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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-19
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE.

The Democrats of the Twenty first
Ohio district have elected Hon. Tom
l.. Johnson as a delegate to the Kansas
City convention.
The Philippine commission has sailed
from San Francisco to Manila.
Governor Roosevelt will be one of
the attractions at Chicago's Dewey
celebration.
The widow of BILLY" Florence. the
actor. is to he married to n man aged
2S. She is past 40.
The bubonic plague is reported to
have made its appearance at several
ports on the Red Sea.
About 1000 militia are guarding 200
laborerS ut work on Cornell dam at
Croton, y. Y. The strikers are Quies-
cent.
Carl Browne, of COXey army fame
is for Dewey and UgnatiuSl DonneIly.
Miss Columbia. a doll owned by a
Boston woman. has reached Chicago
on Il trip around the world alone.
General !. &. Gilmore adiutant gen
eral ut army headquarters, is seriously
Ill.
Jewels valued at $4,000 were stolen
from the Princess Auersberg in New
York city.
Landsiides. and earthquakes are
changing the face of Bohemia.
Count Frenfanellicibo is dead ut Fo-
lingo. France. Ten years ago he mar
ried Miss Marie l.. McClurG. Il wealthy
society belle of Racine, Wis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-19
IN HONOR OF JEFFERSON.
Democrats of Prominence Dine and Later
Talk at Brooklyn.

New York, April 19-The Brooklyn
Democratic club gave a dinner last
night at the Germania club to COM
mcmOrate the 1J1th anniversary of the
birth of Thomas jefferson. About 100
persons We're present. At the guests
table We're Ex-Governor James L.
Campbell, OF Ohio: Joseph J. Willett,
of Alabama. and other prominent pub
lie men. Former President Grover
Cleveland sent n letter regretting his
inability to be present and expressing
his opinions OH the present DemOc-
Tacy.
A letter was also reed from ex-Gov-
ernOr BoieS. of Iowa. in which he ad-
vocated the freedom of Cuba and the
giving up of the Philippines. General
Joseph Wheeler and -Colonel-Nor-ris
q. Osborne. editor of the New Haven
Palladium, also sent letters Of regret
The latter was to have responded to
the toast Thomas Jefferson
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-19

mat Tie recall OF GeneraI Butler and
General Warren has probably been de-
cided upon.
According TO Boer reports. there ia
n steady flow of foreign volunteers to
the Transvaal Hitherto these ad-
venturers have been attached to the
various commanders. Now il is said
they are TO be formed into a special
legion. with continental officers, and
there is a rumOr that the command
will be given TO a distinguished French
soldier lately retired. who is now in
the Transyaal. or is nearing the end Of
the journey thither. Presumably the
officer referred to in this report is Gen
eral De Negrier. former member of the
French supreme council of war, who
was removed from the active list last
July by Marquis de Gallifet as a dis
ciplinary measure during the excite
ment arising from the Dreyfus court
martial
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-19
ADJUDGED NOT A CANNIBAL.
HalfBreed British Colombian Indian
Who Is n .Litery FeIIer.'

Vancouver. b. G.. April 19.-George
Hunt. a half-breed. and Agowkuku. Il
full -blooded Indian. stood trial yester-
day for cannibalistic practices. Hunt
was accused of participating in Il
death dance and AgOwkuku was
charged with eating human flesh.
AGowkuku was adjudged guilty and
sent 10 prison. Hunt was acquitted.
Hunt is the Indian who had charge
of the British Columbia band of In
dianS NJ the Chicago Worlds fair. He
is a son of former Hudson Bay factor.
is well of. and writes articles for mag
aZineS on Indian traditions and Indian
customs
Many witnesses SwOre that George
Hunt cut up dead body provided at
n special dance. and Agowkuku swore
that he got prize for allowing a piece
Of flesh 10 be bitten from his arm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-19
EARL wEDs MoLLIE COOKE,
While According to British Law He Still
Has a Wife in England.


