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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-01
DESTRUCTION OF THE PROPERTY.
Blown to Ruin with the Dynamite-An
other Fatality-Union Demands.

Fuses leading to the charges were
lighted and the strikers. carrying the
dead body OF the picket, retired to a
safe distance. At 2:S6 p. m. the first
blast went off. 1t shook the ground for
miles and buildings in Wardner. two
miles away, trembled. AT intervals of
about sixty seconds four other charges
went off. the fifth being the largest and
completely demolishiEg the mill. The
less to the Bunker Hill and Sullivan
company is estimated a from $500 TO
$500. coo. In few minutes the strikers
went back to the station, the whistle
was blown for stragglers. the mob
climbed aboard and at o'clock. just
three hours after its arrival. the train
hauled out for Canon Creek.
During the fusillade from the guns Of
the mob Jim Chayne, a Bunker Hill and
Sullivan mill man, was severely shot
through the hips. 1t is reported that he
was carried off by the strikers and his
wound is probably fatal. ]. ] Rogers. II
stenographer in the employ of the COM
pany was shot through the lip. but his
wound is trivial. This morning the $50
non-union miners at the Bunker Hill
and Sullivan mill had warning of the
coming of the mob. and left the mill and
took TO the hills. They have not been
seen since. Union men working in the
Last Chance left the mine this after
noon, presumably TO take part in the
riot.
Portland. Ore, May 1.-The present
strike in the Couer d'Alene mining dis
trict in northern Idaho was inaugurated
about ten days ago and is directed prin-
cIpaIly against the Bunker Hill and
sullivan mine at Wardner. where nom
union men are employed. The demands
of the miners for increased wages were
met by the mine owners. but the miners
also demand that uon-union meR be dis
charged. T@is the mine Owners refused
Il =
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-01
Notice O, pubIlcatIon-Chancery
McCnskrin & McCaskrin. lawyers.

MctA~hrln q HcCdShflAs Ii" , SAS
State Of Illinois, q.
Rock Island County.
In the Circuit Court. May term, \. d 1899
Emma Williams vs. George y. NAhatns III
chancery.
An anidavit having been duly celtihed ana
sW orn to and fled in the clerk Office OF sdlu
county and state by the above named com
rlaioant. Emma Williams. showing that lhe
residence OF the above named defendant i
unknown. notice is therefore hereby given
to the said defendant that the compla n.iht
fled her bill OF complaint in said court on the
chancery side thereof on the I'd day OF -d;irs u
1879 and that thereupOn "A summons issued out
of said court. wherein said suit is now pending.
returnable the first Monday in the month OF
May next. as Is by law required.
Now. unless you. the said defenda ant george
a. Willisms. shall personally be and appear De-
fore said circuit court, on the first day OF the
next term thereof 70 be holden At Rock Island
In and for the said county. on the lirSt Monoly
I'm May next. and plead. answer or dennIr 10 the
said complainant bill OF complaint. the same
and the matters and things therein chArged
and stated VIII be taken as confessed, ana a
decree entered against you according to the
prayer of said bill.
GEORGE W. GAMBLE, Clerk.
Rock Island. Illinois. March -. 1889.
MCCAsKRIS Il HCCASKRIS-
Complainant s Solicitors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-01
Masters sale.
Jackson & Hurst, Attorneys,


State of Illinois, -
Rock Island county
In the Circuit Court. in chancery- Fore
closure. General No. 1910
The Home Building and Loan Association of
Rock Island ". Rudolph r. Oberiander and
Bertha r. \. ObetI tnder and Chris Hcnning,
Louis r. Henuing. and Fred Henning. par
ncrs. &c, e. Hcnning Sons, and Clara
Pearson.
Notice i hereby given tat by virtue OF 4
decree Of said court. e tered in the above en-
titled cause. on the Fifth day OF April. a. ID.
1892 shall on Saturday. the Twenty-Seycnth
day OF May \. ID. 1899 AT the hour Of two
O'Clock in the afternoon, at the east door of
the court house. i'm the city OF Rock Island in
said county Of Rock Island. To satisfy said de-
cree. sell ~ public vendue to the highest bid
der for cash that certain parcel OF land.
situate in the county OF Rock Island and state
of Illinois known and described as follows,
tO-wit.
The cost one half 90 OF Lot Number Ten
NOl. in Block Number Three ca. in Pitts. oil
bert * Pitts second addition to the city of Mo
line
Datcd at Rock Island. ulin1is, this Twentieth
day OF April, y. ID. ls|S.
EIwIN f. PARMENTER,
Master IN Chancery. Rock Island County, Ill.
Jackson s HURST. Complainant's Solicitor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-01
Frecutnr,s Notice.

