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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-07
contumaaious miners GIVE Bail.

Caller and William Causter, colored,
and Lindolf, alias Windy" BetZ,
white, striking miners at Carterville,
charged with violating the injunction
issued by Judge Allen restraining them
from interfering with the operations
of the ST. Louis and Big Muddy Coal
company's mine, were released yester-
daY on 81 900 bail and returned home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-07
Cracker EnpIodes I'm lis nanu.

Washington, July 7.-Dallas d. Lore.
of Wisconsin, clerk in the second
auditors Office. lost his left hand in
the explosion of cannon cracker
Tuesday night. He was holding it
with the intention of throwing it into
the air so that il might explode be-
fore reaching the ground. The cracker
exploded in his hand, tearing it in
pieces
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-07
Richmond Under Water.
PERISHES IN THE FLAMES
Wife of Capt. Dickens Burned to Death
at Her Washington Home.

Washington, July Fire and an
explosion in the residence of Capt.
Dickens. of the United States navy,
this morning resulted in the shock
ing death of Mrs. Dickens, who was
fearfully burned, and died before
medical assistance could reach her.
Other persons about the house were
severely but not dangerously wounded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-07
sufrocated in an Empty Boiler.

Chicago, July 7.-August Sollner of
573 West Harrison street was suffo-
Gated in an empty boiler which he was
repairing in the basement of his home.
After search of two hours his broth
er-in-law. Charles Kazler, with whom
Sollner lived. found the mans body in
the boiler. He had been dead several
hours according To q rnhysician
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-07
A Dead Lock.

London. July An official of the
foreign Office confirms the dispatch of
the Associated Press from Washing
ton Thursday saying there is almost
4 dead lock on the Alaskan boundary
question, neither side being willing
to accept provisional line proposed
bY the other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-07
Mai. HeatwoIe Dies From Fever.

Washington. July Maj. Heat
wole, chief commissary at Santiago,
died OF yellow fever yesterday. He
was brother of Congressman Heat
wole, of Minnesota.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-07
DEATH OF ROBERT BONNER.

Publisher of The Ledger and Owner OF
Famous Horses Passes Away.
New York, July 7.-Robert Bonner.
publisher of the New York Ledger and
owner of famous horses. died at his
home in this city at 7:40 last night.
Bonner had been i'll for some months,
but was able to be about until about
ten days ago. Death was due to gen.
eral breaking down of the system.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-07
TEXAS FLOOD FAKES.
What the Wires Have Been Giving Us For
the Last Two or Three Days.

the Last Two or Three Days.
Galveston, Texas. July 7.-Reports
from a special correspondent of the
News indicate that while the property
loss by the recent floods has been
enormous the loss of life has been
greatly exaggerated. According to the
News only two lives have been lost
in the lower Brazos flood. Every year
the Brazos and Colorado valleys suffer
from inundations. Up to the present
food the greatest destruction from the
annual foundations was in 1885. This
year the high water mark of 1885 has
been surpassed in Washington, Waller,
Austin, Fort Bend and Brazoria coun-
ties in southern Texas. The flood
reached the southern part of the state
Sunday night and Monday The plant
ers had received ample warning, but
many negroes remained in the Brazos
valley, believing the water would not
reach higher than in 1885.
Negroes Had to Climb Trees.
From 1890 to 1000 colored people
were caught in the valley in Austin,
Waller and Fort Bend counties, and
were forced to take to the trees and
housetops. An appeal was made to
Houston for boats, but Houston had
sent all boats available farther up the
Governor Sayers, at the suggestion of
Representative Hawley, appealed to
the war department for permission to
send government life saving boats
from Galveston. Permission was grant
ed and a special train left yesterday
afternoon for the flooded district, car
rying several government and num-
ber of private boats. II is believed
that nearly all the people lodged in
ar,I hnr
cued. but the boats sent from Calves
ton yesterday will patrol the flooded
district and make a thorough search
for stragglers.
Found No One to Rescue.
A very good indication that the peo-
pie have been rescued is the fact that
a special relief party started out from
Brookshire Tuesday night and pa
trolled the river all night but found
no one to rescue.
The war department has authorized
Governor Sayers to distribute 10000
army rations among the flood suffer-
ers. the rations to be furnished the
governor from San Antonio. 1t is be-
lieved there is now food enough in
transit to feed the negroes until the
waters recede and they can return to
plantation work.
AS 10 the Crop Situation.
AS to crops. cotton is not lost. 1t is
entirely washed out in some places, but
on the whole more good than harm
has been done by the flood to crops.
Cotton will be replanted in most
cases Corn has soured in some locali-
ties. but the crop is not an entire loss.
Those who are looking for big de-
crease in the Texas cotton crop be-
cause of floods in ten out of $50 or
ganiZed counties in the state, and not
a few unorganized counties, will be
disappointed. The ground in the in
undated counties constitutes the gar
den spot of the state. There is plenty
of time to raise cotton before January.
1900.
No Great Trouble Ahead.
The flood situation is now well in
hand. The destitute will be fed and
given work on railways until the flood
will permit them to return to their
homes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-07

