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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
MONEY MISSING
Package Containing $1,000
Disappears From the
Mail.
SENT FROM KANSAS CITY
Postal Clerk Under Suspicion
-Consigned to Great
Bend, kas.

Kansas City, May 21.-A package
containing $4,000 in currency con-
signed by registered mail by the Ma
tional Bank of Commerce to bank
in Great Bend, Kas.. has disappeared.
Detectives are working on the theory
it was stolen by postal clerk.
Attempt to Blow up Bank
Cambridge, Mass, May 21.-What
the police believe to be a daring at
tempt to rob the Cambridge National
bank of this city by the use of dyna-
mite in broad daylight, was revealed
this morning by an explosion in the
bank which blew out the side of the
office and damaged other parts of the
building. Cashier Roaf sustained a
bad wound on the head. If the ex-
Plosion was part of the plot to rob
the bank the plan failed. for nothing
of value was taken from the place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
IN MEMORY oFTHEHERoINE.
Great ViGduct Named in Honor of Brave
Kate Shelly.

Ogden, Ia. May 21.-ThOusands of
people in central Iowa assembled Sun
day on the banks of the Des Moines
river between Boone and Ogden. Ia,
to cheer the first train as it thundered
over the longest and highest double
track Viaduct in the world structure
just completed by the Chicago and
NOrthwester Railway company. repre-
Senting an expenditure of $1,000. 600.
The viaduct is popularity called the
Kate Shelly" viaduct, chrStened so
in cOmmemoration of an act of hero
ism on the part of Miss Kate Shelly.
of. MOingOna, Ia. who. at the peril of
her life. crept across the broken GRID
erS of the DeS MoineS river railroad
bridge at MOingOna during midnight
storm that swept the principal sup
ports of the structure from their foun-
dation. and saved the flying Omaha
special. with its load of human freight,
from destruction.
AS a reward for her service the
Northwestern road erected n comfort
able new home on the Shelly farm ut
MoingOna, presenting it to Miss Shelly.
1t is from this incident that the new
viaduct spanning the Des Moines river
between Boone and Ogden derives its
name.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
EMPLOYERS WHO ARE RESISTING.
nneen City Men Decide to ClOse-Thou-
sands strike at Frisco.

Cincinnati, May 21.-At the meet
ing late yesterday of the employing
Inachinists they decided to close down
their plants indefinitely as a result OF
the strike. \ number OF the larger
firms declare that they have enough
finished product on hand to tide them
over a strike without Inconvenience.
At Il meeting of the strikers Business
Agent Schilling announced that the
tie-up in Cincinnati is the most COM
pIete in the country. He said there
were but 100 non-union machinists at
work.
San Francisco, May 21.-Sixty- five
hundred union machinists and other
iron trade workmen affiliated with
them quit work in this city yesterday.
1t is expected that 1000 more men will
Join the strike as soon as they are
ordered to do so by their respective
national directors. Among the latter
are the iron molders and the core max
ers. The other crafts affected include
almost every branch OF the iron ship
building and boiler-making trades.
or the 1000 men employed at the
Union iron works 3.70O went out. At
the Risdon iron works COO men quit.
On the payroll OF the Fulton iron
works there are about 600 names, and
900 Of them left the shoDs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
4 GOnd Memory.

A bad memory in most cases might
be more properly described as one rust
ing from sheer want of use. The fact
is our brain cells are always "ready to
oblige," but we do not give them suffi-
cient encouragement in their well
meant efforts. Naturally the individ-
ual may cultivate a memory for GER
tain details more readily than for 9TH
ers, but the general basis of all recol-
lective acts is the same, and there is no
department of human mental activity
in which the motto that practice
makes perfect" holds more truly than
in the science of mnemonics- The
view may be expressed. indeed. that
we never forget anything presented to
our brain cells. When we say we have
forgotten, we really mean that we can
not find the mental Photographic mega
tive whence we can print of a positive
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Chronicle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
TRAITS" SAID THE IDLER
And He Thought He Had EN-"
When He Looked into a Chi
cago Show Window.
RODENTS LOOT A JEwELRY STORE
According to the Latest News from
the Windy City-WOrk Done
Before Big Crowd.

