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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-14
PRAIRIE STATE CROP REPORTS.
State Headquarters Located at Springfield
by the Weather Bureau.


by the Weather Bureau.
Springfield, Ills, Nov. 14.-The state
headquarters of the climate and crop
report service of Illinois have been To-
Gated in Springfield by Willis l.. Moore,
chief of the weather bureau of the
United States. Charles +. Linney OF
Chicago. one of the brightest young
scientists of the service, has been
placed in charge of the state office,
and Charles +. Talman, also of Chi
cago. will be his assistant. The To-
cation of the state headquarters of this
service at Springfield is of great i'm
pOrtance.
The development and growth of this
branch of the government has been re-
markable. and the intentions of the de-
partment are to so develop ii that its
utility To agriculture and other import
ant property interests may be per-
fected to the highest degree. Chief
Moore has also created at Chicago the
office of supervisor of the weather
bureau for Il group of fifteen or more
states in the northwest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-14

The Charleston was built in San
Francisco in 1888. had a displacement
of 3,130 tons. was 312 feet q inches in
length. 46 feet = inches in beam, and
21 feet 5 inches draught She was of
steel. having two propellors. one fun
mel and two masts with military tops
She had the following armament. Two
S-inch guns. six 6-inch guns, four G-
Founders, two 3-pounders. six 1-pOund-
ers two machine guns and one light
gun, with four torpedo tubes. She had
4 complement of 800 men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-14
.on.3.s.e of rrust and Un.o..

Toledo. O.. Nov. Ii-President Mul-
holland. of the international Bicycle
Workers union. has returned from Chi
cago where he had n conference with
\. e. Spalding, OF the American Bi-
cycle company. The two are making
efforts 10 establish close relations be-
tween the labor union and the bicycle
trust. which has been the first TO take
a step toward silencing public clamor
against combines by enlisfing the CO.
operation of organized labor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-14
SAW LIEUT.. GILMORE AT TARLAC.
Captured Americans Doing Well, but Some
Not Yet Heard From.

Washington, Nov. 14.-Admiral
Watson cables: Escaped Spanish
prisoners report seeing Naval Lieut..
Gilmore Nov. l in Tarlac with five
men, all well. The whereabouts of
the other eight are unknown" Gil
more and IS men were captured by
insurgents at Balor last May.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-14
GEN. OTIS on OPERATIONS.

Tells OF Battle of San Jaeinto and Law
tons Catch.
Washington, Nov. 14.-otis cables:
Wheaton reports Nov. IL there was
an engagement near San Jacinto be-
tween the 33rd volunteers and 1900
entrenched insurgents. Our loss is
Mai. LeGag, gallantly leading bat
TALON, and six men killed. Capt.
Green and IL men were wounded. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-14
Thompson,s RECORD in MemphIs
Hobart's Condition.

Paterson, Nov. 14.-Vice President
Hobart rested fairly well last night,
and today partook of light break
fast
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-14
FIGHT TODAY,
Wheaton Finds SaIinda Stub
bornIy Defended But
Takes Ii.
THE LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES.

AguInaldo Regarded a. An Enigma Maj.
John A. Logan. Son of Illinois Lamented
Soldier. Falls Killed In Battle-The Fate
of the CharlestOn-Other News From the
Philippines.
London. Nov. IA Manila special
says seven Americans were killed and
Is wounded in Wheaton's daybreak
attack this morning in Salinda, which
was stubbornly defended. After
heavy fire the Americans stormed the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-14
FIFTEEN THOUSAND IN DAMAGES.
Award of a Chicago Jury Against n Street
Railway.

Chicago, Nov. IA jury verdict
awarding $4,000 damages to Rudolph
GloweinSki, of 1854 North Albany
street, against the Chicago Electric
Traction company for injuries received
in n conclusion at Belmont and West
ern avenues. was rendered before
Judge Tuley Monday.
The accident occurred June 9. 1896.
when Gloweinski was driving along
Western avenue. Evidence was heard
tending to show that the plaintiffs in
jurieS had affected his mind as well
as enfeebling his body.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-14
Dividend for Bank Creditors.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE comptrol-
Ter of the currency has decided a divi-
dend of 5per cent in favor of the credi-
tors of the Second National bank OF
Rockford, Ills,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-14
To Cure a Cold In One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure f W. Groves sigma
ture is on each box. % cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-14

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE Industrial
commission yesterday heard testimony
bearing upon the corporation laws of
the states of New Jersey and West
Virginia. Nothing of particular i'm
UOrtace was elected
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-14
FATE OF THE CHARLESTON.
Runs Aground Near Vigan and Abandoned
in TyphoOn.

