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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-14
Reduced Duty on Coree.

Kingston. Jamaica, July 14.-One
of the Jamaican delegates to Wash
ingtOn to negotiate a reciprocity
treaty inadvertently admitted the
United States duty on coffee would be
materially reduced. if not given pref
erential duty over Brazilian coffee.
All agree the treaty will be highly
snIi sfarInrv
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-14
Rank CIo.ed-CashI.r Missing.

New York, July 14.-The Middlesex
county bank. at Perth Ami boy. n. j.,
closed it's doors. Cashier Edward NJ.
Valentine is reported missing with
500, 900 of the banks money.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-14
MASSACHUSETTS Republicans.

Boston, July 14.-At meeting of the
Republican state committee held here
yesterday. Oct. 6 was appointed as the
date for holding the state convention
R0StOn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-14
UuRsoN ELECTED PRESIDENT.
Columbus, o., Man at the Head of the Ma
tIonaI Educational society

Columbus. o., Man at the Head of the Ma
tIonaI Educational society.
Los Angeles, Cal, July 40. T.
Corson, of Columbus. o., was yesterday
elected president of the National Edu-
cational association by unanimous
vote. The following will be the vice
presidents elected for the ensuing year:
First vice president. E. Dram Lyte.
Pennsylvania; vice presidents-E. NJ.
Slauson, Michigan; w. H Bartholomew.
Kentucky; w. A. Bell, Indiana; c. G..
Pearse. of Omaha, was elected treas
urer. Directors for the north Atlantic.
south Atlantic. south central, north
central and western divisions were
elected.
Right Rev. George Montgomery.
Roman Catholic bishop of this diocese.
delivered an address on The Religious
Element in the Formation of Charac-
ter" There were many other address
es on as many phases of the educa-
tional problem. At the meeting of the
board of directors to decide on the
place for holding the convention in
1900 Charleston won. and will be rec
ommeuded to the executive committee
as the next place for the annual meet
ing. A decision will not be finally ar
rived at, however. until the matter has
been fully considered by the execu-
tive committee, which WIN not be until
some time in tie fall of the year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-14
siermans Express TneIr views.

Canton, o., July 14.-In response to
4 call Issued in the Ohio Volks Zeitung
n meeting was held in Turner hall, and
resolutions adopted declaring against
the war in the Philippines and any
manner of alliance with Great Britain.
These resolutions are to be sent to the
president and to all German churches,
lodges and societies in the city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-14
rnree-cent Fares a, Detroit.

Detroit, July 14.-Commencing this
morning the Detroit Citizens Street
railway inaugurated 3-cent fares The
formal announcement was made
through an advertisement that ap-
peared in the morning papers II is
supposed that the move is made with
an idea CT influencing the people to-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-14
NATIONAL Meet of LABOR Commissioa.r.

Augusta, Me, July 1.-THE fifteenth
annual session of the national conven-
tion of labor commissioners was opened
here yesterday with Carroll d. Wright,
head CT the United States bureau of
statistics, presiding. Twenty-one COM
missioners or members of the depart
ment were present from fifteen states.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-14
In This Wheat Bye-and-Bye.

Minneapolis. July IA special from
Duluth says: Reports were received
here yesterday by grain men that vast
clouds of grasshoppers have alighted
on the fields in the vicinity of Rolla,
n. D.. from the Turtle Mountain re-
siOn -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-14
NIcLanrin Ha. a Cinch.

jackson, Miss. July 14.-Governol
McLaurin has obtained such lead il
the county primaries that his election
as United States senator is practicaIl,
assured Private John Allen i.
showed under"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-14
Army Appointments.
FOUR BOMBS EXPLODED.
Intense Excitement ReIgns at Barcelona
SDaIu.

Barcelona, July 14.-Four bombs
were exploded in different parts of the
city this morning. No serious dam
age was done, but excitement is intense.
The author of the outrages is un-
known.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-14
FLOWERS FOR HEROES.
oregon Volunteers From Philip
pines Receive Rousing Re-
ception in Frisco.
PRESENT A SPLENDID APPEARANCE.

