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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-28
RoATMEN BURY RATCHET.
10 Line and Short Trade Packets Com
tinue TO Play in Same Yard.

10 Line and Short Trade Packets Con.
tinue to Play in Same Yard.
The opening of the river season yes
| terday indicates at least that the
threatened war between the Diamond
10 and the short liners had been set
lied. The Ratchet has apparently been
buried, and Lamont & Son, on this side
of the river. and Capt. James Osborn.
at Davenport, will continue to dc
business for the 10 company and the
short trade packets, as in days of
yore.
The w. j. Young, Jr., steamed
away for Burlington yesterday after
noon on her season 5 initial trip. The
Young will sail this year under COM
mand of Capt. Blair. who will also
divide with Frank Kitchen the duties
as clerk. Mr.. Kitchen will be the
steward, as formerly, B. P. Lancaster,
pilot, Cy Heverling, mate. and S. b.
and Andy BURNETT, engineers. The
only new man of the crew is Charlie
Moore. the cook, who for five years
held that responsible position at the
st. James, Davenport.
Capt. John Streckfus took the Verne
up to Clinton today, stopping to look
a1leI HIS lduuluSS anu WdTeuOISeS oH
the way, and will leave the upper end
of his run on time tomorrow for the
first regular trip of the season. After
that the packet service will be in run
ming order both ways from Rock
Island.
The Keokuk Evening Press says
that the steamers Kit Carson, Lum-
Der Boy and fleet have been sold by
Capt. j. c. Daniels to Mr.. Mcdonald,
of La Crosse, Wis. The Carson will
be commanded by Capt. Peter
O'Rourke and Engineer Henry Ger
beth. AS soon as the canal is open
the fleet will be taken to La Crosse
and placed in the rafting trade for the
season.
The prediction is made by some
rivermen that this is to be season
of high water. They say the snow
up north during the winter has been
heavy and still lies deep on the
ground; that it only needs little
rain or a sharp change to warm
weather and the waters will come
down in flood.
The Reindeer, which for two years
has run between Clinton and Du-
buque, passed down yesterday. She
wintered ut Lyons, was sold to the
Illinois fish commission, and is bound
for Quincy. She will spend the sea-
son patrolling the Illinois river and
doing the other service required of q
fish commission boat
New-York tribune., 1899-07-27
FARMERS SIDE OF TIE MILK QUESTION.

AN EFFORT TO SECURE BETTER PRICES AND
THE HOPES FOR SUCCESS.
To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: You have given two statements concerning
a so-called milk trust" yesterday and Today
from the milk dealers standpoint. VIII you give
me a little space to present the case OF the mix
producer-the farmer-and. incidentally TO corieo'
errors in the dealers statements
The movement among the farmers TO secure
something like a paying price for their milk mas
not taken as yet the form Of a trust, and the
farmers have particular preference as 10 '"e
means adopted long as the end Is attained
The Five States Association is in existence ana Is
working quietly In the matter II may ial'' as
other efforts in the direction have failed out
in justice the farmers the facts in the case
should be forth truthfully.
The success of any such movement as that OF the
Five States Association TO secure better price
for milk for the farmers will not affect the price
OF milk consumers in the cities for two reasons
in the first place because the dealers make so
large profit that they will have no excuse lot
increasing the price and in the second place be-
cause the increase sought for by the farmers Is
too small 10 concern the buying public. The price
OF milk 10 the farmers supplying New-fork CITY Is
fixed IN a perfectly arbitrary manner by So
called MIX Exchange-an Organization composer
in large majority of men who sell milk al retall IN
this city and which meets from time to time ana
votes what the wholesale price shall be. kho"
OF no other industry but milk production In "hch
the price Of milk is thus established-that Is. by
the buyers alone. The Exchange price. too Is
the gross price. From this must be deducted the
freight charge Most farmers practically all IN
nv county, sell their milk TO the nearest cream
.rv"-o dAnot established by OF these New-l ork
retailers-and the creamery deducts from the hN-
change price from y to y cent per quart.
To show the character Of the misstatement maze
by Charles II. Beakes TO the price paid by the
city retail dealers ! give you the price per quart
received by me for milk for the twelve months De-
Ginning with Aprll. 1895.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-27

