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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-27
INSPECTOR JoSSEY
ENDS HIS OWN LIFE

Tucson. Ariz., Aug. 27.-Chinese
Inspector Jossey, accused of compile
ity in the Chinese smuggling at No
gales. this morning accidentally shot
and killed himself by the premature
discharge of q shotgun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-27
CHANCES FOR WAR
GROW DINNER DAILY.

Washington, Aug. 27.-Official
mail advices received at the Colom-
hian legation today tend to show. it
is stated, that the chances of war be-
tween Colombia ard Venezuela grow
more distant every day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-27
want. 1000 to Set Her Even.

Howell Mich. Aug. 27.-Judge Eu-
gene A. Snow has taken dispositions In
what promises to be a sensational civil
suit Sarah Morrow, of Hartland. was
housekeeper for George Voorhees, of
the same place. AID while occupying
that position she alleges VOORHEES,
asked her hand in marriage. VOORHEES,
saws she is mistaken. Miss Morrow
places the damages TO her wounded af-
fectionS at s. 600
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-27
HER NIGHT OF TERROR
Captain of a Sinking Ship Takes
Measures to Save His
Wife's Life.
GIVES HER A GRAY HEAD OF HAIR
As She Trails Behind the Disabled Ves-
sci in n Howling Gale
Her Rescue.

New York. Aug. 2T.-Life savers
rOwed out to the schooner Eliza Serb
ner. of Fire island, yesterday, anC
found the wife of Silas Dodd, the mas
Ter. unconscious in an open boat, heI
once black hair turned to an ashy gray
from the horrors of a night at the
mercy of the waves. She was taken
to the Sandy Hook station half mad
from terror. and the nurses there fear
that she may never recover from her
experience. When the Eliza Scribner
bound from Boston to Savannah
struck n Sunken wreck Sunday evening
and began to list to leeward as If she
were about to sink. Captain Dodd's
first thought was of his wife. He or
dered the one small boat over the side
and told her to climb into it,
Got Her Orders from the Captain.
Take this sheath knife" he said.
land when she sinks I'll shout to you.
Then you cut the tow line and get
away from her as fast as you can.
Don't waste a second" Mrs. Dodd
took some crackers and water and got
into the dory as her husband ordered.
Before 1t grew dark Sic could see him
and his saflors working to save the
craft but she heard no command to
cut the line. A heavy sea was run
ming. and her little craft was lashed
about like a feather. Sometimes she
thought il would go down.
silence Gave Her Hope.
Darkness came finally and still there
was no sound from the schooner. This
confOrted her. for she knew there was
still hope for her husband and his boat.
But the sea grew rougher and the
night blacker as the hours wore along.
and namelesS fears began to envelop
her. After a while the hull of the
Scribner was swallowed by the dark
ness and she knew not what had hap
pened.
Captain wild with Anxiety.
Meantime Captain Dodd was we'll
nigh wild with anxiety. He had sue
ceeded in getting his ship into safer
condition. but he dared not call to his
wife for fear she would misunder-
stand and set herself adrift. The
night was so dark that he could not
see whether the little boat was wealth
ering the sea or not. There was no
other skiff to lower So he stood on
deck most OF the night trying to peer
the darkness in the direction
Of his wife's tiny craft The sea was
so noisy that had he tried to shout a
message of comfort his voice might
have been drowned in the roar of the
waves.
Twelve Hours of Exposure and Terror.
Twelve hours Mrs. Dodd battled
against exposure and terror. Every
minute she expected to hear her hus-
bands voice trumpet some sort of n
and she clung to the gun
wales, each nerve tense with eXpecta-
ton. She collapsed just before dawn.
she thinks. When the life savers found
her at daybreak she was in the bot
tom of the boat. almost covered with
water, and wholly unconscious
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-27
Necne. Obev the warning.

Sapulpa. l. T.. Aug. 2I.-Additional
notices warning the negroes of Sapul-
pa to leave town yesterday afternoon
were posted Sunday night. and yester-
day nearly all blacks not employed or
owning property Were missing United
States District Attorney Soper has
wired that he will prosecute the of
Tending whites
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-27
Black Thugs Fight with Knives.