Reno. Tex. April ia marriage IL
cense was issued to John Francis Stan
ley Russell and Mollie Cooke in this
city Saturday. April II. They stopped
ut the Riverside hotel Saturday night
and We're married Sunday by District
Judge Il. +. Curler. They left Sunday
night for the east, their destination be-
ing unknown. Mollie Cookies son,
about 23 years of age. was with the
couple. They came to Reno from
Glenbrock, New. a small summer re-
sort on the shores of Lake Tahoe. The
man in the case is said TO be Earl
Russell. Il British nObleman who was
living in judicial separation from his
wife. the countess.
London. April IA close friend of
Lord Russell. in confirming the an
nouncement of the earrs marriage.
adds: For some time Lord Russell felt
that his years of suffering and annoy
ance had released him from all Obli-
cations. moral or otherwise. connected
with his first marriage. and that he
was free to do as he pleased. / do not
believe the question of Dicamy will he
raised. but at any rate Lord Russell
and his Irish bride are returning TO
England next month There is no
doubt. however. that the case is one of
bigamy here and Countess Russell re-
sentS that marriage as terrible" under
the circumstances. The divorce case
between these two ended in both be-
ing refused divorce. the courts mere
ly granting both parties judicial sep
aratiOn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-19

New York correspondents here tele-
graphs to his paper that the United
States charge d'affaireS at CONSTANT
nople will De directed To inform the
sultan that this government must in
Sist on the payment without further
delay of the 100000 indemnity for
outrages on American missionaries anu
destruction of their property" or dras-
tic measures will be adopted To collect
the same. and the correspondent sug-
gests as Il measure that may he adopt
ed the seizure of the port of Smyrna
and administration its customs rev.
enues until the Judgment and the eN-
penSeS of collection are Cancelled.
Three successive American ministers
have prosecuted these claims: each has
received 4 promiS of prompt settle
ment, and yet not 4 dollar has been
paid. With European diplomats
that is an old experience. and
those here have consequently
annouA cement that the United
States government is actually going
TO insist upon performance instead of
promise. President Angel. after try
ing his hand at collection for two
years, recommended that 4 United
States warShip be sent to seize Smyrna
and collect revenues at the custom
house there Sufhclent 10 meet our
claims.
This suggestion was not seriously
entertained. nor is it now. In the first
place, according TO the state depart
ment officials. most of the important
business interests in Smyrna are in
the hands of foreigners, not Turks.
and bombardment by a United States
fleet might result in a. pretty bill for
damages against us. Then, as there is
still n remnant of Il Turkish navy, the
United States would have to send a
squadron instead of single warship.
Such a movement would without doubt
be resented by the remainder of Eu-
rope. which could not contemplate
with equanimity an action by the
United States that would perhaps de-
Stroy the fruits of many years work
of the greatest European statesmen by
precipitating final crisis in Turkey.
Therefore the next step to be taken
by our government will not be war
like. but will still suggest in most
dignified manner the Indignation felt
by the United States at the betrayal
of Turkish promises. How this atu-
tude will bear upon the Turkish min
lister in Washington cannot be foretold>
AT this moment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-19
E|GHT'HOUR DAY LAW
Which 1t Is Proposed to Pass for
Application to All Gov.
eminent Work.
FIGHT IN COMMITTEE ABOUT oLEo
Squabble in the House Between Ohio
and dMississippi-Grosve Ex-
plains McKinley's Views.

| Washington. April 19.-The house
| sub committee on labor. in charge of
the Gardner eight-lIour bill. reached
| a decision yesterday ON the final form
| of the bill and on several amendments
| all OF which will be reported to the
I full committee on labor tomorrow
when it is expected that final action
| will be taken. The bill has attracted
| much attention in labor circles. being
| actively urged by The American Fed
Grafton of Labor, and has been energet-
| ically opposed 10y many large steel,
armor, Shipbuilding and ammunition
concerns doing business with the gov
ernment. as the measure Will have the
effect of fixing an eight-hOur day on
armOr and like commodities and in the
building of warshipS.
Amendments That Have Been Made.
The amendments made yesterday are
intended to overcome objections raised
during recent extended hearings. One
of them provides that the act shall not
apply to transportation. This is to over
come the objection that goods en- route
to a factory where government work
was being done might be held up he
cause the train hands did not conform
TO the eight-hOur rule. Another amend
ment provides that the act shall not ap-
ply 10 SOOuS DOuSnI DE Ile government
in open market. This is to overcome
the objection that the eight-hOur re-
strictiOn could be carried back to the
mines. lumber camps. and all points
producing raw material which later
goes into government articles.
Committee Was Not Unanimous.
These and other amendments are de-
signed TO free the measure from the
chief objections brought against it, and
some of them We're drafted by the
Federation of Labor authorities. The
action of the subcommittee was not
unanimous in ordering Il report.
Controversy Over OIeomargarine.
a lively controversy has been going
on of late in the house committee on
agriculture over the Gront bill placing
a heavy tax on OlcOmargarine. The
measure has been i'll charge of n sub
committee presided over 10y LOrimer OF
Illinois. who with Chairman Wads-
worth. of the full committee is in the
city. Neville of Nebraska gave notice
ut special meeting of the committee
yesterday that on next Wednesday he
would seek to have q definite time set
for taking vote by the full commit
tee. thus restricting the time within
which the subcommittee canact. Will
Jams of Mississippi gave Il counter no
tice that he would resist the course
DroDOSed with all his ability
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-19
WHERE JOHN BULL IS BEHIND.
London Times l. Trying to Tell Him and
Hopes to Succeed.