Estate OF Julia COTIIen. deceased-
The undersigned having Deen appointed eX'
ecutrix OF the last vii and tie tament OF Jula
CorI.en. late 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. in the city of Rock Island at the
June term. on the first Monday in June
next. at which time all persons haFlng
claims against said estate are notified ana
requested 10 attend. for the purpose OF hav-
ing the same adjusted
All persons indebted TO said estate are re-
uuested TO make immediate payment TO Inc
undersigned.
Dated this 18th day OF April. 4. d. 1899
JULIA CORKES, ExecutTlx-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-01
Five Men Crushed TO Death.

Carlinvil!e. Ills. May las the wreck
OF Friday was being cleared up at Nil
wood three men belonging to the Alton
wrecking crew were mashed under a
car that was being raised. the chain
breaking. One is dead and the other
two win die They are 1lnrecogniza bic
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-01
Twenty Millions for Spain.

Washington, May 1.-At the request
of the secretary of state the treasury
department Saturday drew four diplo-
matte settlement warrants for $1,000, coo
each in discharge Of the treaty obliga-
tions of the United States to Spain. The
warrants directed the treasurer OF the
United States to pay these several sums
TO his excelleHcy Jules Cambon. ambas-
sador of France. and representative OF
the government of SPAIN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-01
Woman Suffrage Convention.

Grand Rapids. Mich. May 1.-Carrie
Chapman Gait, Of New York. was the
leading figure in the third day of the
National American Woman Suffrage
convention. She presented reports for
the committee for course of study and
organization and presided over the ses-
sion devoted to discussion of the need
of headquarters in each state. Other
speakers Wee Miss Annie Garfield, of
this city, anG May Wright Sewall. of In
dianapolis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-01
LEGAL.
Adm m strators Notice.
of Iohn Wilson prury. deceased.

Estate OF John Wilson Drury deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed
administrator of the estate OF John W IL
son Drury. late OF the county OF ROCK
Island, state OF Illinois. deceased heTe : ~
gives notice that ne will appear before the
county court of Rock Island county. at the
county court room in the city OF ROCK IsIitnu,
Al the June term on the first Monday
fn June next. at wh'c1 time al per
sons having claims against said estate are
notified and requested to attend Tor the PuE-
nose OF having the same adj usted-
An persons indebted 70 said estate are re-
nuested TO make Immediate payment 70 the
Dated tbls 2Sth day OF March. A. D. 1899
HENRY e. COSNEtLY, Adminlstrator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-01
Monetary Plan Completed.

Atlantic City. n. J.. May lit is an
nounced that the plans of monetary
legislation upon which the Republics n
caucus committee has bsen engaged FOX
the last fortnight Will be completed to-
day and the committee Will then ad
journ subject to the call Of Chairman
Henderson Of Iowa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-01
Notice of PublIcation-chancery
Rock Island County. IS


Rock Island County, -
In the circuit court, TO May term, 1899. In
chancery-
Cora Murphey Howard !. Murphey-
Anidayit of the nOn-residenCe of the de
PENDANT. HowardJ MUrDhcy. having been filed
I'm the clerk : ONCE of the circuit court of said
county. notice is therefore hereby given 20
the said nonresident defendant thai the com
plainant lled her bill of complaint In said
court. on the chancery side thereof. on the
I'd day of March. 1899, and that there
upon a summons issued out OF said court.
wherein said suit is now pending returnable on
the first Monday in the month OF May next,
as isby law required. Now, unless you, the said
nonresident defendant above named. Howard
J. Murphey. shall personally be and appear be-
fore said circuit court. on the first day OF the
next term Thereof. to be holden at Rock Isl
and in and for the said county. on the 1st
Monday in May next. and plead, answer
demur to id compartments bill OF com
plant. the and the matters and things
therein charged and stated viii be taken as
confessed. and decree entered against you
according to the prayer OF said bill
GEORGE w. GAMBLE, Clerk.
Rock Island. Illinois, March - 1883.
STURGEON 4 MARSHALL
Complanant's Solicitors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-01
SUNDAY school Meet of 1902.

