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The Meeker herald., 1901-11-09
STILL THE WHITE HOUSE.
President Roosevelt Continues the Popular
Designation

President Roosevelt Continues the Popular
Designation
President Roosevelt has decided that
the official designation of the Presi-
dents residence during his adninistra-
ton shall be white House." During
the period of mourning, stationery
with black border was used. on
which are printed the words "Execu-
tive Mansion. Washington" Now that
the period has ended, the personal and
official stationery will all bear the
words white House, Washington"
The American people have called IT
White House for nearly century.
Some presidents have chosen to have
1t designated as the Executive Mansion
on their personal rs well as their Off
cinl correspondence. President and
Mrs. Roosevelt easily fall in with the
popular fancy.
The Meeker herald., 1901-11-09

London, Nov. liking Edward at a
meeting Of the privy council to-day
signed the proclamation giving him his
new title. as follows:
Edward the Seventh, by the Grace
of God. of the United Kingdom Of
Great Britain and Ireland, and of the
British dominions beyond the sea,
King, Defender OF the Faith, and EN-
peror of India"
The Meeker herald., 1901-11-09

washin6ta Nov. 5.-The census bu-
reau's preliminary report upon the silk
industry b tho Omitted States shows
that the c1pital invested aggregates
ISL .Oso, POI, & Increase of fifty-nine per
cent. since fA and that the value of
silI products 4o0O was $1O7, 258, 25s,
an increase u<ltBost twenty-three per
cent : Ssssf 80
The Meeker herald., 1901-11-09

| She-Would you hesitate before marry
Ing a woman for her money? He-Oh. no.
| A man who is marrying woman for
| her money has no time to lose.
The Meeker herald., 1901-11-09

Miss Flummery has such beautiful
hair! Why she can sit on It." How
careless of her to leave 1t lying around
In chairs"
The Meeker herald., 1901-11-09
ieat Gets tho Prize.

6,-The committee of the
vote of u to 0, yes
lined NJ. Santos-Dumont.
y .aeronaut, the winner Of
loo, 600 francs offered by
a dirigible balloon.
D preceded by q warm
mt Dion, who presided.
the courage of NJ.
t commended that he had
n He, owing to the time
al Bonaparte. on behalf
" II Dmmittee who watched
~ klared that M. Santos
Dun "a materially and morally
won t. tEe, because a new regula-
italy nv the Aero club.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30
PRISONERS RELEASED
Those Taken From British by De
Wet When He Rushed
the Camp.

London. Dec. 30.-The war Office has
received dispatch from Lord KitcE-
ener. dated Johannesburg. saying that
the British prisoners captured wEeE
the Beers successfully rushed Colonel
Firman's camp ut Zeefontein, Dec. -,
have been liberated and returned to
Bethlehem.
The fight at Zeefontein cost the Brit
ish fifty-seven killed and probably
twice that number wounded. and add
eel Immensely to the prestige of De
Wet, whose loss, so far as reported yet
amounted 10 two wagon loads of dead
and wounded. He u.d just what he
went for. The British lost one of the
best opportunities they ever had to
catch this willy Boer in n trap.
They We're encamped on the north
ern slope of Il hill the southern slope
of which was declivitous. so much so
in the mind of the British officer in
command that he didn't think ii neces-
sary to adequately guard that side of
his camp. The Beers, LEO strong,
climbed that side and swept through
the camp of 400 men. catching many
of them just reused from sleep.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30
Serious Religious Dis
turbanCe Occurs on
Lewis Island.
MINISTER LOCKED IN
Detachment of Police is
Met With Vo11eyS
of Stones.

London. Dec. 3O.-The Island of
Lewis has been the scene of serious
religious riots arising from the union
of the free and united churches of
Scotland. The islanders refuse to
countenance the alliance and when
the minister at Nets joined the unit
ed church they locked him-Out of the
church.
y strong force of police was sent
over from the mainland to open the
doors, whereupon the islanders con-
gregated, throwing volleys of stones
at the constables and drove them in
side the building and bombarded.
them with rocks until they capitulat-
ed and agreed to leave the island.
Police Are Injured.
Every member of the police detach-
ment was more or less seriously
wounded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30
MAN OR WOMAN?
Arrest in Michigan Under Charge of
Fraud Develops Strange
Circumstances.

Milwaukee. Wis, Dec. 3O.-Frank
Rause. alias o. w. Iloyds, alias Mrs.
o. II. Saunders, Is under arrest here on
the charge of using the United States
mails to defraud. Rause is accused
Of masquerading sometimes as n
tramp. sometimes as a business man.
at other times as 4 Stylishly dressed
woman. and again as hunchbacked
boy. The officers who made the ar
rest do not know whether their pris-
oner is a man or a woman.
lie was arrested as Il hunchhacke
boy. On his head was Il stocking cap.
which. when removed. showed another
cap such as women wear when bath
ing. Under this inner cap was colled
n roll of soft. silken blonde hair. OF
which any woman might he proud
Rause. when arrested. denied that he
is n woman. Dressed as Il man he is
Il slender. smooth-faced youth. Be
hind his arrest there is alleged to be
Il far-reaching scheme to defraud jew
elers in all parts of the country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30
FISH In WATER TANK
Must Have Been Thrown Up There
From the Size of Pretty
Small Fry.

