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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMs.

Joseph a. Peckham has been nom
mated for governor by Rhode Island
Prohibitionists.
No lives were lost in the wreck of the
steamer Labrador on the coast of Scot
land Wednesday.
Herman D. Cable. one of the pioneer
business men OF Chicago. died yester-
day of pneumonia.
George Leoffert & Sons. lumber deal
ers of Sharpsburg, Pa. have failed
Liabilities S126. 600; assets, $4,000
a report from Upper Sandusky, O..
says that asgigantic casket trust is now
forming to raise prices OF caSlets.
Professor Wasserman. one of Pro-
fessor Koch's ablest pupils. is believed
to have discovered a serum for the cure
of pneumonia.
The transport Chester. which is bring
ing the Eighth Illinois volunteers back
from Cuba, will arrive at Newport
News March 10.
Roland B. MolineuX has been indicted
for murder in the first degree by the
grand jury at New York. in connection
with the poisoning of Mrs. Adams.
Henry Schoenberg was killed and two
others seriously injured in Il collision
between freight trains on the Chicago.
Burlington and Quincy railroad at Chi
cago.
Sig. Cordosa. a distinguished Italian
inventor. announces he has invented
screw propeller which will double the
speed of ships at half the present coal
consumption.
BY the death of Judge James p.
Cameron in San Francisco on Feb. 1.
Mrs. J. s. Putney and her three sisters,
of Chicago, become heirs to an estate
valued at over $500. 600.
Fully 5000 workmen, largely employed
in the mills controlled by the american
Steel and Wire company in Cleveland.
have been notified of an increase If
wa ges ranging from to 10 per cent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
AsuinaIdo Has No Prisoners.
CLIMAX REACHED AT SANTIAGO.
Financial Troubles Cause a Great Deal of
Anti-American Talk.


Santiago de Cuba. March "a climax
has been reached in the affairs of San
tiaco The estimates for February have
been reduced from $7O,OOO to 900 and
amounts aggregating $50. 600 expended
last month have ben disallOwed by the
Authorities at Havana General Wood.
military governor. says it is impossible
TO estimate exactly a month ahead. and
thinks the best plan would be TO for
ward a certain percentage TO Havana
every month. the department COM
mander having the privilege of using
the balance subject to objection later.
as under the present system it is i'm
possible to run the government here.
For the month of March all expendi-
lures for the entire province must be
kept within $4,000.
Even those Cubans who are mostly
friendly to the United States authori-
ties say that this amount is less than
was allowed at any time under the Span
ish regime. In the opinion of others the
object Of the restriction is to discredit
the work already done here by throw
ing out of employment a large number
OF men and creating discomfort and dis
turbauce. This is of course an alto
gether erroneous assumption, but the
fact is that today more than 200 men
are out of work. circumstance gener-
ally recognized as az dangerous menace
TO public safety at Just this juncture.
and involving a large additional police
force.
Many Cuban politicians who have not
received appointments viii, ii is feared.
use the occurrence TO infiame the minds
OF the unemployed The result is diff
cult 10 forecast. 1t is significant. how
ever, that the Cuban extremists who
talk openly against American rule go
about explaining how 5000 Of their men
properly armed. could now gain posses
sion Of the province Of Santiago in two
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
Executors Notice.

Estate of Henry Fielder. dec assed.
The undersigned having been appointed ex-
ecutrlN of the last Will and te,tamens of Henry
Fielder late of the county of Rock Island,
state OF Illinois, deceased hereby gives notice
that she will appear before the county
court of Rock Island county, at the county
court room, in the city of Rock Island. at the
May term, the first Monday in MAY
next. which time all persons having
claims against said estate notified and
requested TO attend, for the purpose of hav-
ing the same adjusted.
All persons Indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment to the
undersigned
Dated this 21t day OF February. A. ID. 1899.
NARONICA BICK. EXecutriX.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
Cereal Combine Is Dropped.

Chicago, March 3.-The promoters and
leading interests in the proposed combi-
nation of cereal food manufacturers I'M
der the American Cereal company de-
cided yesterday to abandon the plan in
its present form and return all sub
scriptions paid into the Illinois Trust
and Savings bank. The failure of the
receipt of sufficient funds from the I'M
derwriters of the plan directly forced
the withdrawal of the scheme
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
Anniversary of Carl sohurz' Birth.