They had LETT the -rescuers to do their
work, which was progressing excep-
tionally well. General Superintendent
Ressegue made a very favorbale report
on the condition of affairs, and seemed
to believe that the people were not
suffering
II am of the opinion that there have
been no casualties there" he said II
appears that the people had time to
get out to high ground. On the ap-
proaches to our bridges there are at
least hundred people who are COM
Portable and propose to stay there until
they either have to move or the flood
subsidies. They have tent and pro-
visions enough to last them for nine
days. There is a need for food for
those rescued from the town of Thomp-
son, and those who were not able to
provide for themselves before the flood
caught them. / do not believe any
body is starving, but they have not
supplies enough to run them for any
length of time.
THE crew of the life-saving station
are doing excellent work. Those boats
were just what was needed. They took
up two life boats, a cedar boat and a
skiff, and we furnished four boats
from our picnic grounds. All these
were manned by men from the cutter
Galveston. From about o'clock until
$50 they had rescued sixty-eight peo-
pie"
Richmond Under Water.
Richmond, Texas, July Never
in the history of Richmond were such
scenes witnessed as today. Business
is practically suspended Many plan
tations are under wafer. Provisions
are running low and there are no
trains
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-07
LIST OF KNOWN DROWNED.
Names of fTwenty-Three OF the Lost-RsiI-
~ay Onicers Report

say Omcers Report
The following from Calvert, Texas.
gives most of the naISes of twenty
three drowned in Robertson county.
1t was obtained from the various Of
ficers in the different towns by tele-
phone: T. S. Dawson and Joe White.
white, bodies not recovered; ice
Whites two sons. bodies not recover
ed; Mart Turner; two unknown men.
white. bodies not recovered; Dave
White, Tora Tyson, Rosana Brown,
two children of Tom Dallas; four men
on Tom Anderson farm, bodies not
recovered; Hey Norcross-an colored; /;
Lulu Chop, Chinese.
The special Santa Fe train which
left here yesterday afternoon for
Thompson. Duke and Arcola at 2:30
O'Clock returned last night at II O'Clock
with the officials Of the road aboard
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-07

terday Icornlng received a cnecK from
her for $3.50. He sent the money to
Chairman ingram of the general relief
committee
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-07

TO err is human, but to continue
the mistake of neglecting your blood
folly. Keep the blood pure with
Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-07
SINGING ENDEAVORERS
Ffil the Air of Detroit with the
Music of Christian
Effort.
EVERYWHERE THE SONG Is HEARD

Enthusiastic Members Lift Up Their
Voices in All Places, in the Street Cars,
by the wayside and at the Rallies
Twenty Thousand Visitors in the City
Two Big Tents Crowded with Earnest
Workers at Night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-07
Homes for Sale.

