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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-09-04

The American Sugar Refining com
pany and all the independent compa
MES have reduced all grades OF re-
fined sugar 10 points to the bassl Of
5.25c for stanard granulated.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-09-04

A. w. Graham, first yice-president OF
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
company, died at Petowsky, Mich. He
was a native of Scotland, compare
lively young man, and popular at Lou
isyiile, KY, his home, where the re-
mains were inferred.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-09-04
very valuable.

James F. Archibald, the war CORE
spondent, has received word from Eng
land that he has been granted an hon
orary fellowship in the Royal Geo.
graphical society of London for pa
pers and writings on South Africa and
Ttnho ffNi
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-09-04

i'm Jeffrles and Gus Rubin made
an agreement to fight for the heavy
weight Championship OF the world Il
was agreed that the match Is 10 take
place either In November or Decem-
Der before the club Offering largest
purse,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-05
THE CONFERENCE Ar NEw YORK.
Failed to Bring Peace Because There
Were Too Few Concessions.

Were Too Few Concessions.
New York. Aug. J.-AnOther effort
to perfect pcrmcnteRt truce between
the great army of steel workers and
tine giInt corporation which employs il
has failed and now the conflicting
sides are a sharply and widely divided
as ever. The leaders ON either side met
here again Saturday morning and after
u day of fruitleSS conference and dis
cuSSiOn parted in spirit that shows
no tinEe Of concilatiOn. Neither side
would surrender Il position or cOncede
point in the dispute I'm which they are
involved. and present indications point
to a renewal with vigOT of the struggle.
There We're two conferences. the first
between the steel combine maGnates.
headed by J. PierpOnt Morgan, and
the Amalgamated executive. headed
by Shaffer. and the second Il confer
ence of the members of the Amalga-
mateded executives.
1t is needless TO say that the frs
conference was fruitleSs. he second
was in session for over two hours. at
the close of which the following state
ment was given TO the press:
We the members of the executive
board of the Amalgamated AsssOcia~
ton Of Iron. Steel and Tin Workers,
considering il incumbent upon us to
enlighten the public through the press
with reference To- the present relations
btween our association and the United
STATES Steel Corporation. present the
following statement The officials of
the United States Steel Corporation in
stead OF resuming negotiations where
they were suspended at the conference
held on July II. II and 13. have with
drawn the propositions made at that
time and are now Offering much less
than they agreed TO sign for then.
The following is the proposition which
the United Steel Corporation gave us
today as its ultimatum:
1t viii he observed that the pre-
amble states simply that the United
States Steel Corporation officials Will
advise settlement 10y the underlined
companies:
preamble - Conditions under
which we are willing TO advise a set
tlement of the abor difficulties: Tin
plate cOmpany-ShOuld proceed un-
der the contract signed with the Anal
gamated Association as of July !. 1901.
American Steel Hoop cOmpany-Com-
pany should sign the scale for all the
mills owned by the American Steel
Hoop company that were signed for
last year. American Sheet Steel COM
pany-Company should sign the scale
for all the mills Of this company that
were signed for last year except the
old Meadow mill and the Salisbury
mills
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-05
REV. MYERS HADATIME.
Cost Him 20 Cents 4hOrs Than He Got for
Marrying a Couple.

Frankton. Ind. Aug. 5.-Rev Mr..
Myers. of the United Brethren church,
was summoned To the country 10
cfticiate at a wedding. His
horse and buggy We're i'll use and a
friend loaned him a bicycle for the five
mile trip. Mr.. Myers is not an eX-
pert wheelman. The sun was warm,
the dust on the road was thick. and
the effort TO drive the wheel along was
almost too much for the minister
When he reached the home where the
wedding WAS 70 occur. he learned that
the event had been postponed until the
eVenn"
He objected to the change, saying he
had to conduct services at his church
at that hour. The wedding then oc-
CURED. and the bridegroom informed
the minister the fee would he paid in
Il few days. Myers then started for
home, when his wheel broke down and
he returned for assistance. Again he
started for home. this time in a car
riage. He turned back once more 10
collect his fee for the ceremony, that
he might pay for the broken bicycle.
The bridegroom was accoSted in the
presence of the bride. and the minister
collected dollar. The minister
reached home too late for his meeting,
and it cost S1.25 to have the bicycle re-
nJirpd
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-05
Involved in the Latest Story
That Comes From
Klondike
OF TWO DAvENP0RTERs.
Driven by Hunger and Suffer
ing to the Verge of
Cannibalism.