New York, March S.-The SEVENTEEN
anniversary of the birth of Carl Schurz
was celebrated yesterday. Congratu-
latory letters and kilograms were re-
ceived in great numbers. Through the
day close friends called to offer their
congratulations in person. a cablegram
of greeting came from Prince Herbert
Bismarck and from forty OF the leading
members of the German reichstag, and
similar dispatches were received from
various parts of Germany and from inn
portant cities the United States over.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
Wisconsin, Legislature.

Madison, Wis, March 3.-The assem-
bly, had its first round yesterday in the
fight over the anti-pass question. and
the resolution was referred to the jul
dietary committee. Hundreds of petit
tions were filed for a 2-cent fare bill.
The bill repeating the state employee bill
of two years ago was laid over until
next Wednesday. \ number of bills
were advanced to third reading ard a
large batch killed. The senate put in
the time advancing bills and hearing
committee reports.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03

Estate OF Eve MckinStry, deceased
The undersigned having been appointed ex-
ecutor OF the last VII and testament of Eve
MckinSt ". late of the county of Rock Island
state of Illinois, deceased. hereby gives notice
that he v II! appear before the county court of
Rock Island county, at the county court room
in the city of Rock I-land. at the April
term. the first Monday in April next,
at which time all persons having claims
against said estate are notified and requested
to attend for the purpose OF having the same
adjusted. All persons indebted to said estate
are requested TO make Immediate payment to
the undersigned.
Dated this Sth day of February. y. u. 1899.
JOIN W. WEIGH. Executor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
Magnates Change a Lot of Rules.

New York. March S.-The League base
ball magnates yesterday put in their
time making changes in the playing
rules. etc. a lot of business of this kind
was done, including the adoption of the
Brush report on discipline. They did
not finally decide the St. Louis trouble.
and adjourned subject to the call of the
chairman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
one ,sodN ,catteren tor Three Miles.

Cheyenne, Wyo., March 3.-Two sec
ton men were found dead, one identi-
fled as Edward Osborne. of Virginia.
dale, Colo, on the railroad near Look
out station, west of Laramie. yester-
day. Parts of the unidentified body
We're found scattered for three miles
along the track. 1t is thought they
were killed by a rotary snow pillow
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
Four Men Seriously Hurt.

Johnstown, Pa, March 3.-Four min
ers were badly injured and several 9th =
ers less seriously in an accident that
happened as a train of cars was being
taken into the Cambria mines. The
cable broke and collision occurred A
dozen miners were caught in the wreck
the following being seriously injured:
Olson Moritz. Joseph Audakareh. Frank
Redenchek and Andrew Konchok
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
MORE MEN FOR OTIS.
Six Regiments Get Orders to De.
part for the Front in the
Philippines.
THEY MAY RELIEVE VOLUNTEERS,

But the War Department Will Make No
Promises to That Ehect-Dewey Urges
the Necessity of Light-Draught Boats in
That Region Trouble in the Financial
Affairs of Santiago de Cuba-Cubal Ex-
tremists Talk Rashly.
Manila, March 3.-The outposts be-
yond San Pedro Macati were fired upon
today by the rebels from the walls of
the Guadalupe church. \ gunboat ad-
vanced 300 yards beyond the lines and
cleared away the enemy with Gatlings
No casualties are reported General
Miller has been ordered to quarter his
troops in Iloilo in the custom house or
other public buildings. and authorized
to make the necessary changes at
cost rot to exceed $40. 600, the same to
be met from the public revenues COL
lected in Iloilo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
uIinoisan disappears.

Lincoln, HIS. March 5.-William l..
Elmnre. a prominent citizen of Harris
burg. a village near here, has mysteri-
ousIv disappeared from his home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03

Madrid. March 3.-The queen regent
is making the most strenuous efforts to
avoid dissolution, which Senior Sa-
gasta asks for.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
shoots-at-Him Wants Divorce.

Deadwood. S. D., March 3-Shoots-a
Him. an Indian fom Rosebud Agency.
has commenced divorce proceedings in
the United States circuit court in this city
from his wife, Fanny Shoots-at-H
He alleges desertion and intidelity as
fha causa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
burglars blow Up a Safe.