Modern house on Seventh avenue. ......s s. 900
| 10-rOOm house on Third avenue e............ 500
Three , room houses on Forty first street 400
1-room house on FOrty-frS street -....... 1900
| 14-room double house Twenty tI st street. 500
2-Story store room and 6-room house on
Third avenue. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $500
Modern house on Moline avenue. .......... $500
| Two fine lots on Twenty-1rst street,. 2.i00
| Two fine lots on Seventeenth Street..... 1900
| Modern house on Forty-third street,. 1900
Modern house on Twenty-fourth street 500
1-room house on Twenty-SecOnd street,
new o0OO
Groom house, brick, on First avenue. $500
mace. modern $500
S-room house on Seventeenth strert /, new 5000
11-room house on Fffth-and-a-half avenue. 400
iots.......... ....e..:.... 1000
7-room house and 16 lots Ninth street.. 2,S50
7-room house on Thirteeoth avenue. 1000
7-room house on Thirteenth avenue. $500
4-room house on Ninth avenue ........ 500
Broom house on Ninth Street.....-..-.-... 900
Two Groom houses on Ninth street, each. 1000
story business block on Second avenue,
lot running to First avenue. 1000
Two good business lots on Third avenue
cheap.
Several fine lots in Black Hawk, Sturgeon.
SchDell and South Park additions on reasona-
BILE terms.
Many fine hores in Columbia and Sonth
Park, Guyers addition and Moline, for sale
cheap and on easy terms.
Real estate, fire Snd life insurance.
Much of the property that we have can be
bought on monthly instalmentS at a low rate
kota improved farms for sale cheap. Small
farms in Rock Island county for sale or trade.
Call or write,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-07

Workers at Night
Detroit, July 7.-'sShowers of Bless
ing'' and There's Sunshine in MY
Soul Today were favorite hymns
sung by the Christian Endeaverers this
morning enroute to the ''quiet hour"
| in the tentEndeavor. However abund-
ant the spiritual showers may have
been, the physical rains were certainly
''quiet hour was carried out under
difficulties and umbrellas in the tent,
but the two main gatherings were
postponed on account of the storm.
UetroIt, July Both of the great
main tents owned by the United So
ciety of Christian Endeavor were used
last night for the first time during the
eighteenth international convention,
and both contained their full quota of
10000 people; and, as usual, hundreds
of others who failed to secure admit
tance patiently occupied standing
room" all around the outer edges.
Many visiting delegates from long dis
tances came in yesterday, swelling the
number of stranger delegates, it is be-
lieved, beyond the 10000 mark The
convention days are essentially days of
song.
They Sing at All Times
AS for the audiences, their spiritual
enthusiasm expands with the passage
of the hours. Wednesday there was
little street nethusiasm. Yesterday the
Endeavorers honored the invitation of
the mayor of Detroit to sing. Street
car loads of them frequently spun
along the streets singing as they went:
many groups sang by the wayside, aside
from those who joined the squads OF
MONDAY workers in business houses
and factories. They sang at the after
noon rallies and sang last evening en-
route to the night gatherings; sang
with redoubled vigor after again as
sembling and then sang their way
home.
Meetings i'm Both Tents.
Ten thousand people crowded into
Tent Williston for last evenings ex-
ercises. The decorations of Tent Willis
ton are similar to those which embel-
lish Tent Endeavor. and fully as elab-
orotc. The devotional exercises wSr5
conducted by Rev. w. E. Strong, of
Jackson, Mich. The two principal ad-
cred by Rev. John Z. Pounds, of In
dianapolis. and Rev. Dr. P. S. Henson,
of Chicago, the former on Dollars and
Duty" and the latter on Satan and
Cities" Both were listened to with un-
divided attention by the great audience
and bursts of applause were frequent |
In Tent Endeavor the principal address,
of the evening was by Rev. DR.. F. A. |
Noble, of Chicago. His subject was |
War Against War;
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-07
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Mitchell & Lynde Building, Room q
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-21
Opinion by
One Who Knows.
Hon. G. A, Richardson, Democratic Member Of Council, Praises Work Of
Session Just Cosed--Many Good Laws Enacted.

