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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02
Mc1AueHRY AND THE FLAGS.
Refused to Take Down q British Ensign
Used In Decorations.


Wappun. Wis, June warden c.
e. McClaushrey, of the state peniten-
tiary. declares that the action of the
old soldiers in demanding the removal
of British flag from his premises was
unwaTranted and that the Incident
WAS given more Importance than it
deserved. He issued the following
statement regarding the affair:
u. The occurrence was AT my pri-
vate residence which is detached from
the prison proper, over which an
American garrison flag roaJed all day.
-. From the staff of my house
foated fourteen-foot American flag.
while five other American flags adorned
the house front and rear.
IS. The eight-foOt British flag. with
some Scotch tartan plaids, We're draped
10 the columns of the front porch and
were merely minor decorations.
II. Three OF the Self-Selected delega-
ton of seven or eight old soldiers who
entered my yard at : O'Clock at the
head Of rabhle laid their hands Oh
their pistol pockets as they command
Ell ME to remove the British flag from
the decorations.
Being made Of the staff which fol
lowed Grant in his NickSburg cam
paignS / refused to surrender nv
rights. and after the crowd left about
6 In the evening. at the request OF the
mayor. all flags and decorations We're
removed"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE.


There are nearly 400 rural mail car
rierS in the United states. They
handled l000O.000 pieces of mail last
year.
London has 2.240 newspapers. mag
aZines and miscellaneous periodicals.
A New York paper is authority foI.
the statement that Thomas +. Reed
has grown 50 portly that when he is
polite in a street car he gives seats to
two ladies.
Thomas +. Miaco. theatrical man
ager. is dead in New York aged 80.
United States Publishers building at
the Paris fair was formally opened
Thursday.
Seven millions of sheep are endan-
Sered by heavy rains in southern Ar
gentina.
In the presence of 200 pleasure-seek-
crs in Lincoln park. Chicago, Fl. Mo
retZky attempted suicide by shooting
himself twice. He probably succeeded
The MON Pacific Land company pro-
poses to offer 100000 acres of land
in Colorado to the defeated Beers.
Crew of the American yacht Theresa
rescued their captain. Allen Jackson,
from Jail i'll Honduras. killing two sol
1iers.
Wild cane. which grows in unlimited
quantities throughout the south, can be
converted into paper pulp at nominal
expense.
An American dentist has started in
business at Assouan, Egypt, on the
edge of the Sudan.
Chinese river pirates attacked a
large American steamer in the Yang
tSe-Kiang. but we're driven Of.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02
TROUBLE OVER OFFICIAL FEES
stats Claims Some an Omeer Considers
TO Belong TO Him.

Des Moines. Ia. June Chris
Jones. clerk of the supreme court. *
charged with having converted 10 his
own use about $1,000 in fees collected
by him for copies of the supreme court
opinions The statute provides that
for copies certified out as an official
act he shall charge 10 cents per 100
words, the money TO be turned over TO
the state. This. he claims. was done by
him as an individual and not as an
official
The state claims of him $3.50. in
staed of $1,000, being the sum author
stead of $4,000. being the sum author
lied by the statute. Jones having cut
prices. He expended $1,000 for clerk
hire TO do the work, so if the state col
lectS ii he will he out IS. 125. He has
been in office five years. The clerks
have always pocketed this money. One
attorney general in 1873 said they had
a right to il.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02
Children Take "a Fatal Ride.

Oshkosh, Wis, June 2.-William
TOtZ and wife went 10 funeral in a
nearby village leaving their three lit
tle,sirls At home alone. The children.
after their parents had left. hitched
up an old family horse and went for
a drive. They had not fiN the harness
right and the horse became unmana ga
BILE and ran away. The children We're
dragged out OF the buggy and the
Youngest child, aged > years, was
crushed to death. The other two.
q ced 4 and.N. were badly injured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02
ROBBED a SAVINGS BANK.
Thugs Succeed In Getting $1,000 While
the Town Looks On.

the Town Looks On.
Des MoineS. June 2.-The savings
bank ut Sheldahl, twenty miles north
from here. was blown up Tuesday by
four robbers who secured LOO and
escaped after holding fifty or more
citizens at bay with rides. Shortly
after midnight terrific explosion
shook the town. and Immediately the
inhabitants turned out 10 learn the
cause. \ glance up the main street
showed the building OF the savings
bank TO be i'll ruins and the tiInbers
burning. Fifty citizens rushed 10 the
scene to be met by the cleaning bar
rels of rifles in the hands Of two
strangers, who ordered the citizens TO
halt As the ruins burned brig ter
two other strangers We're deserted loot
ing the wrecked safe.
The crowd of citizens had brought
no weapons. and the TWO robbers on
guard threatened death to the man
who moved from his tracks. 50 the
helpless denizens of Sheldahl were
compelled 10 witness the robbery OF
their savings without lifting a hand in
remOnStrance. When the TWO robbers
who were footing the safe decided
they had secured all the money availa
BILE they Joined their confederates and
with leveled rifles the four marauders
lined up the band of citizens. who
stood with hands held high. as or
dered. until the robbers had backed
away into the darkness and fed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02

