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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
HEAVY DAMAGES
AGAINST UNIFORM RANK.

Chicago, Aug. 17.-Suits for the
recovery of sums aggregating $780,
600. alleged to be withdrawn from
the endowment rank of the Knights
of Pythias, were filed in the circuit
court here today by the supreme
lodge of the order against John A.
Hinsey, former president of the board
of control, and Henry b. Stolte, for
mer secretary of the body.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
CHIMNEY FELL ON HIM.
Serious Accident TO Han Who slept on
the Roof.

the hOOI.
CHF65Eo Aug. 7.-Marcellus SdfI-
v@n. % wears old. colorcd, living ut
4.l3 Thirty-fifth street is. q Victim OF
insomnia. Thursday evening he re
tired at l | o'clock. but was unable TO
sleep. He counted TO 1000 several
times and tried numerous other meth
DDS of getting to sleep. but without
success. The room was hot and liz
was nervous. so he decided To go to
the roof of the building and see If he
could slumber there. He took Il ham,
mock with him. and tying one end
around chimney and the other TO
the cOrnice. climbed into ii and lay
down TO sleep.
He no sooner shut his eyes than
there was Il crash and the hammock
was filled with bricks. The weight
% his body proved too great for the
supporters OF the hammock and the
chimney tOppled over on him. With
q cry Of pain he jumped from his rest
ing place and ran down stairs and
told the landlady Of his novel expert
cnce. His arm was fractured and two
ribs broken
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
AMALGAMATED PUSHES ITS WORK
Will Try to Organize All the Men at Joliet
Effect of the Strike.

Joliet. Ills. Aug. 11.-Samuel
Adams. vice president of the Amalga-
mated Association i'm Joliet returned
yesterday afternoon from PittSburg.
where he has been i'm conference with
President Shaffer. Adams as once is
sued a call for joint conference of
the four steel mill lodges. He de-
clined to tell the object of the meeting
or discuss the strike situation in any
particular. IL Is reported that a move
ment j. OIL TO unioniZe all the labor i'm
the steel mills outside Of the Amalga-
mated Association. bringing into the
organization l 900 skilled men not now
ir the union. and all the common la
bOrers.
When the 300 employees. Of the I'LL
nOis Steel company joined the ranks
of the strikers the streets OF this city
took on n holiday appearance. All the
Illinois steel mills are closed except
the blast furnaces. Those on strike in
this city now are: Illinois Steel COM
pany various Departmental. 900:
American Tinplate company. 500;
Pressed Steel Car company. 500.
BY the closing down of the Illinois
works idleness for lack of material is
almost certain to come upon the fol
lowing within week: American
Steel and Wire company. 1000: Joliet
Stove works. 800; Phoenix Horseshoe
company. 500: miscellaneous 200.
While the strike leaders and company
officials were equally reticent. it was
stated by one of the latter that the
furnace fires have not been drawn, in
the hope of an early settlement.
General Superintendent Sheldon. OF
the Illinois Steel company. said plans
are being made which probably will
put a new phase on the situation. What
these plans are he refused TO say.
Constitution Columbia Race.
Larchmont Yacht Club. y. Y, Aug.
1.-THE Constitution drifted across
the finish line late yesterday afternoon
n winner over the Columbia by 81 min
utes and % seconds, but the reason
was that the Columbia was becalmed
for the first half Of the race, while the
Constitution had all the wind there
was. When the wind left the Colum-
bia the Constitution was two minutes
ahead
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
Iowa Ordered to Pnnnn,n

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE navy de-
partment has decided to send the bat
tleship Iowa to Panama as soon as she
can be prepared for the trip.
Washington, Aug. 1.-THE Iowa
reported her arrival at San Francisco
to the navy department. Orders 60
forward to her to prepare at once to
60 to sea.
San Diego, CAL. Aug. 1.-THE
Ranger, ordered to Panama, finished
taking on supplies this afternoon and
started southwark.
Norfolk, Va, Aug. 1.-THE gun
boat Machias weighed anchor shortly
after noon today, and sailed for Colon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
JAP GOES BACK TO CHICAGO
Because Hired Girl. Decline to Have Him
Around.