Hon. G. A. Richardson, Of Roswell,
one of the Democratic members of the
council, before returning to his home
recently expressed to the New MeXi-
car representative his views on the acts
of the 33d legislative assembly. On The
whole, Mr.. Richardson was fully salts
fled with the results of the work done.
Though in a hopeless minority, he cast
his vote with the Republicans on every
measure of Importance. While some
measures were enacted that Mr.. Rich
ardson did no approve of, he major
part of the work of the legislature was
acceptable to him, and he thinks that
more clean, beneficial legislation was
enacted than has been known for many
years in the legislatures of he territory,
and with less friction. Mr.. Richardson
was a most Jealous worker for the BEN
eft of the southern part of the territory,
and his forceful manner of explaining
matters and the high esteem with which
he is regarded by the members of the
council had a most salutary influence.
He said: Aside from the bill raising
| the fees Of territorial officials the work
! of the legislature was excellent, and
cannot help but give good results to the
| people in general. The bill to create a
/ board of public lands for the purpose
of handling the donations of the govern
ment for the support of the educational
institutions was one of the best meas
| ures passed. The jury law, the Duncan
bill for reforming the revenues of the
| territory, and the Bursum bill for re-
funding and the bill for providing for
| deficiencies, We're very good measures.
In fact, there was a whole lot of good
legislation enacted which was badly
needed by the territory, and which gives
evidence of the advancing steps of the
commonwealth. The public institutions
did not receive the aid that hoped they
would, nor did the public schools. c.. B.
No. ~, introduced by Hon. j.. A.. Anche-
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-21
The PHILIPPINES Must be Held.

A youthful and inexperienced member
of the Texas house Of representatives
has prepared a ringing resolution" for
passage by the legislature, if possible, de-
manding the immediate and u]ncondition-
al withdrawal of United States troops
from the Philippines. At last accounts
the legislature had not adopted the SEN
timents of the youthful and inexpe-
rienced member of the house from the
far west end of the state. and it is not
considered as probable hat any such
scatter-brained demand will be made of
the United States government. How
ever, it is not very comforting to realize
that there are just enough such cotton
witted, mental light-weights in the
country to embarrass the administra-
tion and encourage the Filipinos in their
resistance to constituted authority and
law and order.
money and some lives were the Amer
lean forces to abandon the Philippines
and return home, and had Admiral
Dewey, after destroying Spanish au-
thority in the Philippines and sinking
the Spanish ships, sailed away a great
deal of trouble would have been saved
this country. But this would have been
to leave the city of Manila to the mercy
of a wild horde of savages, and the
blame for this abandonment would have
been laid by the civilized world on the
United States. Up to the time of the de-
struction of Montejo's fleet Spanish au-
thority was in vogue in the Philippines
and Spain vas responsible for the main
tenace of law and order and preserva-
ton of property. But when Spanish rule
was abolished the obligation to preserve
the political integrity of the islands and
the mantle of authority fell upon this
country. To have abandoned the post
of duty would have been to prove the
moral coward, and fall in the esteem Of
all Christendom. Nations, like individ-
uals, have moral obligations incumbent
upon them, and to run away because it
is ~inconvenient to shoulder those obli-
cations and may cost a little treasure
would not be the way to maintain self
respect, national or individual. 1t is dis
agreeable, butt is necessary for the
United States to hold on to the Philip
pine group, subdue the disorderly forces
of Aguinaldo, restore order and see to
it that the peace is preserved. When
the entire situation has quieted down,
and congress has assembled in the fall,
robustness, What shall be done with the
Philippine islands?
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-21

Governor Roosevelt showed a level
head when he notified the warden of
Sing Sing prison not to admit as wit
nesses of the execution of Mrs. Place
more than two newspaper men, repre-
sentatives of the associated and non
associated press, as it was the execu-
tive's desire that this solemn and pain
full act of justice should not be made
an excuse for hat species of hideous
sensationalism which is more demor-
alizing thar anything else to the public
mind, So only the bare facts of the ex-
ecution We're given out, and the pub
lished injunction of the governor has
warned the reading public that any py-
rotechnic accounts of the execution by
the yellow press are entirely the work
of imaginative writer's.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-21

An important change is being made in
New Haven & Hartford road, that is
attracting the attention of railroad men
pretty generally. The company is
changing yellow for white lights as the
caution color instead of the hitherto
conventional green. which is now made
to act as the safety color; the red to re-
main as the sign of danger. The objec-
lions to white are, if the red lens which
forms the danger signal be broken the
light will show safety instead of dam
ger, and then if the danger signal is ex-
tinguished the engineers may mistake
some other white light for the safety
signal.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-21