Marietta. o., June 2.-The explosion
of nitro-glycerine at the Kelly we'll,
east of the city. is the all-abSorbing
topic. and the details are of Il most
horrible nature. The corrected list of
killed and wounded is as follows:
Killed: William Watson. of Marietta.
and Thomas Daniels, HaZelton Spears.
William Carpenter. ST., and Herman
Spears-all farmers. Fatally injured:
James Spears, Dawson Stotlar and
Henry StOtlar. an aged man. Serious
ly wounded: John Stotlar and Walter
Daniels.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02
Aamiuistrntor,. lEotios.
Estate Ct Nora MURPHY; asessssa.

Estate OF Nora MURPHY oeceo6ed.
The urdersigned having oeen appointed adj
uiflistratrtx OF the estate Of Nora Murphy,
late Of the county of Rock Island, state of MI.
nois, deceased. hereby gives notice that she
viii appear before the county court of Rock
Isisnd county, 81 the county court room. In the
city Of Rock Island. ~ the July term. on
the hrst Monday n July next, 81 which
cme al persons having claims against SAID
estate are notified and requested 20 attend. for
II purpose OF having the same adjusted
An persons zndebted 70 SAID estate are re-
quested 20 make immediate payment to the
DATED this 18th day OF May. A. d. 1900.
MARGARET MCCARTY, AdninistRatTlx-
JACKSON HURsT.
Attorneys for AdministrstFiL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02
Chicago Grand Jury Indiot. strikers.

Chicago. June 2.-Thc grand jury
has indicted A. l.. Bittman for in
timidating Joseph Tagion. Il non-union
workman in the employ of Joseph f.
Julian. a contractor. Ii was proven
that Bittman had visited Tagion while
the man was at work on building
and tn ltened his life If he did not
cease work. Thomas r. Byrne, a union
picker man. was Indicted for the in
timidatlOn of Gustav Peters. nom
nnion workman employed by the Falk
enau Construction cOmnnnX
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02
Knocked Out by Mccoy.

New FORK. June kid Mccoy
added another TO hislong list OF vic
tories at the Broadway \. G. last
night by defeating Jack Bonner. of
Sommit. Pa, in the thirteenth round
Of what was 70 have been a twenty
tive-round bout at 139 pounds 1t
took oil OF McCoy's cleverness and
hard hitting capabilities to bring the
big miner down
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02
Bishop 1hoburn in a sanitarium.

Cincinnati. June 2-Rev. w. w.
ThOburn. Methodist bishop, is patient.
at Christ hospital here. where Mrs.
Thoburn is also ILL., Bishop Thoburn
is afflicted with exhaustion OF the
brain. brought on by his long work
and strenuous Iabors in India
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02
Fireman Killed by an EIpIo.ion.

Rochester. y. Y. June "A heavy
explosion of chemicals at the Eastman
Kodak works. just outside the city
line. wrecked Il portion of that build
ing. Fireman Tracey was instantly
killed and several were injured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02
Addition 60 Carroll College.

WaukeSha. Wis. June 2.-YeSterday
Governor Scofield laid the corner stone
of Voorhees, Hall, an addition 10 Car
rol college. with the ceremonies usual
tO Such an occasion
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02
Another Graduate in Congress.

Ann Harllor. Mich. June 2.-Will-
lam H. King, who was recently elected
TO the congress OF the United States
from Utah. is a graduate of the law
department OF the Jiniyesity Of Mfchi-
gan in the class OF 1881
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02
Tod sloan Get, = Reprfmand.

London. June 2.-ln consequence Of
some confusion at Tattenham corner
during the Derby. by which J. Il.
Keene and Disguise II is alleged 10
have hampered Prince Of Wales Dia-
mond Jubilee and Musker's Chonening
By crossing, the Epson stewards, OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02
Railway Assume. q New Name.