Manila, Nov. 1.-THE cruiser
Charleston ran aground near Vigan,
north coast of Luzon, on hidden
reef Nov. 2. with So fathoms of water
on both sides. She worked her ma
chinery for two days and nights try
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-14
ITS UNDEvELoPED CAPACITIES.

Unlimited Water Power and Ten of the
Finest of BuildiDgs-
Rock Island arsenal" observes
Maj Blunt in concluding the report
for 1898 to the chief Of ordnance, has
now a water power sufficient. if prop
erly utilized, for operating all the ma
chinery that could be placed in its
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-14
TRUNKS
AS COFF|NS.
Cadavers in Shipment Dis
covered in St.
Louis.
CHASTITY FIND AT DEPOT
Memphis Undertaken in
Charge Put Under
Arrest.

ct. LOUIS, Nov. 14-Fourt runks.
~ each said to contain a mutilated
body. were discovered at the union sta
ton and are now at the morgue under
going investigation. They were brought
by the Pacific Express company from
Memphis on their way to Omaha.
In the trunks were the bodies of
three negroes, two men and boy,
and white woman. The woman
appears to have been person of re-
finement.
Cadavers For Medical College.
Frank Thompson, arrested as a sus-
pect. says he is city undertaken at
Memphis, Tenn. The trunks were
addressed to w. H. Hansen, of Keo-
kuk, Iowa, who. Thompson SAYS. is
proprietor of a medical college.
Thompson says he was paid for fur
nishing the bodies.
Thompson's Record in Memphis
Memphis, Nov. 14.-Frank Thomp-
son, under arrest in St. Louis, is well
known here, being county undertaken.
f. d. Thompson, the brother of Frank
Thompson, has been twice indicted
on the charge of improper burial of
pauper dead, but gave satisfactory
explanation and was released. De-
tectives are investigating and devel-
opments are expected.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-14

Chicago. Nov. little report that
Frank Doyle was shot and killed while
attempting to hOl dup and rob Claude
B. Giles. who shot him is Indignantly
denied by his friends and relatives,
who say he was an honest young fel-
low. with no need of wrong, as his
mother and brother are well-to-do and
gave him all the money he needed.
The police, however. think differently
and Giles sticks to his story.
aRob Peter tn nav Paul' - That is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-14

longs to that class which is commonly
referred TO as the new navy.
Description of the Vessel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-14

Rob Peter to pay Paul" " That is
what they do who take stimulants for
weak nerves. Hoods SarsaParilla
gives true nerve strength.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-14

Continued on Seventh page
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-02
BEST SOLDIERS PHYSICALLY.
City-Raised Men, of Medium Hight
and Weight, stand War Best.

From the Washington Star
'The medical and surgical history of the
Spanish war. when it is fully written" OBJ
served an army surgeon. will again dem
onstrate the experience of other wars that
the medium-sized makes the best soldiers;
that is. the soldier who is best suited for
the hardships of a campaign. The tall
long jointed man proved to be the worst
soldier, for he played out long before even
the short, slim man. The medium sized
man, by this / mean in hight and weight
as well, who was short coupled, wore bet
Ter, taking all things into considerat ton.
than all others. What are known as big
men. heavy weights, as well as extremely
large in every other way, proved to be as
in the civil war, she poorest soldiers They
were the men who first needed the atten-
ton of the surgeons and began to fall with
diseases. almost before they got fairly into
the campaign
Another thing was pretty we'll proven, I
think, and that was that city-rased men
made better soldiers than country-raised
men, though the latter were better work
ers as far as hard work, manual labor
was concerned. Contrary to my previously
formed opinion on this subject light-haired
men proved 20 ne Tess susceptible to camD
diseases. Heavy meat eaters did not stand
It as well as those who ate of meat SPAR
ingly, leaving out of consideration all
questions as to whether the meat served
to the soldiers was good or bad There Is
no doubt in my opinion that pork meat
is not proper food for soldiers In a cam
paign, It matters not in what form II is
furnished or in what manner ii is cooked
THE soldiers who sickened themselves
in the early part of the war. when the men
were congregated about in large camps,
by indiscriminate eating of pies, cakes,
ice cream and the like. were as a rule
country-ra ised men, who seemed ready TO
eat at all times and who displayed no
sense or discretion whatever as to what or
how often they ate. The city-rased men
offended in this respect much less than
their country -raised associates. In previ-
Gus campaigns 1t was proven that black
haired men were the stronger, but in the
Spanish war the scales tipped in favor of
blondes, red -hared men standing the
warm climates exceedingly WE'LL
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-02
THE AGREEMENT AS TO CHINA.
SHOWS GOOD FEELING BETWEEN
ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.

