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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30
NEGROES MURDER A FARMER.
One Is Caught Later and Shot to Dealt, l,
The Usual Posse"

st. Louis. Nov. GA special to The
Globe-Democrat from New Madrid.
NO. tells Of the murder Friday of Alex
Loin. farmer, with several motherIess
children. living across the river at Ma
drid Bend, which is partly in Fulton
county, KY, and Lake county, Tenn.
Two negroes. names unknown, who had
been hired By Loin TO row him across
the river, murdered the farmer. robbed
him Of SO. and then threw the body
into the water. The two murderers es-
capped.
Friday night about dark the negroes
approached a store at Bessie, Tenn,
about five miles from the scene Of the
murder. and wanted to buy some cloth
ing The clerk noticed me clothing
they wore was stained with blood and
became suspicious. They fed. but one
Of them was captured Saturday night
BY d posse and taken to the scene Of the
murder, where he confessed 70 being
implicated in the killing. The negro was
taken hack to Bessie and shot.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30
Executors Notice.

p ate OF David Brown deceased
tn. undersigned huviu- been appointed eE-
ccLt~IE OF the. last u y ana testament OF Day ID
Brown. late OF the cOun-y OF Rock Island
state OF Illinois. deceased. hereby gives notice
that - e. VIII app before the county court OF
Rock Island county. 10 the county court room,
"a the city o. Rock I-lIAd. at he - auuu -
term ON the igsr Monday Ia Jauuury next.
40 which time ai pCr-u'l~ having claims
against said estC-C arc notified AID r qUe~t I'd
To attend for she ILrpJ-. or having the Same
al u~teG. AL psr-ori~ indebted 20 sg.d eSfa- :
are requested 70 maze Immediate payment 10
the IE.IsE~. -'u'd.
Dated au.s 2d day OF November. \. =. 1898
BUE-asEU BROWN. TEegutrtN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30

New York, Nov. S3.-GeoIGe Dixon.
the coiored featEerweight champion
pugilist. fought twenty-five fast rounds
with oscar Gardner, The Omaha kid. -"
before the Lencx Athletic club last night
and Referee Dick Roche decided in IA
vCr OF the champion. This decision did
not please great many OF those who
Witnessed the fight. Dixon cid nearly all
the leading, but Gardner met him clev-
eriy and cOuntered very fcrcibly nearly
every time they came together. Dixon
found in Gardner very awkward op-
nnnent 70 Ent To.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30
VyeII-Knoyrn NiIwaukecan Dead.

AIi,wa ukee, Nov. 30-I.dward Kecgh.
a veteran printer and proprietor Of one
OF the largest printing establishments
in this city, died yesterday from Il
stroke Of paralysis. aged 63. Keosh
served several terms il the state Iegis-
lature and once he'd the ofIi-e Of speak
r Of the assembly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30
LEGAL.
AdmInIstrntor.s Notice.

Estate OF Andrew Donaldson, deceased.
Tle undersigned having been appointed ad-
Hi".~tratriE OF the estate OF Andrew
Donaldson. laLc OF the county OF Rock
Island. state Of Illinois. deceased. hereby
gives notice that She VIII appear before the
county court of Rock Island county. at the
county court room i- tue city Of Rock Island
at the January term. ON the first Monday
IL .gD-@TH next. AT which time all per
sons Lav-L-. claims against said estate are
,lOtii,I ard requested to attend. Tor the pur-
pose OF having the same adjusted.
Al PERSONS indebted 20 said estate are re-
qUe,rcd 70 make immediate payment 10 the
uIde-sl -yurd.
DAtad this 9Th Gay % November. A d. 1925.
I..I-E. N. llNA.L.--LN. - nli...strAtriN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30
Have a Line" on the Filipino.

Washington, Nov. 30.-JuGge Advo-
cate Charles L Jewett and John 7, Nc
Cutcheon were robbed Of all their prf-
vate holdings by Filipino servants. Nc
CutcheOu lost a gold watch his mother
gave him, revolver. a society Din ana
all his money Jewett parted with his
money and many vaIuabIes. Both are
Indiana men AcCutcEeon was the Chi
cago Record cores ordent at Manila
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30
STORY or \ SPANISH oFvICER.
Says Only i Handful OF Men Defended II
CaneS aad san Juan.

Cnney and NIn Juan.
Washington, Nov. So-The war Office
has issued the story OF Lieutenant Jose
Muller y Tejeiro. second in command
cf the Spanish naval frees at Santiago.
VINO was an eyewitness Of the land
fighting there. the lieutenant not goinS
out with Ccrvera's feet. Speaking Of
the battles of El Caney and san Juan
the lieutenant says the Americans
fought with truly admirable Oourag g
and spirit. The casualties Of the Span
ish side are stated 70 be sixty officers
and $50 men. He claimed that only so
men defended El Caney for ten hours
and that go defended san Juan for four
hours
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30
wronsed Hus, ard Was Fad sho:.