Syracuse. n. Y. March 5. Burglars
blew open the safe in the East Syracuse
postoffice Wednesday night and obtained
nearly $1,000 in postage stamps and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03

Washington, March 3.-The secretary
of war has ordered the reinforcement
of General Otis by six regiments. These
are the Sixth infantry, now at San
Antonio; the Sixth artillery. scattered
along the Atlantic coast stations; the
Ninth infantry. at Madison barracks;
Thirteenth infantry, in New York state;
Twenty infantry, at Plattsburg, ".
Y. and the Sixteenth infantry at Fort
Crook and neighboring posts in the
middle west. These regiments have
been ordered to make ready to proceed
to San Francisco and thence to Manila.
The war department yesterday received
the following dispatch from General
Otis at Manila dated March >: The
Morgan City arrived this morning; pas
senger5 in good health; no Deaths. The
Tacoma arrived yesterday; animals in
excellent condition. no loss
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
DIR. CORA EMERY REED,
Homeopathic Physician.

SpecIaI attention to diseases OF women and
chIidren also diseases of eye, ear, nose and
throat once hours-9:30 to IL a. m, TO p.
%. 32i Sixteenth street, ROCK Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
Physicians.

once Trcmann block ONCE hours 20 u
a m to ; and to p. N. 'Fhone No. 1902
Rock Island Ill. Night calls answered from
ONCE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
Caucus in a Deadlock.

Lincoln, Neb., March 3.-The Repub-
lican senatorial caucus has developed
into Il deadlock seemingly as tight as the
legislative contest. After thirty nine un-
fruitful ballots last night the caucus ad-
jOuTned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
DR.. S. II. MILLER,
Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist,

Audiseases OF horses and cattle treated on
approved principles Surgical operations per
formed In a scientific manner. Dogs treated
All calls promptly attended 10. Residence,
1926 Fifth avenue. Telephone on 1857. once
and infirmary. t6l5-16I7 Fifth avenue Games
Maucker's stable), opposite No. IRE house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
C.. Il. FOSTER, NJ. d.
Physician and Surgeon.

once between Third and Fourth avenues on
rwentIeth street ONCE hours: 9 to II a.
2to4 p IN. and to- p. m Night calls from
once Phone 1854
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
May Relieve the Volunteers.

In answer to the direct question as to
whether or not these regular troops
are intended to relieve corresponding
number of volunteer soldiers at Manila
il was said at the war department that
while this probably would be the case
st was not possible yet to make a posi-
tive statement. This means that if when
the reinforcements arrive at Manila the
conditions are satisfactory the volun-
teers avill be brought home, but if Otis
shall have need for all of the combined
force then they must wait. The rein
fOrcements are made up of troops who
are not only regulars in the fun sense
of the term, but who have been through
the Cuban or Porto RiCan campaigns.
They know what it is To be under fire;
how to hunt Indians and also how to
fight in tropical jungles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
PHYSICIANS.
F. H. FIRST, NJ. d.
Physician and Surgeon.

Phone 4 on 1857. once. 326 Twentieth
street ONCE hours: 10 TO 10 a. m; to and
7tosp. m. Sunday, $50 to $50 q. m; l:3o to
2 p. m
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
j. A. BALL, NJ. ID.
Physician and Surgeon

ONCE 1907 Second avenue Residence 800
" snty-fourth street. Telephone lilo once
hours from 10 to II a. m; 40 4 p. N; and to
o. N, Sundays TO 10 a. m
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03

j. r. BURKHART, ND
MRS HADA NJ. BURKHART. N. d.
DRS. BURKHART & BURKHART,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
Dewey Pressing for Small Ships