Chicago. May 21.-Rats carried off
jewelry valued at over 500 from the
show windows of the Goodrich & Pot
ter company, 202 State street, Sunday
night. \ big crowd watched the lit
tie creatures seize articles and tug and
pull until they dragged them out of
sight Yesterday morning nearly all
or the stuff stolen i'll the last six
weeks was recovered. and the clerks of
the jewelry firm. who have been
watching each other with suspicious
eyes. gave Il sigh of relief. Several
private detectives who also have been
watching for the thieves We're relieved
from further duty by the firm. 1t was
soon discovered that the rats had car
rled the jewelry away to nibble the
paste from the tags which were at
tached to each article.
How the Trick Was Found Out.
1t was luck which made the discov-
cry of the thieves possible. The watch
men had guarded the store ut night
since the middle of April without get
ting a clew, and the clerks had been
watched for weeks by the private de-
tcctiveS, but no trace of the missing
jewelry was obtained. Then a man
walking down State street Sunday
glanced into the firms show windows
as lie Sauntered past. He saw a gold
watch moving along as If it had legs.
He looked closer and saw that a big
rat had the ring of the watch in his
teeth and that another rat was pulling
the first one by the tail. The pedeS-
trian watched until the little animals
and the timepiece disappeared into IL
dark corner.
Afraid He Had Rats Himself
He was so surprised that he wanted
TO make sure the rats were not Crea-
lures of his own invention. He de-
cided right away a hospital was the
proper place for him if nobody else
could see those rats. He hailed the
next man who came along and told
him what he had seen. The second
man told the first that a doctor was
the proper person for him to talk to.
But while he was giving this friendly
advice he saw Il rat come into the
lighted section of the window. seize
gold chain and Scamper off with it. In
five minutes there We're half n hun
dred people crOwding and pushing to
get a look into the window. The rats
didn't mind the Watchers but kept on
working. II an article was too heavy
for one rodent he would get Il good
for one rodent, others would help him.
Rnt Loot for One Night.
When the manager of the store was
notified of what was going on he came
down town and found that seventeen
rings, four watches and half a dozen
charms and brooches were gone from
the show window. Yesterday morn
ing wOrkmen began 10 tear up the
floor under the show windows. There
was Il great squealing and scratching
when the first board came up: Below
il, in a corner made by beam and the
of CrS raI
little rats that didn have their eyes
open. and Il lot of jewelry. Further
search revealed more of the missing
DrODprtV
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
DEVELOPMENT OF AYREs' PLOT.
Attempted Assault FaiIed-His Own Pts
toi Kills Him.

When Ayres called at her room lie
was entirely dressed, but when she
entered his room, as per agreement.
she found him standing behind the
door undressed except as to his under
shirt. and with a revolver in his hand.
He then told her that he had enticed
her TO the room for his own purposes,
and that If she did not submit TO his
wishes he would kill her. Mrs. Bo-
pine says that she Immediately
grasDed the revolver, and in the strug-
gle which ensued il was discharged
three different times, striking him ut
each discharge, the last shot proving
fatal. She says that the cries for help
which Miss MinaS heard were all from
her, as were also the sobbing which
Miss Minas described.
Mrs. Bonine says that after the
shooting she passed through the win
dow of AyreS' room to and down the
fire-escape ladder. and entering the
parlOr window of the second floor,
passed through the parlor and back
Tip the stairway of the hotel to her
own room on the fourth floor She
then washed her hands. undreSSed ana
retired. Mrs. BOnine was entirely sell
possessed when she made her confess
sion. and did not exhibit any evidence
OF either present of past mental eX-
element She is apparently about 32
years of age. and says she was born
in Macon, Mo.
She saws ii was at her husbands So
licitation that she learned to practice
with a revolver, and that he had made
the suggestion that she should learn
this art for self-defense against pos
sible assaults. She said she had twice
I'm her life fired n revolver to frighten
burglars, and that she had brought a
bulldog revolver with her TO Washing
ton. but had given it away TO negro
man. After she had concluded her
statement the woman was placed I'M
tpnfiOn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
CANNOT REMOVE THE BODY.
MoIher EefuAed Permission to Di-Inter
the Body of Hcr son.

