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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-03

chance remained to save that of nv
dear Mabel. But the men held me fast,
and, when was in the boat, began to
pull away from the cave into the
brighter light.
Its no use struggling, mate,' one
said. IF you've spark of reason in
you, you'll see that there's no hope of
saving another life''
They continued to pull doggedly
away, and kept their hands upon me
to prevent me from throwing myself
into the water. Binding tears came
to my eyes and flowed over. knew
that it was vain to resist, and knew
besides that the few minutes that had
interviewed were fatal minutes, and car
ried death with them to the bright and
beautiful girl who had become my wife.
alas! how many Christmases ago! The
mystery that had parted us would
never now be made clear to me: but if
anything could have comforted me at
that awful period of my life, it was the
belief that I still cherished in her faith
and purity. Yet I looked sullenly on
the cruel waters, repining, I do believe,
because miracle did not occur.
Some comfort did come to me after
a while. I had my boy, my darling
son, in my arms. Was it not almost
by miracle that he had been given to
me, after searching for him the wide
world over for seven long years? "You
have still something to live for"
voice whispered to me; "be grateful,
then" But I could not put by my
sorrow so easily, and it was with min
gled Joy and grief that"I Rugged my boy
closer to me, to keep him warm; for it
was bitterly cold, and mist had be-
gun to fall, and was thickening every
moment. No sign of life was on the
sea; In tho distance we saw the ter
rible coast-line, consisting of straight
rocks of a tremendous height, afford
Ing not the remotest chance of effecting
landing. scarcely remember how
that day passed; was in stupor, ly-
Ing at the bottom of the boat, whisper
ing incoherent endearments into my
little boys ears. That he did not an
sWer me did not surprise or hurt me; It
pleased me that he should sleep SO
calmly during these cold and cherries
hours. To awaken him would have
only aroused him to misery. Toward
evening I became conscious that the
men IN the boat were directing strange
glances toward me and my precious
bundle &. .s=.
Come, mate" said one, "put aside
that. We've enough weight in the boat
without carrying the dead. q
Tho did you say is dead ~ asked.
Yacantly not und erstand ding him.
Their significant looks answered me,
/ and one man placed his hand on my
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-03
little boys heart. I pushed him aside


fretfully. 3s If .. !. IS II .52ss
z. This Is my son." / said. for WHOM
I've been searching these seven years
past. | have only just found him.
MOL am not mad; am In my right
senses But this is not the time to tell
you my story. MY wife lies there
I pointed to the cave. II might have had
her but for you. Let me be, then. j
suppose some of you can understand
what a fathers love, what husbands
grief, is in such a trial as this"
But don't you see?" the same man
asked, and. many of them looked at me
with sad eyes. "Come, be reasonable.
We are dead beat: You are as strong
as we are. Lend a hand to an oar.
Nay, then, if you'll not believe, look for
yourself"
I allowed him to uncover the face OF
my boy, and the truth dawned upon
me. >
"Bob!" I whispered. "speak to me,
my son!'
I shook him gently; he made no
movement. White and still, he lay in
my arms. I put my ear to his mouth
to his heart; not a pulse replied to
me. And then I saw that his limbs
must have been cold and stiff for hours,
and that had been nursing a corpse.
my boy is dead, mates" said, with
a strange calmness upon me. "Forgive
me. I didn't know it before, you see.
My poor little Bob!''
They turned their faces from me as
stopped and kissed Bob's white lips.
Then I cried quietly over him bit, and
laid him at the bottom Of the boat,
covering him with my shirt, which I
took off for the purpose.
LET me keep him." pleaded; IF
we land, we can bury him ashore"
"Ay, ay, mate" they said, softly.
I answered them with grateful looks.
and, taking an oar, pulled with the
strength of giant, drinking the salt
tears which ran down my face I
worked mechanically, and had no
thought for anything but the body of
my poor little Bob.
Through the long hours of the night
we pulled, and when the sun rose we
found ourselves in the same dismal
plight. The wind was dead in our
teeth, and the rocks doomed black and
shadowy in the distance. Having
aboard only sufficient provisions for
two days, it behooved us to find a ref
uge soon; and many breath of thank
fulness was drawn when, on the even
ing of the second day, we discovered
neck of land where we reckoned we
could put safely ashore. Some part of
the beach was sand, but yer ytreacher-
GUS, as we presently learned, and some
was rock. We rowed toward the
sandy beach, and one man jumped out
too soon for his life, for he sunk be-
fore our eyes. The quicksands had
swallowed him. With feelings of awe
we pulled toward the rocks, and after
some difficulty we effected a landing,
saving, too, at the risk OF our lives,
what little provisions we had left. But
in the landing, our boat was dashed to
splinters. And there, rescued from
the sea, we stood upon the rocks in
safety, with my little Bob in my arms,
wrapped in my serge shirt.
"Now for a fire." said one Of the par
ty; II am perishing with cold. Let US
collect some dry wood"
ITO BE CoNT1NUED.l
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= The lily Of the valley is denounced
by the German papers as under its sim
pie beauty yelling a deadly poison. Il
lis stated that both the stalks and the
flowers Of this lovely plant contain.
prussic acid.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-03
Purity.