Sparta. Ills. June The CeDtralia
and Chester railroad has assumed the
name of the Illinois Southern Rail
way company. and the auditors and
treasurer's Office have "been removed
from this city TO 204 Dearborn street,
Chicago. c. +. Weinland is the new
auditor The Illinois Southern Rail-
way company is headed by John L.
Walsh. of Chicago. Charles II. BoS-
worth. Of Springfield. viii be presi-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02
Nervo<ss Spells,

Neuralgia headache rush
loss Of appetite sleepe
down condition There
Nervne From the
be felt Nothing in the has
weakened
sufferer who has walked the thob6ng
weak they hid and them life
veryV
LIE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02

with Il relief part. entered Koomassie
May 2G. The governor, Sir Frederick
Mitchell HodGsOn, with the sick.
wounded and refugees, was expected
to arrive At Fumsu May 80. Troops.
it is added, have been concentrated at
Fumsu to overcome any possible re-
sistance by the rebels. who are re-
ported to be TO the north.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02
Ridpath i. Holding Hi.Own.

New York. June Last night 10
was said at the Presbyterian hospital
that John Clark Ridpath was holding
his own and was in no extreme danger
of diving
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02
Beers HOLD POSITIONS.
Continued From First Page.

was preparing TO IeaVe rretorra ~
keep out of British hands. He ten
dered hearty thanks to the American
people. and particularly 10 the lads of
Philadelphia for their sympathy. and
charged Smith (the messenger, TO re
turn his greetings TO the good people of
America
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02
KoOMAssIE IS RELIEVED.
British Garrison Escapes from a Worse
Peril Ihan Captured by RoerS.

London. June 2-The Colonial office
has received dispatch from Cape
Coast Costle, dated May 81. saying it
is believed there that Captain Hall,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02

the evidence or me otner jockeys. Sc
verely reprimanded Tod Sloan. who
DiS0niSe --------
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02
THE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain and Produos.

Chicago, June l.
Following were the quotations on the
~hica go Board OF Trade TODAY:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02

ing stock lac. Eggs-F'resh stock. 11t@c
per doz. Live poultry-Turkeys. &c per
ID: chickens hens. s1a@sc: springs. 15
@2Oc: ducks, 6LzdTc:. geese. $S.Ooa4 90
per doZ. Potatoes-Fair to choice, $40
&c per bu. Apples-s3. 50Q6.G0 per brl.
observation-disclosures 81 00G $50 per "a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-02
Chicago Live Stock.

Hogs-Estimated receipts for the day.
%. 600 Sales ranged at s41044.90 for
pigs 81 95d5. 17IH for light. 81 IS Eo5.O5 for
rough packing. S5.O0G5.2O for mixed and
s5.05G $50 for heavy packing and ship
ping lots.
CattIe-Estimated receipts for the
day 2.060 Quotations ranged at $3.50
65.75 for choice to extra steers. S5.oOQ
$40 for good to choice do. s4.70a 30, for
fair TO good do. S435d49e common to
medium do. S4.26a4.45- butchers steers.
81 I6d5.50 fed western steers. s40oa5 90
feeding steers. 8. 50Q4.60 COWS. t3.50d
$40 heifers. 81 s9SI4 % bulls and oxen.
S4.OoG4s0 stays. s4.0oG5.00 Texas steers
and 81 50d16.I5 veal calves
Sheep-Estimated receipts for. the
day 1000. Quotations ranged at 81 30
f75.45 westerns. $3.7565 80 natives, $3.50
GT.oo western lambs. 80. $50 80 native
lambs and S5o067.56 spring lambs
Milwaukee Grain.
Milwaukee, June l.
wheat-Lower: No. i northern, sI!zc:
No. . northern. ssh csc. Rye-Steady:
No. I. 551zc; No. ? 5sd55ho. Barley
Steady; No. .. 4ztzc; sample. 3964alsc.
Oats-Steady: No. > white, 24G2 csc; sam
Pile 22% E725c
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-05-18
Husband Should Make the Fires.

William Douglass, who lives with
his wife at 1903 Pine street has queer
ideas of matrimonial obligations,
which caused him to appear in the
role Of defendant in the First district
police court yesterday morning.
Mrs. Douglass said she awakened
her husband about 6 O'Clock one
morning and told him to kin
die the fire in the kitchen. so that she
could prepare breakfast Instead, she
said, he told her to make the fire for
herself, and that was what he had
married her for. According to her
story she got up and made the fire
while he slept. When she saw that he
was sleeping, she went to the bed and
pulled all the bedclothes off, so that
he was obliged to arise. At that, she
said, he slapped her in the face, and
held his hand over her mouth to pre-
vent her from crying out. She man.
aged To escape frem him and notified
Policemen Ryan and O'Keefe, who
placed both under arrest, ON cross
charges of disturbing the peace.
Douglass declared he did not strike
his wife hard enough TO iniure her,
and gave as an excuse that she had
annoyed him. Judge Sidener explained
to him that it was the husbands duty
to make the fire, and imposed a fine
of $40 on Douglass, discharging his
wife.-St. Louis Republic.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-05-18
The Old, Old Story.