AunllIdI DSNSS Is again pressing on
the navy department the urgent need of
vessels of light draft as a means Of
communication among the numerous
small islands of the Philippine group.
To this end the gunboat Vixen, which
figured bravely for a vessel of her light
Calibre at the outset of the Cuban cam
paign. has been ordered to be immedi-
yard for sailing for Manila This will
take about a month and it proba bly,
will be three or four months before she
joins Dewey's fleet. Besides the Con-
cord. which is perhaps a little too large
to be classified as one of the small
craft. the only light vessels now in the
Philippines available for running about
those waters are the Petrol and the
Helena. The Castine and Princeton.
reCtion, but the small craft equipment
there will still be inadequate. The de-
partment is anxious to afford Admiral
Dewey all the assistance possible.
Aguinaldo Has No Prisoners.
Washington, March 3.-The war de-
partment officials pronounce absurd the
characteristic Filipino junta story to
the effect that Aguinaldo has taken
several hundred American soldiers pris-'
oner and removed them to the interior
As a matter of fact General Otis bull
ietins have accounted for every man in
the American army at Manila and there
is not on record a single case of miss
ing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAIL
~ way-Tickets can he purchased or baggage
checked at f l d. Twentieth street depot, or
~ 4 b P depot, corner Fifth avenue and Thirty
st street, Frank Plummer, Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
Professional Cards.
ATTORNEYS.
McCASKRIN & McCASKRIN,
Attorneys at Law.

Rock Island and Milan Rock Island ONCE
over Kren & Maths store Milan once on
Main street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
DIR. \. L. STEEN,
Genito Urinary Surgeon.

observation-disclosures OF the blood. nerves
kin bladder, kidneys and diseases of women.
Southwest corner Harrison and SecoD1
streets. Davenport, Iowa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03

Passenger trains leave c X d moline
ayenue) depot five (0 minutes earlier than time
given. Trains marked daily, all other trains
daily except Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
WEST.

carnival. departure. tDaily, except Sunday.
SOsiiy except Saturday. ALI othe rs daily. Tele-
phone 1898
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-16

about me; spuds and bacon is 'nough for
Jim Healey if he had an income of s., 900
every hour said the cattleman the other
day
No pleasures such as nearly every one
who reads this article may know them
ever come into the experience of James
Healey. He never had a picture taken
until solicited to sit for the picture which
accompanies this story. He has never
seen a drama, heard a concert or any
thing theatrical or operate since 1870,
and then In Ell Paso. About once
month, when there is no work, Jim Hea-
ley can busy himself at, and he feels in
the mood, then the cattle king will get
o three-gallon jug of claret (Which he
buys from the half-breed Indians) and
produce several yellow paper packages
of cheap tobacco, and he and several as
socfates will sit and tell stories either
about camp fire or in the cabin for a
few hours. But that's the end of the
cattleman's dissipation No one. can In
duce him to have another taste of 1t in
less than three, or four weeks. Great
gosh" said he once to a friend, who
proposed repeating the conviviality an
evening or two after such soiree, do
you think I'm goin' to blow money an
time. away like that eli tn time? I'm
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-16

the range for the night. ana with a sup
per Of crackers and cheese or boiled
beans will go to sleep until the earliest
streaks of daylight, when he will get up
and go to work again.
While the average cattle owner leave.
the arduous and dirty labor of a rodeo to
the hired vacqueros, Jim Healey is the
most dilfgent worker on his range Last
year he believed that recent shipments
OF cattle to Kansas City should have
yielded him $4,000 instead of $4,000. So
on the next trip he went himself along
with the drovers on a slow cattle train 70
Kansas City. He performed all the
droVer's labor with his cattle On route
that accompanying cowboys did with
their cattle. When the men On the train
found by accident one day that their
greasy, roughly dressed companion was
not hard-up veteran drover, but was
really Jim Healey, the millionaire Cattle
man, of New Mexico, they almost fell
down with surprise. When Heaiey got to
Kansas City ne got permission to sleep in
the caboose of the freight train. He took
his meals, bought for g. dime, at a
drover's lunch stand in the cattle wards
He started back to Las Vegas Just as
soon as he had his draft for SIS. 600 or
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-16
SILVERWARE

Hundreds of odd pieces of high
grade Silverware = Butter Dishes
Sugar Bowls, Spoon Holders, Cream
Pitchers, Fruit Baskets. Shaving
Mugs, Bon Bons, Hair Receivers an,
Napkin Rings, goods worth up t
So. so. Each, rs cents.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-16


