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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
VOID KANSAS LAW
Statute Which Fixes the Rate of
of Charges on Stock in
Stock Yards.
OF sEOoND-oLAss MAIL MATTER
Pointed Out-New System for
the Indians.

Washington. Nov. 26.-In the United
States supreme court yesterday an
opinion was handed down in the case
OF COtting and HiginsOn against A. 4.
GODDARD. attorney general of the state
of Kansas, and the Kansas City Stock
Yards company, involving the validity
of the state law of Kansas empower
ing the state authorities to fix rates OF
charges on stock in stock yards in that
state The decree OF the circuit court,
which upheld the law, was reversed.
Cotting and HiginsOn were stOckhold-
ers i'm the stock yards company, and
soon after the law went into effect in
1897 filed a bill in the United States
circuit court for the district of Kansas
against the company and its officers
and Louis &. Boyle, then attorney gen.
eral of the state of Kansas, To restrain
the officers Of the company from COM
plying with the act and the attorney
general from enforcing its provisions
on the ground that its compliance or
enforcement would deprive the com
pany OF it's property without due pro-
cess of law. The decision is unani-
nous as TO the reversal.
Matter OF Second-CIas Mail Matter.
Washington. Nov. 26.-Another big
batch OF publications excluded from
the second class mail matter. under the
new policy governing that classitica-
tiOn. was announced yesterday. Most
of them are serials published in Min
neapolis and Philadelphia. The list
includes several newspaper almanacs
and railroad guides. In his annual re-
port the third assistant postmaster
general says that it is but Il question
of time if the rate of increase of sec
ond class matter continues. before il
will consume most, if not all. OF the
revenue derived from other classes of
mail matter. While Second-class mat
ter. combined with its necessary equip |
ment, constitutes approximately two
thirds of the combined weight of all
the four classes of mail matter, it fur
nishes only slightly over 4 per cent. OF
the revenue from all postageS.
Abuse of the Pound Rate.
About 30 per cent. of this nominal |
and unsustaining rate Madden says Is |
due to q construction of the statutes |
which has permitted the admission OF |
great number of alleged newspapers |
and periodicals which are merely pre-
tensions. The principal abuses of the |
pound rate named by the report are |
sample copies. bulk subscriptions. book |
serials, return copies to news agents /
and premiums to subscribers. the lat |
ter being characterized as the king of |
abuses. The hope is expressed that /
the next anual report will show the |
second class of mail practically free |
from at least the larger abuses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
NEWS IN OUTLINE.

1t is reported that 100000 people will
Starve i'll the NangtSe valley, China, If
Outsideh elp is not given.
Alexander Juaraute shot and killed
Raphael Sambrina at Niles, o.
The health of Count Tolstoi is i'm
proving. His fever and pains have
ceased.
William Milwizski. Slav. was
killed and Frank Grandwaski was IA
tally injured during riot following
IL Slav christening at McKee's Rocks,
Pa.
Fire at North Weymouth. Mass. de
strOyed the main building of the Brad
ley Fertilizer works. Loss, 100000.
The only musk OK this side of the
arctic circle will be exhibited at the
Chicago live stock show next week.
Governor General Wood of Cuba,
has bought the San Juan battle field
for the government of the United
States.
The wreck of the Pacific Mail steam
ship Rio de JaneirO has been found by
Il diver. and Consul General Wild
mans papers have been located.
A son was born Sunday to Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt.
JOnestown. Miss, was practically de-
stroyed by fire. Twenty buildings
were burned. Loss, $4,000.
Mrs. William NJ. Swift and infant
were burned to death at their home
near Grannis. Ark.
The king of Greece has issued a de-
cree Suspending the chamber for forty
days. Athens is fairly tranquil.
The striking miners driven from
their camp near Darlington. Ky, are
back again in defiance of the judge.
The Masters and Pilots association
at Pittsburg has tsruck for an advance
in wages of 10 nor cent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
OLD OCEANS TEAR
Annual Rampage of Wind and
Wave Along the Northern
Atlantic Coast.
MUCH PROPERTY Is DESTROYED.
of Barge Crew Having
Drowned.