March TO Preside, Where They Are to
Rest Two Three Weeks Before Being
Mustered Out-ExpIoding Bombs Cause
Excitement I'm Spain = Celebration of
Frances Natal Day-Other News by Wire.
San Francisco. July 1.-THE Ore
gon volunteers, from Manila. landed
today and presented splendid ap-
pearance. They were given a rousing
reception and were deluged with
flowers as they marched to Presidio.
where they are to rest for two or
three weeks before being mustered
out.
Army Appointments.
Washington. July 14.-Following
are among the additional appoint
ments in the volunteer army, each
officers former service being given:
To be captain, Frank w. Rekers, cap
tain 5Sth Iowa volunteers; Joseph w.
Porterfield, captain, 9Th Illinois.
Washington, July 14.-Webb G.
Hayes. major of Ohio volunteers dur
ing the Spanish war, has been ap-
pointed lieutenant-colonel of the 31st
volunteers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-14

Harry Frank St Clair, of Butte,
Mont. is under $1,000 bonds at Roches-
ter, N Y, to answer to a charge of
olsamy- An attorney declares that St
Clair has i've wives living.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-14

If you are tired and dull, can't get
rested. and have no appetite. take
Hoods Sarsaparilla- 1t enriches and
vitalizes the blood.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-14
Newest Trust i. Job Printing.

Columbus, o.. July IA determined
effort is being made to form a job print
ing trust The movement originally
included only local establishments. but
this plan has widened out SO as to in
clrde the entire state. Those interested
in iha matter are very reticent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-14

Madrid, July 1.-THE cabinet yes
terday. after a long discussion. accepted
the offer of the queen regent to as
sist the finances of the country by Civ
ing up another 10000 pesetas from
the civil list
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-14
SCARLET Fever at West Point Abates.

West Point. N Y. July 1.-THE scar
let fever scare has abated, and dress
parade was resumed last evening. No
new cases were reported yesterday
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Selma, Ala, July 14.-Senator John
The evening times., 1899-09-14
KILLED BY AN AUTOMOBILE.
Henry IL. Bliss - Crushed Under u
HOrseless Vehicles Wheels.

Henry III. Hiss ~ Crushed Under a
HOrseless Vehicles Wheels.
NEW YORK, Sept 14.-Henry H Bliss.
stepfather of Mrs Mary A. A. L. Fleming
whose trial for the murder OF her mother
run over by an automobile at Central Park
West and Seventy fourth Street last night,
and was taken to Roosevelt Hospital. His
head and chest were crushed by the wheels.
The driver of the automobile, who is un-
der arrest, says the accident was unavoida-
ble
Mr.. Bliss died at Gas o'clock this morn
ing. That section of Central Park West,
between Sixty-fifth Street and Ninetieh
Street is known to drivers and motormen
as Dead Mans Pass because of the acci-
dents that happen there.
Mr.. Bliss. who. since the death of his
wife and trial of his stepdaughter. has liv-
ed at the boarding house of Mrs. Kelly, 235
West Seventy-fifth Street, left home at 9
o'clock last night and rode up town on an
Eighth Avenue car with Miss Lee, of 129
West Seventy-fourth Street Returning on
south-bound car they signaled it to stop
at Seventy-fourth Street. where Mr.. Bliss
alighted first He had turned and was
holding out his handoto assist the young
woman when an automobile. driven by a
Arthur Smith, OF Isl West Fifty second
Street. came along at high speed .veered.
and struck him squareiy knocking him in
front of the wheels. Before the speed CT
the vehicle could be checked the wheels
had passed completely over him and left
him unconscious and bleeding. Mr.. Bliss
was sixty-one years old and a real estate
broker. with an office at IL Wall Street
The evening times., 1899-09-14
CUMBERLAND COAL TRADE.
Increased Shipments and n Great
Demand for Fuel.


CUMBERLAND, Nd, Sept. 1.-THE
shipments of coal from the Georges
Creek Cumberland region last week by
rail aggregated s2,717.O2 tons, and by the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal 5,3S7.05 tons,
making total OF SIS, 104.07 tons, or H.
al. so tons more than the record for the
corresponding week of 1898. The increase
for the year TO September has beeen 1S1,-
S43 tons. The total shipments from the
region so far have reached the unprece-
dented figure of 1895, ,52I tons This week
the 3,gO0. .0Q0- ton mark will be passed. The
canal. is not doing so much, the total haul
age so far having been 124, 1906 tons, Or
25.524.12 tons less than last year.
During the week 27,12G.G6 tons of coal
and 6,S90.f2 tons of coke were shipped
from the Elk Garden and Upper Potomac
region of West Virginia
The business of the Cumberland region
could scarcely be larger, as its capacity is
taxed To the utmost, while the seaboard
trade continues most active, with the de-
mand in excess Of the supply, despite the
best efforts OF the operators to get coal
forward. The demand is largely due to
the great activity in manufacturing indus
tries. The car supply is short in maly
cases.
The American Coal Company at Iona
coming, is now mining coal from its low
veins four feet in thickness. The coal is of
good quality II is used on Georges
Creek and Cumberland Railroad engines
and is pronounced first-class.
The evening times., 1899-09-14
ASSERTIONS OF PATRIOTISM.
MeadyilIe Citizens Indignant Over
False Reports.