Atlanta. Ca. May 1.-THE Information
al Sunday School convention has de-
cided TO hold the next meeting at Den
yer in 1902 There was a spirited contest
between Toronto. Indianapolis aE3 the
Colorado capital.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-01
Deadlock on Fish Preservation.

Lansing. Mich, May 1.-The fight over
the bill repeating the closed season for
whitefish ard trout in the great lakes
has broken out again. This house recon
sidered the vote whereby it concurred in
the senate amendments to the bill. A
deadlock between the two houses Will
result. Attorney General Orren has de-
cided that there is no law under which
trusts can be excluded from this state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-01
RIOTERS ARE READY TO FIGHT.
VIII stop at Nothing il Their Liberty IL
in ANY Danger.

Wallace. Ida. May 1.-Practicaily all
of the Wardner rioters are back at work.
The understanding was that Jack Smith,
ire Burke man killed al Kellogg. would
be buried here yesterday. but the funer-
al has been postponed There is much
less talk new than Saturday. Sympe-
thizers with the rioters have ha3 time
to consider the matter calmly and have
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-01
Killed Their Own Picket.

They sent pickets ahead, and one of
the pickets fired a shot aS a signal that
the mill was abandoned. This was mis-
understood by the main body of the
mob. which imagined that non union
miners in the hills had opened fire on
them, and they began to fire upon their
own rickets. About 1000 shots were
thus exchanged between the rioters and
their pickets. and Jack Smith. one OF
the pickets, formerly of British CO.
lumbia and a noted figure in drill con-
tests was shot dead. The fatal error
was discovered after a few seconds fir
ing. and Smiths body brought down
from the hillside. BY this time the
strikers had taken possession of the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill. which
they found deserted, the manager hav-
ing directed his employees not to risk
their l;yes by battling with the mob.
Powder was called for and sixty 50-fb
boxes were carried from the station to
the mill. The heaviest charge was
placed under the brick office building.
Other charges We're placed around the
mill. Then the boarding house, d frame
structure, was burned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-01
MINES HAVE TO STOP.
Dynamite Argument Used on
Property in Idaho Where Non.
Union Men Work.
BUILDINGS ARE BLOWN TO DEBRIS

BY a Mob of Hundreds. All Wearing
Masks and Armed to the Teeth-Scsne
OF Riotous Destruction Is Wardner. and
the Havoc Is the Sequel of Strike
Governor Asks President for Troops
State Has None
St. Louis. May 1.-Captain Woodbury.,
Of the Sixteenth United States infantry.
ranking officer at jefferson barracks,
received orders yesterday to hold the
troops in his command in readiness to
move at a moments notice. That Off
Ger is in the dark as to the destination
of the troops. He does not know wheth-
er they are going to Manila or will be
sent to help quell the riots at Wardner
Ida. 1t was learned that troops had
been ordered to the latter place from
Fort Smelling, MINI, and rumor had it
that the soldiers at Jefferson barracks
would go there. tCo. There are five
companies of infantry and two troops of
cavalry a the barracks. At Fort Smell
ing there are only forty soldiers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-01
Why Troops Are Wanted

Spokane, Wash, May IA Wardner.
Ida, special to The Spokesman Review,
dated Saturday. says: Wardner today
has been the scene of the worst riots
since the deadly labor war of 1892. One
man is dead another is thought to be
mortally wounded, and property valued
at $3.50 600 has been destroyed by giant
powder and fire. The damage was done
oy union miners and sympathizers from
Canon Greek. about twenty miles from
Wardner- This morning a mob of from
100 to LOCO men, all of them armed and
many of them masked, seized a train al
Burke. the head of Canon Creek. There
were nine box cars and a passenger
coach, and they were black with the
mob The visitors brought with them
1900 pounds of giant powder. After
parley of two hours 140 masked men
armed with Winchester rifles. Burke in
the lead and Wardner following, started
with yells for the Bunker Hill and Sui
liVan mill and ether buildings third OF
mill he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-01

Boise. Ida. May AT $3.50 p. m. Sat
urday Governor Steunenberg sent to
President Mckinley a formal request.
for 500 regular soldiers. and that they
be dispatched at once to the scene of
the labor riot at Wardner. this state.
Mckinley replied that no troops could
be sent until martial law was declared.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-15
WHERE BRYAN SHOULD LIVE
Mexico Expects Soon tn Produce $780,
100000 of Silver a Year.