Port Townsend, Wash, Aug. g.
A story of death from starvation
in the Agiapula district is brought
from Nome by passengers on the
steamer Centennial and as a result
of 43 days of unparalleled hardship.
George Dean, a miner, formerly of
Canton, Ohio, is dead and his two
companions, Jack Houston and Jo-
sePh c. Thiery, of Davenport, Iowa,
are near deaths door.
Driven to Horrible Deed.
1t is said that in their desperation
Houston and Thiery severed the thigh
of their dead companion from the
body and were cooking it when help
arrived and saved them from practic-
ing cannibalism.
Suffering From Starvation.
The men had been in the Good
Hope country prospecting. June z
they started for Nome. Before reach
ing Teller City their provisions gave
out and hunger compelled them to
east grass, birds eggs and anything
they could find.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-05
NEGRO EXHIBIT AT ST. LOUIS
ProP--stIon Made by a Prominent Afro
American Mt the Bridge City.

st. Louis. Aug. 5.-AmOrg the inter
esting suggestions received at worlds
fair headquarters during last week
was one by prominent colOred resi-
dent urging the erection of a building
on the fair grounds in which could be
shown the progress of the negro race
during the past forty years. '"There
can be exhibited" says the gentle
man. ''in an unbroken chain. the devel'
Opment of the negro from his barbaric
state in Africa TO his present high So
ciaI attainments in this, country.
Let negro architects design the
building; let negro builders rear the
structure: let negro artists decorate
and negro managers direct and super
intend il. I feel assured that it will
justify the outlay and will prove a
creditable offering to the world s
achievements
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-05
HIS END IS PATHETIC.
Frank Collier, the Once Brilliant Lawyer,
Dies in the County Hospital

Chicago. Aug. j.-Frank Collier,
once well-knOwn as politician and
attorney. died Saturday night at the
county hospital. He had been i'll for
some time with typhoid fever. and had
never fully recovered from his mental
troubles. the result of injuries re-
ceived several years ago. in an as
sault made upon him as the result of
a political feud. He was born in Eng
land in 1856.
The death of Frank Howard Collier
brings 10 a close one of the most pa
thetic of lfe's episodes. At one time
possessed of wealth estimated at $500
600 and one of the most brilliant ora
tors in the west for the last ten years
he had been IL mental wreck. yet re
taining in a remarkable degree his old
activeneSs as Il lawyer.
His wife could not live with him
and she left him and obtained di-
vorce. For several years Collier has
lived alone in his home at 623 Jack
son boulevard. When taken i'll he was
unable to summon assistance and lay
for several days without attention. and
was finally taken to the county hos
pital, where his neighbors nursed him
and made an Investigator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-05
DEATH AT THE FEAST.
TragicaI End OF n Jewish Marriage Fes-
tival at Duluth.

Duluth. Mimi. Aug. "a religious
service and preparations for Il wedding
feast were abruptly terminated Satur-
day in tragic manner. Moses Cohen.
wealthy Hebrew. went to the Syna-
Gogue to worship. He left his
family preparing Il feast in honor of
the marriage of his son Isaac. Friends
and relatives from many northwestern
points were in attendance. During
the progress of the religious service
Cohen suddenly stood erect, his eyes
fixed and staring. FThe next instant
he reeled and fell to the floor uncon-
SciouS.
y panic was narrowly averted
among the excited worshipers. Cohen
was placed in the ambulance and was
being driven to the hospital. but died
before reaching there. The remains
were then driven to his home. which he
had quilted but forty minutes be-
forefore in apparently perfect health.
and where preparations for the feast
were in full progress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-05
THEY MUST STAND TRIAL.
Men at Grand Rapids Accused OF Water
works Boodlery.