Racine. Wis. Aug. 1T.-While SER
want girls in Chicago are making a
great ado about organization and
threatening utimatums and things, do
mestics here. without OstentatiOn. have
scored n complete victory over the
best families. Recently some of the
wealthy househOlders imported lot
of japanese cooks. They could cook.
but that was all.
DOmestics had to be hired for other
work. Flattering salaries were Of
fered. The girls came. saw the Japs.
picked up their skirts and ran away.
The householders have succumbed and
now the Japs are all back in Chicago.
from which city they Were imported.
looking for fObs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
Strike nBreMery.

LaSalle. Ills, Aug. 17.-Becuase
Pete Chez, a non-uniOn brewer, was
allowed to go to work by the foreman
twenty-five union brewers quit work
at HebePs brewery in Peru. The ac-
ton of the union men was great sur
prise to the officials of the company,
who demanded an immediate investi-
CATION. When the cause of the diff
Guilty was learned Chez was dismissed
without further notice. The union
men then returned TO work and Chez
left the place swearing vengeance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
SEVERE DAMAGE
TO DRESDEN POTTERY

East Liverpool, Ohio. Aug. IL
900, caught fire this morning and will
be almost total loss. Two hundred
employees escaped safely. Thousands
of dollars worth of valuable ware was
destroyed in the warehouse.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
SOMETHING DOING
IN PHILIPPINES YET.

Manila, Aug IA company of
the 26th infantry mad an engagement
with insurgents in the Camarines
province. The troops killed Seebas-
team Angeles. brother of Gen. An
geles, and six Privates and captured
the major, two captains and nine Pri-
Yates. Another detachment captured
Magasin Caoalles at Lum bang. and
also seized a l=rged quantity of sup
plies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
DAvepport Democrats.

The democrats of Scott county this
afternoon at their convention in Dav-
enport, adopted resolutions in which
the name Of w. j. Bryan and the
Kansas City platform were ignored,
and the action taken by the state con-
ventions of Onio aud Virginia was
dorsed- Delegates were named to
the state cjnyention.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
WINTERS is GUILTY
OF BULLION ROBBERY.

Crockett, Cal Aug. 17.-John
Winters. charged with having robbed
the vault of the SeIby company of
bullion exceeding $3.50. 600 in value.
had a preliminary examination this
morning and pleaded guilty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
WEALTHY IOWA WOMAN
DIES FROM ACCIDENT.

Des Moines, Aug. 17.-Mrs. James
Callinan, wife of the we'll known capi-
talist-philanthropist. reputed to be
the wealthiest man in Iowa, died at
midnight as the result of runaway
two weeks ago, in which she and her
husband were severely injured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
Damizra, District of Arme-
MIA, is Raided by
Druids.
ALL MALES ARE BUTCHERED
Only Young Girls are Spared
Twelve Villages De-
stroyed.

Old London, Aug. ia Pail Mall
Gazette dispatch from Constantinople
says body of 400 Druids have been
raiding Damizra, district of Armenia.
They destroyed II villages. leaving
nothing but smoking ruins. Only
young girls were spared. They were
carried off to the harems. All the
males were ruthlessly buthered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
arany Go to Holy HiII."

Hartford. Wis. Aug. 1.-THE feast
celebrated Thursday ut Holy Hill. in
honor of the assumption of the Virgin
Mary. will be one long remembered by
those attending. The attendance num-
bered between 5000 and 10000. The
Via Cruces, or way of the cross, was
crowded with devotees. Women in
beautiful silks and lawns knelt in the
dust beside those in alpaca and calico.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
NO COFFEE DUTY
AS TO PORTO RICO.

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE treas
ury department has decided that
the customs duty of 5 per cent per
pound shall not be imposed on all
coffee imported into Porto Rico from
the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
Long Row In n Shell.

st. Joseph, Mich. Aug. 17-Three
young athletes of this city. Duffy Ma
son. Joseph Mason and Bert Morris.
will attempt to row from st. Joseph to
Chicago. a distance of sixty-one miles.
in a small open shell boat. There is
considerable interest manifested in the
event. and considerable money is up.
1t is hoped by the young men that
they can secure a race. and to that
effect have issued a challenge to any
other three oarSmen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17

