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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-23
Heck Bound Over.
Cisterns Filled.

The Tri-City Electric Sprinkler
company will fill your cistern. Leave
orders at C. n. Danielsen, No. 171+
Third avenue, or telephone No. 1855,
office of Sprinkler company with L.
n. Guyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-23

Itchiness of the skin, horrible
plague. Most everybody afflicted in
one way or another. Only one safe,
never failing cure. DOan's Ointment.
at any drug store, so cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-23
Turkey
Talk

Will soon be the order of the day.
Those who are on the lookout for good
things to grace their Thanksgiving Ia
BILE will find some bargains in the fol-
lowing list:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-23
Licensed to Wed.

Frank \ Kerr. Rock Island
Miss Anna Eugenie Smith. $500.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-18
Remnants
Wool Dress Goods

Just received big shipment of Fall and
Winter styles in all wool DRESS GOODS for
Skirts and Dresses All shades and weaves, such
as Homespun Coverts, Vicunas, Venetans
Cheviots mixed Camets, Meltons, Basket Cloth,
Whipcords an1 Kerseys. 3roadhead brands and
guaranteed to wash Don't fail to inspect them
at our store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-18

supplied ffty'two interior offices
Six months ago they learned that
the new branch of the Choctaw
railroad would deprive them Of
their contract. Then valuables
began to be missed.
Inspector Beebe was put in
charge and he sent to Kansas City
for Stice. Stice mailed a pair of
scarlet mittens to an address to-
ward the other end of the Robert
son routes, the weather at that
time being exceedingly cold. His
own name was marked in the
mittens and the inspector himself
started to accompany the package.
Near Washita he says Albert
Robertson, one of the Robertson
family, driver of one of the stages,
had on the gloves.
Developments show that the two
families intermarri,d, so that all
are closely related and that for six
months they had stopped every
package intrusted to them. Dur
ing Christmas week not a package
was delivered. The recovered
plunder, found in barns. in weeds,
in straw stacks and under brush
piles. filed an entire stage coach.
The prisoners confessed up to
the robberies, told where the goods
were, stated that they had intend
ed to open a general store at Roger
Mills, in the western part Of the
territory.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-18
STAR ROUTE ROBBERY.
Five Large Sacks Are Filled With
NaIuabIes.

Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. IL
Postoffice Inspector Stice, has re e.
turned to Kansas City bringing
with him FIVE ltcge mail sacks filled
with yaluables, together with the
information that the last arrest
had been made in the Okla
homa Star route mail robbery.
The entire male members of the
families of J. E. Robertson and j.
II. ESSEX of Oklahoma. are behind
the bars. In six months, it is al
legged they had stolen property
from the mails to the value of So,
300. This consisted of everything
that goes through postoffice from
iewlery to silks Seventy per cent
of the goods recovered have been
restored to their owners. The
five sacks which are here, are all
that have not been claimed. They
go to the dead letter office, to be
held six months, and then sold al
auction.
The Robertson and Essex fami
lies had the contract for carrying
the mails in Oklahoma from f
Reno to Arrapahoe and from
Bridgeport to Cloud Chief. They
took the mails from trains and,
carrying them in stage coaches
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-18
Low Rate Excursions
all Summer via
The Burlington Route

During the coming summer the
burlington Route will have IN effect
the very lowest excursion rates that
have ever been made. The general
plan OF these rates. destinations. ETC.,
is so varied that the public should
ask their nearest ticket agent for
details, or else do US the favor to
write for rates, descriptive matter,
etc.
Cheap Summer Tours West-Daily
TO Utah, Colorado and Black Hills,
also Homeseekers' excursions every
two weeks to the whole West and
Northwest.
Cheap Excursions East-Very low
round trip rates to the Buffalo Expo-
sition, the Seashore, Adriondacks,
Canada, Michigan Lakes, Mackinaw;
a thousand eastern resorts; fine lake
and rail trips east, via Chicago, De
troit, Cleveland.
Cheap Excursions North - Every
day to st. Paul, Minneapolis aud
Lake Superior resorts; the coolest
recreative country.
Ask for the Burlington's summer
excursion rate circulars.
California Excursions personally
conducted every Wednesday from st.
Louis, every Thursday from Kansas
City and st. Joseph.
l.. j. BRlcKER, l.. w. WAKELEY,
TPA, s23 Main GPA
ST Louis 81 Louisl
HOWARD ELLIOTT,
General Manager,
pt Louis
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-23
DIClPLES OF CALVIN.
Presbyterian General Assembly Eegins
Hts SessIons-A Californian Is sh osen
Mod ral0r,