NEW YORK, Nov. 14.-In paper on The
Mexico OF To-day which will appear in
the forthcoming issue of the Independent.
Vice President Marlscal OF Mexico. makes
a statement and relates anecdote touch
ing Mexico's silver resources. He says:
For three hundred years she has produced
one-third of all the silver that was mined.
The productipn az present IS more than $780,
oOC .coo when Ii Hung Chang was in WASH
inSton he asked Senor Romero how much
silver Mexico was mining and how long she
could keep it up. Senor Romero, trying 10
be conservative. replied that Mexico was
turning out S5o.oo0.oc0 per year and could
keep II up for two hundred years. Ii Hung
would not hear OF such a thing. He insisted
that our minister had been so long away
from his country that he had forg otten de-
tails and that he must be mistaken about
the abundance of silver. Mexico expects TO
SUI ply the world with Sl0O.0oO00 OF silver
per annum soon.'
The writer further says: 1T will not do
for Americans who do not understand th5
language or habits of the people to go to
Mexico TO live unless they have sure en-
perior in skill TO those of Mexico but YOU
can hire from eight TO twelve Mexicans for
the $ American money which you pay the
American miner per day. Ordinarily Amer
lean labor cannot go into Mexico and COM
pete with Mexican labor; the Mexican la
borer can live so very much more cheaply.
There is field for skilled laborers, but
they should have employment secured before
going to Mexico For Americans with lit
tie capital. say 5000 or more, Mexico offers
a great number of advantages But they
must have patience and study and adapt
themselves TO new conditions"
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-15

Gen. ElweIl s. Otis's Report Received
by the War Department..

WASHINGTON, Nov. H.-Copies Of the
annual report of General Otis have been re-
ceived at the War Department, but the re-
port will not be made public until it has
received the consideration of the President
and secretary of war. General Otis divides
the report into periods. one covering the
time from his assumption of command in
the Philippines until Feb. 4. 1S99. when, he
says. the rebellious subjects of Spain at
tackled the forces OF the United States. who
We're rightfully and legally in possession of
the city, bay and harbor of Manila. by rea-
son of armed opposition and under the
terms of the protocol preliminary TO the
conclusion of peace. The second period
treats of the operations from the time of
the Filipino attack on the United States
force up to the close of active operations on
account of the rainy season.
General Otis says that, in order to give
clear and comprehensive statement of the
situation III both periods, he makes his re-
port in narrative form, and begins with
protocol until the attack, and follows with
a story of the operations of the army since
that time. Much of what he says has al
ready been published in the telegraphic re-
port sent TO the department. and in official
reports received from officers who partici-
pated in the enga gements. Accompanying
the report are the reports OF stan ofncers
giving the details of the different branches
of the army in the Philippines. the opera
volunteers and the arrival OF the troops to
take their places. and other information of
a technical character relating to great
army.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-15
EDUCATION IN OUR COLONIES.
Of Commissioners
.643 Pupils i'm Schools.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE active en-
couragement of education in our new COL
onial possessions is urged and the present
educational system in Hawaii commended
in the annual report of the commissioner of
education for the fiscal year just closed.
The Hawaiian school system is described s
remarkable for its completeness and it is
pointed out that of a total population of
100 O20 in 1896 the school enrolment was
14522
"It is all important the report says,
''that in the reorganization of schools in
Spanish countries We do not attempt too
much in the way of introducing the English
language. All the daily lessons should be
given in Spanish save in the reading of ele-
mentary English If the other lessons be
taught in English it will be just ground for
suspicion that the United States proposes
TO enforce the use of the English Language
in these territories. The old schools must
he revived and those who have been en-
ployed in them must be invited to toke up
their work again. Spanish teachers may
be assisted by superintendent thoroughly
acquainted with the United States meth
eds"
The report quotes statistics of 1898 to show
the grand total of enrolment in all schools,
elementary. secondary and higher, public
and private, in the United States as 166S1,-
CAB, an increase Of almost a half million
ever 1897. This includes an increase of near
ly 1000 in colleges and universities.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-15
VIRGINIA HAMLET SHELLED.
Forgot that Huge Mis-
siles Skipped on the Water.