/ three days. They say il is organized
| and is waiting to cooperate with
Homestead and Braddock mills. and
that this is the trump card President
Shaffer has been holding"
PittSburg. Aug. 1.-THE center OF
| interest in the steel strike yesterday
| shifted to the west. where Joliet final
| ly swung into line with the strikers
and Milwaukee appointed today as the
time for final vote on the question.
The news that came out Of the west
cheered the strikers throughout the
districts i'm this vicinity as no other de-
velopment since the labor war was de-
clared. In their enthusiasm they
counted on favorable action at Mil
waukee. and carrying their hopes still
farther said they would vet win Chi
cago over. These successes they de-
clare with apparent confidence VIII
make them masters of the situation
and win the strike.
Operators Apparently just Confident
The steel operators. on the other hand.
say that the strikers are nearly at the
flood tide of their success. and that
when the ebb comes il can never be
stopped. They do not seem to he dis
turbed 10y recent events. and with
confidence equal TO that of the Strik-
ers talk Of the certainty of ultimate
success. They claim that they are
more than holding their own in the
nOn-uniOn plants that We're unaffected.
or have been started since the strike
began, and are perfecting plans for re-
opening several plants now idle. They
also claim that many of their men. par
ticUlarly at AIcKeesport. Wheeling and
Bellaire. were forced ont by intimida.
tiOn and will come back as soon as tne
excitement dies out and their safety
is assured.
Another Strike Success at NICK eesport-
Two hundred men employed i'm the
National Galvanizing works of the Ma
tional Tube works at McI\eespOrt
struck yesterday. They were the last
remaining workmen in the affected
trades in that city. and the tie-up is
now as ,completeNa possible there.
Many of the tube workers, although
ON strike. have refused to join any
union. The organizers are also extend
ing their operations TO Duquesne and
Homestead. the two great strOnGholdS
of the Carnegie company, and claim
to be gaining ground at both places.
Strike Benefits Begin Sept. L.
The recent gains here and at joliet
will bring the total number of men
brought out by the final call of PreSi-
dent Shaffer to about 10000. and make
the grand total something over 10000.
Thousands of the men out have found
other work. and the exact number now
idle is unknown. The Amalgamated
Association is organizing a series of
employment bureaus and plans to place
many more of the idle men. President
ShafTer announced yesterday that after
Sept. l idle AmalEamated men would
receive strike benefits Of 81 a week
apiece and that some provision would
he made for men. outside the organ
izatiOn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
FRUITLESS SEARCH
FOR POLE EXPLORERS

Christina, Aug. 1.-THE expedi-
tion commanded by Stockk in search
of the lost members Of the Abruzzi
expedition, arriued at Sindeiiord tc-
day. No trace of the missing men
was found
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
s;onvIct Contrncts in Texas.

Dallas. Tex, Aug. 1.-THE state
penitentiary board has renewed last
years labor contracts for more than
1000 convicts to work for private par
ties. The rates are: First-class labor
500 per month; second-class SIT per
month
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
Iook. LILe She Earnsd IL.

I:ushvilIe. Ind. Aug. 11.-Miss Su-
san Rhodes has fled claim for 3d.
against the estate of her late brother,
RaZeI Rhodes. for services as house
keeper for twenty-seven years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
HAVOC IS NOT GREAT
Gulf Storm Blows Itself Out With.
out Reaching:the Height of
a Catastrophe.
SOME STREETS AT MOBILE FLOODED
And Some Damage Done TO Small Yes.
sels-Only Six Lives Re
ported Lost.

Mobile, Ala, Aug. 1.-THE gulf
storm, which began with wind and
rain Wednesday, reached its severest
force about > o'clock Thursday, the
maximum wind velocity being sixty
two miles an hour. Considerable dam
age was done i'm Mobile in the way of
uproOting trees, unrOOfing houses. and
toppling chimneys. A falling wall de-
mOlished the rear end of Charles
Mohr x Sons drug store, 561 Dauphin
street, badly damaging his stock. The
flood water was backed by the south
east gale over the cotton wharf. and
Front, Commerce. Water aud part of
Royal streets for several blocks north
of st. Anthony We're covered. The
water was eighteen inches deep in the
cotton exchange, and both the West
ern Union and Postal offices were
flooded.
business Had 10 Take "A Rest.
The power houses of the electric
railway were flooded and electric car
service was shut down after 3 o'clock.
All business in the wholesale district
was suspended. Care had been taken
to elevate lower floors goods upon tenn
porary platforms, and the grOcerS Suf-
fered little loss. The grain men were
caught to some extent. Owners of ce-
ment lost l 200 barrels. The tracks OF
the Louisville and Nashville. Southern
and Mobile and Ohio pass through
Commerce street and were under wat
er. traffice being stopped entirely. OF
course the railways in every direction
are washed out and traffic embar-
raised.
Some Disasters to Vessels.
The schooner Asa Il. StOwell. bound
from Havana to PaScagOula. was out
side on Thursday morning, and when
caught in the storm put into this port.
Her anchors would not hold. and She
drifted all the way up the bay. and
lies upright in the flats of Little isl
and. opposite the city. The pleasure
yacht Mayfiower, with Joseph McPhil-
lips. Mr.. and Mrs. William Pattison.
Miss Rette HeuStiS and Miss Marie
Davis on board. was blown upon Cat
island. Mississippi sound. Thursday.
The party took refuge in a small house
there and were rescued Yesterday by n
searching party. Several yachts and
naphtha launches owned here and at
POrterSville. are reported wrecked.
The rainfall was 5.S4 inches.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
Dynamite XIII, Two Men,