Two Englishmen who came to Chi
cago to negotiate for the purchase Of
gold mine, have left for London, the
victims of a gold brick game. I'm
til the day they departed they believed
a box in the vaults of the Merchants
Safety Deposit Company held $4,000
worth of gold, represented by six bars
Of bullion, deposited as security by II.
g. Miller and William Schroeder, the
owners Of the mine, pending the out
come of the negotiations with the
London men. The latter are Freder-
lex Yigor and L. G. ID. Drayton, capt.
talists and mining spectators. The
mine in question is in Golden, Col,
and was owned by Schroeder and Mil
Ter, SO they represented to the Eng
lishmen, whom they induced to come
to Chicago to make the purchase. The
gold bricks" were placed in the
hands of assayists upon an order Of
Judge Dunno. Miller and Shredder
have disappeared. 1t was the latter
circumstance that prompted the Lon
don spectators to institute receiver
ship proceedings for the recovery of
the security" The examination
proved the fraud
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-05-18

new knowledge of all the vices and
few of the virtues of the white man.
He learns all that is sporty and all
that is vicious. He learns to gamble
to race horses, to get drunk, to de-
bauch young girls and to do all that
is bad which he had seen done by
white men. An educated young Sioux
who returned a short time ago to he
Rosebud Agency from an Indian
school in the East told his fellow ST.
oux of the glove fights which white
men have in the East. The Sioux
scorned the boxing glove, but it was
decided forthwith to have a Sioux
championship fist fight in white man
style. All the chiefs Hollow Horn
Bear, Red Fish, Two Strikes and
Frosted were present. The opposing
fighters were White Goose, alias
James J. Corhett, and Little Head,
who was called Bob FitZsimmons.
They fought eleven rounds, "go-as-
you-please rules, hit anywhere you
like and do anything you are a mind
to" with no fouls allowed except de-
liberate injury done to an opponent in
the groin. The battle was an exciting
event even for the cold-blooded Indian
spectator. 1t pandered to the Sioux
Indian love of blood in a way that
was suggestive of the Indians figur-
ing at no distant day in pugilism.
White Goose won in the eleventh
round on knockout, amidst the wild
est of wild acclaim from his partisans
and the Sioux in general. The Sioux
are crazy gamblers, and the defeat of
Little Head cost his hackers a snug
little fortune in horses, blankets, and
rifles. Two Strikes was the referee,
and gave the award to White Goose.
The stake for the fight two ponies and
three robes. White Goose straddled
one of his ponies and led away the
other in triumph with his robes dang
ling over the led horses back
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-05-18
MAN BRANDED.
Society in California Town Makes
Him Social Outcast.

Bessie Evans, employed at the Yose-
mite Hotel, swallowed an ounce Of
carbolic acid and ran into the room of
Louis Kutner, a prominent business
man and son of Millionaire Kutner,
where she died a few minutes later.
Two notes were found, both Of
which had been written by the girl
and addressed to Kutner In the first
she said she loved him and that if it
were not for him she would not kill
herself. The second note was merely
the quotation, Chastity is the most
priceless gift that God has given TO
woman and it should be returned to
Him unsullied."
When the notes were read at the IN
quest and other evidence brought out,
the facts created a sensation. A num-
Der of society women decided 10 issue
a call for mass meeting of citizens
to be held at the Presbyterian Church
last night Fully 200 of Madera's citi-
zens were in attendance and the dis
cussion was animated. Resolutions
were adopted without dissent as fol
lows:
Whereas, An innocent young girl of
excellent reputation (by name Bessie
Evas) having been misled by Gathering
promises and the hope of "a future
happy home into an unholy alliance
with a moral coward (by name one
Louis Kutner); therefore, be it
Resolved, That we, the citizens of
MADEIRA, in mass meeting assembled.
in the name of moral purity, home and
justice, do hereby call upon all to
whom these presents may come to use
every moral influence to erase from
our midst the name OF Louis Kutner
whom we brand as social outcast.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-05-18
HE BLEW THERE.
How Tipsey Passenger Located in a
Good Farming Region.