Grand Rapids. Mich. Aug. 5.-The
fight against the indictments found by
the recent grand jury for bribery in
connection with the city water supply
deal came to an end hy Judge Perkins
ordering a verdict for the state. The
accused men. therefore. must stand
trial. Glenn Barrett who acted as
clerk of the grand jury, was on the wit
ness stand and denied that he had been
invited by Prosecutor Ward to sit on
the jury or that he had any idea of
being summoned.
The defense undertook to show by
VIII McGarry. brother of T. f. Nc
Garry. one of the defendants. that Bar
ret had told Wifi McGarTy that he had
been invited to sit on the grand jury.
This was rebuttal of their own wit
ness and the court promptly ruled it
out The defense rested and the judge
ordered the jury to find that Barret
was not invited by the prosecutor TO
sit on the grand jury. or was not ex-
pectinG to enter the prosecutors office
as assistant and did not consult with
Ward as assistant during the proceed
ingS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-05
TOOK THE LAW ON HIM.
ArchbIshOp Feshan Gets an Injunction
Against Father Crowley

Archbishop Feshan Gets Injunction
Against Father Crowley
Oregon. Ills, Aug. 5.-CrOwley, the
Roman Catholic priest who created 4
sensatinon in Chicago by his disap-
prOval of Bishop MuldOOn's appoint
ment, was Saturday enjOined by a
court at the instance of Archbishop
Feehan from saying mass in st. Mary'S
church here or in any of the Roman
Catholic churches of this district. The
injunction was served by the sheriff
of Ogle county while Father Crowley
was attending TO his jubilee duties in
the church.
The priest at once decided to yield
to the law. and within an hour after
the injunction had been served he had
turned over the keys of his church TO
Rev. John :. Finn. who was sent here
to succeed him. BY this action Father
Crowley says he yields none of his
rights. but on the contrary gains an
opportunity to test the merits OF his
controversy with Archbishop Feehan in
the civil courts. The archbishop and
Chancellor Barry will now be drawn
into the case. and to supplement his
position Father Crowley has filed two
damage suits for $4,000 each against
the mayor of Oregon and against Il
local newspaper.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-05
The Latest Phase of the Situa-
ton in the Great Steel
Strike.
CONDEMNS MORGAN'SATTITUDE
Report That His Associates
Disagree With Him.
News Withheld.

Pittsburg, Aug. 5.-The Chronicle
Telegraph says this afternoon that
one of the officials of La Fayette
lodge of the Lawrenceville Amalga-
mated association announced that he
had been notified that there will be
no general strike ordered. He is
authority also for the statement that
the directors of the steel corporation
are dissatisfied with Morgan's attitude
and are making every effort to open
negotiations with the strikers. The
official is one of the leading steel
workers of the city and the inference
is he received an inside tip from
higher officials of the association.
At Strikers Headquarters.
Pittsburg, Aug. 5.-At the general
headquarters If the Amalgamated
association tie same precautions to
prevent the public from obtaining
information is taken today as during
the conference last week. Moor not
connected with the organization is
permitted in the building. Secre-
tary Williams aud q number of vice
presidents are present but nothing
could be learned. Williams would
not say when the general strike order
would be issued, saying the matter
was in the hands OF President Shaffer.
Doubt is expressed in some quarters
that the strike will spread further
1t is suggested that the employees of
the Federal Steel company, the Ma
tional Steel company and the National
Tube company are at the present time
the strikers main source of revenue,
and to call them out would weaken the
association in its fight by depriviDg it
of the funds necessary to carry on the
struggle.
President Shaffer in an interview
today said he would issue a call for a
general strike within a week, but he
could not say how many men would |
be affected thereby. The executive |
board will not again be called together |
unless the steel corporation desires
peace.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-05
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS.

Michael Davitt has arrived in New
York from Great Britain. He comes &c
agitate against the British.
The I. =. =. LennoN, which broke
her shaft in the Pacific 300 miles from
port. has arrived safely at San Fran
cisco, in town.
The Colorado Quarto-centen cele-
bration ended at Colorado Springs
Saturday. The feature of the celebra-
tion was the presence of Vice Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Karl Kruger. whose stomach was re-
moved several months ago by Chicago
surgeons. is eating three meals a day
and getting fat.
The report that the Empress
Frederick is in critical condition is
discredited by the latest Berlin news.
The latest crop reports from the
Eharkoff district in Russia are very
bad.
President Kruger is not coming to
the United States.
A new church called the Church of
Man" has been organized at Chicago.
Its tenets oppose belief i'll God.
Prince Henry of Orleans is dying at
Saigon.
PorterS of Pullman cars theaten to
strike because their wages and tips re-
ceived from the passengers are too
small.
William Worden. of Cos Cob. Conn,
has accepted fifty days in Jail rather
than pay tax for his dog.
representative for an American
news association has been expelled
from Germany for attacking the en-
perOr.
a record breaking crowd attended
features prepared by Midway show
men.
The cZar of Russia has consented to
arbitrate demands of American vessel
owners for damages because of seizure
of their sIlinS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-05