depth and fve times the width Of the Erss Canal
from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario around Niagara
Falls, leaving Lake Ontario at oswego through
the Oswego River TO Oneida Lake and then
through the Mohawk to the Hudson River
single lock will be a thousand feet long with
walls over ffty feet high The greatest problem
has been 10 find storage for water TO feed this
great canal on its various levels and yet no, In
jure the water supply OF manufacturing concerns
now using various rivers. Mr.. Rafter's plans now
provide for great dam at Carthage on the Black
River. In Jefferson County. making lake covering
eighty square miles OF land feeding the canal.
canal ninety miles long. wide the Erie 10 the
proposed ship canal Just west OF Rome and the
way down has planned a secondary reservoir In
the Salmon River The Commissions work also
includes a similar survey for a canal Of the sams
character leaving the St Lawrence River the
head OF the Coteau Rapids. and thence into and
through Lake Champlain
New-York tribune., 1899-07-27
FEAST OF ST. ANNE CELEBRATED.
MANY PILGRIMS VISIT THE RELIC IN THE
CHURCH OF ST. JEAN BAPTIsTE

MANY PILGRIMS VISIT THE RELIC IN THE
CHURCH OF ST. JEAN BAPTIsTE
The feast Of St Anne. the mother Of the Virgin
Mary. was celebrated yesterday in this city A
tbrong Of pilgrims to her shrine in the little
French &C Canadian Church of St Jean Baptiste. NO
l79 East Seventy-sixth-st.. began TO gather before
daybreak on the steps OF the church The novena.
or nine days prayers had ended and the fna! cere-
rnony was about TO be solemnized.
MANY had come hundreds Of miles. They had
sought the shrine not only 10 offer up prayers 10
g, Anne but TO kiss the relic piece or oone
v,b,cb is said 10 have been taken from her fore
arm and which was brought hither from Rome oy
tho nastor the Rev Frederick Petreau Inc
chancel was strewn deep with flowers ana on
either side tapers burned with unsteady lght'
IN tho midst of this solemn scene. near the rail-
ing where the ever increasing cro"d Oh s"PPI-
cop,e stood waiting there sat aged priest He
held round silver reliquary. no larger ''ah 'ne
raIrn of his outstretched hand, and through .ne me
6eIass cover could be dark brown spIlhler
OF bone. - 80 b,s NAV n the
,nean rsi IN rail that he might kiss the sacred relic
Sr nne side Of the altar a rack had been heaped
With crutches and canes. wnlch the s"et, h go
sisters say have been cast or Oy ''ioSe wiz 'N
One old man who left his cane IN the & rack e. sslo a.
that he had come thither every less. 10y he had
Anne for the last three years. EaCh ~, IN oane.
IaS,.ad 80. hene6t each time he had left cane
but because Of the weakness OF ms Ia1n aS apother
ing attack OF rheumatism always oemdnueu a"o''''
"BBnt nv rheumatism will not come again, ,nS nS
said with a confident smile. lot nave P'"'e
eaeh & d9y long and late into the night crowds came
ana went seeking health at tile ~ door thar
Anne 1t was said by me Rfle yisited re- the church
fully nine thousand peop''
during the day.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-27

The price in May this year was "a to IL cents
and in June "a cents This price was made by the
Exchange In the face of the fact that the spring
drouth was unprecedented that pasture was
ehort and the hav crop not one-half the average.
while feed which sold last year al Si per ton Is
now selling at Se There surplus or Inllk
and NOT a creamery that l have heard OF in Sus-
sex County churned a quart Of milk need not
ouote the price which these Exchange dealers tol
whom Mr. Beakes is one) get for the milk when
they buy at these prices Every Tribune reader
in New-York City consult his own MIX
hin The difference between the buying price and
the price which the Borden Company gets FOR us
bottled milk is reason enough why a representa- a.
tive ~ that company should ind II 10 his interest
10 sneer at any effort to better the price obtained
BY the farmers ,,a
cult one Farmers are without organization, are
a scattered people and have not the business skiii
to conduct a campaign against organized city deal
ers only ask for them a presentation or thelr
case and protection against the misrepresenta-
,ior which would hold up their effort for a living
quotation as an effort establish odious trust
Sussex County. y. j.. July %. FARMER.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-27
SUFFERINGS OF GOLD SEEKERS.
STORY OF THE EXPERIENCES OF MRS.
BENs. WHO SURVIVED HER HUSBAND