Philadelphia. May 1.-THE Presby-
terian general assembly, which be-
gan it's 18th meeting here Thursday.
disposed of two important matters
during the afternoon session. Rev.
Henry c. Minton. of Salr Anselmo,
Cal. was elected moderator and, by
an emphatic vote the assembly de-
eided to accept the "Peoria plan" of
choosing standing committees,
though an effort was made to obvi-
ate the system. Rev. Minton's only
opponent was Rev. George I. Puryes,
of New York. and of the G13 votes cast
DR.. Minton received 337 and DR.. Pur-
yes 276.
BY the "Peoria plan" the church is
divided into election districts, each
of which decides who of its members
shall be placed on the several com
missions. The commissioners select
their own chairman, leaving the mod
orator without authority in the mat
ter.
The opening session of the general
assembly was called to order by Rev
Charles \. Dickey, the retiring mod
orator. in Calvary Presbyterian
church. where all the business meet
iugs Of the assembly will be held.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-23
A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY.
Minister C0n@er Says Our mauufnct-
urers Should Get Out and Hustle for
Oriental Trade.

New York, May 17.-Edwin II. Con-
ger, minister to China, was the guest
of honor last night at the third an
nual banquet of the American Asiatic
association, given at Delmonlco 5.
There were 125 guests present.
Minister Conger spoke of the pro-
gress made in the commercalism of
this country in the Orient. Recent
developments in the Philippines, he
said, had given courage to the mer-
chant and the missionary alike, both
looking for increased results, espe-
cially in China.
Notwithstanding the barbarism of
last summer" said the speaker" the
present situation has still most al
luring prospects for commercial and
philanthropic work in the Orient.
Great trade possibilities are still eN-
istent in the middle kingdom and If
properly taken advantage of. both by
government and individual, great
profits are in store.
at is to be regretted that some
sort of measure III aid of American
shipping did not pass the last con-
gress. In my judgment this is not a
political. but patriotic measure and
is demanded in order to fairly meet
The competition of shipping sub
sidiZed by other governments.
"One great trouble with our for
eign trade is that our merchants and
manufacturers have never taken hold
of it as serious and permanent
basis. Whenever they have found
themselves with surplus of pro-
ducts, and only then, they have gone
abroad to sell them, if possible, re-
gardless of future transactions ana
then abandoned the field until an ac-
emulation of another surplus has
driven them forth again. Their
European competitors, in the mean
time, have been on the ground
studying the wants of the people,
familiariZing themselves with the
conditions of trade and establishing
agencies. Americans, if they hope
for success, must go and do like wise.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-23
WILL GIRDLE THE GLOBE.
Messrs- Morgan and HiH Will soon
Control Transportation Lines Ex-
tending Across the World.

st. Paul, Mimi, May 17.-The Pio-
neer Press says: Plans for a trans
Portation system completely encirci.
ing the globe are credited to Presi.
dent James j. Hill, of the Great
Northern, and j. Pierpont Morgan, of
New York. 1t is stated that but a
link to the chain is lacking and be-
fore Mr.. Morgan's return from
abroad, within week or two, it will
be supplied.
The great factors in the new sys-
tenn are the Great Northern, the
Great Northern Steamship CO., Mr..
Hills trans-Paciiic line, soon
to be in operation, and the Leyland
lines recently purchased by Mr.. Nor
gan. The acquisition of these lines
and the one missing link, line be
tween Alexandria, Egypt, and Hong
Kong, is said to have been Mr.. Nor
gan's purpose in visiting Europe.
The system will be of vast benefit
to Minnesota and the entire territory
travcrsed by the Great Northern.
since it will throw the most of the
Asiatic shipments to the United
States and Europe through Duluth
and st. Paul gateways.
This, mind you, does not mean the
organization of single company to
manage an all-around-the-gl line -
said the person mentioned. "As | un-
derstand it the relations between Mr..
Hill and Mr.. Morgan will result i'll a
mutual understanding, traffic agree
mcnts, and all the other parapherna-
liza of common interests, etfecting the
same thing as if all were under a
single ownership.
Starting from Buffalo, the Great
Northern steamship Co., the Great
Northern railway and Mr.. HilFs
trans-Pacific steamers will give al
most an air line to Yokohama, Shang-
mai and Hong Kong. a link to be
supplied will continue the line to
Alexandria, via Singapore and Bonn
bay, and from Alexandria Morgan
lines will connect with Mediterranean
ports. Liverpool and London. The
Leyland lines give direct connection
with London and Philadelphia. and
Liverpool and New York, and roads
controlled by the Morgan-Hill inter-
ests complete the last division, with
connections into Buffalo.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-23
STOKES is ACQUITTED.
West Virginia Legislator Who Killed
Preacher rs Exonerated by Il Jury.


