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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-22
uIinois Banker, to Meet.

Rockford Ills. Oct. 22.-The Illinois
Bankers association will hold its tenth
annual convention iii Rockford tOmor.
row and Wednesday. y large attend.
aFec is anticipated. and the local bank.
ers have made plans to provide proper
Cnterta mment for the delegates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-22
A GREAT NATIONAL FIGURE.
For Years Stood in the Fore
most Ranks of Ameri-
can Statesmen.
SORROW AT THE CAPITAL.

Washington, Oct. 22.-Ex-Secre-
tary of State and Ex-senator John
Sherman died at 6:45 this morning of
brain exhaustion. Death came peace
fully after almost SO hours of nearly
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-22
The End of oscar wilde.

Paris. Oct Oscar Wilde was
taken To the hospital few days ago.
Friday he underwent a surgical opera
tion and iS now lying dangerously near
death M the Hospital Ia Salpetriere- If
he RECEIVERS Wilde will go To Scotland,
where he has been offered a home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-22

The semi-annual meeting of the
Southern Illinois Congregational asso
ciation has closed at Metropolis, Ills.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-22

PoughkePpsie. y. ", Oct. 22.-There
vas revolt ut the Matteawan state hos
pital for the criminal insane last even
ing. when six or eight keepers We're as
saulted and overpOwercd by about
twenty insane patients. Some of the
patients escaped and seven are still at
large One or two of the keepers are
badly bruised.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-22
CHASING
SPECIAL
TRAIN.
Mr.. Bryan Separates From
His Private Car and Trav-
els Alone for a Day.
CLOSES WORK IN NEW YORK.
Roosevelt Visits His Wife and
Children, but Is Cam
paigning Again.
TODAY'S SPEECH MAKING.

Huntington, w. Va, Oct. %
Bryan made his first speech of this
section of his West Virginia tour in
this city at 10 this morning. The city
was full of outside people who had
come from the surrounding country,
from West Virginia. Ohio and Ken
lucky. Bryan talked from a stand
gaily decorated with the national col
crs erected on vacant blocks and was
received with loud applause.
Pittsburg, Oct 22.-William jennings
Bryan arrived in this city unannounced
yesterday morning and left for Hunt
ington, w. Va. ut 1928. Through tho
failure to connect ut this point with his
special car, which had been sent from
Buffalo ahead of him, Bryan was COM
PEELED to take "A Panhandle train for
Columbus, where he took Nor
folk and Western train for Huntington,
arriving about ] a. III. today. Bryan'S
short stay here was not marked by any
special ceremony, owing to hefact that
his coming was not known. His pres
ence soon became known, however,
and he was called upon at the MonOnga-
hela House by a number of local DEM
ocratic leaders for Il social cAPt. The
trip from the hotel to the station was
made by street car and upon arrival
quite Il crowd gathered and insisted Oh
handShake all round.
Candidate Takes n Rest.
Leaving Ptftsbur.y Bryan ....-lcdiate-
ly sought his berth i'll the drawing
room of the sleeper, where he rested
Il IL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-22
John Shermau's Life.

John Sherman was born in Lsncas-
ter, Ohio, May 10. 1923. the eighth
child in a family of IL. At IA he had
already begun to support himself. be-
ing rodman on the Muskiugum
River Improvement company. At Il
he began the study of law in the office
of his eldest brother. Charles. at
Mansfield. In 1913 he was sent 20 the
national whig convention at Philadel-
phia, and from that time his political
life may be said to have begun. In
1878 his intense interest in the
Missouri conference led 10 his election
TO congress. He was appointed by
congress ON the Kansas investigating
committee. In 1861 he was elected
senator from Ohio. He always took
great interest in financial questions,
thus preparing himself for the work
he accomplished as secretary of the
treasury under President Hayes. He
was afterward returned to the senate,
later he was called into President Nc
kinley's cabinet As secretary of state.
but resigned at the outbreak of the
Spanish-American war and retired
from public. He was a brother of
Gen. William I. Sherman. For so
years he had been conspicuous in the
republican party and had been on
several occasions candidate for the
nomination for president of the United
States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-22

in line with the attitude of the United
States toward China as already defined
by Secretary Hay.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-22
Where There Is n Reservation.
Where 1t Differs from Hays.