Lincoln. Neb.. May 21.-Bishop Bos-
acum. of this diocese. has refused to
allow the mother of Edward CaGney
to remove her sons remains from the
Roman Catholic cemetery in this city.
The mother. Mrs. McEntee. OF Platts-
mouth, desired 10 PXhume the body,
which has been buried ten years. to
place it beside the remains of another
son at Plattsmouth. The request was
refused. and when agents of the moth
er persisted. threats Of criminal prose
cution were made.
In Roman Catholic ecclesiastical law
the wish of a dying person iS regarded
sacredly. Cagney had expressed Il de
sire to be buried on the Fitzgerald lot
i'm the Lincoln Roman Catholic Gene
tery. The cemetery is held. according
TO church custom. in the name of the
bishop as personal property. Bishop
Bonacum holds that the wish of the
dying man shall be respected. The
courts will probably settle the matter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS.

Korea has leased 10 Japan $50 acres
at Ma -San-Pho. which land Russia de
sired.
King Edward intends to visit Ire
land as soon as possible.
Dangerous derelictS in the Atlantic
are reported by recently arrived steam
erS.
Robert Gibbs, formerly of Chicago,
was aSphyXiated by gas i'll New York.
Judge Bakers decision at Chicago
upholding the blacklist was denounced
by the Chicago Federation of Labor.
NJ Revolt will be made French gov
ernOr general of Algeria.
Admiral Giequot. formerly French
minister of marine, is dead.
Eight persons We're hurt in a col
lision between n wagon and an cleo
tric ear at Chicago.
The Colorado supreme court has de-
Cided that the city of Leadville owns
the mineral rights under streets and
alleys.
Three cases of smallpox have been
reported among Porto RicanS on the
island of Kauai. Hawaii.
The president has promised to talk
to the Forty fifth and Forty-SiXth in
fantry regiments, now at San Fran
cisco from Manila.
General Macarthur has celebrated at
Manila the surrender of the insurgent
generals, MascardO and Lacuna, by
releasing 1000 Filipino prisoners.
General NOXica, the insurgent chief
OH the island of Leyte, Z. l., has sur
rendered with twenty men.
The national supreme court has de-
cided that bottles and corkS used in
the manufacture of beer for export
must pay duty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21

There is only one sword factory in
the United States, a Massachusetts,
concern, and that one has ample capac-
ity for supplying the domestic demand
for swords. The saber lost its efficiency
as n cavalry weapon as far back as the
war of the rebellion, and the increased
range Of rifles has made the sword
equally obsolete as an implement of
actual combat. 1t is about as danger
Gus now as a bandmaster's baton and
serves much the same purpose.-New
York Tribune, r.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
PRESIDENT WATCHING CUBA
He and the Cabinet Satisfied with DeveI-
opments SO Far.

San Francisco. May 21.-The presi-
dent and members of the cabinet are
watching with interest the reports
which the Cuban commission which
visited Washington present to the con-
stitutionaI convention. Secretary Root
has kept the president fully advised
of the movements in Havana. and the
president is in communication with
leading senator's upon the subject. The
question of this governments accept
ance of the action of the constitutional
convention as IA substantial compli-
ance with the terms of the Platt
amendment will. Of course. not he
formally raised until the constitution
III convention acts upon reports sub
plitted 20 il. but there is good reason
10 believe that the members of the
cabinet here are satisfied with the de-
VelOpmentS.
The majority report is considered n
virtual acceptance of the Platt amend
mont. and the minority report could.
perhaps, he interpreted as 4 stronger
protest. designed to meet the demands
of local sentiment in Cuba and save
the face" OF its authors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
Mother Kills Her Children.

st. Louis. Mich, May 21.-Mrs. Ell
mer Quimby. wife of farmer living
five miles south of this city. Sunday
night gave her two children-a boy
aged and Il girl aged 9-Iarge doses
of morphine. and both children died
early yesterday. Mrs. Quimby then
took eighteen grains of the drug her
self. but the dose was so heavy it
acted aS an emetic and She will re-
cover. Family trouble is said to have
induced the woman to commit the
crime She is under arrest on the
CHARGE of murder
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
NOT THAT A. v. FREEMAN
Must Have Been Some Other Man Who
Committed This Suicide