Williamson, w. Va, May 16.--Sen-
ator S. ID. Stokes stood up in the
court room yesterday and pleaded
mot guilty" to the Indictment ac-
cusing him of the murder of Rev. J. j.
Vol. a Presbyterian minister here
last November. The trial is the final
outcome of Rev. Woll's sensational
sermon in which Williamson society
came under the sharp lash of his in
vective. The theory of the prosecu-
ton was that Stokes sought the min
lister in his own house and demanded
an apology and provoked a quarrel in
which Mr.. Woll was killed. But the
first witness put upon the stand failed
to bear out that hypothesis.
Otis Riley was within 80 yards and
at the first bark of the pistols rushed
toward the scene of the atfray. There
he found Stokes. although shot twice,
still standing with smoking revolver
in hand, and in reply to a question
Stokes said ''Woll shot me first, and
| had to kill him. At that time
Riley said Mrs. Leneive, of Richmond,
Va, who was the only eyewitness TO
the shooting, corroborated Stokes.
Riley's testimony virtually disposed
of the states case. Senator Stokes
took the stand and explained how
VOL was killed. There were no 9th
er witnesses for the defense. Last
night the jury returned a verdict of
not guilty. and Senator Stokes is
apain free
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-23
DEATH I'M A MINE.
S7x Wien Killed and Five Others Fa-
tally Injured by an Explosion nj
FarmingIon, W.. Va.

Fairnont, w. Va, May 16.-Six
miners lost their lives, five were fatal
ly injured and three seriously burned
by an explosion in the shaft of the
Georges Creek Coal and Iron Co., at
Pennington, seven miles west of this
city, on the main line of the Balti-
more & Ohio railway, yesterday.
The Georges Creek Co. has head
quarters in Baltimore, and extensive
mining interests in Maryland. This
is the first mine the company has
opened in this state and fully 81 ,000,-
900 has been invested and the mine is
one of the best equipped in the Fair
mont coal region. Col. Semerville,
an experienced mine superintendent,
has charge of the works. The mine
was only recently put into operation
and about 125 men were employed,
Owing to a shortage in the car sup
ply the men have only been making
about half time for several days, but
on Tuesday quite a number of cars
were left at the mine and the man
agement decided to break all records
with Wednesdays output. Early
yesterday morning the miners who
reside in cottages on the hilltop above
the mine made their way to the main
opening and the car carried them 253
feet into the earth.
Fifteen of them were assigned to a
portion of the mine that has been
worked for some time and the re-
mainder were put to work on head
ings quite a distance away. One of
the men in the rooms. it is alleged,
had smuggled a torch into the mine,
as it gives much better light than
the safety lamps prescribed by the
company. There is an immense fan
which sends 5000 feet of fresh air
into the mine at every revolution, and
as the shaft was considered one of
the safest in the region the miner
did not heed the warnings of fellow
employe who told him of the risk he
was taking.
As 9:15 miner fired shot and the
smoke, which was very dense, caught
fire from the torch and spread to
either the gas or dust and the eXplo-
sion resulted. Fortunately the mine
did not catch fire to any extent. The
explosion almost demolished the
building on the surface in which the
fan was located.
The men on the headings did not
know there had been an explosion
until notified. The air was soon
turned in and in short time the
headings were cleared of foul gases
and the work of rescuing the unfor-
tunates commenced.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-23
DAVID R. FRANCIS.
Noted Missouri Politician Elected
President of the Great st. Louis
Exposition of 1903.