VIII Prevent the Possibility of a
Collision Between Them I'm China.
Ii L. Also II Guarantee of Their
Future Agreement for Long
Time to COme-LOrd Salisbury
Hopes Russia VIII Consent to the
Publication of the Text.
London, May 1.-The Marquis of Sails
bury. prime minister and minister of for
eign affairs, and A. j. Balfour. first lord
of the treasury, announced to-day In the
House of Lords and in the House of Com
mons, respectively, the general drift of the
Angio-Russian agreement regarding the
spheres of influence of the governments of
Great Britain and Russia and China as
they have already been made.
Lord Salisbury said he hoped Russia
would consent to the publication of the
text of the agreement when 1t arrived In a
few days.
His lordship emphasized his anxiety not
TO appear TO attach exaggerated import
ance TO the specific stlpulations of the
agreemnt, adding:
But, of course, attach very great
importance 10 the signing of this
agreement because 1t is a sign of the
good feeling desirable between the gov
ernments of Russia and England"
His lordship further expressed the hope
that the good feeling thus illustrated
would extend to the peoples of the Two
nations. This agreement, he said. was
valuable as preventing the possibility of a
collision between the two governments in
China. land, therefore" he said, lit is a
guarantee of their future agreement for a
long time to come. l trust that il will
lead TO future agreements on other mat
ters."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-02
RAILROAD MEN AT A DINNER.
Southern officials Promise to Build
Up Charleston.

Charleston, S. c., May 1.-At the
Charleston Hotel tonight a banquet was
rendered Southern Railway officials as a
friendly evidence that the business men
of Charleston are pleased with the lease
of the South Carolina and Georgia Rail
road by the Southern, and as an earnest
of corporations with that system.
One hundred and fifty gentlemen were
present, all of them able representatives
of the different commercial interests and
professional pursuits of Charleston.
Col. A. B. Andrews, first vice president
Frank S. Cannon, third vice president; A.
B. Abney, division counsel, and D. Card
we'll, division freight agent, represented
the Southern. These gentlemen pledged
the Southern to put Charleston on an
equal commercial footing with other
South Atlantic ports, and asked the CO.
operation of the business men of Charles.
ton.
The Charlestonians responded and
pledged themselves TO work in harmony
with the Southern. ]. c. Hemphin, editor
of the News and Courier, presided.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-02
Freight Rates Discussed.

Louisville, KY, May IA conference of
representatives of various Soothern rail-
road lines was held to-day at the Cali
House. Freight rates were discussed and
other matters. The lines represented were
the Louisville and Nashville, by Stuart
Knott, vice president, and c. B. Compton,
general freight agent; Southern Railway,
~ Traffic Manager J. NJ Cup; Hobile
and Ohio. Traffic Manager ]. 7. Poe; Illi-
nois Central General Freight Agent w. b.
H1Irlbut: Nashville, Chattanooga and St.
Louis. Traffic Manager II. F. Smith The
meeting lasted several hours. gentle
man who was present said that the meet
ing was held for the purpose OF agreeing
on freight rates to the South and discuss
ing The classification of rates.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-02
A Lifeboat Win a Drop Keel.
From Engineering.