Greeneville, Tenn. Aug. 27.-James
Ross and Walter Pierce. negroes, were
committed to jail late Saturday night
on trivial offenses and put in the same
cell. The men fought with knives and
Ross killed Pierce
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-27
Prince Riiisd an a Duel.

london. Aug. 2T.-According to a
special dispatch from ST. Petersburg.
duel with pistols was fought be-
tveen Prince Alexander. of Sdyn-Witt-
genstein. and Prince Anatole Bariatin-
ski. the czar's aide-de-camp. the for
mer being killed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-27
Gov. Yates Goes to Louisville.

Chicago, Aug. 27.-Governor Rich
ard Yates and Mrs. Yates have left
Chicago for Louisville. TO attend the
triennial conclave of the knight Tenn
plarS. The governor will remain in
Louisville until tomorrow
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-27

Cleveland. Aug. 27.-The city annu-
nj board of equalization yesterday
adopted resolution TO the effect that
riparian rights of those holding prop
erty on the lake front are taxable
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-27
DroMned WhiIn Fishing.

Quincy, Ills, Aug. 2T.-George Pir.
man, Jr.. was drowned Sunday while
fishing at Crooked Slough. near West
Quincy. He was bookkeeper in the
local office of the Mccormick Harvest
ing Maching company, and leaves a
wife and two children
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-27
He DIarried DourI.,, Widow

New York, Aug. 2T.-GeneraI Rob
ert Williams died Saturday night at
the Hotel Netherwood. near Plainfield,
n. J., from apoplexy. He was T5 years
old. He married the widow Of the late
Stephen A. Douglas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-27
GIRL BOOK BINDERS
GO OUT ON A STRIKE

Hammond, Ind. Aug. 27.-Two
hundred girl book binders employed
by the w. B. Conkey company struck
today because their officers. who had
been discharged, were not reinstated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-27
CarboIio Acid in HIsLlauor.

Bussey, Ia. Aug. 2T.-Ira Godfrey,
a farmer aged go years, died. Sunday
from the effect of carbolic acid poison
ing. While under the influence of
liquor the bottle of acid broke in his
pocket and the liquid became mixed
with the liOuOr
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-27
Your More podIe. I'm the SHAFT.

Cleveland. o.. Aug. 27.-The body Of
Albert Valincourte. one OF the victims
OF Crib No. 3 disaster. was recovered
Sunday by divers. The body WIS
ofund in the airshaft eighty feet below
the surface. The bodies of the other
four victims are believed to be buried
under thirty feet of mud
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-27
Peach Grower. rind noXes scarce

Alto Pass, Ills. Aug. 2T.-Peach
growers here are facing a box famine
which, unless relieved very soon. will
cause thousands of dollars damage
The demand is so much greater than
the box manufacturers anticipated that
they are unable to meet il. Thousands
OF bushels of ripe peaches are hanging
on trees wasting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-27
Russia to Have Good Crop,.

Washington, Aug. 2T.-Russia had
spring this year. an unusnal occurrence
In that country. and as a result her
harvest of cereals will be the largest
for many years past.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-27
Die, at Nearly 1O1 Years.

Fort Wayne. Ind. Aug. 21.-Mrs.
Mary Rank. who, had she lived until
next Thursday. would have reached
her 101st birthday anniversary, died
Sunday night at her home six miles
north of the city. She was an Eng
lishwoman and had lived here since
JQ%1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-27
Called HIM ou. and KILLED Him.

Kennedy. Tex. Aug. 2I.-Felix Mar
tinez. Mexican. was called out by
mob of Mexicans late Saturday night
and shot to death. No cause can bs
SFcertained.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-27
Capt. For,yth Hn, Been TaIking.

Washington. Aug. 27.-The navy de-
partment has written n letter to Cap
tain Forsythe. asking for an explain
alton of the interview with him bear
ing upon the Approaching inquiry into
Admiral Schley's fopduCt i'm the Span
ish war. published yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-27
nInoh.ni,t. nt dolIet ouit.

Jeliet. Ills, Aug. 27.-All machinists
employed by the Bates Machine COM
pany struck yesterday, giving as their
reason an Objectionable foreman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-16
TRADE AND TIE Flag.