Former Gov. David r. Francis, who
has just been elected president of
the Louisiana Purchase exposition of
1908, was one of the earliest pro-
moters of that great enterprise. Mr..
Francis, like so many politically-dis-
tinguished men of Missouri, is a
Kentuckian. He has just begun his
fifty-second year. At 16 he came to
st. Louis, was graduated from Wash
ington university in 1870, and, en-
tering commercial life, he became
president of the Merchants exchange
in 1888. He was delegate to the
democratic convention of 1884, and
in 1886 he was elected mayor of st.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-23

St. Paul, Mimi. May 1s.-The su-
preme court yesterday filed a street
railway decision, said to be the first
of its kind by any state supreme
court in the United States. The
question whether street car com
panies are guilty of negligence when
they attempt to operate their ears in
time of strikes was injected by the
district Judge at Duluth in his charge
to the jury, and upon that question
the decision of the appeal case
turned. The supreme court holds
that the company is not liable for
negligence in attempting to operate
cars during a strike.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-23
THE NEW WAGE SCALE.
Iron Work ers VIII Probably Dema nd
that 1t be Based on S5 Kate fOE
pnfhIIno.

Pittsburg, May 16.-President Shaf-
fer, Secretary Williams and the wage
committee of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation of Iron, Steel and Tin Work
ers, left last night for Milwaukee,
where the annual convention is to be
held and the wage scale arranged.
The officials seem confident that a
favorable wage scale can be pre-
pared and that there will be no fric-
ton with the great steel eombina-
ton. The suggestions from the
lodges of the association that are to
be considered by the committee in
formulating its report are for con
tinuous scale based on rate of S.
for pudding. on a selling price of one
cent for bar iron.
If this scale is adopted there will
be no disturbances in the iron and
steel industry, so far as the Amalga-
mated associa ton is concerned, for
years.
The rate, however, is considered
may not be adopted as promptly as
the workers organization desires.
The convention will be one of the
most important held for number of
years, as the matter of arranging
settlements with the various combi-
nations for each mill will be taken
up. Most of the delegates have al
ready declared that they will not ia
vor settlement at any one plant un-
less all are included, when owned or
controlled by combination, or by
the United States Steel Corporation.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-23
MRS. LYMAN J. GAGE,
Wife of the Secretary of the
Treasury, Passes Away.
AT HER WASHINGTON HOME
Was 5S Years of Age and Had Been
Married 10 5Er. Gage for IL Years
will be Buried ia Rose Hill Gene-
terry. Near Chicago.

Washington, May 1s.-Alrs. Lyman
j. Gage, wife of the secretary of the
treasury, died at her residence here
at $3.50 o'clock last night, after an
illness of nine weeks' duration. With
her when the end came were her hus-
band, her married daughter. Mrs. +.
+. Pierce, of Evanston, ILL.,, and DR..
Johnston, the attending physician.
For Il time before her death Mrs.
Gage suffered considerable pain, but
She maintained her cheerful demean-
or and was conscious to the last.
Heart trouble. the result of grip
complications, was the immediate
cause of death. Mrs Gage was ex-
posed to the inclement weather for
about an hour on Inauguration day,
but at the time her health did not
seem to have been affected. On
March IL she left here for Evanston
to visit her daughter. While there
She experienced a chill and took to
ier bed. but soon recovered sufficient
ly to return TO Washington, where
she had been confined to her room
ever since.
Mrs. Gage was a native of Albany,
\. y, and 50 years of age. She was
married to Secretary Gage in Denver,
Col, in 1887. There were no children
from their union, Mrs. Pierce being a
:hld by a former husband.
The remains will be inferred in
Rose Hill cemetery, near Chicago. 1t
is probable that religious services
will be held al her former residence
in this city, on Sunday morning, after
which the body Will be taken to Chi
'cago. Mrs. Gage was an Episcopa-
liam in her religious belief, but dur
ing their residence here she and the
secretary have had a pew in the Me-
.tropolitan VI. T.. church, where the
president attends.
During their residence in Washing
ton Secretary and Mrs. Gage took
quite an active part in social life at
the capital. Mrs. Gage was woman
of charming personality and with her
husband delighted in extending the
hospitality of their elegant home.
Mrs. Gage was probably closer to
Mrs. Mckinley than any of the other
ladies' of the cabinet.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-23
4 big lockout.