It would be easier to put the scales
back again on the wing Of the butter.
fly than to restore the purity that has
been stained by vice. Samson was the
strongest man Of his age, but he could
not break the cords Of his OWE susts.
Rev. Dr.. Gumbarr. .$*
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CHAPTER XVI.

WAS, told after
ward that I strug-
gled like a mailman
with those who
were saving me;
and I know it must
have been because
of the thought up
permost In my
mind that I had no
right to consider
my own life while
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y = "a - rlfa x i.ff,s.5'.. 3. i
Greatness.

No matter from what class Of society
a man springs he can be great, for.
after all, greatness IS but good ness.
Rev. Lyman Abbott.
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CHAPTER XIV.

HE dark hours
passed like a dis lis.
turbed dream. Cries
and sobs and pray
ers I heard, but in.
distinctly, as though
I were in no way
connected with
them; they scarcely
seemed to form
part of the tragedy
which was then be-
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06
HAY-PAUNCEFoTE TREATY
Discussed for Some Time I'm the Senate
Executive Sessiun.

Washington. Dee. 1.-THE senate
dropped the open session Yesterday at
12:25 and went into executive session
To discuss the Hay Pauncefotc treaty
and the talk lasted for an hour and a
half. Senator Lodge bearing the bur
den Of the defence and advocacy Of
the treaty. He was subjected 10 many
questions during the presentation Of
his explanation Of the treaty. BcvCridgc
asked whether ii was not true thar
the abrosation of the Clayton BulwCr
treaty aS provided for in thu pending
treaty would have the effect Of per
mittinC Great Britain ~ acquire prop
erty in the area affected.
Lodge replied in the negative. say
ing that il was we'll known 10 all that
rhe ay-PaunccfOte treaty, while alb
rogating the Clayton Bulwer treaty 50
far as il applies To the United States
and binds this country. still leaves
England bound by its terms. For this
reason he was sure there need hc no
apprehension on that score. Lodge
discussed the amendment suggested
during the last session of congress by
the committee on foreign relations.
providing that none OF the provisions
of the tCsi tive. sections Of the treaty
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06
PRIZES FCR RAILWAY MEN.
Chicago and Alton VIII Give Rewards for
MeritorIous Service.

Chicago. Dec. 6.-EmpIoyeS of the
Chicago and Alton railroad are TO be
given cash prizes for meritoriOuS Serv-
Ices. Officers of the company have
been working on Il plan for rewarding
their men for good work for several
months and have finally decided that
money in the shape of prizes will be
more satisfactory 10 the wage-earners
than medals or stripes. The new ar
rangement will 20 into effect at once.
and under it awards viii be made ev-
cry six months.
The prizes are in two classes. one
for conductors and engineers and an
other for tiremen. brakemen. station
agents. collectors and others In SINH
lar work. Twice Il year the Superin-
tendentS of the divisions will 30 over
the records of the men under them
and mark the latter according 10 their
service. These marks will be for iudg-
ment in operating trains. obpyin" or
derS preventing accidents and general
good behavior.
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06
More suits Against Corporations.
PESTS THAT DESTROY ORCHARDS
Report on the War Against Them by
Onicials of Illinois.

Urbana. Ills. Dec. 6.-Professor
Stephen \. Forbes has just sent to
the governor his biennial report on the
operations of the horticultural inspec-
ton act. intended to prevent the
spread of insect and fungus pests
among the orchards of the state 1t
appears from the report that there are
245 active commercial nurseries in
Illinois. and that all of these were in
spected at cost Of S.I.II each in 1S9S,
and FOR the second year S:}::i.Ii.
The San lose scale has been detect
ed i'll forty -four different localities tat
ten of which. however, il has since
been eXterminatedD. five of these being
in the northern. nineteen in the cen
tral, and twenty in the southern sec
ton of he state. In the effort 10 bring
the Scale at these points under con
troll OF owners of infested premises 10
orchards were given an in>ecticide
treatment. either 10y fumigatiOn or all
in~erticil., SDrlV
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06

Springfield. Ills, Dee. G.-Boosting
senate bill No. 1439 commonly known
as "Cullom bill was the chief OBJ
ipct Of the meeting of the Illinois State
MillerS' assosciation, held yesterday
at the Leland hotel. The object Of
the bill is to'amend the Interstate COM
mercc law and regulate the railroads.
An Interesting discussion was held as
to furnishing flour for state institu-
lions. The millers complain that Gov
ernor Tanner has furnished the flour
through parties outside the state. Gov
ernOr-elect Yates. who was ut the De-
land, was waited upon by the millars,
and gave them a hearing on this sub
iect
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06
Negro and the Wo,nen,, CIul,.