Must Have Been Some Other Man Who
Committed This Suicide.
New York. May 21.-William Stan
field. Il boatman, found a bottle drift
ing with the tide near the quarantine
station. 1t contained card of "A
V. Freeman, Menominee. Mich. Dis
trict Manager Raber & Watson. Ties.
Poles and Posts, Chicago. Ills" On
the reverse side was written in lead
pencil: God knows l had no choice.
Did not come from Michigan with this
intention. They say drowning is pain
less
Marinette. Wis. May 21-A V.
Freeman. of MenOminee, was seen
Sunday night and is alive and well.
He cannot account for the finding of Il
note in floating bottle Indicating his
drowning. Mr.. Freeman represents
Raber X Watson. of Chicago. He has
not beer in the east for some time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
New Use for n Sunday Law.

West Superior. Wis, May 21.-Gen-
erai Manager Warren, of the Duluth
Superior Traction company. and twelve
men working under his supervision,
weIe arrested Sunday afternoon. They
are charged with violating the city
ordinance forbidding work on Sunday.
The arrest is claimed to he the result
of Il controversy as to the East End
line. The company proposes to single
track the line, and the citizens do not
want thiS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
A Queen Who Married Her Brother.

At IL years of age Cleopatra was
married to her half brother, Ptolemy,
Dionysius, who was then Is. This was
because of the will of his father, who
left him the throne on condition of the
marriage with his sister. They reigned
Jointly under the guardianship of the
Romans until Cleopatra became dissat-
isfied with her brothers attempt to
gain sole power. She plotted against
him, and, obtaining the aid of julius
Caesar, she brought about Ptolemy's
death. Thereupon she married another
brother, a boy of IL, whom she later
poisoned, assuming sole power 43 B. c.
With her death go B. c. ended the dy-
nasty of Ptolemy in Egypt.-Woman's
Home Companion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
EmYIoyes' Wagc. RnI.ed.

Burlington. Ia, May 21.-The whole
sale saddlery manufacturing establish
ment of :. X. and |. &. Mcconnell has
advanced its employees wages > to
per cent. The advance was unasked
and unexpected by the men. The c.,
Il. and Q. switch engineers and ire
men have received an increase of 81 to
s. per month.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
CumberIond Pre,bvterians.

West Point, Miss. May 21.-In the
Cumberland Presbyterian general as
sCmbly yesterday morning Rev. Il. H.
Smith, of Kansas. proposed that the
name Of the church be changed to the
American Presbyterian church. Inc
motion was tabled. The women's eld-
ership question was settled by suffer-
ing the Young woman to hold her seat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
PRESBYTERIANS
PROPOSE AMENDMENT.

Philadelphia, May 21.-Considera-
ton of church board reports contin-
ued at today's session of the Presby-
terian assembly. The report of the
committee on home missions claimed
numerous recommendations, one of
the most important being an earnest
commentator of the proposed anti
polygamy amendment to the coAsti-
tuition of the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
GEN. FITZ JOHN PORTER
DIES IN NEW JERSEY

Morristown, N, j., May 21.-Gen.
Fitz John Porter died at his home here
today of chronic diabetes. aged 80.
The position that the deceased has
occupied in the military history of the
country has been extensively recalled
during the period of his illness.
Boston, May 2l.-Former Congress
man Charles A. Boutelle died today at
Mclean asylum, Waverly, Mass.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
ACTION AS TO CADETS
Is OFFICIALLY UPHELD

Washington, May 21.-Secretary
Root approved the action of the
board of officers at West Point, which
recommended the dismissal of five
cadets and the suspension of six
others. This sustains the course of
Col. Mills and other officers in the
recent disturbances at the academy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
Inratuated with the ViIInge Belle.

DeS MoineS, Ia. May 21.-Infatu-
ated with the village belle, Il maiden
OF -, Postmaster j. NJ. Harris, of
Fcote Iowa county, left his wife and
family. locked up his office and took Il
Rock Island train to Denver with his
iramorata. He is described as hand
some man of - years. weighing 200
pounds, while the young lady is desig-
mated as strikingly beautiful. Post
office Inspector Stuart is looking into
Harris accounts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
FINE COLLEGE BUILDING
Is DULY DEDICATED.