New York. Nov. 26.-The great
storm which came speeding up from
the south Saturday night has spent its
force in this zone of the Atlantic coast
and the waters driven upon lowland
ard beach are submerged. Hundreds
of small craft were wrecked or badly
damaged, wharves and piers at every
exposed point were battered down,
many seaside resorts were unroofed,
lowlands were flooded, city cellars
were filled and hundreds of town
houses were damaged. Estimates of
the aggregate damage run slightly be-
low and considerably above 81 GOO, 900.
German ship Hard Ashore.
Down at Monmouth Beach, where
the German ship Flottbeck was driven
ashore, and where there was L thrill
ing rescue of her crew by life savers,
an angry sea was still beating OH the
beach yesterday. Wreckers have been
engaged. but until the sea calmS moth
ing can be done toward saving her
cargo. The craft. firmly embedded in
the sand, was still intact. and Captain
Zingler. her master, who watched her
from the life-saving station was sure
both vessel and cargo would he saved.
StOrmbOund shipping was released
early yesterday, DQJ SedCOdSI railway
and trolley service viii limp until
washoutS. are filled in. Linemen We're
busy restoring Frustrated telegraph
and telephone wires yesterday. but il
will be two days before the service is
completely restored.
Tidal Wave Beat the Record.
The highest tide ever known on this
coast was caused by the wind yeSter
day 1t swept inland more than quar-
ter of a mile everywhere, and in some
places the water reached Il mile farther
inland than any preTiOus hlghwater
marks. Traffic was suspended on rail-
roads that run near the shore. and cot
ta@eS, boat houses. barns and even ho-
tells were destroyed by the tremendous
power of the tidal wave. Yachts and
other vessels that were thought to be
in safe harbOrS were torn from their
and carried inland and left
high and dry.
Ferryboat Passengers in Peril.
Passengers on the ferrybOat Chau-
tauua which runs between Jersey City
and the West Twenty-third street sta
tion of the Erie road, was saved by 4
firebOat. The boiler shifted. The roll
ing of the vessel caused it to spring a
leak, and the passengers We're con-
frOnted with the possibility of n hor
rible death by fire and steam. Captain
Ray. Of the firebOat. succeeded in tow
ing the ferry to the shore.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
Government of Colombia
Forces Start Cam
paign Overland.
Misunderstanding
Latest News From the
Scene of Central
American War.

Colon. Nov. 26.-The Colombian
gunboat General Pinson reappeared
in Colon harbor this morning. Her
commander said there were only 100
men out OF the original six hundred
troops carried by the vessel. now on
board the gunboat, The others had
been landed at Porto Belle, about 10
miles distant from Colon.
The presumption is 500 men are
marching overland to join govern
ment forces under Gen. AIban, now
at Mamei. The ground they have TO
cover is difficult and the troops will
doubtless occupy n few days in
reaching the destination.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26

mOniOus operations. Later advices,
while showing the situation on the
isthmus TO be still unsttled, contain the
Information that free transit by way
of the railroad has been re-established.
These adyices came in n dispatch re-
ceived by Secretary Long from Cap
tain Perry. of the Iowa. who had made
a trip across the isthmus from Panama
to Colon, from which place he sent Il
telegram! an extract of which the sec
retary made public, as follows:
Captain Perry reports that free
transit across the isthmus Is restored.
and that he returns to Panama this
afternoon. The captain will leave Il
guard on each passenger train for the
prpSaOt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
snn Another New OH Wen.

NIuncle. Ind. Nov 26.-The, Farm
land Natural Gas company has devel-
CpCd n new oil field near Parker City,
a gusher being drilled in Friday night.
In fOrty-one minutes the we'll Spurted
800 barrels. and in five hours Saturday
She pumped 246 barrels. 1t is esti-
mated TO be good for from T00 to 500
barrels per day. and is the seventh
drilled on the 2.100-acre lease Every
well is Il good producer, and there Is
great excitement. Spectators are
focking to Parker City as n result.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
CHIEF DIES
Carl MoelIer, Head of Peoria Fire
Department.. Passes
Away.

Peoria, H., Nov. 26.-Carl Moeller,
chief of the Peoria fire department,
died last evening of blood poisoning
While suffering from a carbuncle he
caught cold when fighting a fire in
the cattle pens of the old WoOlner
distilIery and blood poisoning event
ually set in.
Mr.. MoelIer was 80 years of age
and had been chief since January,
1883. Mr.. Moeller is survived by a
widow and family.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
Struggle over a PostoHce.