$4,000 in his pocket. and he still brags
about the cracker Jack time on that
Journey" His total expenses for his ten
days absence from fnes range were $425
His average daily income at that time
was $216
He is by no means a miser. for he has
several times made gifts of $1,000 and
$1,000 to his vacqueres7 whom he likes
Last Christmas he eeeded to man on
his range bunch of prime four-year-old
steers that were worth S, 800. and he gave
all In his employ ten or twenty-dollar
gold piece. He makes his headquarters
and home in pine shanty on the south
ern edge of his great range, about thir-
ty-fiye miles northwest from Cerillos sta
ton on the Santa Fe route. Then he
sleeps In a rude bunk built against the
wall, and above him are two other hunks,
where a friend or a trusted vacquero
sleeps occasionally.
Healey cooks his own. food, but some
times he has a. cowboy help him at cook
ing. A lot of burned black kettles, a
burned skillet and griny old coffee pot
and a few battered pans. Clipped dishes
and decrepit knives and forks on
greasy table near the stove all tell what
sort of meals this unusual millionaire
partakes Of. II hain't got no fussin'
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-16

thought his remaining half was worth
holding. When copper rose to II cents a
pound in 1897, Healey got some 81, 500 a
month from the Ranger, and since cop
per has risen to Is and 10 cents, he has
had between $1,000 and $500 a month
profit from it. Yet, he has never seen
the Ranger, and has no plans for going
to see it.. He's too busy with cattle to
ever leave the range
His vacqueros say they believe the mil
lionaire must be made of steel He has
been a physiological steam engine for
over thirty-fve years. He literally
knows no rest. He usually sleeps less
than five out of the twenty-four hours.
and is often in the saddle or in the cor
raj for two days and nights at time.
In these later years when he has be-
come so rich, he has several vacqueros
about him always at night ip the lonely
mountains, where it would be no trick
at all for bandits to perpetrate some
criminal design upon the wealthy cattle
man. Frequently the old man will roll
in blanket alongside the camp fire on
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-16

plans or drawings of the building. He
mas discovered, however, certain frag-
ments OF the plans, and has collected a
number of crude photographs of tina
White house in its various stages of erec-
ton and completion. The other dav bis
attention was called by a collector tn a
complete set of reports of the superin-
tendent of public buildings and grounds
froIn 1913 to 1870, which had been found in
a lot OF old rubbish These reports con-
tanned many interesting facts In regard
70 the White house and the changes made
since it was built. AT one time the mart
of the house where the conservatorias
now are was used as stables. and at the
other end there was similar structure
also used for stables, as well as a gran
airy and barn. On the west side of tba
White house there was an ice house.
which was filed every winter from the
Potomac to supply the presidents family
during the summer. The remains Of the
old Ice house are still visible in the cell
lars OF the executive mansion.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-16
POOREST MILLIONAIRE
JAMES HEALEY of NEW MEXICO,
SAID TO ENJOY THAT
DISTINCTION
ANNUAL INCOME OF $4,000

Has Been No Further From His
Range Than Kansas City In
Thirty-Ftve Years-He Is Now a
Little More Than Sixty Years of
AGe-MarveIOus Boom in Copper
Adds to HeaIey's Wealth.
To possess a million dollars, to have an
annual income of $4,000 a year and to
know not what disposition to make of it
in future, and to have no understanding
or appreciation of its value or to enjoy
any of the comforts such vast wealth
can bring, is the strange condition that
surrounds one James Healey, the million
aire cattle king of New Mexico says the
New York Journal
Healey is an extraordinary man, whose
counterpart can scrcely be found any
where. He possesses land, cattle and cop
per properties well worth far above
million any day in the week, yet he lives
IN a rude board shanty that could be du-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-16

raisin' cattle here and not foolin,."
Who is going to inherit James Healev's
land and cattle and copper and money? ?
Men OF iron have broken down before.
and there's only one end to life of such
privation and excessive labor There are
dozens of conjectures as to what DISPOSE
tontion James Healey will make of his
property. but the most generally shared
conjecture is that it will go equally to
three Mexicans who have been associated
with Healey for twenty-five wears ana
were close to the cattle king be-
fore he had started on the road to his
fortune ---9
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-16
MANY CHANGES MADE

In the White House Since 1t Was
Originally Built.
New York Mail and Express.
Col. Theodore Bingham, in charge of
the public buildings and grounds, and
who has direct supervision over the White
house and the presidents comforts there
In, has been making collection of data
relating to the executive mansion. AL
though he has made a thorough search
he has been unable TO find the original