| attention to the fact that il is modi
| ficatiOn of that which was Offered
originally. At the last conference. n:
al those preceding it. we reuired the
signature Of the scales for all the mill,
| owned and Ope. Ited by the United
\ States Steel Corporation. while i'm the
proposition given below we ask that the
scales he signed gor none but those
mills which are organized. and where
the men ceasing TO work have signi-
fed their desire TO he connected with
the Amalgamated Association. This
modification has been made because
the trust officials declared that we
wished TO force men into the organiZa-
tiOn against their viii and desire. We
therefore asked that the scale be
signed for only those men who de
sired it,
Now comes the proposition OF the
Amalgamated Associations: We, the
members OF .he executive board OF the
Aalgamated Association. hereby pre-
sent the following proposition as a
reply to that received from the United
tSateS Steel Corporation: Sheet millA
all mills signed for last year with
the exception OF Salisbury and Scott
dale and with the addition of Nc
KeespOrt and Wellsville. Hoop mills
All mills now known TO be organized.
viz: Youngstown. Girard. Greenville
POmerOy. Warren. Lindsay. Nc
Cutcheon. Clarke. Bar Mill. MoneSsen,
AIingo, II inch. o inch and hoop mills
fo the Cleveland Rolling Mill Co. Tin
mills-all milsl except Monessen.
Note-Al Iother matters of detail TO
be left by conference
I'VE Furthermore wish to state that
our purpose in coming to New York
was not because we doubted our presi-
dent. T. !. Shaffer. and our Secretary.
John Williams. who have our conf
dence and endorsement. but in the
hope of obtaining a settlement of the
strike"
The meeting between the represen-
tativeS of the strikers and the officials
Of the steel corporation took place at
the office of the United States Steel
Corporation. President Schwab. of the
steel company. received the represen-
tatives of labor and conducted them
10 the consulting rooms of the steel
J. Pierpont Morgan came
to the conference accompanied by
Robert Bacon. one OF his local part
nerS. and &. T.. DawkinS. head of the
English house of Morgan X Co. ID. g.
Reid. Of the American Tin Plate Co..
q Il other officials of the companies |
federated in the general steel corpora
tiCn. also joined the conference. The
amtters at sSue were discussed and |
then the steel trust men withdrew TO |
permit the Amalgamated men to come |
To q decision. This decision was to re-
jsci the proposal of the combine, and |
that settled il and dissolved the con- |
ference
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-05
PHILLIPS .AND HIS BOOKS.
He Says 1t viii Take a Week to StraIGhtes
Them-Tvo Partners Retire.

Chicago, Aug. J.-StOckholderS and
directors Of the George Ii. Phillips
company are being forced out of office
and ont of any financial interest in
TIE concern. BESIDES .,"el ID. OSman,
formerly secretary of the company.
Joseph l.. Rauman is no longer con-
nected with Il. News of the retire
ment of the two men revived rumors
that several of the employees and stock
holders of rhe company were indebted
to il in the sum of S12J.OOO. Officials
Of the company would neither a.nrm
nor deny the stories.
Phillips confirmed the impression
that the retiring stockholders had sac
riticed their interests by getting on the
wrong side OF the market. "Os-
man--had $4,000 of stock. while Bau-
nan had So 900 worth said Phillips.
Both speculated and lost the amount
of the stock and something more.
They covered their stock into the treas
ury TO square their accounts. being I'M
willing or unable To put i'm cash. The
company Will be doing business again,
there * no question about it, probably
under the same name. II Will prob
ably take a week TO Straighten ont the
hooks
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-05
EMPRESS IS DEAD.
Mother of Germany's Ruler
Passes Away Early This
Morning.
DAUGHTER OF QUEEN VICTORIA
Relatives Called to Her Bedside by nm
Urgent Summons-AhS SinI
Showing His Teeth. -