Rockford. Ills. Dec. 6.-The uueS-
tion of color in the wOman's federation
jumped directly from Milwaukee TO
Rockford. and this city * now the
center OF interest TO both factions in
not only the state hut the ational fed
GRAFTON. The clubs in the Ninth dis
triCt are voting on the question and
the following are some results: Eighty
four club nanimOuS in favor Of the
admission of clubs of colored women:
Outlook ciub-Three for. fourteen
against and three blanks: Advance
club-FOuTteen votes for and four
against the proposition: Mothers
Study club-Unanimousl for admis-
sion
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE.

Storms in the east have done much
damage To telegraph and telephone
lines and other property. Two lives
wern lost ut Utica, y. Y.
Six men went down of Portsmouth.
y. H. when the schooner Mary y.
Brown was wrecked
PROFESSOR IL ". Parker. Of Yale uni
versity. has sued a New Haven paper
for S6,"1 for not returning an unused
manuscript.
\ servant girls union i being formed
in New York and strike may follow
+. i. dunno. i'll with typhoid feve=
AZ -. Luke's hospital. Chicago. is re-
covering rapidly.
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06
RECEIVE THEIR ORDERS:
my LORDS"FROM THRONE.

London, Dec. 6.-The queens
speech adopting parliament is as fol-
lows: MY Lords and Gentlemen-It
becomes necessary to make further
provisions for the expenses incurred
by operations of my armies in South
Africa and China. have summoned
you to hold special session in order
that you may give your sanction to
the enactments required for this par
pose. You will not enter into other
public matters requiring your atten-
tion until the ordinary meeting of
parliament in the spring"
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06
Congregational Doing. nriered.

Washington. Dee. FRYE in the
senate yesterday concluded his speech
on the shipping bill. Some bills of
no general interest We're passed and
two executive sessions were held. at
one of which the Hay-PaunC efOte
treaty was discussed.
To the house the family of Repre-
sentative Houtclle. of Maine, sent Il
letter reSiGuinG for the representative
his naval committee craftsmanship. y
special rule To take up the army re-
organization bill was adopted and the
bill was discussed for two hours: then
under the tiVc-minUtc rule several
amendments were adopted. The bill
was pending 1t adjournment. The
ways and means committee introduced
the war revenue reduction bill. which
cuts off $40. O.OOOUCO in taxes of which
about $4,000 OOO i on beer
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06
NEW PARTY IS THE OBJECT
OF a Gathering at Indianapolis Dec. 22-
PopuIist Gives His Views.

Indianapolis, Dec. G.-Charles NJ.
Walter. secretary of the Middle-of-the-
Road PopuliSt state committee. has is
sued cali for IA conference TO be held
at the English hotel Dec. Do. He says
this conference Will be the first step
in the formation of new national
party to embrace all of the reform ele-
menTS. Indiana is always in the fore
front" said he. and this city Will be
the cradle of new national party that
will embrace the Social Democrats,
Silver Republicans and Reform Demo
Gratis, and will pull largely from the
Prohibition party. The move
ment will be pushed rapidly in other
states
We expect that in 1904 our party
Will be the second in numerical
strength in the country. We expect
that in the west it Will absorb the
Democratic party. / know personally
from men close to William j. Bryan
that he is in sympathy with the move
ment. Some of our men are talking
of him for the nomination for preSi-
dent in 1904. but | think that would
be mistake. John u. Altgeld is with
us i'll the movement"
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06

