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zu-la got slipped UP ~ -ha. asphalt
Var?-St. Pau. Gl,b-.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20
HAMILTON JURY
FINDS MANSLAUGHTER.

Minneapolis. Mimi, Feb. 20 The
jury in the Hamilton case came into
court at 9:55 and reported that it had
agreed on a verdict of manslaughter
in the first degree. and the penalty of
imprisonment at hard labor at not
less than five years and not more
than 20.
The jury recommended Hamilton to
the mercy of court.
Hamilton was remanded for SEN
tence. He seemed dazed when the
verdict was announced, but made no
sign of protest further than to shake
his head. His attorney immediately
moved for a new trial. The verdict is
a general surprise, as the jury had
been out so long it was believed they
would disagree.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20

1t appears that Gov. Yates enter :
tains the belief that because he was
the personal appointee of the presi-
dent four years ago aud was COM
pslled to abandon the office to accept
the governorship he ought to be per-
mitted to name the new collector.
Senator Cullom is very determined to
name Mills and has told his intimates
in the senate that if Gov. Yates should
prevail upon the president to ap-
point Rowe he will feel mpelled
to make fight for his preTog alive.
In other words, he will fight the con-
firmation of the state chairman and
will annoy the administration in
other directions. Senator Masoa,
who understands how his colleague
feels about the possibility of Rowe's
appointment. has volunteered his SER
vices for the prospective war and will
aid Cullom to finish If the president
should turn down Mills.
The Office is one for which j. Mack
Sholl. now deputy collector of the
Peoria district. was slated. and there
will be great disappointment among
the friends of that popular politician
if he is snubbed IS he was for an inn
portant state position in Illinois four
years ago.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20
A PURPOSE BEING ACCOMPLISHED:
ANOTHER COAL STRIKE IS LIKELY

New York, Feb. 2o.-The New York
Herald states: Officials of the an
thracite coal railroads express very
little concern over the call issued by
President Mitchell, of the United
Mine Workers association, for con-
ference between operators and the
delegates of the union, to be held
early in March, TO determine the
wage scale for the year beginning
April 1, when the present schedule
expires.
..It Is an open secret among the
coal roads that the 10 per cent ad-
vance exacted by President Mitchell
from the coal companies was granted
as matter of political expediency
during the heat of the national cam
paign, and the disposition is general
TO ignore the call for the conference
at the present time and thus carry
out what the operators said at the
time of the strike settlement last fall
that they had not recognized Presi-
dent Mitchell or his organization. By
so doing the anthracite railroad men
and mine operators hope to restore
the conditions to the position existing
before the strike. when organized
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20
YATES AND cULLOM IN BITTER STRIFE
OVER SPRINGFIELD COLLEcTORSHIP

Washington, Feb 20.-The internal
revenue collectorship of the Spring
field district is 80 be the source of a
bitter strife between Gov. Yates and
Senator Cullom, of Illinois. This
much appears to be inevitable. Yates
wants to name State Chairman Fred
III. Rowe, aud Cullom demands Judge
Mills, of Decatur. 1t has leaked out
that when Chairman Rowe was at the
White House Monday he made per-
sonsl application for the position and
delivered President Mckinley letter
of Endorsement from Gov. Yates, in
which the governor set forth his own
claims to nominate his successor for
the collectorship.
According to the most authentic
version of the interview that is OBJ
tainabIe the president. while extreme
ly cordial to Chairman. Rowe and dis
posed to say nice things about the
young governor of Illinois, intimated
that it would be advisable if Mr..
Rowe would secure the Endorsement
of the Illinois senators. Thereupon
MIR. Rowe informed the president that
Gov. Yates would talk with him
about the Job when he comes to
Washington to attend the inaugural
ceremonies.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20

labor in the mining district had o
recognized status.
1.-The railroad men think it not un,
likely that a strike will follow their
determination to ignore President
Mitchell, if that course be determined
upon. His demands, they say, are
ruinous, and amount to an increase of
10 per cent over even the present scale
of wages for both inside and outside
labor, and the granting of such an
advance, making 20 per cent more
than the scale of one year ago, is
more than they can stand.
"a representative Of a financial in
stitution closely identified with the
anthracite coal trade said yesterday:
s''If strike should ensue it would
be the best thing for US. The ques-
tion whether we should manage our
own property or have the manage
ment dictated by some one else
should be determined now and deter
mined finally and for all time. The
railroads have been mining freely and
have good stocks on hand. 1t would
be cheaper for them to tight the mat
ter out now than to delay or tempor-
ize.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20
wEsTNRDGE WANTS TO DIE
lie Assaults His Wife and Mother-in-Lav
with Knife First. However.