Cromberg. Aug. s. Empress Fred
erick died at 6:15. Sne was the old
est daughter of the late Queen Vic
toria, and the mother Of the present
ruler of the German empire.
Cromberg. Aug. 5.-Emperor Will
liam and the empress and crown
prince reached Friedrichshof at 5 this
morning. AT O'Clock bulletin says:
The weakness of Empress Frederick
is hourly increasing and the strength
of the heart is still slight"
Emperor William and her ajesty's
other children, with the exception of
Prince Henry together with the En-
press Augusta Victoria, we're around
the bedside when the dowager en-
press passed away quietly.
Hamburg. Aug I.-The empress,
Crown Prince Frederick William.
Prince Eitel Frederick and Prince Au-
gust William arrived at Cronber where
the Dowager Empress Frederick is ly-
ing dangerously i'll. at a late hourIast
night. Other royal personageS who
have arrived are Prince Adolf of
Schaumburg Lippe. Prince and Prin-
cess Friedrich Carl of Hesse and the
crown prince and princess of Greece.
Prof. Renvers. the specialist. wired his
majesty to come in all haste.
The efolfowing bulletin concerning
the condition of the illustriouS patient
was issued during yesterday after
noon: The external disease from
which her majesty is suffering, and
which for years has been slowly in
creaSinS. has in the course of the last
few weeks extended To the internOl
organs. Her majeSty'S strength iS
diminishing rapidly owing to inability
to take sufficient nOuTishment. She is
conscious. and at the present without
pain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-05
DEPLoRED BY GOVERNOR.
LongIno Hopes to Punish the Members OF
the carroIIton. Mics. Mob.

Jackson. Miss. Aug. 5.-Iu an official
statement Governor Longino de-
plOreS the Carrolltop lynchings. and
saws that every effort will be made to
bring the members of the mob to JUS
tice The governor says he wired the
sheriff of Carroll county to protect the
prisoners at all hazards. and ordered
one company of militia at Greenwood
held in readiness TO move on short
notice. Although the governor told the
sheriff to call for troops if he was un-
able TO protect his prisoners he saws
the sheriff did not reply to his tele-
gram.
The governor continues: Failing
to hear from the sheriff | communi-
Gated with Judge Stevens over the teIe-
phone and he informed me that the
situation was hourly growing more ser
ious. but that the sheriff declined to
call for troops because he feared that
when the mob became apprised of such
request it would become more hasty and
precipitate in IFS work of lynching. and
that the sheriff feared also tbat there
would be trouble between the soldiers
and lyncherS should the militia appear
on the scene.
Il made inquiry for the sheriff but
did not ascertain his whereabouts dur
ing my stay in Carrollton. | was in
formed that neither he nor his depu-
ties. posse or guard. summoned by him
made, or offered any resistance to the
mob. Those actually partici-
pating in the crime could perhaps be
identified by the testimony of two or
three hundred citizens. including the
circuit judge, the district attorney.
and sheriff.
The ends of Justice require that the
judge and district attorney should be-
come witnesses in order To procure the
and. prosecution of the
lynchers. There is little doubt that
these fearless officials would substitute
others during said prosecution to take
their respective places, and that they
would become witnesses against those
who have offered to them and TO their
court such defiance and effrontery."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-05
"RENvERS SPIELHAGEN."
CHINESE GROWING UNFRIENDLY
As the European Troops Leave All Sins
Fugitive Courage Comes Back.

As the European Troops Leave All Sins
Fugitive Courage Comes Back.
Pekin, Aug. American and Euro
meanor of the Pekin populace is con
stantly becoming more unfriendly. and
that as the allied troops depart the
Chinese resume their old habits of
jeStling and cursing foreigners in the
streets. The legation defensS are. now
approaching completion. Generally
speaking they consist Qf brick walls
from fifteen TO twenty feet high and
from three 20 four feet thick, loOpholed
for rifles.
The ministers of the powers ignored
the plan for uniform SyStef of de-
fenSe submitted by the generals. and
consequently the GoVernmnts are work
ing Independently. 1t Is the policy of
the ministers to avoid conspicuous
prove an irritant provoking instead of
preventing hoStilitieS. Most of the en-
SineerS have recommended stronger
defenseS than the ministers will sane
tion. Major Edgar +. I.obertsen of the
Ninth Infantry. who commands the
United States legation guard. has writ
ten to Rockhill to protest against what
he calls the defenseleSS position of
our legation" representing that IL is
exposed TO attack on four sides.
Rockhill has replied that it is not
intended TO maintain n fortress. but
merely a wall for protection against
mob violence. Th wall is
made of brick out of Difference to
Chinese pride.