Hopes to Succeed.
London. April 19.-The Times today
begins series of articles on ''Ameri-
can Engineering Competition" written
by u special correspondent who dilates
upon the Indifference displayed by
British manufacturers toward the i'm
mense developments in America" and
upon the certainty of n serious rivalry
50 soon as the present excessive home
demand in the United States slackens
up"
Commenting editOrially upon the
opening article. and emphasizing the
grave Importance of the matter" The
Times says: The difference between
English and American wOrkmen is the
same as the difference between the me-
chanical discipline of our soldiers and
that reliance upon individual training
and intelligence which is now recOg
niZed as necessary in other armies.
I'm fact our workmen are too much
like their masters in thinking that what
has been done in the past will do very
well in the future. We trust these let
ters on American engineering may help
TO dispel this illusion in time to pre-
vent q rude awakening"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-19
BRINGS UP THE COLOR LINE.
Resolution introduced by Chandler Re
gnrtiing the Nero Vote.


Washington, April 19.-Chandler yes
terday introduced Il bill i'll the senate
for the prevention of the denial or the
abridgement of the right of citizens of
the United States to vote on account of
color" In presenting the bill Chandler
said &at he did so by request, and was
not yet prepared TO press its conSidera-
ton. He said. however, that he had
drawn the bill himself.
1t provides that ANY requirement of
any qualification for suffrage pre-
scribed by any state in its constitution
or laws which directly Or Indirectly,
by express words or by any device or
subterfuge. is made TO apply in its
terms or in its operation to the great
body of the colored citizens of the
state. while it is not made to apply to
the great body of the white citizens, is
hereby declared TO be demonstrations
al, null and Imperative
Other sections of the bill authorize
cOlOred citizens TO vote regardless of
race or of state restriction. COlOred
citizens also are given the right of ac-
ton of damages against registration
boards refusing them the right to reg
iSter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-19
RECoRD-BREAKTNG CATTLE SALE
Champion FairvIew Herd of Hereford
Sinety-SiN Animals Bring $G4.4IJ.

Chicago. April -. - The greatest
auction sale of Hereford cattle ever
held i'll America closed yesterday at
Dexter Park amphitheatre. Union
Stock yards. 1t broke all records of
auction sales of any breed since the
CochraEe sale OF short rt-hornS in Dexter
Park in 1874. The sale was dis
perSion of the Champion Fairview herd
Of Hereford cattle. owned by +. \.
Nave. of Attica. Ind. and in this sale,
occupying TWO days. ninety-SiX ami
mails sold for S6i.41: an average of
SGIl each. The purchasers are from
thirteen states and Canada.
Among the bulls sold was the IA
nous Dale" champion over all breeds
in 1898 and 1Sg9. at $500. The i'm
ported bull ''NiscOunt Rupert" brought
S3.lOO. and imported Bruce" S1.4OO.
Perfection. 16-monthS old calf.
brought 81 800. Seven cows sold for
Sl4.3OO. among them being Russett and
Theresa at $1,000 each. imported Lady
Help at 81. 600 and Dolly at 100.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-19
Tint Chicago Hospital Corps.
REVIEW OF rHE WAR SITUATION.
Most Prominent Feature Is the Presenc,
of the War Censor.