Valparaiso, Ind. Nov. 26.-Fcr thir-
teen years Jennie Spray, Democrat.
has been postmistress at Hobart, Lake
county. A dozen Republican leaders
undertoOk to have her removed, and
Charles Berger appointed. The mat
ter leaked out Saturday, and Sunday
fifty of the most prominent business
men of Hobart came here on a special
train to see REPRESENTATIVE CrunI pack
er in Miss Sprays interest. TwO-thlrds
or the town favored her. she being a
st,iD.,l,a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
Glenn studebaker Gains sa Little.

South Bend. Ind, Nov. 26-Clem
Studebaker is still battling for his life.
Saturday night his condition was such
as to cause great alarm. and DIR. Quine.
o: Chicago. was summoned. When he
left he stated that while Studebaker
was in Il critical condition. the action
Of the pulse was better than it had
been since last Wednesday. He also
said the heart showed much improve
ment. During Sunday morning Stude-
baker was thought to be dying. but in
the evening lie again surprised his ply
sicians by regaining lost strength.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
River Is Fun of Lake Perch.

st. Joseph, Mich. Nov. GA re-
port received i'll this city from Water
vliet Mich, says that thousands of
perch have been driven up the Paw
Paw river, which empties from Paw
Paw lake. by the recent storms, until
the mill race at Watervliet, half a mile
up the stream, is Il mass Of dead fish.
The fish We're so closely packed to-
gether on the surface of the water that
it was impossible for a rowbOat to
pass. Men are dipping up the fish in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
Foot Bam Player BADLY Hurt.

Omaha. Neb., Nov. 2G.-William
Caryell, left half back for the Omaha
high school. received injuries IN Sat
urday's game with Lincoln high school
which. although not considered danger
ous at first, it is now believed Will
prove fatal. Young Caryell fell be-
neath half n dozen players in a rush
early in the game, and his spine was
so badly twisted that it resulted in
cCncussion. He was carried off the
Geld unable to move either his legs o.
arms, and has not regained the use OF
them
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
Davis pleads Not Guilty.

Indianapolis, Nov. 26.-In the fed
cral court Saturday Richard c. Davis.
the bank cashier of Washington, Ind.
indicted on the charge of embeZZling
$4,000 from the funds of the Peo-
rle's National bank of Washington.
Ind. pleaded not guilty, through his
attorney, Smiley Chambers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
Many Children Out of school.

Topeka. Kan. Nov. 26.-Frank Mel
son. superintendent of public instruc-
tion. is completing an investigation
of the Kansas educational system
which will show that 10000 of the
100000 children of school age in the
state do not attend school. Kansas has
compulsory education law and it is
therefore difficult TO account for the
large percentage of absentees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
NO COMMANDMENT OF COLON
Not Even Colombian Troops Permitted to
Endanger Commerce.

Not Even Colombian Troops Permitted to
En,ianger Commerce.
Washington, Nov. 26.-It is pretty
we'll understood here that there is to
be no bOmbardment of Colon by either
side. While Commander McCrea was
given wide discretionary power and
nothing was said to him about STOP
ping the bOmbardment directly, never
theless the state department estab-
lished precedent in these matters last
year when it instructed Gudger to
warn some insurgents at Panama that
they would not be allowed to lombard
that port.
If the government troops on the Pin
zon should persist in their purpose IT
IS said that the commanders Of the
various warships~ at Colon would re-
Guire that ample time be allowed for
the withdrawal from the town of ali
foreigners, and that the attacking
force. to escape restraint. would be
Obliged to direct their bombardment
with such rare precision as to destroy
the fnsurgent defenses without harm
ing the railroad property, and even
without endangering the passage of
trains, conditions probably not to be
met
The secretary of the navy yesterday
cabled Captain Perry, Of the Iowa. TO
assume full command of all the United
States naval forces on both sides Of
the isthmus. in order to insure h9r-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
WASHED OVERHEARD
Sad Fate of Mrs. McNeaI, of Ann
Arbor, on Incoming Steam
ship.

Philadelphia, Nov. 26.-Capt. Hill of
the steamship Belgenland which
reached her dock today from Liver
pool reports that when abreast of
Natucket light early yesterday Mrs.
II. McNeal, wife of DIR. McNeal, of
Ann Arbor, Mich, was washed over
board and drowned by the heavy sea.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
Honor for am Iowa Man.

Burlington. Ia. Nov. 26-Bishop von
Scheele, special representative of King
Oscar of Sweden and Norway, Satur-
day conferred upon DIR. Holmes the
decoration of Arts and Letters of Roy
a. Academy of Sweden, by command
Of the king. DR.. Holmes is the first
In the United States TO receive it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
Fatal Runaway Accident.