/ MEADVILLE. Pa, Sept. 14.-Consider-
able indignation is felt By Meady lie c.ti-
Zens over the stories printed recently as to
anti-imperialism influence here preventing g
the enlistment of soldiers. Meadv!lle and
Crawford counties furnished full quota
and more for the civil war. For the Span
ish war there were five times as many
men willing, to volunteer as were needed.
There is no anti-imperiatist league here,
but about as many anu-imperialists in
proportion in both parties as found else
where. There have never been anti-im-
perialist meetings held here. There never
was a recruiting officer mobbed and no ef-
fort was made to dissuade prospective
volunteers beyond such as is made any
where by relatives. Private Baldwin, of
the Second Artillery, was here nine days
partly disabled with lame foot all OF the
time. TIE recruiting station was not ad-
vertised except that the local newspapers
mentioned its opening. Six applicants out
of seventeen passed the examination, one
of whom was a nonresident and left the
State. Four decided not to enlist, and
these were urged by family and friends
not to do so. The one who did enlist was
actually advised to do SO by member OF
the faculty of the Unitarian Theological
School, which has been designated as the
centre of anti-imperailisic influence.
There is really no ground for the stories
at all, and they are not worth noticing
here except in so far as they reflect on the
patriotism of the locality.
The evening times., 1899-09-14
AN ESSAY ON SUICIDE.
Advanced Views Expressed by n
state Cnurf

Advanced Views Expressed by n
State Court Judge.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Sept. 14-Judge
Simeon E. Baldwin, OF the Connecticut
Supreme Court, who has been unusually
prominent for three weeks because of his
address opposing the practice of physi-
clans in prolonging life in mortal illness.
today took ADVANCED ground in a signal
statement ON suicide and insanity. He
said relative to his views on the subject:
1T is no doubt an awful thing to enter
unbidden into the presence of the Al
mighty. There is an audacity in it to
which few are equal There is reckless
ness in it of which few will be guilty. But
that the fatal act may come from an un-
clouded mind and a steady hand who
can doubt Many is the man today who
would willingly let go of his life it is could
be relinGuished painlessly to hnsa-f and
honorably to those left behind him and il
he had no hope no fear of a life beyond.
1t would substitute certainty for uncer-
tainty rest for toll, anxiety, and appre-
hension. / would relieve the memory Y
of suicide from the reproach of a breach
of religious duty, and OF social obligation.
would give the real and not the conven-
tional reason for his act. Poverty, hope
lessness, shame loss of friends, loss o.
reputation, or mere WEAKNESS OF an empty
life. When these exist why shut your eyes
to them and presume fiction to occupy
their place."
The evening times., 1899-09-14
The Tale of n Traveller.


One of the best farmers stories on record is
that of the Kansas who said his pumpkin
vines grew fast that they wore the pumpkins
all out dragging thsm over the ground. But neck
and neck with it is the account of recent trav-
eier from eastern Washington and Oregon. The
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company have
had endless difficulty in the shifting OF the sands
by the winds, which carry them backward and
forward. Heretofore they have used wooden wind
breaks planted in sand dunes, which are about as
stable as most houses built upon the sands.
Recently they have found the solution of their
difficulties in kind Of grass imported from the
steppes of Russia. This grass takes root easily
in any soil, TO which its growth gives stability
This late Munchausen testifes that while lis train
stopped at Walleela Junction they planted some
gale and in the direction Of the moving train.
Heavy bets were laid as to which would arrive in
Wala Walla first-the wind, the grass, or the
train. The wind came in first the grass was a
close second, and the train ',i an length
behind
The evening times., 1899-09-14
SOUTH AFRICAN DIAMONDS.
Output of the Pretoria District Dur
ing 1898,