Brownsville, Neb.. Nov. 20.-Whca
Frank ChecseE-an. a barber. returned
to his home about : p. IN. yesterday he
found his VIE IN the company OF
George Ray, a young unmarried man.
Cheeseman drew his revolver and shot
at Ray. but missed him. Ray returned
the fire. shooting Chcesemans in the
lung. He cannot live.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30
Soldiers 10 .ioto Manila.

San Frarciscc, Nov. CA runor IS
current at army headquarters that be
tween now and Jan. l 5000 soldiers VII
he concentrated here 10 embark for the
Philippines
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30
Firehug Giren Fi,e Years.

Madison. Wis, Nov. so. - Charles
Schle.cher. who pleaded guilty Monday
TO ircendiar.sm in burning ". s
Iee,er's fine Loatiouse. was sentenced
70 FIVE years in states prison. His
comraGe, Henry Seymour. who turned
states evidence. goes free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30

ccc=ie 20 4 surrender Ct S:,ain's colonial
9ire I5It Ss-zsta apPea-ed 70 them
20 fuIf'' rheir mission II tce interest Of
The dyn..z.y
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30

Newfoundland is remarkable for its
lakes and PGoIs They are Of al sizes.
shapes and depths. from tiny pools to
immense shcets'Cf water over 30 miles
IL length.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30

WANTED 4 COMPETENT GJRI. Pr =
~ general house wO-l 81 5y55 Tenth ave
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

THIuAGQ, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAIL
" way-Ttckets can DO purchased or baggage
checked 81 L 4 Twentieth street depot or
Q x 1 b depot, corner Fifth avenue and Tkirty.
drsi street, Frank PlummeE, Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30

vET.~Tgu-A sI,UDT.TACED LADY FOR
w hJ-s deeper. Adde'S, = c. AbGCs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30
WANTED.

W. N-TED-ROs PDETS. CEECICERCCIS
W af.d board .. -as15 Fourth avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30

INoE EENT-FT-RNISTIED ROOMS. WITH
y or witnCuf board WIKI heat NerF Fc.iSai--
able -EIu sixth avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30

UaET4D- BOARDERs. AT 2sl5 THIRD
W avenue. Good acccraIlpda ions. Meals
.Crsgg.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30

VCCR RENT FURNISHED ROOMS WITH
3 steam heat. gas and bath. AT - Tw ca
g.ytH street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30
FOR RENT.

NOR EENT-A GROOM FLAT on THIRD
= avenue. Inquire Cf II a i.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30

Passenger trains leave . Il a. Z CMoliue
svenue) depot Eve 81 minutes earlier than time
given. Trains nnsrEed daily, all other trains
daily except suH6ay-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

' OsT-AN IRISH SETTER PUT FISDEI
II r.Casg return 20 II ". Trem m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30

1 OST-s7: A 8, AND y e BILL BET TFF.N
l 4 Seventeenth AID Tw y-sir-r streets
sH. fifth and euth avenues Finder leave ~
This o.iCc ana be rev arCcu-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30

L1OR SALT-COAL IL ANY Qua S-ITY
II OF 81 bushels or over % ESQ per son. dc.
Hysrcd & o. ID. - aLy pert CT tic ClsS. Leave
orders - T0uurr"s@i1l house barber shop, 10 IL
Island, or E-aOs ) a.ccs, Milan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30

Nyl%IY To LOAS-CHATTEL MORT
VI gage loans ny W II. Enstmsn n. he sec
,uE avenue. without publicity az removal he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30

ITOR SALE-CHEEP LOTS IL MMAS-
Il teT's addition. old base bail grounds. Ihcs r
lots win be solo FROM 500 upward: srcll
un.Caut down, balance on long time At & Per
cent Reidy Bros, room L. Mitchell - Lynue
building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30

HETP WANTED-LADTs = TO Ma kE
I 4 uluda-eS at home FOR larEc sUfgi'si
house barn $40 weekly enclose aoorS~>cu
SAM cd envelope for reply. Marshall & Co.
l-r1o,lyu. y. y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30

! AIDES EARN - PER WEEK WORkiNS'
4 a- home. M canN lS>iIs- Encio>- sen
aEG--s- Ell stamped cuvelote. Stondnrd .SoN
city ccmFaDy. lJi BcelsrUaa street Ne" / OF"
Cry
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30
YRSITs

d OCK ISLAND % PEORIA RAILWAY
~ DepCt First Avenue and TWentlosh street.
K sbockhOuse, Gen TIT Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30

Springfield, Cincinnati, Peo-
ria, etc. .-...---...
Peoria, Springfield, 50 Louis
etc .............
Accommodation Fast FIRE GIT
Peoria. Springfield, Cincin-
natl tAc
Peoria Accom- FYcight.....-
Cable and 5heTraTd Accom-
Cable Accom- Odsticn......-.
Cable and FhrYrsrt Accom-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30
TRAINS.

sArrival departure. +DaIly, except Sunday.
All others daily. Telephone 1893
Douglas Island news., 1898-12-14
The Collector.