There is no effort 10 conceal the fact
that the new compact is practically a
repetition of Secretary Hays "Open
door" not to the powers though it is
pointed out that general assent to a
principle differs greatly from the pub
licly expressed determination of two
great powers 10 uphold it at all costs.
That Lord Salisbury should have So
leCted Germany. or vice versa, to he
party to this prOnouncement is taken &c
he highly significant of the close rela.
tions between the two powers in queS-
tion. and may almost be said to con-
Stitute an alliance which, for purposes
OF the immediate future, bids fair tC
bring Germany into even closer touch
with Great Britain than she is with the
members of the Triple Alliance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-22
Cold Storage Plant Burned.

bloomington. Ills, Oct. 22.-Saturday
morning the abattoir and cold storage
plant of William StantZ, just west of
the city limits on Sanger creek, was de.
stroyHd by fire. Loss. with contents
$4,000: insurance, $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-22
Saving WOOD WAS HE
Salisbury, While He Was So Very
Busy Saying Scarcely a
Word About An Sin,
SIGNS A COMPACT WITH GERMANY
The Way of Any Carving
of China.

Washington, Oct. 22.-The state
department today made public the
correspondence which has taken place
between itself and the French gov
ernment since the original French
note respecting China, putting in
formal shape certain statements of
Importance respecting the negotia-
tions. The note indicates favorable
response of the United States govern
ment to the invitation to join with
Great Britain and Germany in main
tanning the Chinese empire and the
open door policy.
London. Oct 22.-The agreement be-
tween Great Britain and Germany tC
maintain the territorial integrity of
China, while it savOrS of independent
action and would doubtless be adhered
to despite the protest of any other
power, is it not looked upon. here as
forming an obstacle to the progress of
negotiations upon the basis laid down
in the last French note or, indeed. up
OH any propositions which Will not i'll
fringe upon the essential principles of
the AnglO-German compact. The doc
ument which contains thA important
compact is brief. containing only four
mary, which simply declares that the
two governments agree in order to
maintain their rights and intents in
China.
Open Door and No More "Grab.''
The first paragraph says that at is a
matter of joint permanent internation-
al interest that the ports on the rivers
and littOral of China should remain
free and open to trade and to every
other legitimate form of economic ac-
tivity for the people of all countries
without distinction. and the two gov
ernments agree on their part TO uphold
the same for all Chinese territory as
far as they can exercise influence
The second paragraph says: Both
governments agree that they viii not
on their part make use of the present
complication to obtain for themselves
any territorial advantage in Chinese
dominion. and will direct their policy
toward maintaining Undiminished ter
ritorial condition of the Chinese en-
pire."
Where There Is Reservation.
Then comes the third para graph that |
provides for eventualities: "In case of
another power making use of the COM |
plicatiOns in China in order to obtain |
under any form whatever such terri |
tOrial advantages. the two contracting
parties reserve to themselves the right |
TO come TO n preliminary understand |
ing regarding the eventual step to be |
taken for the protection of their own
Interests IN China" The fourth para |
graph says the agreement will be COM |
inunicated to all the interested govern |
ments which are invited to accept the |
principles of the same. |
Where 1t Differs from Hays. |
There is no effort 70 conceal the fact
that the new compact is practically a |
repetition of Secretary Hays "Open |
door" not to the powers though it is |
pointed out that general assent to q |
principle differs greatly from the pub |
licly expressed determination of two |
great powers 10 uphold it AT all costs. |
That Lord Salisbury should have So
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-22
Iaventor Miller is Dead.

New York, Oct 22.-Heury Miller,
an old friend of Horace Greely. is
dead at ChapPcnque, n. Y, in his
S0th year He WAS the inventor of
the steam and air brake. All railroad
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-22

Continued on Fourth Page.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-22
Jouathan WhItaCre.

Richmond, Ind., Oct. 22.-Jonathan
Whitacre. messenger of the national
house of representatives, who came
here to visit relatives and vote, is
dead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-22

Leaving PtitSbuT.g Bryan .:4.lcdiate-
ly sought his berth i'll the drawing
room of the sleeper, where he rested
during the afternoon. At the various
towns through which the train passed
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-11-08
CARRIES NEW YORK, ILLINOIS AND OHIO
Republicans Will Have Working Major
! ity in the House and Senate--
h.. Returns by States .-