London. April 19.-Heavy rains i'm
pede the movements of the British col
umns. The siege OF Wcpener continues.
although relief is near. Large quaint
ties of stores are being moved south
ward from Bloemfontein. which is L
reversal of the course Of freight for
the last six weeks. These. shipments
are made necessary by the operations
in the southeast OF the Free State.
There are 2.OOo sick I'm the field hoSpit-
ais most of the cases being OF dySeu-
terry and enteric fever. With the CXceD-
tion of these facts, the embargo upon
war intelligence is almost complete.
The special correspondents send trivial
tiles or statements which Obscure.
rather. than explain. the situation. in
their efforts to prepare matter that
will pass the censor.
Here and there 4 phrase indicates
an expectancy that large things are
about To happen. What is to be done
with Sir RedverS Butler and Sir Chas-
Warren occupies eVerybody'S atten-
tion. The papers continue 10 comment
earnestly upon Lord Roberts censure
of these commanders. They ask il
more errors are not likely TO occur.
together with fruitleSS waste OF life.
in the event that men who have been
declared incompetent by their superior
continue TO command 10000 troops Il
is now generally accepted that the
government had a purpose in the pub
Icatinn of Lord Roberts diSDatch- and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-19
LEFT AN OFFICIAL VACUUM.
Oversight i'm the Porto Rican Bi!I-Points
in the House Debates.

in the House Debates.
Washington. April 19.-The president
has sent 10 congress Il message call
ing attention to the fact that the
Porto Rican law will create vacancies
i'll offices in the government of Porto
Rico before new appointments can he
made. When the message was read
in the senate Foraker offered n Joint
resolution providing that army officers
might continue To serve in the positions
they now hold until civil officers could
be appointed. 1t was referred to the
Porto Rican committee.
The debate on the naval apDrODria-
ton bill under the tiVs-minute rule in
the house yesterday drifted into poll
tics. and for a good portion of the aft
ernoon members fought hammer and
tOngS across the political aisle. The
partisan rancor almost eliminated in
Il sensational scene between GrOSve
nor, the champion of the admins
ratiOn, and Williar of Mississippi.
Some of the DemOcf ats began worry
ing Hawley of Texas by pointedly
asking if the president had not changed
his mind on the Porto Rican tariff
question. and GroSvenOr finally threw
himself into the breach. Williams
made an interruption that drew a
sharp reioinder from the Ohioan about
MiSSiSSipian. .
This aroused the wrath of the latter.
and after GroSvenor had concluded he
made Il sharp response in which he
said parliamentary language would not
permit him properly TO characterize
Grosvenor's offense. Later GroSvenor
disclaimed intentional affrOnt and there
the matter ended.
GroSvenorS explanation Of the DreSi-
4 IN
as it became manifest TO the president
that money had 10 he raised in some
way. and that the ways and means
committee OF this house had brought
in tariff bill providing for II per
cent. of p per cent. the president recog-
niZed the right and power of this
house to originate that tariff bill. Up
TO the very last moment of the passage
of that Porto Rican bill gentlemen
on the other side insisted that the
president was still in favor of free
trade in Porto Rico But 1
call the gentleman'S attention to the
fact that in the message of the presi-
dent he gave no sign or Indication of
when he desired that free trade meas
ure should go into effect. We. by our
vote put IL 80 that within the next six
~ days. ninety days. four months. any
time after the organization of the civil
government. the people of Porto Rico
can have free trade. The preSidnt has
signed il and thereby given his ap-
provaI TO IT. l say he did
not change his opinion in any material
respect: he simply changed from the
original idea of free trade To what was
almost the condition of free trade that
we appended 10 the maSure"
OUR RELATIONS WITH TURKEY.
Report That We Have sent n Sort of UItf-
matum to the SULTAN.
Washinrfnn Anril 1Q-0na of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-19
Vermont Republicans Meet.

Burlington. Vt, April 19.-The Re
publican state convention for the Sc
lection of delegates and alternates 10
the national Republican convention in
Philadelphia next June was held here
yesterday and duly transacted its buSi-
ness. adopting a standard Republican
platform that reaffirmS allegiance 10
'all the great historic principles for
which our party has stood from its
foundation as fhe consistent advocate
and champt'n and indOrSes the pres
ent administration.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-19
FIRING LINE Is QUIET.
Beers StIiI Seem to be BesIegInK Wepener,
Where DaIgetty Defends.