According to report received by the
State Department, the output of diamonds
in the Pretoria district during 1898
15l25. In December, 1897. the output was
166 carats, valued at s7ie.51 and for the
same month in 1898 the output was 3, 100
carats, with value OF $lI,626.G7. The
largest stone found in 1898 was 3S 1-2
carats. Although the diamond Industry is
rot developing with abnormal rapdity,
there is every cause for satisfaction, tn >
first stone having been discovered at Reit-
fontein only in August, 1897. The average
value of stones found in this district is
$3.50 per carat, the average value OF Kim
berley diamonds S633 per carat, and those
found at Jagersfontein, in the Orange Free
State, 1927 per carat. The diamonds in
the Pretoria district are found in pipes
as on Schulier's mine and on Montrose.
similar formation has been found Oh
Roodeplaats, ON the Pienaars River, AMI
another is also reported at Kameelfontein
and Buffelsduff
On the De Kroon farm, about twenty-six
miles west of Pretoria, diamonds have
been found; but, according to the State
geoiogist, not in a blue-ground formation.
AT ByrnestpooTt an ailuyial depos-t is be-
ing worked: also one on the adjoining
portion of the Elandsfontein farm. The
area of diamondiferous ground is very ex-
tensive, though its thickness is not con-
siderable.
The total quantity of diamonds found in
1898 in the Transvaal was 22,S34 oarats
valued at $212, ,S12.0i.
AT the alluvial diggings, 1928 carats
valued at S171, 1906, We're found: while
from the pipes, $50 carats. valued at
S41,374.9s were obtained. The difference
between alluvial and pipe diamonds con-
sists in the fact that river stones are of a
far better quality, and are generally la--
ger.
The evening times., 1899-09-14
The Rarity of Hydrophobia.
From the Youths Compapion.)

(frOm the 1oGtn 3 Companlon.)
1t has been asserted by many friends of ami
mails, who rightly object TO the annual torture
and slaughter of degs. and even by some physi-
clans, that there is no such disease as hydropho-
bia, rabies, it is more correctly called. Those
who have studied the subject carefully, however,
certain that there is disease of dogs which
is communicable by one suffering from it
to other animals and to man. But this disease
is very rare, and probably not one person in a
thousand bitten by dogs is in any danger Of it,
and not one dog killed among 500 supposed mad
dogs is really mad.
The word hydrophoba is misnomer. for a
mad dog has no fear OF water, and viii run
through shallow pool without the slightest hesi-
tation; the fear is that of drinking water or of
swallowing anything, either fluid or solid. as
the attempt is almost certain to throw the suf-
ferer, man or beast, into spasms.
The only way of transmitting hydroAllobia is
by inoculating; that is, by the introduction of
the virus into the body through wound of the
skin of the mucuous membrane. The Ecst usual
way for this rare event to occur is, of course
through the bite CT a rabid dog, cat or other
animal. But not every bite, even of a genuinely
mad dog. is followed by hydrophohia. II the an
imal's teeth. for instance. have passed through
mans trouser leg or boot, the saliva, which con-
taIns the virus, may be wipcd away from his
teeth atJsTti;g
The evening times., 1899-09-14

change whatever. and that the two parties
stand precisely where they did six or
eight weeks ago. II an accommodation Of
the difficulty be possible, 1t can come only
through total surrender by the Beers of
their position in the controversy. They
have published to the world relentless
determination to be utterly free, inde-
pendente and a state among the nations,
or fight. They must now amend that pur-
pose if they do not wish TO lose the meas
ure of local independence and self govern
ment they now enjoy. Possibly they may
do this, but such course of action would
be so completely out Of keeping with their
past, and with the crazy belief they seem
to have in their ability to defeat the Brit
ish army in the field, that We must see the
accomplished fact before being ready to
believe in even the probability of such a
solution.
The evening times., 1899-09-14

AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY.
Thlrty-three Candidates Pass the Ex
aminations and Are Admitted.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Sept 14.-Thirty-
three candidates have been admitted to the
Naval Academy, having passed both men,
tai and physical examinations. Forty
three got through in studies, but some of
them were held up by the medical board.
S. c. Loomis. of Illinois, was before the
medical board and his case held under ad-
visement until next week. William D.
Hays, of Alabama. was accepted by the
board yesterday. Harry Irwin, son of May
Irwin, the actress, was among those reject
ed. Austin Skibbee and William j. Giles,
of New York, were accepted Charles E.
Brilliant. of Pennsylvania, was before the
medical board, and his case is under ad-
Visement.
Naval Cadet John Halligan, jr.. who IS
attached to the Brooklyn at Philadelphia,
arrived last night. and will report AT the
Naval Academy today for duty on the Uni
ted States ship Gloucester. Halligan filled
an important position in the Academy foot
ball team, and is said TO be very much in
terested in the game between the army
and the navy, to take place at Franklin
Field December 2.
Alternates who take the places of candi-
dates who failed at the Naval Academy ex-
aminations will report September 15.
The evening times., 1899-09-14
No Change i'm Soutn Afrfca.