While the returns on the election are
far from being complete, u Is conceded
by the Democrats that Mckinley and
Roosevelt have been elected, receiving
probably Q slight increase over the elec-
toral vote OF 1896. The result was be-
yond doubt when II became known that
the pivotal state Of New York had gone
to the Republican,, although at a greatly
reduced majority from the figures OF 1890.
In Illinois the Republican plurality also
showed decline. but at that Mckinley is
given a margin of about 10000.
On the other hand, the returns from
Ohio, Indiana. Michigan, the two Da-
kotas. Utah and Wyoming. as well as
Nebraska, indicated strong Republican
gains over 1895 Delaware, Maryland and
West Virginia give decisive Republican
pluralities.
The count In several of the far Western
states was naturally very much delayed,
and In consequence the returns from
those states are incomplete
In the large states of the East and Mid
die West the Republican pluralities have
been greatly reduced Massachusetts, fell
from 1J5.000 to 10000, New York from
PCS. Geo 10 l35000 and Illinois from $4,000
to about 10000.
On the face Of the returns the states
would seem to be divided about as fol-
lows:
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-11-08
ILLINOIS.
Republicans Lose Two Congressmen
I'm Chicago.

Republicans Lose Two Congressmen
in Chicago.
Complete returns from Is counties IN
the state and partial returns from the
others including the full vote Of Chicago
In Cook county. indicate a plurality for
Mckinley that will probably exceed 90,-
coo. Chairman Watson Of the Democratic
state central committee comedies the
state to Mckinley by 10000. Returns
also indicate the election Of the full Re-
publican state ticket by maJorities con-
siderably under the presidential figures
II Is practically assured that the next
legislature, which win elect United
States senator to succeed Shelby NJ. Cul-
lom. will be Republican on joint ballot
at least and by sufficient majority to
elect senator. The Democrats claim
gain of eight members of the legisla-
ture while the Republicans concede five.
1t may take the official count to decide
the result in several districts. The Re-
publicans have lost two congressman In
Chicago.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-11-08
IN NORTH DAKOTA
REPrBLICANs WIN BY TEN THOU
SAND.
The Chairman of the Democratic
State Committee Comedies the
Republican Victory They VIII
Control Both branches Of the
Legislature.

Chairman Kleinogie OF the state Demo-
the Bryan electors and the state Demo-
cratic ticket, In an interview he said:
''1ahe returns are coming In so slowly
that It is difficuit to make an estimate on
the situation. from the comparative re-
ports so far received from about Atty pre-
cincts in the state the Indications are that
Mckinley has carried the state by from
5000 to 10000 plurality"
Reports indicate that the Bryan elect
ors are running about 60 per cent behind
the majorities Of four years ago. when
the Republican majority was 5.647, Our
reports indicate that Gov. Wipperman Is
running ahead of the Bryan electors in
many parts Of the state. but the Repub-
lican majority Will be too great to over
come and tits safe to cay that the entire
Republican state ticket is safely elected,
with the possible exception Of comstock
for attorney general.
Reports from the legislative districts in
dicate that the Democrats have made
some gains. but the Republicans will con-
troll both branches of the legislature by
safe majorities. r
Republican leaders claim the state by
1900 for Mckinley and by 10000 for the
entire state ticket. The indications are
that the final count OF the ballots will
bear out the last claims. The vote in the
state seems to have run about $4,000,
which Is rather lighter than the chair
man of the Republican state committee
anticipated.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-11-08
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
REPUBLICAN ny FROM TEN TO
TWELVE THOUSAND.
The Legislature VIII BE Republican,
Insuring the Election of q Re-
publican to Succeed senator Pet
tigrew In the United States
Senate.

Sioux Falls. 8. d.. Nov. 7.-No doubt
remains that the Republicans have won
complete victory in South Dakota. Re-
turns received by Fusion and Republican
state headquarters show Republican gains
in this city in every precinct reporting.
Frederick Crane, chairman of the Repub-
lican state committee, at midnight said:
eve have secured sufficient returns
from the state to conefusiveiy show that
we have carried the, ,statesfor Mckinley
by plurality OF frorn 10000 ito $4,000
and that we have elected our two nomi-
nees for. congress and our entire state
ticket. We will have majority of 40
on joint ballot in the legislature, !nsuring
the election of Republican to succeed
Senator Pettigrew in the United States
senate"
Reports thus far received from this part
OF the state show heavy Republican
gains. but reports from other sections OF
the state are yet too meager to show IL
the gain win be maintained throughout
the state. City of Sioux Falls complete
on president gives Mckinley majority
OF 493 over Bryan, a Republican gain OF
i14 over two years ago
In q out OF AZ precincts in this OIlnne-
haha) county, including the cities OF
Sioux Fails, Dell Rapids. Valley Springs
md tiarretson, Mckinley has majority
OF 7G4 over Bryan, pronounced Repubs
iieen gain. This is Senator pettigrew's
home countyand as the Republican Iegis.
iative ticket Is running well up with the
head Of tta ticket he win lose seven men,,
bers Of the legislature here.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-11-08
WITH THE CANDIDATES.
Mckinley and Bryan Cast Their
Votes EARLY.