We were pleased to meet the collect or of this district, MT. Ivey, while at Juneau last week. We had heard so much both in favor of and against him that we were anxious to see and know
 the man. We were pleased to find him pleasant, genial and full of mirth' He is of that nature that makes strong friends and bitter enemies. If he is
 weighted down with cares he certainly
 does not manifest it. We sincerely hope the collector will get his matters all fixed up and that official scandals may be far removed from Alaska Whether some of his appointees are corrupt or not we do not know, but we feel certain that if they are Mir. lvey will be the last person to shield them
Douglas Island news., 1898-12-14

mining region and one that will con- tinue for years. Juneau and Douglas City will certainly be benefited by the opening of this new district and more especially by the opening of a new trail across to the mines"
 MT. Rice will probably be on his way back before this issue is publish, ed. He is a man of good business judgment and has, we have been in, formed by others, been doing we'll. Mr. Rice was in Dawson last summer, but reported nothing new about that town or country.
Douglas Island news., 1898-12-14
Reward for Dishonesty.

The rubber-necked single-taXers of
 Washington got the democrats, popu- lists. and silver republicans in their fusion convention to indulge in kind
 of halfway indorsement of the single tax humbug. After the election was
 over. or as soon as the ShOuterS for Jeffersonian purity were restored to
 consciousness, they decided that they had been stepped on and severely in- iured. and now they are "going for" fusion and the pops. The pops are not all single-taXers, although single taXers are all pops. The halfway indorse' ment of the single-taX idea IS what cleaned out the whole fusion outfit. It ought to have done so. The Demo- crats are not single-taXers; you can't make a third-rate, secondhand, half sOled. single-taXer out of the poor est kind of a Cleveland Democrat, and such political dishonesty deserves de- feat. The clements that compose fu- sion may oppose and defeat any future alliance, but one thing is certain, neither one possesses sufficient merit to ever elect anything single handed and alone. With a three-handed fight the democratic and populist de- sire for spells must remain unsatlshed'
Douglas Island news., 1898-12-14
The District Attorney.

The new district attorney, Gen. Fred erichs, and his able assistant, Mir. Daily, think they are running in hard luck because they losta few cases at this term of court. They are both off wrong. They tried the cases well, made good, close arguments and man. fully did their duty, but juries in nine teen times out of twenty will do just as these juries did. In the Lambson case the defendant captain of avessel, under considerable provocatiOn, land ed nineteen number six shot in the body of an italian. The charge was about 23O The captain probably was too probably did not stop eN- actly at the line of demarkation be- tween the criminal act and self de- fense, but how often will poor, frail humanity do so. The jury took hu- manity as it was, gave the defendant the benefit of the doubt and acquitted him. 1t was not hard luck to lose this case. In fact after listening to part of the trial, we hoped they would ac. quit him.
 In the burglary and larceny case 1 from Fort Wrangel the "bad man," the man who did the actual breaking and selling of the stolen goods broke jail and has never been heard of since. The defendant, an alleged accomplice, was tried. He was urged to plead guilty, by his lawyer, but refused, be- cause he said he was innocent. Some circumstances pointed to his guilt they often do toward an innocent man. The jury thought these circumstances not sufficient to base conviction on and there are many people besides the jurors that thought so, and are still Of the same opinion. The district attor- ney tried the case we'll and he lost, not on account of "hard luck" but because he should have.
 The jury is the judge of the facts. There are twelve minds and they must agree, and while juries, owing to the proneness of humanity to make mis- takes, sometimes commit errors, yet 1t is fact beyond question that a jury is better trier of facts than the ablest courts. We do not think the honest, conscientious decision of q jury should bo impugned. Its members take the same oath to 60 their duty, that the court and district attorney do, and they make no more, probably less, mistakes. The judges are reversed much oftener than the jury.
 We offer these suggestions not in the spirit of criticism. We only wish the district attorney to know that his work has been we'll done and the few cases he has lost is not through any fault of his and that neither is the court nor the jury to be blamed.
Douglas Island news., 1898-12-14
FROM BENNETT AND ATLIN.
Both Towns Doing We'll. Boat
 Building for the Yukon.
MIR. c. l.. RICE, OF JUNEAU.