A peculiar lifeDoat, devised by Albert
Henry. was tried in February at La Ro-
chelle. In its outer appearance IL differs
little from an ordinary hfeboat. We may
imagine IL to be built up of two shells,
separated by an unusually large continu-
Gus air chamber, which extends all round
and from bow to stern. The inner floor
is intended always to be kept above the
water level Such boat needs heavy
keel to steady its motion, and a drop keel
has been adopted This center board
moves up and down a longitudinal slot,
which divides the keel and the air cham
Der. 1t consists Of sheet iron. and is load
ed with a spindle-shaped body of lead.
The slot Is purposely left open above, so
that any water may run off quickly. The
drop keel serves a double purpose. II
steadies the boat and pulls It back when a
powerful wave seems likely to overturh
it. When the boat is landing. the kee;
is raised into the slot by means of ropes
attached to the mats
The experiments were made by officers
Of the French navy and others with a
boat thirty-two feet in length, built by
Decout-Lacour According TO La Nature
the boat behaved exceedingly well. When
overturned, with great trouble, 1t at once
righted itself again, and the water ran
out in four seconds. When suddenly del
uged by the water of large tank, placed
ten feet above the craft, the boat was
submerged for moment. But 1t was
more o recon than a sinking, and within
few seconds the boat floor was free
from water again. To allow the water
to flow so rapidly, the slot must have a
certain width. and such a slot, although il
does not cut the whole length of me keel.
must impair the strength Of the boat. II
looks. moreover, as II the available space
were toe limited. It will be Interesting.
however. 10 hear how Henry's lifeboat will
answer in the open sea.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-02
AMERICAN BENCH AND BAR.
Chief Justice RusseII's Toast and MI
ChOate's Reply.

ChOate's Reply.
London, May 1.-Joseph H. Choate, the
United States ambassador and Baron Rus
sell Of Killowen, lord chief justice of Eng
land, We're the principal guests this even
ing at the banquet of the Hardwicke So
cety.
Lord Russell, toasting 1.-THE American
Bench and Bar" devoted his speech to
the merits and dement's of the American
Judicial system, remarking that he had
always wondered chow the bad system of
choosing judges could have produced such
long line of distinguished men," He
pdia high tribute to the United States
supreme Court and coupled the toast with
'he name of Mr. Choate, whom he char
ac'eflzed as the latest of the notable
men mostly lawyers, the United States
nave sent us who have striven worthily
ana successfully to maintain the high ira
ultlons Of their profession"
Mr.. Choate, whose reply was in a hu-
i.'oious vein, after observing that the
Ainencans had followed the example of
"a, tne Ehglsh and made themselves at home
-. - several new portions of the globe, said
,I't Justice was administered in the
oni'ea states to the satisfaction of the
tLSopie While litigation was much cheaper
t ,l5ie than in England, and people who
oU sIleVances We're, therefore, encouraged
~ seek their remedies in the courts. on
,o I'm saes of the Atlantic, he remarked
SelS seemed to be inspired with the
came sentiments.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-02
TRIAL OF DAVIS HAS BEGUN.
Results of the Shooting in n Con-
tested Election Case.

Bristol. Tenn. May 1.-The case Of
George E. Davis, charged with having shot
Cen James NJ. Walker on March Il last.
over dispute arising from the taking
of dispositions in the Walker-Rhe, CON
tested election case, was called for hear
ing in the hustings court here to-day.
A jury for the case was empanelled last
week and the case was entered into to-
day.
Gen. Walker arrived here to-day from
his home in Wytheville, Va, to appear
against Davis and also to stand his own
trial
In the trial to-day of Davis on the
charge of shooting eX-Congressman James
A. Walker on the night of March Il last
Gen. Walker was the first witness exam
ined. He testified that Lawyer Hamilton
used very rough language towards wit
ness, accused him of cutting Joe Wy
sor's throat and throwing stones at Stone
wall Jackson, and threatened to blow his
brains out. Hamilton was standing at the
time, said Gen. Walker, and had his hand
on his pocket, and he (WalkeD fired on
Hamilton with a Derirnger. Davis, the
witness then declared, Immediately shot
him. Under cross-examination Gen. Wal
ker testified that he had nothing against
Hamilton
The testimony of r. NJ. Calfee. in the
main, agreed with that of Gen. Walker.
and after Calfee had left the stand the
case was adjourned over until tomorrow
morning.
The case against Gen. Walker for shoot
ing Hamilton was continued until the June
term, the accused pleaded not guilty to
the Indictment
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-02
THE COST OF A LIFE.
Curious Legal Decision, showing
Varying Estimates.