Canton Ohio, Nov 7-APresident McKin-
ley cast his ballot at a:20 o'clock yester-
day morning Shortly before that time
he came from the MeKinlsys residence
accompanied by Judge Day, Dr. Rixey.
Postmaster George B. Freasa and Charles
r. Miller Of Canton and, Secretary Cor
telyou, The president willingly greeted
the knots Of people gathered IN front or
the polls and accompanied his hearty
handshake with hearty personal greet
ing. At the voting place quite a crowd
had collected to see the president cast
his vote, lie shook hands wits some OF
the officials, and then stood while the
questions required by law were asked,
With the questions answered, the presi.
dent stepped into the booth and remained
fully minute. scanning the ticket Ha
marked 1t for the entire Republican
ticket W 7ef7t
Lincoln, Ncb.. Nov. mfr. BRYAN re-
turned 20 lincoln at f:30 yesterday after
spending the night ip Omaha, His first
act after arriving here was to swear /,
his vote and then cast II. He voted tha
straight Democratic ticket Mr.. Rrvarl
cast his vote al 2:to. The ceremony was
witnessed Ry half hundred residents
wh9 were congregated In the hose house
and dozen or SO OF newspaper men
who followed Mr., Bryan from the rail-.
road station. @ se
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-11-08
NEW. YORK.


Republicans Garry the State BY
About 100000
The Indications are that President Nc
Kaniey has carried New York state by .
majority over Bryan of about 150.O0o.
compared with Republican majority IN
the last presidential election Of 26s 48o.
The total vote in the city Of New York 10
approximately 60.000 larger than Il was
in 1896. and UP the state the increase y
about 10000. In the city Bryan wiped
out the plurality of oo.00o which McKin-
ley had four years ago and took on
plurality for himself Of about 25,00o Up
the state Mckinley barely held the vote
which he had in 1896. the added vote
going to Bryan. The vote for B. b. Odeli,
Jr.. Republican nominee for governor. Is
considerably larger than that for Nc
Kir,ley. In Brooklyn. particularly. the
Democratic nominee for governor, hr.
stanchieid. appears to have been scratch
ed seE 4re
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-11-08
BADGERS BALLOTS uoa1A STAR sIH
lrAvoa xrssr REPuBLic IN CxNDfs
i DATES. 4
and RooseveItSReceise 3
PLURALITY Of From fos, 900 20 liar
600 - La Foilrtte, for Governcr,
Receive. About the Same, ss Do
All Other RepuS,ta~a canaidat.rr

milwaukee, Nov. TJ-4Election returns In
,dicate that Wisconsin has gone for Nc
Kinley by from lo5,ooo 10 1i5.oo0 PHI
raiity, !, The Republican state ticket,
headed by Robert NJ La Toilette. wilr
receive a similar plurality. The iegts-
lature win be Overwhelmingly Republic
an, and ihel congressional delegation Is
also certainly Republican ~ M.
The congressman elected are as fol-
lows: First district, Henry A. Cooper
tRep.); Second district, Herman 3. DAM
(Rep); Third. Joseph w, Babcock (Rep0;
Fourth. Theobaid Often tRep); Fifth,
Samuel 8. Barney (Rep); Sixth, James
H. Davidson CRepl; Seventh. John u
Esch (RepJ; Eighth, Edward 8. Miner
(Rep): Ninth, Webster z. Brown tRep);
Tenth John J. jenkins tRep). AT mid.
night Gen. Joe Bryant. chairman OF the
Republican state central committee, gave
out the following statement:
I'VE have carried the state for McKin-
ley by from 10000 to 115,O0O. La Toilette
is running even with Mckinley. and their
pluralities will not differ materially. We
have stopped receiving returns, but have
enough to show that Wisconsin will have
a solid Republican congressional delega-
ton. and that the state legislature viii
be overwhelmingly Republican"
Chairman A. F. Warden OF the Demo-
cratic committee deserted his headquar-
ters before midnight He comedies that
state to the Republicans. as does also
National Committeeman Timothy e.
Ryan. e. C. Wall, ex-national commit
teeman, comedies the state to the Repub-
leans by 10000. and all three concede
the election of ten Republican congress
men s 1& 1
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-11-08