Urbana, ILL.,, May 21.--A notable as
semblage of agriculturists today
Joined with the students and faculty
of the University of Illinois in dedi-
eating the new college of agriculture
in this city. The building is of brick,
has two acres of floor space, and is
credited as being the largest and best
equipped building of its character in
the world
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
o,t.op.th. Must Wait Awhile.

indianapolis, May 21.-The state
medical board has decided to keep
osteopaths waiting a little longer be-
fore granting them certificates EMIT
ling them to practice their profession
la Indiana. There are twenty-seven
applications before the board. The
report of the committee appointed to
visit osteopathic colleges. while not
made public, is said to show that sew
eral alleged osteopathic colleges are
not satisfactory to the board.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21

REV. DR. HENRY CoLLIs MTEToR.
submitted to the assembly. and three
of them-ministerial relief. education
and freedom. with the reports of their
standing committees-were disposed
of. During the Afternoon session
Moderator AIinton announced the ap-
pointment of Robert pitcairn, of Pitts
burg, as vice moderator
\ resolution was adopted deprecat-
ing the action OF the directors of the
Pan-American exposition in opening
the gates on Sunday, and earnestly
urging the closing OF the exposition on
that day. The special committee OH
Sunday Observance protested against
the publication of Sunday newspapers
and all Uses of the Lords day for bust
ness purposes or commercial interests.
The canteen was diSapproved of in the
temperance committees report.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
trimming Her sails n hit.

Nannie-Oh. dear; my face is SO free
kled. It's just awful
Aunt Hannah-l wouldn't fret. Nam
ME. OF course the freckles are not
very becoming. but. then. you know.
they serve to cover up your features
Boston Transcript.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
WOMAN IN CASE
HELD FOR MURDER.

Washington. May 21.-The coro-
ner's jury that has been investigating
the murder of James S. Ayers, the
census Office clerk, returned a verdict
this afternoon to the effect that Ayres
was killed during conflict between
himself and Mrs. Lola Ida Henri Bo-
nine. The woman was held for the
grand jury.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
CHICAGO WINS
olYMPIAN GAMES OF 1904

Chicago. May 21.-A dispatch was
received from Paris today stating
that Chicago was selected as the place
for the Olympian golf games in 1904.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
Got,$5 for His Pains.

Lansing. Mich. May 21.-The will
of Lucien ID. Wilson, OF this city, has
been sustained. 1t cuts off George
Wilson, son, with only s.. while
the three children will divide an es-
tate worth $4,000. Young Wilson
was instrumental in commencing pro-
ceedings to have guardian appointed
for his father, but failed TO establish
hi, mental incnInnnrnta
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
Shot Down In Cold Blood.

St. Paul. Mimi, May 21.-In the
presence of his 6-year-Old son. Frank
Greipel was shot down in cold blood
by his brOther-in-law. Henry Mingers.
Three shots were fired, two bullets
lodging near the heart and another
entering the left temple. Greipel died
almost instantly. The two men. had
ouarrpIpd
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
PROMINENT ST. LOUISAN
DROWNED IN FLOODS

Victor, Colo, May 21.-John NJ.
Glover, ex-congressman from st.
Louis, Mo-, is reported to have met
death in floods near Love. Colo, 10
miles from here, Sunday last.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
suicide.i ar Picnic.

Quincy. Ills, May 21.-Miss Julia
Davis. aged 80, while out with n fish
ing party near West Quincy Sunday.
jumped into the water and drowned
herself As she made the leap in full
view OF her friends she cried out:
Here goes nothing" She sank to the
bottom and rescue was impossible.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
hotel Man Suicides.

Milwaukee. Wis. May 21.-James
Carruthers. former well-known hotel
man OF this city, committed suicide by
jumping into the river. Carruthers
was proprietor of the Kirby House Tor
many years. Dependency is said to
be the cause. He was 4G years old.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
Tux on Call" i. All Right.

Washington, May 21.-The United
States supreme court yesterday denied
<hc petition of Ex-Representative ;.
V. White in his case involving the va
Hdity OF the tax upon stock exchange
calls under the war revenue act.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
anot nI, sweetnenrt,rntne

Metropolis. Ills, May 21.-Dennis
Reed. an 1S-year-old boy. shot and Sc
riously wounded George Williams here
Saturday night. Reed had called on
Williams daughter against the latter's
orders. He stepped into the room. OBJ
iccted to the young mans presence in
his house, and the shooting followed.