From the New York Journal
Most Of the states of the union have
passed statute of limitation, providing
that no more than 5000 can be recovered
for life lost In an accident.
IL John d. Rockefeller were killed in
"a railway accident his heirs could recover
from the company his present income for
about three and q half hours--no more.
In England a timber yard laborer was
recently killed at work and the court
awarded his widow $685.
At about the same time London dock
err was killed and his family got 5000.
"A Bolton joiner lost one finger and re.
ceived for its loss 5000, or more than the
timber yard mans widow received for the
loss of the mainstay of her home.
A butcher who lost his finger while at
work received $S5, while the loss of a dog
was adjudged at 800.
In a word, there Is no legal standard
in England for the value of life or limb.
In France a 13-year-old boy was recently
killed while crossing a railway track on
his bicycle and the courts awarded his
parents $500.
In Brooklyn not long ago 0Oc was adj
judged due boy who mad been shockingly
mangled by a trolley car, but escaped with
his life.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-02

an It's hopes are based and In order 10 car
~ "htch every vote seems Indispensable
IN such case the chairman and secre-
tsry OF the caucus committee. which Is
elected by the majority at the beginning
VI every congress, act as whips and to
'hen' IN case Of party bill supported by
" majority, Is added the chairman of the
committee, TO which the bin has been re-
Ieffed' and who, of course Is also a mem
Der OF the majority. These three send out
car TO members OF the party when
ever an important division Is at hand and
otherWlse take all necessary steps to Sc
cure a quorum and a majority and ulti-
mateiy, the passage of the bill or resolu-
ton
As TO Herbert Gladstones fitness for this
oherous, yet emincntly responsible, posi-
'ioh' mere seems 10 be no question A
beau IDEAL whip should be endowed with
great physical endurance, admirable tact
ana unlimited patience and responsiveness.
ana his public career up TO the present
seems TO show that the great commoner's
son mas no small share of these desirable
quahties' He Is not a very brilliant man;
II ne were, he might prove less efficient as
a whip. He has a good fund for sterling
common sense and he does not lose his
mead on critical occasions. Fortunate fog
MIN Is 1t that he rarely suffers his serenity
=" nc "iStuIpeu' since only "A man OF IRON
nerve and angelic temper can hope TO deal
successfully with parliamentary party
the members Of which are of all ages and
all temperaments. To the uninitiated 10
may seem an easy matter 10 secure the at
tendance of all these men at an important
division, but the habitues of Westminster
know wei that 1t is no light task, and
many a gnod story they tell of the frantic
efforts Nude by whips TO hunt up truant
members aud Of the laughable jokes played
by members on Jealous whips.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-02
QUEER THINGS ABOUT SLEEP.
Extraordinary Cases OF the over
ruling Power of sleep.
From Harper's Monthly.

ruling Power of sleep.
From Harper's Monthly.
One OF the most remarkable facts to be
found in the history of sleep consists in
the utter inability to resist Its onset in
cases Of extreme fatigue. Several remark
able instances are given In which persons
have continued to walk EDWARDS while
sleep has overcome them, the automatic
centers of the brain evidently controlling
and stimulating the muscles when con-
seriousness itself had been completely alb
rogated II Is recorded that at the battle
OF the Nile, amidst the roar Of cannon
and the fall Of wreckage, some of the
over-fatigued boys serving the guns with
powder fell asleep on the deck DIR Car
penter gives another instance of allied
kind. In the course of the Burmese war
the captain Of frigate actively engaged
In combat fell asleep from sheer exhaus-
ton, and slept soundly for two hours
within a yard of one of the biggest guns.
which was being actively worked during
his slumbers. 1t Is matter of common
medical knowledge that extreme exhaus-
ton In face of the severest pain will in
duce sleep. Here the imperative demand
of the body-a demand implanted, as we
have seen, in the constitution of our
frames-asserts It's influence, aud even
pain, the ordinary conqueror of repose,
has in its turn to succumb. One OF the
most extraordinary cases In which the
overruling power of sleep was ever exem-
plified was that of Damiens, condemned
for treason in Paris In 1857. He was bar
barously tortured, but remarked that the
deprivation of sleep had been the greatest
torture of all 1t was reported that he
slept soundly even in the short intervals
which elapsed between his periods of tor
ture. Among the Chinese a form of pun
ishment for crimes consists in keeping the
prisoner continually awake. or In arousing
him necessarily after short intervals OF
repose After the eighth day of such
seeplessness, one criminal besought his
captors to put him to death by any means
they could choose or invent, 80 great was
his pain and torment due to the absence
of natures soft nurse" Persons engage
ed In mechanical labor, such as attending
a machine in factory, have often fallen
asleep, despite the plain record of pains
and penalties attending such derelictIon of
duty, to say nothing of the sense OF per-
sonal danger which was plainly kept be-
fore their eyes.