The old Avalon College at Trenton,
Mo-. has changed its name, and hence
forth will be known as Ruskin COL
iage. twill be conducted on the plan
of Ruskin Hall at Oxford, England.
which was organized by Walter vroo-
man, formerly of st. Louis. The Rus
Mn Hall movement was started in
England for the benefit of workingmcn
and succeeded from the nrst- The
scheme does not stop with the estab-
Iishment Of the college at Trenton.
No. but contemplates the opening OF
other colleges in different cities of the
countxy and the organization OF clubs
for home study.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-11-08

The last oficial report gives 14l pub
he schools In Hawaii, employing 344
feachers and having 11.436 pupils.
These are supplemented by large and
excellens private schools-4s In num-
Der. employing 200 teachers, with A.
o64 pupils enrolled. Of these. 1900
and more students. about 5000 are Ha-
waiians and nearly 5000 fractional
HawaiiRns. The Portuguese come
NEXT. with nearly 1900, and then the
Chinese and japanese. with over 1000
each. Then come the American chill
dren, 900 strong. Nine naticnalities
ara tabulated, and the stragglers from
AL corners Of the world are placed un-
der the heading "other foreigners"
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-11-08
Nearly two months have passed

Nearly two months have passed
kInce the hurricane which reduced
Galveston to ruins, but the need OF the
survivors has not yet passed out of
mind, nor have contributions to the
relief fund ceased. The promptness,
1iherality and diverse character OF
these contributions make one OF the
most impressive incidents of modern
dimes. Money, food, clothing, tents,
medicines and disinfectants poured in
npon the stricken city. Even before
the bridges were restored whole train
loads Of provisions were waiting close
nt hand. and locomotives. which had
hurried their charitable burden half
asross the continent, were fretting at
the delay, almost within sight OF the
suf@era
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-11-08
CALIFORNIA.

Indications Are That the .Repub-
{ licans Have Carried the State.
While the returns from the state at
large are very incomplete, enough are at
hand to warrant the prediction that Nc
Kinley has carried California by plu-
rality of 10000. The Republicans have
elected four congressman sure. Two dis
tricts are in doubt No returns have been
received from the First district, but that
has been generally conceded 20 the Re-
publicans. The legislature will be Repub-
lican.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-11-08
PENNSYLVANIA.
Mckinley Gets the state by Large
Majority.

Estimates from every county in the
state indicate majority for Mckinley of
293. 5s3 Tho state ticket also receives a
good majority Pennsylvania delega-
tion in the next congress will not be less
than "A Republicans to Democrats. as
against 20 Republicans and 10 Democrats
in the present congress.
M. s. Quay's friends are claiming they
viii have majority on joint ballot fa-
vorable to his reelection to the United
States senate. and the returns would ap-
pear to bear out this claim. The control
Of the state senate. as between Quay and
anti-Qua-, Is IN doubt. with chances IA
voring the Quayites, though the complete
returns may give the organization OF that
body TO the opponents of Mr.. Quay.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-11-08

James jackson. a farmer Of Linn
county. Kas., has placed . signboard
At his gate on the road. On this board
= painted his name, tie name of his
farm, jackson Farm" and the direc-
ftcn and distance to Chantilly, his
postoflce. Below this he has black
board on which he may write what he
kas Tor sale. He says tina. he has sold
one horse and two cows and calves
since the erection Of his signboard,
and he thinks the quick sales were the
yesults Of this advertising.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-11-08
MAINE.
LIsht vote !. PoiIed - Democratic

Light Vote Is PoiIed Democratic
Gains.
r A comparatively light vote was polied
n Maine. All through the state there
was considerable falling of in the Re-
publican plurality from four years ago
and a corresponding gain in the Demo-
cratic column. Returns have been receiv-
I'd from 210 cities and towns. showing a
Republican plurality of 1s.4s1, as against
n9ss for the same towns in 1893. Figar-
ng on this basis the Republican plurality
n the state will be about q 800