Pana, Ills, Feb. 20.-W. L. West
hedge, young man of SkatesviIle, just
southeast of this city. has been ar
rested, charged with assaulting his
wife and her mother with a knife and
also attempting to commit suicide.
Westnedge, who has been married only
short time, went home late at night
| intoxicated, and his wife aud her moth
er refused on account of his condition
to admit him to the house. He broke
the door down, and with a knife as
sauited both women. but only succeed
ed in cutting their garments. West
Dedge then drew the knife across his
throat, intiicting an ugly wound.
He was taken TO Jail and early in
the morning, after he had sobered to
some extent, was examined by po-
Hceman to see how his injury was get
ting on. "Give me a knife" said
Westnedge to the policeman. land 1
win finish the job,'' and before he
could be prevented he placed his fin
gers in the wound in his throat and
tore it open. He was seized and a
physician was summoned to dress the
injury He is in q critical condition
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20
TELLER AND woLCOrr DISAGREE.
Junior Colorado Senator Opposes a "MiIk-
sop and "Prig" Institution.

Junior Colorado Senator Opposes a milk
sop and "Prig" Institution.
Spooner, however, made an eloquent
protest against the enactment into law
of a provision which does not diff
ferentiate between cowardice and bru-
tality and mere boyish pranks.. He de-
clared the proposition shocked the
sense of fairness of every decent man.
Teller said system of hazing had
grown up at West Point totally unlike
that in any other institution in the
country. 1t ought to be suppressed
with a strong hand. Men who prac-
ticed that sort of brutality, he de-
clared, were untitled for the command
of American soldiers. The people are
outraged by this practice" said he.
I'VE have got to stop it or eventually
dismantle the institution"
Wolcott thought congress had en-
tered upon a trifling piece OF business.
The enactment of the provision would
make of the cadets milkSops and prigs.
He related some personal experiences
of hazing in his college days, and re-
marked that some of the hazers won
name and fame while others went
from bad to worse, some even finding
the senate of the United States. In
conclusion he declared that for thirty
five years every West Point cadet had
been hazed. and in turn had been
hazer. Despite that the institution had
developed a splendid lot of fighting
material. Congress was not justified
in treating the body of cadets like
lot of school children and in bringing
them up as weak and enervated sol
diers.
Hale believed the conference report
ought TO be rejected. He said that
practically the whole matter had been
left to the conference committee, the
members of which had put on the bill
this remarkable penal CODE 'tOut
of this question: he declared, 1--WE
have made most tremendous matter
(and it is not SUCH, and have declared
there is no such lot of malefactors as
the body of cadets at West Point land
they are not such).'
Money maintained that the proposed
provision was not due to a popular
ciamor, but to deep seated and
righteous indignation which premeated
the entire country. He denounced Wig
orously hazing and haZers.
But the report was decisively re-
jected
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20
Diekma to Have a Good PIace,

Holland, Mich, Feb. 2O-Gerritt J.
Diekma. of this city, has been in
formed by Senators Mcmillan and Bur-
rows that President Mckinley will ap-
point him first member of the Spanish
war claims commission for Michigan.
The salary will be 5000 year for
four years. The commission sessions
will be held in Washington. Diekma
is ~ years old. graduate of Hope
college, of Holland. and of the law
department of Michigan university. In
1887 he was chairman of the judiciary
committee of the Michigan house of
representatives and in 1899 was speak
er of the state house of representa-
tiyes. He was chairman of the state
central committee during the campaign
of 1900
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20
YOUNG GIRL A PARR1CIDE.
Shoots Her Father Fatally Because He
Choled Her Mother.