South McAlester, 1. T., Aug. IL
Two men were killed at Stuart, twenty
miles west of here, by premature eX-
plOsion of 500 pounds of dynamite.
They were William Pinkston, of For
est City, Ark, and John Marsh, of
South McAleSter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
Veteran elias, BIover Dead,

Muncie, Ind, Aug. 17.-MichaeI J.
Hayden. aged 60. for fifty years a
glass worker. a blower for forty years.
and one of the founders of the Green
Bottle Blowers association in Pitts
burg years ago. died Thursday night.
He will be buried in Pittsbsrg Monday
morning. He was widely known
throughout the Trade
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
studebakers 20 Build A utos.

South Bend. Ind. Aug. 1.-The
Studebaker wagon and carriage works
will soon enter upon the manufacture
of automobiles. Edison and the West
inghouse company having joined the
Studebakers in perfecting vehicle
of that kind.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
London Has a Report That
Gen. Botha is to Sur
render.
AGREEMENT WITH KITCHENER
Lord Miner Already Has a
Draft of Constitution for
New Territory.

London. Aug 17.-TEe Sun today
says it hears of the concentration Of
Gen. Botha's forces at Hondweni. on
the border of Zuzuland. and it is an
nounce1 in a Durham dispatch last
night that il doesn't foreshow q fight
with Botha. but his surrender in pur
suance with an understanding reached
between Botha and Kitchener.
Government Satisfied IL IL over.
The government is so satisfied the
war is virtually over that Lord Mil
ner, now on his way back to South
Africa, has in his pocket a draft of
the complete constitution ami plan
for further future government of the
annexed territories.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17

Jacksonville. Ills. Aug. IA
marked Improvement was shown in
the condition Of w. II. Hinrichsen
Thursday. He was able to sit up a
part OF the day, and complete recov-
cry il assured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
Famous Trotter Dead

Nv Yo k, Aug. 17.-Stam joul.
the trottin5 stallion, 2:074. dIed today
ut the farm OF his owner. f II. Har-
IinIau, near Goshen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
Lo.t Mo Time on Arrival.

Escanaba. Mich. Aug. 11.-F'red s.
Bailey. wealthy banker of Cham
paign. Ills. and Miss Mabel Bennett.
of the same place. arrived here or the
steamer Atlanta Monday and were
united in r,e--iaRe two hours later
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
Draws an Oklahoma rarm.

Holly, Mich. Aug. 1T.-Word has
lust been received here that John Rob-
ertson a former Holly boy, has drawn
n valuable farm in the Ell Reno district.
He has been in Oklahoma two years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
RESCUE OF THE MARSH DTELLER
One Family All Night in an Open Boat
Prospect of Loss of Life.

