muscles, however, would
be just as substantial, for l am now sup
posing that all other conditions as to food,
warmth and respiration, remained the
same. He would consequently feel a
buoyancy and a capacity for athletic per-
formances ten times as great as those of
which he was capable on the earth.
For every foot that a man could jump
on terrestrial course, he could clear ten
feet on a similar course on Vesta. Indeed,
1t is not at all improbable that il he were
there fitted with pair of wings, he might
fly.
And now we can see why giants would
be adapted for small globes. Suppose be-
ing on our earth were to be constructed
twelve feet high on the exact pattern of a
man; his muscles would, no doubt, be four
times as strong as those of a m an six feet
high, but as the weight of the giant would
be eightfold that of the ordinary being, his
muscles would be incapable Of doing their
work On Vesta, however, the giants
weight would be so small that the work
which the muscles were called on to do
might not be beyond their capacity.
Even if the warmth, and the air, water
and food for Vesta were suitable, / do
not think man constructed as we are.
could live there.
The power of the heart is adjusted to the
circulation of the blood assuming that
the blood possesses the weight that 1t has
on the earth. The work of the heart in
driving the blood upward would no doubt,
be greatly lightened if it's owner were
placed on Vesta, but it seems hardly posi-
bic to doubt that the disturbance of our
system would be fatal.
On the various grounds have mention
cd, Il seems hardly possible that any types
Of life like those which we find on this
earth could possibly have a home on YES
Ia or any other minor planet.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-21

counted his wealth by the hundreds Of
thousands. He owned broad acres in Mon
mouth county, handsome blocks in cities,
and strong boxes filed with stocks and
bonds. yet his wealth was powerless to
purchase him an instant's respite from his
torture.
II was a strange disease which held this
wealthy Long Branch landlord. whose Vi
tally, until few weeks ago. had caused
establishment la the community. His jet
blaex hair and beard, his firm tread and
upright bearing, marked him as man
whose strength had not yielded TO age.
IL Is said he had recently been cor lem.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-21
plating a fourth marriage. having already

PiSNAAAS q lOuEtH marriage, having dATeduy
buried three wives
Then came that awful contraction of
the throat, structure of the aesophagus, the
doctors call it. The victim disappeared from
the streets, and soon it became known that
Russell Maps was doomed to death by slow
torture, which medical skill was unable
to combat. The disease clutched his throat
tighter and tighter, until at length the suf-
ferer could swallow neither a crumb of
food nor drop of water
Then the doctors gave him food by arti-
fetal means, and in this way kept him
alive for while, but as the trouble was
intensified it finally became Impossible to
administer water to the man.
Mr.. Maps sufferings were indescriba-
BILE. In the agony of thirst he offered first
hundreds, then thousands of dollars for
a cooling draught, until at last he was
eager to give $4,000 for a single drink.
Death relieved his torture at o. clock on
Wednesday morning.
Mr. Maps was one of the oldest settlers
of Long Branch. Each of his three wives
brought him a considerable fortune. For
many years he was engaged in the lumber
business. A..
He became widely known as a Metho-
dist exhorter. He leaves three daughters,
one of whom is the wife of the Rev.
Thomas Hanlon, president of Pennington
Seminary,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-21

Nov, when you ask papa for me. be
sure to face him like man" you bet
I will lie doesn't get any chance at my
back II / can help it."-cieveland Plain
Dealer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-21
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