Shoots Her Father Fatally Because He
Cilolzed Her Mother.
Fort Wayne, Ind, Feb. 20. - Isaac
Slater was shot and seriously wounded
by his 15-year-old daughter Monday
night. The girl shot to save her moth
er from being killed, as she thought,
at the hands of the husband and faith
er. Slater was in the habit of abusing
his family, frequently threatened to
kill his wife. Monday he was drink
ing, and Bessie, the 1J-year-old daugh-
ter. fearing trouble, hid his revolver.
At 10 p. IN. Monday Slater went
home and trouble ensued at once. Mrs.
Slater attempted to calm her hus-
bands rage. but he seized her by the
throat, and, throwing her down, choked
her. The girl, seeing her mother, as
she thought dying. shot her father. She
was arrested, but Immediately re-
leased
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20
Company Is Gathering Forces.
REFUSES TO TRUST THE COURTS.
Venezuela Wants the Company to Proceed
by Legal Methods.

Venezuela Wants the Company to Proceed
by Legal Methods.
The Venezuelan government is en-
deavoring in every possible way to
persuade the New York aud Bermudez
company to resort to the tribunals.
The refusal of the company to adopt
that course is based upon the knowl-
edge that in Venezuela the president.
or dictator. changes the judges in a
night, and imprisons them if they do
not give the judgments they are bid
den to give. The correspondent talked
with five diplomats in Caracas. They
all asserted that the United States gov
ernment had acted with great prudence
and with degree of forbearance that
almost ceased to be a virtue. They
spoke highly of the skill and tact with
which Minister Loomis had met deli
cate and difficult situation.
The diplomatic side of this business
is most important and interesting. The
United States after receiving all of the
legal record and facts in the contro-
versy between the Venezuelan govern
ment decided to make a thorough in
vestigation and sent for complete set
of the laws of Venezuela, some siX<
teen volumes. Pending the outcome
of this investigation they asked the
Venezuelan government as matter of
courtesy between friendly nations to
kindly suspend the operation of the
decree dispossessing the New York
Bermudez company till an investiga-
tion could be made.
This the Venezuelan government de-
clined to do. The request was re-
peated and again refused. 1t was then
made third time in an emphatic
manner by Minister Francis B. Loomis;
in fact. it was put as a sort of Wig
orous demand the third time but the
result was the same. Then a protest
was made. and that was ignored by the
Castro government. though it had am
pie power and authority to meet any
or all of these demands, if it saw fit.
The trouble over the asphalt is only
one of a large number of incidents in
which the Venezuelan government has
recently been guilty of grave effense
TO the government of the United
States. Three months ago the con-
sular agent of the United States at
Barcelona was thrust into prison with
out cause.
The United States government de-
nanded an apology. but has not yet
received it. A year earlier the same
consul was arrested and threatened
with torture IL he did not pay a large
sum of money to local military. Off
Gals. A few months ago a German
merchant at Barcelona was tortured
by officials there for the purpose of
extorting money from him. The Ger
man government sent cruiser there
at once and got satisfaction and kent
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20
Boy Suspected of Murder.

Freeport HIS. Feb 20.-Roy Pow
ell. IL years of age. who lived with his
mother at Lena, is in the county Jail
on suspicion of having murdered
Woodbury. Workinger.. "a years old,
who lived on farm near Mcconnell.
a few miles from where old John Bobb
and his wife were murdered last fall.
Workinger was last seen alive Monday.
and Powell. who had been stopping
with him. disposed of property belong
ing to the murdered man. This led to
an investigation. and Workinger was
found dead in the house
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20
All SIN WILL CLIMB DOWN.
He VIII Submit to All the Demands of tn
Powers.

Peking, Feb. 20.-Prince Ching and
Ii Hung Chang have received a tele-
gram which virtually means that the
Chinese will comply with all the de-
mands of the powers, although they
still desire information on a few minor
details. The foreign envOys look for
ward confidently to--alesolute compli-
ance by tomorrow at the latest.
Prince Ching and Ii Hung Chang
have been greatly worried by the prep
arations for the expedition into the in
terror. and they have strongly urged
the court to yield. pointing out that
otherwise the dismemberment of the
empire was prOba BILE
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20
ANGRY WOMAN OF HOLLAND.
She Gives an Onicer a Very Bad and Dam
gerous Half Hour.