London, April 19.-The war Office de-
clines 20 give any information in re-
gard to current reports yesterday that
General Warren had been recalled.
Pretoria. April 19.-The latest Off
vial reports from the Orange Free
State are to the effect that General De
Wet is still surrounding Brabant's
IDalgetty'S!I forces. though the British
are strongly entrenched in BOer fash
ion, indicating that they are cOlOnials..
COmmandant Fronemann reports that
he chased 400 troops across the river
in the direction of AliwaI North, cap
turing several prisoners. 1t is said that
Bethulic bridge has been blown up.
One Result of "Bobs' " Report.
London. April 19.-COlOneI CrOftOp.
who was in command ut Spion kop
from the time General WoOdgate was
wounded until Colonel Thornycroft was
appointed to the position. and whose
heliograph messages to General War
rem caused General Butler to appoint
ThOrnycroft to the command. was
placed on half pay yesterday. Private
Information received from Shrewsbury
is to the effect that General Gatacre is
leaving South Africa this week To re-
sumo command of n local district.
Kruger's Offer to Portugal.
Pretoria. April 19.-As soon as the
Rerne award in the Delagoa Bay rail-
way arbitration was published the
Transvaal government offered to lend
Portugal the amount she was con-
demncd TO pay (SJ.OOOOOO) which. how
ever. was cOurteouSly declined. the
statement being made that the money
was already provided.
The government iS receiving many
memorials from burgherS on the sub
ject Of sending the BOer prisoners to
81. Helena and will formally protest to
Great Britain on the subject. Secretary
of State Reitz says the Transvaal gov
ernment is not taking any resolution
regarding the destruction of the mines.
Boers Knew He Was Coming.
London. April 19.-The BlOemfOn-
tein correspondent of The Times. tele-
graphing yesterday. says: "A CORE
spoudent with General ChermSide re-
ports that the third division has adj
vanced eight miles east of RedderSburg
and gone into camp where the Irish
Rifles surrendered. -Four hundred
Beers had just evacuated the position.
Chermside had no further contact with
the Beers"
Gone To Intercept Darlington.
The LourenZo Marques correspond
ent of The Daily Mail talegraphing
Yesterday. says: Two hundred and fifty
BoerS started today from Waterfall
Onder. marching through the Zout-
paneberC district, to intercept General
Carrington'S force"
That Chicago Hospital Corps.
According to a dispatch To The Daily
Mail from LourenZo Marques nearly
half the members of the Chicago Am
hulance corps. when offered Mausers
on their arrival at Pretoria. tore off
their Red Cross badges. Adelbert :.
Hay. United States consul. notified the
Transvaal government that he must
report the circumstances To Washing
ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-19
presidential Party Goes to Jersey.

Washington, April 19.-The presi-
Dental party. consisting of President
and Mrs. Mckinley, Mrs. Hobart and
son, Garrett A. Hobart, DR.. Rixey and
Secretaries Cortelyou and Barnes, left
this morning for New Jersey.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-19
TRUST LAW ON TRIAL
Case Before the State Supreme
Court Involving That llli-
nois Enactment.
GOV. TANNER Is FAR FROM ROBUST
Mine Managers Strike Seems To Be
Getting What 1t Is There For
Nominated an Editor.

Springfield. Ills. April ia case
which involves indirectly the antitrust
statute in the construction of con-
tracts was argued in the supreme court
Monday. 1t is the case or ]. G. OSgood
against John Skinner and William
Emerson. and came from Cook county.
1t was taken under adviSement after
the court had heard tine arguments.
skinner and EmerSoR sold TO OSgood.
who represented the White Breast
Fuel company, the coal business and
railroad property ut Dumfermlme. Ful-
ton county. receiving therefor $4,000
in cash. So. 900 in noueS and go shares
OF the stock of the White Breast COM
pany.
Where the Pith of the Matter Lies.
1t was agreed that OSgOOd should
take up the shares or stock in the COM
pany at their par value if Skinner and
Emerson so elected. Osgood after
wards refused to purchase the shares
held by skinner, and the cEaim was
made that the contract was void be-
cause Skinner had violated Il verbal
agreement not to enter into the coal
business in competition with the Nhlte
Breast company.
Condition of Governor Tanner.
Springfield. Ills. April 19.--GOvern-
or Tanner is still confined to the eXecu-
tive mansion, and it is not thought
that he will be at his office at the state
house again until he feels that he is
entirely out of danger of reE1pse. He
realizes that since his return from the
south he has been attempting too much
work. The rush of politicians to Spring
field from all quarters of the state to
see the governor still continues, but
none of them is permitted to See him.
\ delegation from southern Illinois ar
rived yesterday morning. but returned
home without having Il chance to con-
fnl. with the UnNnrnnI.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-19
seuate and House Brief

Washington. April 19.-During al
most the entire session of the senate
yesterday the Alaskan code bill was
under consideration. In this connection
Stewart delivered an address of nearly
three hours upon the mining laws of
the United States. An executive SeS-
sion was held.
The house put in the day discussing
the naval appropriation, making little
progress because of political talk. The
conference report on the urgent de-
ficiencv bill was agreed to.