Omaha, Nov. 26.-Nicholas Nelson.
farmer, was killed. his son George.
aged 10 years, fatally injured, and his
wife dangerously hurt in a runaway
accident four miles west Of the city.
The boys skull was badly fractured,
and he will die. Mrs Nelson had an
arm broken. serious bruises and a Sc
vero ShOcL-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
Oyertakes Employees of
Penberthy Injector
Factory.
A BOILER BLOWS UP
Sixteen Are Killed and
Others Are Buried
in the Ruins.

| Detroit, Nov. ga boiler in the
factory of the Penberthy Injector
company at Seventh and Abbott
streets exploded at $3.50 today with
terrific force. The entire three story
brick building was demolished.
Inside the structure some fifty en-
ployes were at work. At least nine
of them were killed and most of the
others more or less seriously injured.
1t is believed several bodies are be-
meath the ruins which are now burn
ing fiercely.
Rescuing Bodies.
y large force of men is working
heroicalIy to extinguish the fire and
save the bodies from being cremated
The identified dead:
Samuel Reilly.
John Frey.
Richard Ryan.
Six unidentified.
Thirty six victims have already
been taken to various hospitals OF
these several have died.
The financial loss is $15O,OOO. The
ruins are burning.
Park labOrers and other city en-
ployes are assisting in the search
and the efforts to quench the flames.
At , o'clock 13 bodies had been
taken from the ruins. 1t is believed
there are several others beneath the
debris
Thirty-eight injured have been re-
moved from the wrecked building and
taken to the hospitals. Their in
juries range from slight to proba-
bly, fatal.
Where the Explosion Occurred.
On the first floor where the eXplo-
sion occurred there were engineers,
firemen and few workmen making
repairs. All these were either killed
or badly MANNED.
On the second floor were as finish
ers; on the third the same number of
brass moulders. Just how many es-
capped from the building will not be
known until the ruins have cooled.
\ thorough search has been made
and the list of those who escaped is
complete.
Boilers Recently Inspected.
The usual scenes of weeping rela-
tives and employees struggling to get
close to the central point presented
narrowing spectacle. For hours
ambulances were busy carrying away
the victims. City Boiler Inspector
Guy says his office force inspected
the boilers in the Penberthy plant
july and Nov. 15 last. Four boilers
were in the plant, two horiZontals
and two uprights. They were in use
alternate days and supposedly well
cared for.
sixteen Dead SO Far.
Within the last hour three bodies
have been taken from the ruins, MAX
ing 16 dead. They are so badly
burned as to be unrecogniZable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
DIED 1000 Years. OF So. Ago.

Lansing, Mich, Nov. ga tooth of
an extinct animal was recently found
by trench digger named Leaman,
near Saginaw, and William Ritcher, a
taxidermist of that city. recognized it
as being from the jaw of mammoth.
State Geologist Lane says that from
the locality in which it was found he
should judge that the animal lived
about zoo years ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
Many wives Have Observed This.

"When you say do not love you as
much as did," explained the young
husband, "you do me an injustice. You
must remember, my dear. that the
amount of love used to condense into a
once a weak visit now has to do for the
whole seven days. .'-Indianapolis Jour-
nal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26

General Sir Lloyd William Matthews
Of England, whose death has been re-
ported from Zanzibar, was for many
years one Of the sultan's most trusted
advisers. He entered the sultan of
Zanzibar's service in 1878, organized his
military force. was appointed it's gen.
eral and carried out several expeditions
into Africa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
Telephone. For Fnrmhouses.

In Brown county, Kan. says the
Kansas City Journal. proposition is
being submitted to the farmers to give
them connection with the independent
long distance telephone lines. Ewing
Herbert says the farmers are taking
kindly to the scheme and that 1t will
only be a short time until every farm
er in the county can have n phone in
his house
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
was Mini to the Thugs.

Wichita. Kan. Nov. 26.-Sunday
morning at o'clock three masked men
entered '-Chc Mint" a gaming resort
at Chickasha, l. T., ordered all pres
ent to hold up their hands and carried
off 800 in currency
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
Preacher Is Put Under Quarantine.