Kalamazoo, Mich, Feb. 20.-An
angry Holland woman attacked Unit
ed States Deputy Marhsal O'Donnel;,
of Grand Rapids, while he was at
tempting to arrest her son, John VAN
tlersalm, on a charge of fraudulent
Use of the mails. The woman tore
O'DonnelPs clothes, smashed his hat,
and gave him a good drubbing before
he got his prisoner away. O'Donnell
found the man in an upstairs bedroom
and while taking him down the woman
went at him.
She followed the officer downstairs
and made another attack on him and
he was obliged to hit her over the head
with his revolver. The boys father
appeared on the scene with a pitch
fork. but was prevailed on by neigh
bors not to use it. Vandersalm is ac-
cEsed of working commission houses
under an assumed firm name by which
he secured goods for the mere cost of
freight rates. Among the complaints
are Huff e Co., of Detroit, and the
Famous Cigar company. of Saginaw.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20
vENEzUELAlS DEFIANT
Many of the Elements of an
Unpleasantness" in Our
Relations with Her.
Oh AIN. OF OUR CITIZEN BULLS,
-Tho Was Kept Incommunicado for
Further of the Ber-
mudez Company Trouble.

1 New York, Feb. 20-H. C. Bulls, of
| Asbury Park, n. J., after having en-
dured Imprisonment for more than five
months i'm Maracaibo. Venezuela, has
returned home to press a claim for
$4,000 damages through the United
States government against the South
! American republic. Bulls was ap-
pointed mechanical and electrical en-
gineer of the Maracaibo Electric Light
company two years ago. In pcliti-
| cal uprising he was compelled to climb
telegraph pole and seek protection
under an American flag, which he tied
to the pole.
Found AMMUNITION In His Plant.
The police last August found a
quantity of ammunition in the electric
plant with which Mr.. Bulls was con-
nected, and he was arrested, charged.
as he supposed, with being in league
with the revOlutionists. He declared
his innocence, but repeated appeals to
the American consul for assistance
were unheeded. The authorities, be-
lieving he had no friends, caused his
removal to a military prison, where
he was kept five months incOmmuni-
cadO. Bulls smuggled letter to the
American minister in Caracas, and
twenty-four hours afterward the Vene-
zuelan government complied with a
peremptory demand for his release.
That Asphalt Difficulty.
The foregoing adds to the cOmplica-
tions we are having with Venezuela. y
dispatch from Port of Spain, Trinidad,
says: "a correspondent of the Asso-
ciated Press has just returned from a
ten-days' stay in Caracas, Venezuela,
where he went to investigate the Vene-
Zuelan situation. The outlook as one
sees it at the Venezuelan capital. els
not good. There is a feeling of ap
prehension in the air. The Castro
government becomes more unpopular,
and hostility to it is talked rather free
ly, and the substantial and solvent peo-
pie of the community condemn the
governments attitude toward the New
York and Bermudez Asphalt company.
Company Is Gathering Forces.
''The New York and Bermudez COM
pany. the correspondent is Informed, is
quietly gathering strong force of
well-armed and well-drilled men at
Pitch Lake. These men are under
the command of Major Rafferty,, for
merly of the Seventy-first New York
regiment, n brave and efficient officer.
They will resist all encroachment,
whether made by government or revo-
Iutionary troops. The United States
gunboat Scorpion has been ordered to
Pitch Lake. with orders not to allow
the company to be -dispossessed prior
to the conclusion of the judicial inyesti-
CATION of the case now being made in
Washington"
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20
ARMY APPROPRIATION
IN SENATE COMMITTEES

Washington. Feb. 20.-The senate
committee on military affairs today
completed the consideration of the
army appropriation. The committee
indorsed the action of it's subcommit-
tee in adding the Spooner Philippine
anne ndment to the bill.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20
MAN DEAD AND WOMAN DYING
As the Result of Shooting Affair Out at
Great Falls, Mont

ST Paul, Feb. 20.----A special from
Great Falls, Mont. says: One man
is dead, woman is dying, and po-
lice officer is seriously wounded, as a
result of shooting which took place
Sunday. Rudolph Smith. a railroad
laborer, on entering local resort met
an inmate known as Marie Bell, whom
he shot. Officer Hogan appeared on
the scene. The would-be, murderer
opened fire on the officer.
He fired two shots, both of which
took effect, one in the leg and the 9TH
er just above the hip. Smith contin-
ued to snap the trigger, but it evident
ly would not work. AS soon as he
was wounded Hogan dropped on his
knees and opened fire, sending five
bullets into Smiths body, killing him
instantly. Policeman Hogan will like
ly recover, but the woman is fatally
wounded
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20
Gen. PoIe-Carew Take. a wife.