San Francisco. July 26-It was not until Mrs.
Bens, who arrived here on the steamer Bertha
yesterday. reached Nulate, her way south. that
she heard that the members OF the party which
had been left Behind the steamer Elk had ali
died In the course OF the winter and spring from
scurvy and had been buried small island.
Mrs. Bens spoke follows OF her terrible expert
ence:
We arrived in Seattle in October. 1891 from the
East, ard after building little boat named ELK
No started for Kotzebue. reaching there July
a. 1898. We anchored several miles up the Sele-
Bowen Andrew Laird. Mr.. Noble and three others
went back, their prospecting having shown moth
ing little. DR.. Better. OF Trenton y. J.. then
joined the party. and with the others remained
on the vessel throughout the winter. OF their sad
fate have only recently been told.
Mr. Bens built boat. and he and went some
eighty miles up the Tagragawick River In search OF
gold. Here found seven men including Cap
a cabin and Mr. Bens went back TO the Fix for
provisions. He caught In storm. and for
sixty hours without food and shelter. This
led 10 the sickness which caused his death. Cap
tain Hibbard and mis- joined the others on the
Elk, and | went with my husband 10 the Hoosli
pitched our tent and there after nearly three
months suffering from scurvy. Mr.. Bens breathed
his last He buried By the three fishermen whose
cabin | succeeded in reaching. They are Charles
Grant. OF Maine. and Johnson and Hansen. OF
Seattle They made a rude bier Of saDbngs, and
on It carved a rude square and compass Maltese
cross and his initials. the body might be iden-
titled If ever found
New-York tribune., 1899-07-27
FAVORS THE BANKRUPTCY LAW
THE COMMERCIAL LAW LEAGUE WANTS
AMENDMENTS. BUT NOT REPEAL
IN ANY EVENT

Asbury Park " j. July 26 (speciaD-More than
three hundred members Of the Commercial Law
League Of America were in attendance at to-day 5
convention Of that body.
E c. Brandenburg Of the Department OF Jus
tice at Washington. gave an address Bank
ruptcy" referring to the enactment Of the Federal
Bankruptcy Law He said that this was brought
about owing 70 the great diversity that obtains in
the various States The speaker proposed that
Section " Of the law should be amended in such a
way that no man may file petition in bankruptcy
unless his liabilities attain reasonable figure say
800 The limit in the present law is held 70 be
responsible for wholesale defrauding Of creditors.
Mr. Brandenburg pleaded for uniform and maxi
mum exemptions in all the States
Discussions followed, and the following resolution
submitted by W. W. Watts Of Louisville. was
adopted:
Whereas The Commercial Law League OF Amer
lea a convention assembled at Asbury Park y. J..
gress entitled IAN act 10 establish uniform sys-
TEN Of bankruptcy throughout the United States.
approved July l. 1895. and
Whereas The members Of said league are de-
voted daily 10 the practice under and enforcement
of said law. and
Whereas This organization is Of the belief that
the present act on the whole represents the con-
ficting interests Of cr5dtors and debtors alike:
now. be II
Resolved That while said act should be amended
IN some respects and amendments should be made
only after the most careful consideration and de-
liberation whether or not the same should be
amended the act should be kept in force
Tonight the delegates engaged In bicycle run
TO Pleasure Bay. Tomorrow az noon Governor
Voorhees, Of New-Jersey Will address the conven-
New-York tribune., 1899-07-27
CARBOLIC ACID FOR TETANUS
DIR. ANTONIO FANoNI SAYS HYPoDERMIC
INJECTIONS OF 1T HAVE BEEN
USED SUCCESSFULLY
IN EUROPE,

To the many suggestions that have been made
for the treatment OF tetanus. lockjaw. since the
disease assumed almost epidemic proportions. an
other has been added by DR.. Antonio Fanoni. OF
No S. West Tenth-st DR.. Fanoni's remedy which
first made use OF in Rome is the injection OF a
carboc acid solution. To Tribune reporter DR..
Fanoni said yesterday:
"Carboc acid IL cure for tetanus because 1t IL
antithermic, antitoxic and antispasmodic or in
other words II keeps of the fever neutralizes the
poison and prevents the spasms OF tetanus 1t is
administered by hypodermic injection. three to four
centigrammes OF carbolic acid being used daily in
a solution Of from 3 to per cent Of distilled
water The merits OF carboc acid for
tetanus first made known in 1897 by Professor
BacceH director OF the Royal Medical Clinic Of
the University Of Rome. Since then the treatment
has been freely used in Italy Germany, France
and Russia. Statistics show that Baccellis dis
covery is superior to the antitoxin treatment Of
either Tizzon or Behrng. Reports which ! have
received show that up TO last March thirty pa
TENTS have been treated according TO BaceeHis
method only one OF whom died. OF forty patients
treated with Tizzonrs antitoxin eight died. and OF
eleven patients treated with Behring's antitoxin
four died
.I have not heard Of carbollc acid having been
resorted TO in tetanus cases in this country at
tribute that 10 the conservatism Of American doc
tors. The Americans are go ahead people in
mechanical invention. and in many other ways
they lead the world, but when 1t comes TO medicine
and surgery they inclined 10 look scepucally
upon new discoveries and new ideas until their
advantages over the old methods have been fully
demonstrated l have not had an opportunity yet
to employ carboc acid in Of lockJaW. out
I have used it with great success on patients suf-
fering from erysipelas."
In Roosevelt Hospital there are still three
lockjaw patients. They are doing well, ana there
seems no douot OF their recovery. In the case or
Of them tetanus antitoxin was Injected directly
into the brain, but IL was not applied In any man
the third. The fact that this one is re
covering and that a previous patient who mad the
introcerebral antitoxin treatment died would seem
TO leave the value of this method still in DOUBT
This opinion has been expressed by DR.. Marcy the
house physician Of Roosevelt Hospital He believes,
however. in the efficacy Of the serum. provided IT
is good and pure.
DIT Marcy could not be yesterday but the
assistant house physician when his attention was
drawn by Tribune reporter to the carooic acid
remedy advocated by DR.. Fanoni. said
ITO my knowledge. the carbolic acid treatment
has never been used in this city and until have
II used and observed its effects l would not
care TO say anything about II way or the
other. There may be some merit in the treatment
but doubt whether 1t will be tried here until there
is more proof forthcoming Of the efficacy which is
claimed for It,"
New-York tribune., 1899-07-27
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS.