SnOuId be construed as applying 10
measures which the United States
may find il necessary TO take for Sc
curing by its own forces the defense
Of the United States and the mainte-
nance of public order" The senator
urged that this amendment had the
effect Of giving greater assurance TO
our own people and was a necessary
safeguard.
At this point Lindsay Of Kentucky
interjected a question and in doing 50
made quite n statement as to what he
said he considered a popular misap-
prehenSiOn as TO the effect of the
amendment. Il fnd.'' he said. that
most people appear to think that this
amendment provides for the fortified
tion of the canal. whereas il does moth
ing of the kind as n reading of it will
demonstrate" He then quoted from
the amendment, showing that il ap-
piled specifically to only sections l. =,
3. and > Of article of the treaty. He
claimed that 1t only provides in the
most general way for the protection
Cf the rights of the United States
Replying Senator Lodge said he had
not cOntended and did not contend
that the amendment conferred specifi-
cally the power to fOTtify the canal.
The great benefit of the amendment
was found, he said. in the fact that it
applies to the first sections. copied
from the COnstantinOple agreement.
providing that the canal shall he free
and open In time OF war as in time of
peace TO the vessels OF commerce and
of war of all nations" In conclusion
he urged early action upon the treaty
aS of great importance. because of the
gene-al desire to 90 on with the Mica
RI qua canal legislation
Money OF Mississippi thought upon
the whole that the United States
would best promote its own interests
by proceeding To construct the canal
without asking the aid of any other
cOsIutry
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06
LEAVES 1T ALL TO All SIN.
Punishment That Shall BE Melted Out for
the Atrocities in Chsnn.

Washington. Dec. 1.-THE state de-
pariment has been informed that the
foreign ministers at Pcking Tuesday
reached an agreement which was sub
mitted 10 the home offices. Secretary
Hay yesterday cabled COuGer authOri-
zation To sign the agreement Oh behalf
OF the United States government 1t
is difficult to gather details of the uu-
dcr>tanding ut this time.
However. ir i known that in the
two important issues that were still
Open-namely. those relating to pun
iShmcnt and indemnity-thc views of
the United States government have
prevailed. As to puuishmentS. they
are 10 be- the SeveTeSt that can be
inflicted 10y the Chinese government"
A TO indemnity the Chinese govern
mCnt iS TO formally admit It's liability
and then the matter iS 10 bC left for
future negotiation. IT WIS understood
that on the other points the French
proposition has formed the basis of
the agreement.
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06
Odd Fellows Lay a Corner stone.

Bloomington. Ills. Dec. 6.-The pre-
liminary ceremonies attending the lay
ing of the corner stone OF the new
Odd Fellows building here we're held
in the odd Fellows hall in the pres
enCe Of a large audience. The old cor
ner stone taken from the building do
Stroyed in Jhe great tre of June WAS
made a part of the new wall last week
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06
GENTLEMAN NOT GENTLEMANLY
Handles His Gun Too Carelessly Re
cards Human Life.

Platte Center. \eb.. Dec. 6.-Only
the prompt arrival of Sheriff Byrnes
and four deputies. summoned from
Columbus. prevented additional blood
shed as eliminating feature TO Il
series of shooting affrayS which oc-
Cured here yesterday. The town is
wildly excited and for Il time fears
were entertained that something might
occur TO prevent the law from taking
its regular course, but better Judgment
prevailed and quiet has been restored.
W. j. Gentleman. 4 wealthy StOckman.
caused the trouble. He held the entire
village at bay and shot four men. The
injured are: Henry Tanger. shot near
the spine. may die: Pat Hayes. city
marshal. shot i'll the back: Robert Will
son, seriously wounded in side: :. OIL
son. right arm shattered. thumb shot
off
w J. Gentleman. inspired by a
grudge over cattle suit several
months ago. attacked Martin Burns. Il
farmer on the street. 1nfuriated, after
the fight Gentleman secured II shot
gun and went in a search of his enc
mics He entered the blacksmith shop
of =. Olson and shot the owner. Mar
shall Hayes tried to arrest him and
was shot in the back. Finally. over
powered. the man was taken to Jail.
and there drew revolver, shooting
into the crowd that had gathered, when
Tanger and Wilson were badly
wounded. The sheriff and four depu-
ties arrived from Columbus. and the
prisoner was spirited away i'll a car
riaUP
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06
Movement for Fish Projection.

Peoria. Ills. Dec. 6.-At a mass
meeting of citizens last night an asSO-
citation was temporarily formed for
the protection of Illinois river fish. \
permanent organization will he formed
at meeting. which will endeavOr to
secure the enactment Of legislation to
prohibit Seining in the Illinois river.
which is rapidly being denuded Of
game fish.
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06
Two Hours Fight with TagaIs.

Manila: Dec. Ga dispatch has
been received from General Funston
giving an account of a two hours
fight i'll the woods between an Ameri-
can force and 300 rebels commanded
by Sandico. The American force
consisting of thirty native scouts.
commanded by Lieutenant Jernigan.
attacked the rebels. who retreated
leaving on the field sixteen men killed.
Not one of Jernigan's men was
wounded
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06
ola Man Missing Since SATURDAY..