New York, May 1S.-Between $4,000
and 10000 bricklayers in the employ
of contractors who are members of
the Mason Builders association were
locked out Friday. The original con-
troversy arose over the employment
of non-union men on a certain job,
and on this the arbitrators decided
against the contractor The brick
layers next demanded pay for the
time they had been out on strike and
the contractor offered to compromise
by giving them each two days pay,
but the men refused to settle and the
lncknmt Is the reSnlf
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-23
GRAND CONFEDERATION.
in Russia Said to lie Biggest
blaze on Record

The great fire at the oil refine ries
and reservoirs at Baku, Russia, which
has only recently been extinguished,
ranks as one of the biggest conha-
grations of the kind on record Its
origin was a mystery, but within an
hour of the outbreak the magazines
of the Caspian 65 Black Sea company,
containing an immense quantity of
petroleum, amounting to 6,000000
pools, were involved. Ten people, un-
able to escape the fiery torrent, per-
ished, and over 140 were terribly
burned. For several days it was quite
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-23

Milwaukee, May 1s.-Detectiyes
Waterman and Peck narrowly es-
capped death last night at the hands
of man giving the name of w. IL.
Harris. of Cleveland. Harris had at
tempted TO pass check, the genuine
ness of which was questioned, on II
local merchant. When the officers
rounded him up, Harris drew a revol-
yer and fired two shots. The officers
We're too quick for him and in the
melee Harris received TWO flesh
wounds He had in his possession GER
tilted checks aggregating SS07 and the
bank book OF Capr, b. 0. Squires,
made out on the American Exchange
bank of Cleveland.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-23
In Honor of Senator Quay.

Philadelphia, May 15.-Republirans
of the dominant faction from ever
section of this state paid homag last
night TO United States Senatol Quay
in honor of his reelection tn the
senate. Barring a state convention,
last nights gathering of republicans
was one OF the greatest outpourings
to do honor to one man ever wit.
nesssd in this state. Gov. Stone vas
there, all the members of his cabinet,
members of the Legislature, the ma
nicipal heads of several cities and all
the p:o@inent republicans o. this
city.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-23
glackiGstx are Legal.

Chicago, May 17.--In the superior
court yesterday Judge Baker decided
that it is legal for employers to main
iain a blacklist. The ruling was in
,he case of Annie Condor against
several stock yards packing firms.
The plaintiff was "A can painter and
joined a strike last year against re-
duction in wages. Since that time,
she claims, she has been unable to
secure employment. The court ruled
that firms had a right to take protec-
tive measures against persons who
had quit the employment of other
firms without valid reasons.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-23
Ci@arn,nkers Strike.

Tampa. Fla, May t6.-A strike of
5000 cigarmakers was Inaugural ted
here Wednesday. For two days past
a bridge connecting Tampa with the
western suburbs has been broken
and the men had to wait for ferry
boats. This was unsatisfactory.
Those employed on the west side got
together and decided to compel the
manufacturers to ring influence to
bear to have the bridge repaired. To
this end they decided to strike. Two
thousand in number they then
marched to the factories and de-
manded that the employees come out
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-23
HON. DAVID r. FRANCIS.
president of the Louisiana Purchase Ex
position of 1907

Louis, defeating his republican oppo-
nent, who four years previously had
received a majority of $4,000 votes.
The new mayor became so strong
politically that he was given the
nomination for governor in 1888, and
few candidates for that post have
had a more united and enthusiastic
following. In the closing days of the
last Cleveland administration Mr..
Francis was appointed secretary of
the interior, and served in that po-
sition until the inauguration of Pres
ident Mckinley the first time. When
the democratic party split on the
silver issue in 1896 he took sides
with the sound money faction, and
has remained that kind of a democrat
ever since. lie is already mentioned
as a presidential possibility for 1904.