Councilman Richardson, elsewhere in
this issue, gives his views on the legis-
lation enacted by the 39d legislative as
sembly. He speaks approvingly of the
legislation had. Mr.. Richardson is a
straight and uncompromising Demo-
crat, but he is a fair and honorable man,
Being this, of course, the Union party
gang organ over in the Meadow city,
takes him to task, That was to be eX-
pected. AS Mr.. Richardson tells the
truth and made a very good record in
the assembly, he need not care. He has
the respect of the decent people, the
opinion of the other class need not Wor-
ry him.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-21

The California legislature has adj
journed without electing a United
States senator, as happened also with
the Utah and Delaware legislatures,
and as is likely to happen with the
Pennsylvania legislature. The press
throughout the country is finding in
this curious state of affairs a strong
argument for the election of senators
by each state at large, thus taking it
out of the legislature entirely. 1t is GER
tain that IN great source of political
corruption and scandal would be avoid
ed by the proposed change.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-21

ia, as amended, should have become a
law, but it failed in the house. My sec
ton has few special needs that do not
apply to the whole territory, n we
ave little to regret. | hin That the
ranger company bill was one of the
most important measures, but the
northern counties wanted the southern
counties to pay for the whole thing, and
it was impossible to do anything with
it, for hat reason. My sugar bounty
bill, which was opposed in both houses
because of the condition Of h revenues
of the territory, was a most desirable
bill, but ! think that the measure was
misapprehended. 1t provided a bounty
of three-eighths of a cent per pound for
sugar extracted from beets grown in
the territory which ave 100 per cent
sugar, so per cent purity and 80 per cent
crystallized sugar per pound. me poun-
ty would have given a stimulus to SUI
gar-raising, and a larger amount OF
beet-raising is necessary to make the
manufacture of the sugar a success.
There is lots of sugar in New Mexico
beets, but the great trouble is to get the
farmer sufficiently interested to grow
them. The bounty was to the interest,"
of the beet grower, and not to the fac
tories. This was a new proposition to
the legislature, and while many favored
it. a majority could not be A
popular demand for a sugar bounty on
the part of the people will have the
proper effect with the next session OF
the legislature. l did my utmost to urge
the passage of a good roads law, and Sc
cured the enactment of what | consld-
cred a good bill. l was also instrument
al in securing the passage of a bill for
the protection of fruit growers against
the coddling moth. AS a whole, the re-
suits of the work of the Legislature was
good, and / do not think that any one
has occasion for much adverse crlti-
cism."
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-21
DIED A BORNIN'.
Albuquerque Citizen.)

The crazy horse advocates Of a new
state, to be composed of southern New
Mexico and portions of Arizona and
Texas, with Ell Paso as the capital,
have come to grief. The gentlemen who
signed the call for the statehood con-
vention, which was to have been held
in FL Paso yesterday afternoon to ad-
vance the new statehood idea, issued a
wailing manifesto yesterday morning,
stating that the proposed convention
was off and humbly apolized to the out
side delegates whom they induced to
com to Ell Paso on a wild goose chase.
The reason given is that a majority of
the delegates to the convention, elected
from FL Paso city and county, are OPP
posed in principle to the new state, and
that it would be a piece of folly, surpas-
sing in idiocy the calling of the owen
ton in the first place, to hold 1t under
these circumstances. So the statehood
project has met with a killing frost and
died a bornin'. El Paso's modification
at the exit of its pet scheme must be
great.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-21

Ex-Governor Flower, of New York
one of the most prominent and best
known %financiers of the country, takes
a cheerful view of the combination OF
capital and industries, which + COM
monty known as trusts, and their eff
fects upon the industrial, social and
commercial conditions of the country,
As he views the situation, such combi-
nations will result in a better rate OF
wages paid to w~orkingmen, lower prices
to and an increase in the
number of men employed. With the
number of combinations which are
forming in the industrial world of the
United States. it is to be hoped that his
views are based upon a sure and GER
tain foundation.