Oconto. Wis. Dec. 6.-Peter Larsen.
an old man residing at Surfing, this
county. is missing and mas not been
seen since Saturday. He recently sold
his farm near OcontO Falls for a CON
siderable sum of money and he and
his wife moved to Surfing. Saturday
he came 10 Oconto Falls on business
He started home again and nothing
has been seen of him since.
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06

New York. Dec Il. Tod SloaI
and Phil DAILY. .Ir.. met Yesterday "A
the Interstate Park. l.. l.. to settle
the question as 10 who was the better
wing-Shot The match was at fifty
birds. thirty yards boundary. DAILY
won the match with forty-three kills
Sloan had forty-two to his credit.
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06
Formal Reception Signalling
Kruger's Arrival
There.
COURSE HEARTILY CHEERED
Expressions of Cordial Sym
pathy Are Duly EX-
tended.

The Hague, Dec. 6.-At the open
ing of the second chamber today
President Gleichman said: "Presi
dent Kruger arrives here today. |
take occasion to propose that the
chamber authorize us to welcome
in it's name the president to our
country and offer him an expression of
our cordial sympathy" The proposal
was adopted amid cheers.
Kruger Arrives.
Kruger arrived here today. and was
given an enthusiastic welcome. The
first chamber authorized its president
to welcome Kruger in behalf of the
house as to proof of its sympathy.
Cologne. Dec. 6.-Kruger started
for The Hague on special train this
morning.
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06
PASSENGER TRAIN
JUMPS THE TRACK.

Butte. Mont, Dec. "a passenger
train on the Northern Pacific jumped
the track three miles west of here last
night. Two men beating their way
on the baggage car were killed. En-
gineer Kellam and Fireman johnson
were bIdly injured. None of the pas
sengers was hurt. The cause is un-
known
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06

Metropolis. Ills, Dec. 6.-Horace
LanderS. Il negro murderer who came
near being lynched in this city on Oct
/. is on trial here in the MaSsac cOun-
ty circuit court. The chances aIe
thar he will hang
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06

Winchester. Ills. Dec. 6.-HOn. f.
G. Miner died Tuesday night AT the
age of 92. Miner was born in Brat
ford. VT. came 10 Illinois in ISL and
settled in ScOtt county. where he had
resided ever since. He had held many
offices of trust
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06
Knox Keeps in Touch with De Wet.

London. Dec. 1.-THE war office has
received the following from Lord
Kitchener. dated Bloemfontein, Dec.
=: General Knox re-engaged De Wet
near Bethulie on the Smithfield road
yesterday. He drove the enemy from
all their positions before dark. when
they retreated morthWard
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06
EEan on Retired Li,r.

Washington, Dec. -CriS.- Gen.
Charles r. Egan. commissiary
genera, was today restored TO duty by
the president and at once placed on
the retired list
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06
KILLED BY FALL OF ROCK.

TWO Men Dead and Others InIurtu IN
Missouri Mine.
Aurora, Mo-, Dec. O. Oliver Berri-
man, Ocord Moore and James Dodson
are dead, and Bob Clevenger and
Oscar Elliott seriously injured as a
result of fall of reck in the World
Herald mine.
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06
Estimates for the Coming Year.

Washington. Dec. G.-The secretary
of the treasury yesterday sent 10 con
greSS the annual estimates of the pX-
pcnSes Of the government for the COM
ing year. They aggregate SG26. a 1852.
Il slight decrease from thu total eSji-
mates OF last year. Among the public
building estimates of S5O.OOo and over
are: Clinton. la. pOStottiCc. 10000;
indianapolis. court house and ppStof-
flee. $500 Ogg
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06
Would Like Their Mail DeIivered.

Plainwell. Mich, Dec. Ga petition
for rural mail delivery. signed by 40
farmers. will be presented to Senator
!. G. Burrows The route will he
south of This village. in the direction
of Kalamazoo. where the county is
thickly settled.
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06

Portland. Ore. Dec. six masked
men held up the office Of the Western
Lumber company last evening. Secur-
ing $4,000. and escaped in the dark
reSs. The robbery occurred when a
dozen men were in the vicinity Of the
mill
Rock Island Argus., 1900-12-06
ENDEMIC of Rabies.

Grecnup, Ills. Dec. 6.-CiTeat un-
easireS> i felt here over an outbreak
or hydTophobia. For somc weeks re-
ports have been coming in Of mad do-.
in this viciDity. and within the pas
few days the epidemic broke o1it
anew in this city. Two boys and