During the storm the steamboat
Lady Jane went to the rescue of the
truck gardeners who live i'm the
marshes between Mobile and Spanish
rivers. In the 1893 flood the people
there suffered greatly and a half dozen
were drowned. The Lady Jane res
cued all that could be reached and
brought them to the city. One marsh
dweller named Stauter and his family
of nine spent night in an open boat
near his home. and rOwed to the city
yesterday morning. He does not
think anything is left of his place.
The other marsh people returned to-
day.
News is that the pleasure yacht Ari-
el. bound for Fish river with Robert
and Winthrope HOllett. of Mobile. and
others on board. pounded to pieces
upon the wharf AT Battles. on the east
ern shore. Nothing has been heard of
the crew. From the Fowle river. on
the western shore. il is reported that
the schooner Marguerite was taken up
bodily and left high and dry on the
beach. James McAIahon and four 9th
er men We're on board McMahOn
says a house on Dauphin island was
washed away and afterward found In
the wood. Nothing is known as to the
fate of the occupants.
All wires were i'm a hopeless wreck
for the better part of twentyfour
hours. For fifteen hours there were
no means Of communication with the
outside world. Even now but few
wires are working. and they are doing
but little. There Is no wire between
Mobile and New Orleans, and no pros
pect of any for several days. The
telephone lines on that division are eX
posed to the full sweep of the wind
from the gulf and poles are prOstrated
for miles.
An incident of yesterday afternoon
here was the appearance of wild bull
I'm the street. which was chased by the
men and boys The animal turned
and chased them. however. gorinG one
man. Charles Wacker. very badly.
Two horses were injured. one of which
had to be killed. The bull was shot to-
death by the police after being i'm pos
session of the streets for three hours.
Storm Blows over at New Orleans.
New Orleans. Aug. 1.-THE storm
mas passed. and seems to have done
no great damage anywhere except
along the river, below the city. six IA
talities occurring near the rivers
mouth In the city little injury was
done. Rice and orange farms on the
lower coast were severely injured.
The lives lost were half a mile above
Quarantine. \ large house was over
turned with fifteen people in it. and
SIrs. Rosa Walker her 10-year-old
daughter. Ida Walker: Miss Birdie
Golden and Miss Ella Golden were
drowned. The crew of the tugboat
Biloxi sought refuge a few hundred
yards away. and two of the sailors
Blaine Davidson and Peter Yea--were
drowned and the boat lost.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
ALL EYES LOOK WEST
Chief Battle of the Amalgamated
Now Taking Place in
That Section.
OUTLOOK PLEAsEs THE STRIKERS
Last Wheel at Mckeesport Quits Turn
inS-Trying to Organize Home
stead-Strike Benefits to
Begin Sept 4.

Pittsburg. Aug. IA dispatch from
McKeesport says: The strikers eX-
pect the Duquesne plant of the Car
negie Steel company will be out in
three days. They say it is organized
and is waiting to cooperate with
Homestead and Braddock mills. and
that this is the trump card President
Shaffer has been holding"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-12
LONDON MONEY MARKET.

NEW YORK, June 11,-Commercial
Advertisers London financial cable
gram:
The stock market was brisker and
happier to-day on the good war news
and the increasing prospects Of peace.
Consols were especially stimulated.
rallying to 9312c on top of yesterdays
late improvement. 1t had been declar-
ed that Paris cheque would fall, fol-
lowing our low bank rate and draw
our gold, but on the contrary, it has
risen. 1t is reported that Russia is
replenishing its London bullion bal
ances. 1t is also announced that the
following gold is due here next Mon
day:
A total of s243,O00 from Australia,
$4,000 from India and 100000 from
China. 1t is expected that all will go
to the bank of England, which institu-
ton will probably attract the market
by Increasing the buying price to IT'S
Sd.
American stocks were strong on the
favorable crop reports and were stead
lily bought here. Prices advanced on
New York buying. Atchison, Southern
Pacific and Union Pacific being partic-
ularly strong at the close.
Money was strong. exchange on
Paris was 25.22 and on Berlin 20.44.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-12
METAL.

NEW YORK, June 11.-Following
the decline of Bessemer pig iron at
Pittsburg a few days ago, local values
to-day broke considerably. Demand OF
late has been rather poor and conces-
sions had to be made in order to in
duce buyers to once more purchase the
stock. The close was easy at $4,000
1925 for pig iron warrants; Northern
foundry $14.25@15.50; Southern foun-
dry s13.75@15.25, and soft Southern
S12.75@15.25. In England, however,
values were without change, Glasgow
warrants closing at 53s Cd and Middles-
boro at ASS 11Ad. Another interesting
feature in local metal circles was the
strength manifested in tin. Prices ad
vanced sharply, recovering the loss
scored yesterday and had little to
spare on good buying orders from all
quarters. Holders were reluctant to
sell with a result of some sales at
s28.75, and before the close the big
figure was raised % $2S.S5 with sellers
at $500. The net gain for the day
was so points. In London prices ad-
vanced 15s, spot closing at G130 15s
and futures at e126, with only light
trade reported. The rest of the list
were without change as to price or fea-
ture. Copper rules nominally steady,
while in London the market closed
with prices shade higher, spot stand
ing at $50 IS Cd. Lead held steady
but quiet. London closing at s12 Is Sd.
Spelter was dull and nominal at 1896
14.00. In London values were IS Cd
higher at G17 los.