Red Bud, Ills. Dec. 5O.-James
White. Il brakeman for the Louisville
and Nashville r;klroad. had an exciting
time catching Il twenty-fiVe-pOund fish
in the water tank at Queens Lake,
near here. White said there was com
parativcly little water in the tank
when the engineer stopped there to
take water for the locomotive. When
the supply i'm the engine had been re
plenlshed Il great Splashing was heard
in the tank. which caused the train
men to make an investigation.
On climbing the ladder at the top of
the tank and looking inside large
fish was discovered Topping about on
the bottom, with hardly enough water
to cover it. White got pair of rub
her boots from the cabOOSe and climbed
down into the tank. and after some
trouble captured the fish. As ii Is im-
possible for n fish weighing twenty
five pounds to have gotten through the
four-inch pipe used for pumping the
water into the tank, its presence is
accounted for on the theory that it
must have been pumped in there sew
eral years ago. There is a screen over
the month of the feed pipe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30
SERIOUS FATAL COLLISION
OCCURS III WEST VIRGINIA

Parksersburg, w. Va, Dec. 90
Two men are missing and one badly
injured, an engine and four cars are
at the foot of an embankment and
two other cars wrecked and 100 feet
of track torn up as a result of the
collision with a heavy rock by the
west-bound freight on the b. d o.
railroad near Long Run this morn
ing.
The engine struck the rock, which
had rolled down from the hill, just
as the train came out of a tunnel.
The two missing men are Fireman
I1ile and Brakeman Putnam, both of
Grafton. They are probably dead
beneath the wreck. Heavy rains
looscned the rock
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30
LINE FENCE" is NEXT
Isthmian Canal Question Being Set
tied, John Bull Wants to
Tackle boundaries.

Washington. Dec. 30.-It is expect
ed that efforts will be renewed before
long for the settlement of the numer-
rous controversies which have long ex-
lsted between the United States and
Great Britain growing out Of relations
along the Canadian border, the Allan
tic fisheries. warshipS ON the great
lakes, the Alaskan boundary, and other
QestiOhs. Heretofore the negotiations
designed to secure a settlement of the
matters recited have not proved effec-
tive. largely because OF the cumber-
some machinery of negotiation; and
this has led to a belief that much more
could be accomplished by direct nego-
tiations between Secretary Hay and
Lord Pauncefote OH the main points,
and the subsequent assembling of
commission representing the United
States, Great Britain and Canada to
give form to the basis of agreement
rendered.
Now that the British government
has yielded the Clayton -Bulwer treaty
and other points in the isthmian negO-
tiatiOn it desires to take up some of
the other questions i'll which il has
important interests involved. Lord
PauncefCta desires to clear up all
pending differences and have clean
slate" before his present term as am
bassadOr comes to Il close. When he
came to Washington there We're four
great issues between the two govern
ments. The first of these was the
Bering sea controversy, which had
reached an acute stage. Diplomacy
disposed of this issue. The second is
sue was over Venezuela. which. like
the seal question. at one time threat
ened war. But the efforts of diplo-
macy We're again -ccessful in avert
ing trouble and bringing about a set
tlement. The third important issue
was on the isthmian canal. which has
been satisfactorily disposed of by the
recent ay-PauncefOte treaty.
This leaves only one issue remaining
in order to bring about the clean
slate" namely, the border controversy,
both as to Canada and Alaska. The
British officials usually link these var
ious boundary controversies together,
as they are more or less connected. At
present a modus vivendi exists as to
the Alaskan boundary, chiefly for the
purpose of avoiding a clash along the
border and holding each side in check
until q final boundary is determined
upon. 1t seems to be conceded on both
sides that the moduS cannot be carried
On indie initely. and that sooner or lat
er the main question of establishing n
permanent boundary must be settled.
Lord LansdOwne's desire to take up
the question was expressed clearly in
his note to Secretary Hay last spring
when the British government declined
to accept the senate amendment to the
first Hay-PauncefOte treaty, and he
has recently expressed n similar desire.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30
DEATH IN A STORM
Havoc Wrought in the States of
Georgia, Alabama and
Tennessee.

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 3O.-Torrents of
rain the past two days in Georgia,
Alabama and Tennessee and portions
of North CaIolina caused the death bf
four persons as far as known. and in
fiicted serious damage to all kinds of
property.
Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 3O.-Rain,
which has fallen almost incssantly
since Saturday evening, has resulted
in a dangerous freshet in the SchuyI-
kill river and today the water Of that
stream is 151s feet above normal.
Many large industrial plants have
suspended work and bridges have
been wrecked and railroad tracks
and cellars submerged. Dwellings
arc flooded and many residents along
the river today sought safer quar-
tiers.
Pittsburg. Pa, Dec. 3O.-The threat
ened flood, as the result of heavy
rain fall Saturday and Sunday. was
averted by the cold snap and rivers at
this point will not reach over the 20
foot stage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30
GRADUATED TAX ON CURRENCY
Scheme the Governor Thought Would Give
the Required Elasticity.