Export OF American products to
Porto Rico in the fiscal year just end
ed were. according to the figures of the
treasury bureau OF statistics, more
than three times as great as they av-
eraged when Porto Rico was under the
Spanish flag, and more than 50 per
cent. in excess of those prior to the
enactment OF the Porto Rican tariff
law which went into effect May l. 1900.
The total domestic exports from the
United States to Porto Rico in the
fiscal year 1897 which entirely preceded
the beginning Of hostilities with Spain.
were s1.964.s50. In the fiscal year 1900.
ten months OF which preceded the date
at which the Porto Rican tariff went
Into effect. our domestic exports to
Porto Rico were 4.26o.S9 In the fiscal
year ending June 30. 1901, all of which
was under the Porto Rican act which
levied Is per cent. of the regular Ding
lev law rates on goods passing into
that island from this country. the total
domestic exports from the United
States TO Porto Rico were s6.S61.9l7
These figures include only exports of
dom este merchandise and do not IN
ciude foreign merchandise brought into
the United States and re-exported TO
Porto Rico. which presumably amount
ed to about half million dollars, since
the Porto Rican statement OF imports
from the United States for the fiscal
year ending June 80. 1901, shows the
grand total including domestic and
foreign to be S7.414.502.
Porto Rico imported IN the fiscal
year ending June 80. 1901. goods
amounting to s9.s67. 2S0 in value, and Of
this s7.H4,502 came from the United
States. the total from other countries
being s1.952 72S. OF this 81. e52, US inn
ported from countries other than the
United States. the value of $S0S, AL was
from Spain. 1874. s37 from the United
Kingdom, s2s4.o67 from Canada. s16s. 72s
from France. s152.20 from Germany,
and $6I SSS from the Netherlands
The total exports OF the island dur
Ing the fiscal year 1901 were. IS, 66S, SIS. of
which the value of $5.e6l. 137 was sent
70 the United States. and ss,oO2.679 to
other countries. OF the latter sum. the
value Of S1.11O.o4S was to Cuba. $685. O2s
e Spain, s47ss07O to France, ss41, 6s9 to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-16
IoE rRusrs IN zee EAsr.

Providence, r.. T., is threatened with
an ice trust and the Telegram OF
that city is prompted to the following
remarks by way of protest and warn
ing:
OF course, in announcing that there Ia
to be a consolidation of ice selling IN
tereStS In Providence those VINO 1aNOE
this scheme are announcing along with
it that the proposed trust will be a
wonderful benefit to consumers as We'll
as to dealers.
we know Just how much this state
ment is worth; we have seen it tried IN
other cities and have learned by ex-
perience that when the marketing OF ice
passes into the hands of a monopoly
the public suffers from il in several
ways. It is nonsense to claim that the
public will be better served; that need
less expenses will be saved and that ice
viii be cheaper. We believe this has
never vet been shownin the history Of
any such reOrganizat ton
At the present time the ice companies
of Providence are supplying ice to con-
sumers at a price that is reasonable
and one which affords them fair profit
1t is delivered in good condition, care
fully brushed, carried into the mouse
and placed in the refrlg eraIOr Dy the
workmen accompanying the delivery
teams. This is a satisfactory service,
and one that is largely missed in some
other places that suffer the tyranny OF
a monopoly, and where the ice wagons
drive through the streets, one man
standing at each side Of them, and they
fling the pieces Of ice upon the side
walk in front of the houses whose oc-
cupants are ice takers There it re-
mains in the sun and dirt until the con-
sumner attends to its removal to the ice
chest.
SO long as there is reasonable COM
petition in the ice business the public
will be we'll served. When this COM
petition ceases, as we are assured it
Will and a trust is formed. consumers
may expect seant courtesy and unsatis-
factory service similar to what IS out
lined above. We repeat. we have noticed
this in other cities and we may expect
it in Providence.
But the trust will not have its own
way. If it persists in organizing it viii
meet with persistent opposition, and
new and dependent ice companies VIII
be formed, and to help these the "Tele-
gram" Will use it's influence. Those
persons who put money into an ice
trust must not complain If, after all the
opposition that is promised against 1t.
they lose it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-16
ALL Went under
Growing Crops in the Tennes-
see Valley Submerged.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Aug. 16-The
Tennessee river now at 80 feet is still
rising at the rate of eight inches per
hour. and the rain that has lasted IS
hours continues, with s7k inches to its
credit The danger line win be reached
this afternoon, and the prospect is good
for 10 feet more without additional
rain Reports from Albania indicate
the approach of the Mobile storm.
Huntsville reports high wind and rain
IN torrents at noon All growing crops
IN the Tennessee valley left by the May
flood went under this morning All
night the river front here was alive
with men moving freight, grain and
lumber. No such food has ever oc-
CURED in August before. and thou
sands of dollars worth of stuff was
stored within reach. and it was mid
night before the warning was needed.
Then fabulous prices were offered for
help to move it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
lion the Chicago News.l