WASHINGTON, Nov. Il. - Residents OF
the little village of Snowden. Va. had
forcible reminder of the civil last
week. and an experience through which
none of them will care TO go again. Snow
den is farming settlement two and a
half miles from Fort Foote, on the Po-
tomac, where Uncle Sans artillerymen in
dulge in target practice. The inhabitants
of this peaceful town We're alarmed on
Thursday and Friday when they suddenly
realized that the village was being bonn
barded. Eight-inch shells fired from the
siege guns of the government fort shrieked
and whizzed around the inhabitants, their
houses and barns, and naturally caused ter
rcr TO the whole community.
A target had been placed in the river two
miles below the fort and about two hundred
yards from the Virginia shore. The settle
ment of Snowden, about half mile below
the target, was in the direct line of fire. 1t
was not due to exceptionally bad marks
manship on the part of the gunners that the
shots reached Snowden. for the officers in
propensity of the shell striking the water at
anything of an angle. No warning had been
given the inhabitants, and the first they
knew OF their danger was when the shells
began to fly through their yards and over
their buildings. Captain Snowden, while in
shell which passed directly over the apple
tree under which he was standing. The pro-
jectile lodged in a nearby hillside, from
which 1t was afterward taken. IL measured
eight inches in diameter and twenty-four
inches in length. Many narrow escapes
were reported. In future the target will be
placed in position where no danger will
attend the practice.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-15
WORLD In NO DANGER.


WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.-Buenos Ayres
cable news has it that the people of Brazil
have been In a panic on account OF pre-
diction that the earth would be destroyed
to-day by collision with Biela's comet.
OF course astronomers laugh at such fears
but the comet scare is an old one, and
men of science cannot lay II. Biela's comet
has not shown its head or its tail for twen-
ty-seven years, and will probably never
again be seen by terrestrial eyes. 1t was
discovered in 1896 by Baron Won Biela, the
German astronomer whom the discovery
made famous. 1t appeared sweeping to-
ward the sun in periods of six and two
thirds years without changing its appear
ance observably until 1876. On the occasion
of its visit then 1T appeared severed into
two comets These consorts returned in
their orbits in 1852. In 1865 and in 1872 the
wanderer did not come near the earth at
all, at least visibly.
Astronomers generally believe that Biela's
comet was disintegrated and that the
meteor shower which fell in 1872 was made
up of it's fragments. Since then nothing has
been seen of the vanished heavenly body,
although many observers have calculated
cometc orbits which they identified with
that OF Biela. Few experts believe the
earth could be hurt by a comet, even IL
there were indubitable collision. IL has
been held that the earth has passed through
a comets tail, but if either body was in
jured il was the comet.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-15
MAINTENANCE OF THE NAVY.
Nearly S14,OOO,OOO Expended for that
PuruOse i'm the Last Fiscal Year.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.-According to
the annual report of the paymaster general
1t cost s139S3,1 ia to maintain IN commission
the ships in active service in the navy last
year. For construction Of ships and pur-
chase of ready-built ships $9964, $50 was ex-
pended; S. 574974 was absorbed in repairs to
ships.
There is said to be need for more ware
houses at the different navy yards and sta
tions including the naval station at Ca
vite.
The employment of refrigerator ships for
supplying fresh meats to the naval vessels
at Manila Is declared TO have resulted most
satisfactorily. The three ships now used In
this service are now able 10 supply the
needs OF the navy, but also TO provide large
amounts of food for the army in the Philip
pines.
made in the report look TO the extension 10
the navy of the army privilege or supply
ing officers through the commissary stores
and to the immediate filling up or the pay
corps 10 its lawful strength in order TO meet
the heavy demands upon il at present.