Sioux City. Ia. Nov. 26.-Because
his daughter was stricken with small
poX Rev. :. J. Vinegar, who was to
assume the pastorate of Bethany
church in Chicago. will be detained at
IFS residence here forty days. Pastor
Vinegar was to have left Sioux City
Yesterday, but his daughter contracted
the disease Saturday and the board OF
health ut once ordered a rigid quaran-
tine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
Icebergs on sd. johns.

st. Johns. Nd. Nov. 26.-Four large
icebergs were visible from this port
Yesterday. They were drifting south
I'm the track of Atlantic shipping. lee
bergs have never before been known
to pass here so late in the season.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
Murder of a station Agent.

Harrisburg, Ills. Nov 26-Ed Ira
Wis, station agent at Ledford, four
niles south of this city. was shot and
killed Saturday night while sitting in
his office. \ double-barreled gun was
used. both loads being fired through
the window, killing Travis instantly.
An hour previous Travis is said to
have had some difficulty with a coal
nriner and he is suspected to have
done thp shoOtinO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
For the Murder of His wife.

Sioux City. Ia, Nov. 26-Ben Nc
Knight. convicted of numbering his
wife by beating her to death, has been
denied a new trial and sentenced to
TWENTY-FIVE years in. prison.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
Dawes Pays a visit to DanvilIe.

DanviIIe, Ills, Nov 26-Charles G..
Dawes was in Danville last week look
ing after his senatorial fences. Dawes
said he came here only because he un-
derstood Cannon was not I'm the race.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
E,irst NJ Train Steams In

Sioux City. Ia. Nov. 26.-The first
regular train over the new Moville line
of the Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
way company steamed into Sioux City
yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26
IRISH PATRIOT DEAD
Martin Hogan Passes Away i'm Coun-
~ Hospital in Chi
cago.

Chicago, Nov. 26.-Martin Hogan,
the Irish patriot who has been lying
in the county hospital some days,
died today, aged %.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26

Springfield, o., Nov. 26.-Joseph
Fischer. the New York music compos-
or. died here Sunday night from an
operation for a corn on his toe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26

1t is asserted that the idea OF the
pipe organ was borrowed from the
human chest, mouth and larnyx.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-26

Colon, Nov. 2G.-The breastworks on
the railroad bridge that leads into Pan
ANA. as well as those erected inside the
city. have been demolished by the gov
ernment. The latest report is that the
Liberals have been driven back from
Culebra station in a fight lasting from
4:4O to p. M, in which there We're
over 80 killed and wounded on both
sides, and that fighting was going OH
at san Pablo.
Colon, Nov. 26.-An armed guard of
marines from the United States bat
tieship Iowa has re-established the
transit across the isthmus, and details
from the IOwa's marines are row pro-
tecting each passenger train. There
has been fierce fighting at Empire sta
tion. OIL the railroad line between Pan
anna and Colon, between the insurgents
and the troops of the Colombian gov
ernment with very heavy losses on
both sides. --------
Colombian Governments Forces Winning.
Washington, Nov. 26.-Herran, the
charge of the Colombian legation, is
very we'll satisfied with the tenor of
the advices which came to hand yes
terday from .Acting Governor Arizona,
OF Panama, who reported that the reb
eI army having been DEBATED at Culeb-
ri and Emperador, General Alban had
now marched on Colon. His theory is
that General Alban completely dis
lodged the rebel force which had rem
dezvoDzed at Chorrera, from which
place Herran believes they retreated
To Culebra and EmperadOr. where they
again took q stand. Their defeat at
these places, Herran says, leaves Cen
erai AIban free to march to Colon.
Herran thinks that General Alban now
has at least 1000 well equipped and
thoroughly armed men, besides which
COO men are on board the Colombian
boat PinzOn, now at Colon Herran
aserts that the rebels have not at the
outside more than 500 men.
News of a Fight Progressing.
Dispatches from the isthmus yester-
day were decidedly thrilling. One
dated Colon, 8 n. m, said the govern
ment troops were attacking the Liber-
ais at Culebra, but that the result
was not known. This dispatch con-
General Pinzon left her anchorage,
close to the other warships last night,
and is now reported to be landing
troops on the north end of Colon. There
IS much cOmmOtiOn in the streets.
People are seeking refuge on board the
United States gunbOats Marietta and
Machias. along the railroad and on the
piers. The Colombian gunbOat Gen
eral PinzOn arrived here from Carta-
gena with troops. Captain McCrea. Of
the United States gunboat Machias,
has notified the commander of the Co
lOmbian troops that he will not permit
them to land I'm the town"