IFrom the Chicago News-1
Dead women tell no secrets.
Wise are they who never love any
one for anything but love-
It is good to grasp an honest hand
consisting of four aces
Many a man who claims to be we'd
ded to his art can't prove il.
Selfshness is the father Of misery
and jealousy is the mother-in-law.
Mosquitoes and young widows seem
to have a special grudge against old
bachelors.
There are a good many stale boarding
house prunes in q life OF single blessed
ness.
A woman's mission on earth is to
convince some men that he ought TO
get married.
THE Haymaker's Story is the title
of recent novel. 1t probably has a
grass plot
Don't marry a girl who laughs at ev-
cry fool thing you say. She's playing
you to lose If you win.
1t always makes a man mad when in
after years his wife laughs at the rec
objection of how he proposed.
THE thief who broke into Blanks
shoeshop last night got away with con-
siderable booty" wrote the rural editor
and the next day he was taken to the
insane asylum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-16
CONSTITUTION LEADS.
Hazy Weather Prevents Full Details
of Yacht Race.

Larchmont, n. z, Aug 16-The crews
of the Constitution and the Columbia
began the work of preparing the two
big cup defenders for their first contest
of the Larchmont Yacht club series
early this morning. The sky was yelled
breeze was just ruff7ing the placid wa
tiers of Long Island sound. The re-
gatta committee the Iarchmont club
had arranged a thirty mile triangular
course, but owing to the narrowness OF
the sound at this point the triangle was
half the usual size, being five miles on
a side, or Is miles around, the yachts
sailing it twice. the starting point just
at the entrance of the harbor.
The warning signal was given at 1870
and the starting signal five minutes
later. The starting time as seen from
shore was:
Constitution, 1:S5:4S: Columbia, 1875: 81
The yachts went over the line on
broad reach to the first mark. At 1856
hundred yards. There was a very thick
haze and the yachts went out of sight
shortly before ? o'clock.
The weather is so hazy that it is inn
possible for Center Island to identify
the boats, but apparently the Constitu
ton was leading as they approached
the eastern mark.
Half way to the second mark Con-
stitution was half a mile ahead. At
9 o'clock, however, she had some trou-
bic with her jib top sail and while
changing the Columbia pulled up on
her and at 3:05 was only a quarter of
mile aStern.
mark at 1896 Columbia 3:28:36. Both
boats then headed for the third mark
The wind was very light and the yachts
were sailing slow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-16
IAYHAwKER Jors.

Lit Crum has come to realize that
even a political bee has a sting.
Crab apples in Clay county seem big
ger and juicier than ever this fall
Norton has a herd OF deer in the
park which amuses the youngsters
Two young men OF Esbon have left
for ''greener pastures" However that
was before the rain.
please bring US a pig on subscrip-
ton is the plaintive appeal of Editor
Cady Of the Augusta Journal
A Phillipsburg man who has recover
ed from the kick of a vicious mule will
60 east to work in a dynamite factory.
Two Augusta admirers of Teddy
have gone to the mountains on bear
hunt and nothing short Of a grizzly
goes
When ''our own Carrie gazes upon
the vast expanse of rolling pillows at
Atlantic City viii she MARBLE II am a
pirate bold"
A Solomon man who Il shy portion
Of his hand now knows how a Cotton
wood log feels after it has been through
a planning mill
BY his speech at Hutchinson Colonel
Roosevelt has demonstrated that the
vice presidency does not invariably
petrify Its victim
The Cloud county man who was
thrown through wire fence by an irate
COW will see that his wife does the
milking hereafter.
Mrs Nation may show the people of
Atlantic City, where they have Sunday
saloons. that the town is something
more than a watering place.
An Abilene mother OF a precocious in
FAINT hangs this sign out on her front
door two or three times daily: please
don't knock the baby Is asleep"
Just to show the demand for corn in
Mcpherson county a story is sent out
about fisherman with one grain for
bait landing a twenty pound catfish.
The Saline county farmer who has
about a third of corn crop remarked
to his wife that hereafter he would
save up for a drouth day rather than a
rainy day
What do you suppose the Decatur
county man remarked when he went to
his pasture and found 10 big steers dead
from lightning that he had labored for
many months to fit for market.
A kirwin poker party was suddenly
ended by the wife of the dealer heaving
a stone through the window As the
chip dispenser was loser he is suspect
ed of having worked up the incident
The Dickinson county man who was
fined $1,000 for stealing q dog gave as
his excuse that besides being perfect
picture of his own pup the strange
canine gave a Whit at his trousers and
followed him or.
Turnip seed planted on Monday after
a Sunday rain were sprouting through
the ground on Tuesday at Medicine
Lodge Which rapid hump upon her
self only illustrates that mother nature
proposes to undo her awful drouth
blunder
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-16
CRESCEUS MAY COME.
Phenomenal TrOtter May Be
Here in October.