The last trip of the Cottage City brought Mir. G. L. Rice back to Juneau for few days. Mir. Rice has been ln Alaska for some time and is the pro prietor or the Nevada Restaurant, which is probably the best in all Alas ka. He was just in from Bennett. which is located on the lake after which it is named. A News man looked up Mir. Rice for the purpose of learning something of the true con dition of things up there. After the usual salutations the reporter asked MT. Rice for the Bennett news. Of course we are publishing a paper for all Alaska.
 "Wen," said Mir. Rice, Bennett, which is thirty-eight miles from Skaguay, IS quite little town with five hotels, two general stores, bakery, barber shop and other business houses. A detach- ment of the Northwest mounted po- lice is stationed there. J.J. McKenna, mining recorder for the Atlin district, is stopping there for the winter and so also is Capt. Rant the justice of the peace"
 "Any boat building up your way?"
 "Oh yes, there will be number of boats built at Bennett in the spring. The North American Transportation Go. will build five; the Fort Steel Co.,. three, Steve Bailey of Seattle three, the Upper Yukon Go. two and it is also re- ported that Captain Roberts will build three. There is a saw mill there and a plant for the construction of small boats"
 "Have any people come out from Dawson on the ice this seasOn?"
 "No, we look for the first to come out about the 18th of this month. Last year the first party got out on the 22nd. The railroad company is breaking a trail from the end of the road to Taku Arm"
 In answer to a question as to the general health of the people he stated that there is no sickness there this winter but that last summer there was considerable typhoid fever. There are about 15O people wintering at Bennett, but Mir. Rice looks for town of 1000 in the spring.
 But how about Atlin?" said the News man, "we have trail of our own to that place."
 "Atlin, which is located on Lake At lin, is right in the boom at this time am putting up 40 X 80 two story ho- tel in that place myself, There are probably fifty buildings in course ot construction now and the town is go- ing right along. There are from 800 to 1000 people in the district who will stay there for the winter and be ready for early work in the spring"
 "What, in your opinion, are the pros poets for that district?"
 II think the Atlin district will meet all expectations. Some people think the output will not be much, but my judgment is that it will be a great
Douglas Island news., 1898-12-14

at the mines however and the company keeps them.
 Several years ago an Indian was told to take fifty pounds of powder down the track we were walking on. He took the stuff and carried it part way, and when in front of an Indian cabin he laid the explosive down on the track. Presently one of the little engines came footing along. John Laughlin was the engineer, and John did like to- ride fast, and the little locomotive was doing it's best. The engine struck the fifty pounds of explosive, Like grand fathers clock lit stopped short, never to go again" and for long time, what was left of the engine laid a twisted mass of steel and iron alongside the track. John was shook up but not injured. The company replaced the engine with a new one which John runs now. It was one year two months and some odd number of days before he quit swearing and thinking swear" at the Indian.
 For the first time we are at the Mex ican mill. Fortunately the first man we met was c. w. Forman, foreman of the stamp mill. He piloted us to the boiler room, for in the winter they run with steam. From there to the engine room where two powerful machines are running. We don't know who the en- gineer is, but his engines and room are the neatest and cleanest we ever saw. The floor looked as though it had 1 just been scrubbed with lye and finish ed with sand paper. From there we went through the stamp mill, where i 12O stamps are pounding the rock into powder. The noise, no one can de- scribe it. We asked the foreman how many tons of ore were put through the mill in day. This he refused to tell us, but as our readers would like to know, we will tell them that the amount is over 300 tons. Each stamp will use between two and a half and three tons day, the former being a fair average.
 We were given permission to go to see the crusher and we climbed stairs until we were up a quarter of mile or more. We found three or four men making some repairs and of course the machine was not at work. We got a good look at it's construction. To us it is one of the most interesting depart, ments of stamp mill. A small man with red whiskers seemed to be boss around there. He gave us an awful look and we thought our presence was offensive. We put on one of those in, nocent small pica looks and waited to be ordered away, but the order didn't come. When we had seen all there was to see we took glance at the man with the red whiskers, he looked at us and doubling the celerity of our usual movements, we decended to mother earth.
 We did not see all there was to see Mine Foreman Stephenson was not in evidence. We wandered to the black smith shop where four men were en- gagged in sharpening the drills. We asked one of them, large, good look ing, good natured man, how much DOT; ing drill would do until 1t would neeo re-sharpening. He informed us that il depended altogether on the rock through hwhich the drilling was done In very hard rock it might need re- sharpening very often. The informa. tion thus gained was so convincing and satisfactory that we departed for home with the expectation, however, of again visiting the Mexican boys.
Douglas Island news., 1898-12-14

One of the best papers in all Alaska is the Skaguay News. It has been leased by E. J. White and A. M. Rous- seau. The paper containing this ali nouncement only reached us last week. It's advertising patronage is frst-class from which we judge the business men of that city know a good thing when they see it.