On the whole since yesterday the opin-
ton in South Africa that the Beers will ac-
cede to Mr.. Chamberlain's terms, seems to
have grown. If that opinion is justified
at all it must be by reason of remarka-
BILE change of sentiment and determination
at Pretoria. The British demands present.
ed in the latest note are precisely what
were notified to President Kruger by Sir
Alfred Milner at the Bloemfontein confer
ence. The former then refused point blank
to consider them, and this attitude was
supported by the Volksraad and the unani-
NOUS public opinion OF the Transyaal
buTghers. He distinctly declared at the
time and afterward, that the Milner pro-
posals might be considered and perhaps
adopted, but conditfonally upon England's s
agreement to abandon her claim to suzer-
ainty over the South African Republic
IL win be seen, therefore, that the con-
6itions OF the quarrel have undergone no
The evening times., 1899-09-14
DIED OF STARVATION.
A Helpless Widow Turned Away
From Charitable Institutions.

From Charitable Institutions.
NEW YORK, Sept. 14.-Mrs. Annie
Muller. homeless and friendless
widow died 81 at Bellevue Hospital
last night of starvation and exposure. Her
six-year-oid daughter, Pauline, will go to
the orphan asylum on RaLdalrs I-land to-
day.
The woman and child went to the Office
of the charities department at the foot of
East Twenty sixth Street and asked TO-
help. She was unable to obtain work as
a servant because she was unwil ing to
wandered about the city vainly trying to
obtain work until some one directed he
to the charities department.
Superintendent Blair, of the outdoor poor
department., was unable to admit the
woman to the almshOuse. To find a home
there woman must be at least sixty years
OF age, and Mrs. Muller was only thirty.
The woman left the office weeping and
started to walk toward the end of the
pier at Twenty-sixth Street. The little girl
clung to her skirts and tried to draw her
back. Policeman Quigley stopped the pair
and asked the woman where she was go
ing.
Il don trknow," she replied. II am tired
oil life and don't care where l go. l have
no home and no friends"
Fearing that the woman intended to COM
nit suicide the policeman led her off the
pier and directed her to the gate of Belle
vue Hospital. few minutes later he
heard child sobbing in the stable at
taehed to Candee & Smiths brickyard. He
entered and found Mrs. Muller lying tn
conscious on a heap of straw in an un-
used stall. Her little girl was kneeling
beside her, kissing her and trying to Ie-
store her to consciousness After trying
in vain to revive the woman the police
man summoned an ambulance The wo-
man was taken in to the hospital. There
she died
The evening times., 1899-09-14
ANsRNQUIRY IN PROGRESS.
Secretary Hitchcock Looking Into
the Indian Territory Trouble.

the Indian Territory Trouble.
1t was stated this morning that Sec
rotary Hitchcock will not permit any of
bis subordinates in the Department of the
Interior to discuss for publication the labor
trouble in the mining region CT the Ind an
Territory. These coal mines are situated
in the Choctaw Nations reservation, and
are leased by the Indians to white men.
There has been considerable trouble over
them for several months, owing to dis
pute between the miners, the mine opera
tors, and the Indian owners.
The miners went out on strike and the
operators employed non-u union men in their
Places The miners protested, but the op-
orators have the consent of the Indian
owners to do this, the latter acting on the
theory that miners who do not themselves
work should not prevent others from do
ing so. They want the mines worked be-
cause when they are idle the Indians re-
eeiye no royalties from them.
Inere has been great deal of corre-
spondence between William T. Mitchell
President of the United Mine Workers OF
America. and the Secretary of the Interior
respecting the trouble, but thus far the
Secretary has not officially acted in the
matter.
He has sent an agent to the Indian Ter
rltory to investigate the matter, and has
received from this agent one report, but
this has not been filed. The agent is still
at the seat Of trouble and until his final
report Is made to Secretary Hitchcock
the latter will take no action.
In the meantime Samuel Gompers, Pres
ident OF the Federation of Labor, has been
In communication with President Mitchell
OF the miners union, and it is believed that
special meeting of the executive council
OF the Federation of Labor Will soon be
called. by Mr. Gompers for the purpose Of
discussing the mining trouble