London, Feb. 20-The marriage OF
Brigadier General Reginald Pole
Carew and Lady Beatrice Butler. eld-
est daughter of the Marquis of Or
monde, at the Guards chapel, yelling
ton barracks, yesterday. attracted an
aristocratic assemblage, including
many officers in uniform. The newly
married couple received over 600 pres
ents. King Edward, Queen Alexandria.
the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and
York and the Duke and Duchess of
Connaught being among the royal dOp-
OI.S.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20
Tried TO Murder Hf, Wife.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Feb. Cover
EFT S. Richards, an iron worker, chased
his wife, from whom he had separat-
ed. fromsthe rooms of dancing teach
er yesterday afternoon into a closet
near by and fired several bullets into
her body. When the police arrived
they had to almost wade in blood. so
profusely had the woman bled. Mrs.
Richards was removed to the hospital
where it is thought she will live. The
husband was arrested.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20

indianapolis, Feb. 20.-Miss Mary
Elaine Hussey. whose engagement to
Alfred Stead, of London, is announced.
arrived in Indianapolis Sunday night
and is now at home here with her
mother. Miss Hussey has been abroad
for many months. She reached New
York on the Pretoria. in company with
her fiance The wedding will take
place in Woodruff place, a suburb of
this city, in about three weeks. The
British ambassador. Lord Pauncefote.
will be one of the attendants.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20
KANSAS PASSES BILL
ON LIQUOR TRAFFIC

Topeka, Feb. 20.-The house today
passed Senator Hurrell's bill relating
to the sale of Intoxicating liquors and
it was sent to Gov. Stanley. for his
signature. The bill classes as pub
lie nuisance all places where liquor is
sold illegally.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20
ola Man Frozen 10 Death.

Winona, Mimi. Feb. 20.-Frank Bre-
zinski. of this city. was frozen to death
Sunday night on the farm of his son,
Joseph Brezinski, in Pine COUNT, Wis,
about six miles from this city The
old man, who was over 30 years of
age, left the home of his son to go
about the farm little. After he had
been gone some time his son began to
worry over his absence. search was
then instituted, but nothing was seen
of the old man until Sunday morning.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20
Charge Matrimonial Fraud.

Springfield, Ills, Feb. 2O.-What is
said to be a matrimonial swindle has
been brought to the attention of local
authorities by Herbert Mclean, a
young farmer living near here. Nc
Lean charges that Miss Duncan, of In
dependence. Mo-, secured money from
him on promise of marriage and then
failed to keen her agreement.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20
Dowie,s Bank Not a pubic Concern.

Chicago, Feb. 20.-When John Alex
ander Dowie was notified yesterday of
the resolution of the Illinois legislature
empowering a committee to investigate
the Bank of Zion he declared that the
state legislature will not be allowed
to enter the bank. or. permitted to open
its books, and will be prevented from
getting any information about the
banks workings from the inside.
Dowie said that his bank was n pri-
vate institution. and no one had q
right to force his way in.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20
Would Put Bragg on the Bench.

Fond du Lac, Wis, Feb. 90
Friends of General Edward S. Bragg
are circulating nomination papers for
him as a non-partisan candidate for
the position of county judge. Since
Judge Richter's announcement that he
will not accept denomination the
friends of the general have been urg-
ing him to allow them to place him in
nomination as a candidate for the po-
sition General Bragg refused to be
interviewed upon the subject but he
is said to look favorably upon the
movement started by his friends.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20
His Insurance. Was Run out.

Lacrosse. Wis, Feb. 20.-It has de-
veIoped that the 5000 insurance car
ried by the late Rev. Joseph Moran.
who was buried here Saturday, cannot
be collected owing to the fact that il
bad run out ten hours before the acct
dent occurred which resulted in his
death and had not been renewed.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-20
SKATER ELEVATED
TO MAJOR GENERAL

Washington, Feb. 2O.-The presi-
dent today sent these nominations to
the senate: TO be major-general,
Brig. Gen. William r. Shafter; Lieut.
Col. Edward M. Hayes to be colonel.
and Maj. Charles l.. Cooper to be
lieutenant-colonel.