Washington. July 3i-The following Army and
Navy orders have been issued
ARMY
,rha following officers will join their regiments
at places indicated:
Twenlysixth Infantry Pat'SOurs BarTa'K'-o"p'a"
e,,, eighth Infantry Camp Meade-second Lieutenant
JAMES D DANNER.
Twenty Infantry Fort McPhersOn-First Lieutenant
qD,rtietb Intantry Fort sheridan-First Lieutenant
VIRpEN c PECKENPAUGH
Thiry-frs Infantry Fort ThomasOspP5aFRR PFRcY HAW
kiss fST!; '''''' "''
RTFR laf9F FcGAb E25 PER Lieu
rhry-hrd Infantry Fort SAN captain sU
Eieutenant 1Hg WILLIAM s. CUNNINGHAM and First
lieutenant CARROL POWER .
brv-fourth Infantry Losan-captsin1 CLARK M;
CARR Captain z ERANh I,RA Hantan al FRANK f. still
VAN captain CHRIsToPHGh @ aIe,sn, = ,GtRENViIIFl
= MoNTGoMBRY and First Lieutenant CUsHNAN
A RICD .-o,, ,....o,or-
1Aeutenant-coone ERNST GARLINGToN insPecIVI- t
gust 81. and viii p,,t procsea 20 81 the pacific and
Eighth Army Corps - ,,-.
First Lieutenant WILLIAM J. D HORNE commissaIy
sh ~ bs pnrchase OF cavalry for the Philippine
Is.ands Is md '' '' ,v.r,,a u.,,
Acting Assistant Surgeon THEODORE j. bi'iAi' wiz
proceed To Havana for duty. O.
v.,or GEORGE O. WEBSTER 4h Infantry now now N ,i Ssn
Francisco will proceed 20 his home 10 a""'' '
=, r..o,,-,, ,s A.
recred 70 report u the Army Returns D' -
ernors Island. FOR examination . , .
,.,,g Assistant Surgeon J. G MARION vii proceed 70
Francisco FOR dutY- -, ..s ,,o.,
Mater HENRY SETON 18th Infantry Will proceed 'r0
Manila to san Francisco for further orue1s'
H., Lieutenant JOIIS c. GREENEWALI assistant sur Sur-
geon. 231 Infantry, will proceed 10 f0'' '1'"
for duty- ,-. ,-., .,,-1oo,
Captaln CHARLES E. wooDRtFF aAss'tn, 5;inr and
is relieved from Benca harracHs N,ann 70
viii proceed by first available transport 10 aia ir
duty. - ..-.ha-
Major WALTER REED surgeon is detailed as Tte1
' Of the Examining Board az ashlhslon' ''Se 0"'
William C. Borden. assistant surgeon
First Lieutenant ARTHUR THAYEk "d Ca'%1fy 5 10 d
lieved from the Military A0''7i' ~
,,, WIZ r3RROIL f H. POTTER l4th Infantry is detailed
recruiting servlSe In. an Firs Lieutenant William
T johnston Sd cavalry
NAVY.
c,s,, " y WHITNEY detached from the Boston az
N@p and is ordered his home IN the Chlu
Stafes- may delay proceeding three months
ris,anant Commander z. Il. HUuhEe u ofue'eu u '''
command % the Boston
r,,t-nant " " GILMER is detached from tne CON
rnand Of the Potomac on arrival AZ tvr'siou''' 49,
II and is ordered 10 the Franklin
r,.,,,anant { = EATON detached from the L2iPeuo @
station Julv "a and ordered 70 South Be'he"e"i
August :. 70 inspect steel -,
r,,,.-s,t commander J. n. SEARS is detached rom
Leu Torio station August and IS ordered 70 .le
bureau OF Equipment August 10 for temporary ''
pass instruction -. p.,..
raymaster H F. JBwETT detached from the
cola and viii continue cLNes IL '''7 -'"-' "
station san Francisco
r,,,enant GEORGE W WILLIAMS. junior grade IL pro
noted from ensign
New-York tribune., 1899-07-27
A NAVAL DISPUTE SETTLED.
SECRETARY LONG FIXES THE RESPONSE
BIIrTIEs OF BUREAU CHIEFS.