Cresceus, the horse who won the world s
championship in the trotting class at
Brighton Beach, New York, may be seen
in Topeka during the latter part of o.
tober He is to be taken to Denver Octo-
Der 81 and viii be entered at the Louis
vile meet about October To- During the
interval between the Louisville and Dem
YER dates it is quite possible the horse
will appear here.
Frank Foster secretary of the local
horsemen's association. today wrote to
George Ketcham for a contract for the
horse to appear here for day or perhaps
two days If a. contract can be made an
other horse Of prominence will be brought
here to go against Cresceus and the re-
naming events of a race meet Will be
made up of local entries and of horses
of only a state reputation.
Inasmuch as Cresceus IS the son of Rob
ert AIcGregor, a Kansas horse, which was
driven on the streets of Topeka at one
time, and ipasmuch as Cresceus holds the
worlds championship, it is believed a large
crowd could be induced to come to To-
peka for the ever. The railroads will
grant special rates from the nearby towns
and cities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-16

Canada. s140,772 to Germany. and SIS es5
to the Netherlands
The growth in exports from the
United States to Porto Rico has been
in nearly all the articles entering into
that commerce. but especially in manu-
features. Exports OF cotton cloth in
creased from 55h million yards to over
% millions; boots and shoes. from %
thousand pairs to As thousand; books,
maps and engravings. from Il thou
sand to over 40 thousand dollars;
candles, from Ill thousand to 3I5 thou
sand pounds: chemicals. drugs and
medicines. from So thousand to Sc
thousand dollars; wearing apparel,
from % thousand to 1o1 thousand dol
larss vegetable oils. from 50 thousand
to IS thousand dollars; soap, IRON Il
thousand to p thousand dollars; and
manufactures of wood. from 40 thou
sand to 100 thousand dollars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-16
LOCAL MENTION.

The Santa Fe Reds went to Usage
City today to play ball.
The temperature at o'clock was SO.
AT 2:30 the mercury touched 80.
A. K. Rodgers is at Hutchinson to-
day attending the g. A. r. reunion.
Howell Jones, recently elected land
agent of the Santa Fe, is in Los An
geles.
Mrs. r. NJ. Gregory, who has been
spending the summer with relatives
here, has returned to her home in Chi
cage.
The streets and walks committee Of
the city council made a trip out West
Sixth avenue today to investigate de-
fective sidewalks
D E. Heaton, of St. Joseph, who has
one of the finest undertaking establish
ments in the west, is here today visit
ing l. NJ. PenweL
George R Henderson, superintendent
of machinery for the Santa Fe here.
has gone to Philadelphia and New York
to make final arrangements for the 80
new engines ordered for use on the
Santa Fe. F'orty-five of the new en-
gines are for passenger service and IS
for freight service.
L. NJ Penwell chairman of the com
mittee on legislation OF the National
Funeral Directors association. viii 60
to Charleston to attend the national
convention in October He VIII go
from here to New Orleans and com
plete the trip by ocean steamer.
The new Rock Island freight office
has been completed. and the Office
force has moved into it. The new office
fixtures have not yet arrived. but the
painting and finishing has all been
completed. The storage rooms have
been placed in readiness for occupancy.
The Rock Island freight depot is now
200 feet long and 81 feet wide.
A subscription paper was circulated
this morning to raise money to bury
Ed Wilson. the colored man who fell
dead in the yard at First and Jackson
streets on account Of q hemorrhage of
the lungs Tuesday. He was a soldier OF
the Spanish-A1l erican war. and was in
company A. Twenty-third regiment.
The pavement over the sewer in the
alley bounded by Fourth and Fifth
street and Kansas avenue and Jackson.
street in the rear of Councilman
Weber's grocery store gave way under
meath a heavily laden coal wagon this
morning. Considera bic difficulty was
experienced in pulling the rear wheel
of the wagon from the hole caused by
the cavein. The hole let the wheel
down almost to the hub. Street Com
missioner Snyder was notified and ar
engagements will be made for its repair.