"The wind blew passenger off my
train when 1 was railroading in the
Western country" said a conductor
now on an Illinois run.
But l didn't know it until three
years after the occurrence" he con-
tinued. HE was ticketed for South
ern California, and several times dur
ing the day he asked me quest ons.
Soon after his last question | missed
him from his seat. Later in tile Gay
he was still missing, but his overcoat
was on the back of the seat.
Il asked other passengers if they
had seen him leave the car. No one
remembered it. | searched the train,
but failed to find him. | then took his
coat. and turned it in, making a report
on the case. The company held it for
some time, and when no inquiry was
made the company advertised the coat
in the hope that the mystery might be
solved. There was no response. This
only spurred the company to renew its
search, and l know that several hun
'piihio WHY spent III tllbt I
to find the owner of the coat You see,
railroad companies have souls, in spite
of an opinion held by some to the con-
trary.
"And now here is one for the coun-
try editor. Such a one heard of the in
cident, and printed it in hisp aper Cur
iouSly enough, one of his subscribers,
who read the story, was the man who
lost the coat, and he presented him.
self at the companys office, proved his
property and got it.
His story was that he imbibed
pretty freely, and stepped out on the
platform to get fresh air. The wind
was blowing a gale, and before he
could get purchase it swept him
from the car. AS he was drunk the
fall did not hurt him. l do not say
this. however, as favoring too free in
diligence in liquor,
"When he sobered up he felt
ashamed, and stopped in a farmhouse
nearby, where he found a bargain in
farm land, and purchased. He can
celled his far Western trip and set.
tied on his newly acquired purchase
This was his story, l have told mine.
Chicago Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-05-18
SIOUX FIST FIGHTERS.
Indians Who Emulate the Ways Of
So-Called Civilization.

Nothing can ever eradicate the love
of blood and war from the nature of
the Sioux They were once called
the Dakotahs, and they are still in the
Dakotahs and westward in the bad
lands. They are a warning nation by
tradition and instinct. Generally
speaking, they are tall, large boned
and athletic. The school children dress
like civilized boys and girls, but the
older Indians still cling to their moe
casins, earrings, leggings, feathers,
hedgehog quilts and paint. To those
old fathers of the tribe may be attri-
buted much of the trouble with the
whites, although there is nothing
quite so bad as an educated Indian
boy who backsldes to the ways of
his ancestors. He brings to his nation
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-05-18
Opening of the Bicycle Racing Season


The bicycle racing season in the
East will be opened at Vailsburg, N.
j., on May 18th, and, if weather en-
courage, week earlier. The popular
track will be again under its enter
prising manager of last year, the
lessee, Jay Eaton, having engaged
Fred Voigt for the position and also
in the capacity of his own personal
manager in sprint and motor-paced
matches here and on other tracks.
Tom Cooper and Earl Kiser, last
seasons first and second men in the
championship race, are in New York
training on the road and at Berkeley
Oval, pending negotiations for trade
backing for their trip abroad. If ar
rangements cannot be concluded they
will go to Louisville and begin prac-
tice for the early races until their
possible later departure for the ex-
position and the international cham
pionship races at Paris in August and
September.
Newhouse, Kimble, Maya and Stone
are already at Louisville and Fred
Sims, Mertens, McEachern, Charley
Turville and Bobbie Thompson are
doing their preliminary work at Wood.
side Park, Philadelphia.
Mcfarland, Stevens, Freeman and
the Pacific slope contingent will leave
for Louisville next week at the close
of the Los Angeles races, stopping
probably at Hot Springs to boil out"
for few days.
By the tenth of April most of the
National circuit chasers will be at the
Fountain Ferry training camp at
Louisville
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-05-18

1t is claimed that phosphate of am.
monia mixed with starch used In the
laundry will render the fabric treated
with it compa~ tiYoly ireproof..
Trial by courtEartial and execution
by shooting may be the reports soon
coming over from the Philippines, as
1t Is announced that such a course is
to be adopted hereafter in dealing
with the Filipinos when caught bear.
ing arms against this country. Can
this be true? Can it be that a sue.
cessor in Office of George Washington
and Abraham Lincoln can counter.
ance such acts? If SO, can any sane
person further doubt our trend in the
direction of monarchical government?
It Is certainly time for our people to
wake up.-Springfeld (Mo.) Demo
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-05-18

A well defined movement is on foot,
inaugurated by the proprietors of the
big department stores, to have the
government issue new coin of the
denomination Of half-cent. Signatures
to document setting forth the need of
such a coin have been secured from
prominent retail merchants of Phila-
delphia, and other cities have also be.
come interested