BILrTIES OF BUREAU CHIEFS.
Washington, July 26-Secretary Long has passed
on the long pending and rather personal difference
which has existed among the heads of the various
naval bureaus concerning the building OF new
ships and as a result order, TO be known
as Special order No. 81. will appear in a day or so.
amending the present system. The matter has
aroused considerable feeling among naval officials
and the Board of Construction has divided into ma
iority and minority elements each presenting re-
ports as TO what should be done. The main point
has been the extent Of authority and responsibility
Of the Chief Constructor. and the desirabilty Of
having his bureau pass on the proposals Of all
other bureaus in the building, arming and equip
ping OF new ships.
Secretary Herbert placed the responsibility al
most entirely with the Chief Constructor as 10 all
parts Of the ship and the ship whole. and
this order known as No 433. has been the subject
OF difference The new order follows In the main
the language OF the old one but some changes In
the text are made which will work considerable
variation In the system. Section is changed so
sponsibilities charged upon the Chief constructor
Heretofore ne has been charged with the response
blity for the designs structural strength ana tne
sta abilitv' OF all ships. Sections and also are
changed so that the Chief Constructor. IN passing
on proposed changes OF design, equipment. etc, Is
authorized 10 state objections so far as reaes 70
matters under the cognizance Of said bureau Tne
other bureaus also are required 10 connne their
affections TO matters under their own charge me
general effect OF the new rule appears 10 oe IN the
line OF giving each bureau a large measure ol 'e-
snonsibilitv over affairs directly under IT,
New-York tribune., 1899-07-27
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE FORMED.

Atlanta Ga, July 8-Permanent organization o.
the Southern Industrial League was perfected to-
day by the convention OF Southern merchants no"
I'm session here. The committee appointed on Or
ganization named ]. X. orr Of Atlanta. for presi-
dent The committee also recommended that eaen
state be represented by a Vice-presldent' 70 OV
chosen by the delegates from the respective stdtes'
The object Of the league will be TO encourase pay
ment and collection Of all debts, wipe rom me
statute books laws intended 70 hinder the coIec,
tion OF debts protection Of all forms or inVeslei
capital. 10 prevent the discountng % depls an
10 further the completion OF the Nicaragua Ca'aL. a.
D A Tompkins OF Charlotte. y. C., delivered an an
address on ''Our Export Trade from a sou
Standpoint" Pope Brown. president Of the StaIe
Agricultural Society spoke on the lnteTdepenue"C
OF Commerce and Agriculture ) {. McLendOh, %
Thomasyille Ca. made an address on Are we
Eoual 10 Our Burden?
New-York tribune., 1899-07-27
RUSSELL SAGE on THE GAS WAR.

HE AUTHORIZES A STATEMENT IN REGARD TO
Russell Sage authorized the following statement
OF his attitude toward the action which certain gas
company stockholders whose identity appears 10 be
known TO nobody in Wall Street except Mr.. Sage
himself are rumored to be about 10 bring in the
Supreme Court with The object Of effecting res
oration Of the rates for TO the prices prevail
ing up to May :.
l have not inspired any stockholder In any OF the
local gas companies 10 bring an action az Ia" Tor
the purpose Of having the court order restoration
Of gas rates ] have been Informed, however, that
some parties are considering the question OF bring
ing such d SUI. No Of he gas companies IN
this city is making any money at the present price
OF gas should be very much pleased should a
restoration OF rates be brought about through the
action Of the court or otherwise but ] am not
personally back OF any suit in this matter. The
Standard Company did not begin the gas war, and
since its inception has been pursuing the even
tenor of it's way without reference TO what its
competitors have been doing