Scheme the Governor Thought W ouid Give
the Required Elasticity.
The governor then proceeded to out
line a plan he believed would give the
desired elasticity. Said he: Il be-
lieve that Il graduated tax on currency
based on government bonds would re-
suit i'm elasticity. That | may make
myself clear permit an illustration, but
do not understand me as advocating
or so much as intimating-th correct
ness of the scale Of taxation l suggest.
| make it only TO bring out an idea.
suppose banks were permitted to is
sue volume of circulation equivalent
to one-fourth of their capital stock at
Il tax OF. say. One-fourth per cent.
Then permit an increase of One-half its
capital stock at One-half per cent,
then to increase again to three-fourthR
mt Il relatively increased rate. and then
TO increase again to equal its capital
stock. at one per cent. rl-i.
Il believe this would induce the
banks to carry a larger volume of gov
especially for banks with large depos-
its. Then. instead OF selling these
bonds to increase its cash
they would be kept on deposit in
Washington. and on call an increase of
circulation would he issued, to be re-
tired when not needed.
when n western bank now needs
more circulation-mOre cash-it Te-diS-
counts its commercial paper and is
compelled to redeem it at Il given date
and pay much higher rate. Let the
banks he permitted to increase their
circulation when needed, to be retired
as soon as the demand for it ceases,
and keep ever present the lnducement
to retire Il when not needed-and elas-
ticity is secured.
II repeat that currency based ON as
sets contains, in my judgment. no ele-
ment of danger except popular preju-
dice. This will vanish as the question
is discussed and explained by those
who make n study of il. The depos-
itor would be in no worse condition
than now Whenever a bank falls the
assignee Gnds it's bankable CONNER
cial paper hypothecated. In other
words, it has increased It's circulation
by sending it's assets to some other
bank and borrowing circulation at n
high rate of interest. and it does this
even after il ceases to be solvent. 1t
certainly would be no worse to allow
a government issue after special eX-
animal atiOn ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30
MAY JOIN YoHE ON THE STAGE
Reported That Captain Strong Is in FL
nanciaI straits.

San Francisco, Dec. 30-Returning
tourists who were entertained by Ma
ior Putnam Bradlee Strong and May
NOhe in Yokohama. state that the ac-
tress expects to become mother next
March. Pending the event Strong and
his companion, il is said. will maintain
their present expensive establishment
in Yokohama. Afterward. Strong de-
clareS. they will go to Manila.
Strong has, moreover, announced his
purpose TO go on the stage with May
NOhe. Some of his guests got the i'm
preston that he intends to make his
debut i'm Manila. The reason for the
move is said to be lack of ready
money. One of those who have been
entertained by Strong sees in his
actions evidence of pareSis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30
ASSET BANKING
New Secretary of the Treasury
Denies Reported Inter-
views with Him.
HAS A HIGH OPINION OF GAGE
Speech Shaw Made IN Nebraska
Which May Give a Line on
His Present Views.

Des Moines. Ia, Dec. 3O.-Governor
Shaw, when seen by the Associated
Press correspondent Saturday. denied
having given an interview regarding
Secretary Cages treasury policy. On
the contrary he has positively refused
to give any such interviews. Fearing
that he had been misunderstood or mis-
quoted he has authorized The Register
to publish the following concerning his
alleged commitment TO any described
treasury administrative policy: Il
have spoken in the highest and most
complimentary terms of Secretary
Cages administration of the office OF
secretary of the treasury. Further
than that l have not spoken. and shall
not speak. This statement must he
given no other Interpretation than that
l do not propose to discuss these prob
lens at this time"
Speech He Made in Nebraska.
Governor Shaw says that the near
est he has come to an expression OF
opinion on the asset currency question
was in IL speech delivered at Norfolk,
Neb.. last April. but he would not say
just what his expression of views was.
The portions of the speech referring
to asset currency are as follows: Il
have been asked to say something on
the subject of bank circulation based
on assets. This is not an issue in poll
tics. nor have we any legal provision
therefor. i shall. therefore, not at
tempt to defend it. / am willing,
however. TO 90 on record as in favor
OF an elastic currency. and if l he
lieyed there was no other way to Sc
cure an elastic currency other than as
set currency, then / should advocate
such an issue.
Question of Control of Volume.
81 am mindful of the fact that it is
claimed that an elastic currency places
the control Of the volume in the hands
of the bankers. Who should cOntrCg
the volume? l am willing the raif
roads shall determine the number Of
cars to be used. for they will bui:c
cars as long as there is Il demand fOr
them. The cars of the western rail-
roads are all employed when the crops
are being moved; but literally acres
of cars stand on side tracks retired
from circulation while the crops are
growing.
Asset BanIrinE Sot Necessary.
'But as l have said. | do not believe
1t necessary to resort to asset banking
in order to provide an elastic currency.
/ recognize public rejudice-akin
TO fear-agdinSt Il currency based on
assets. and prejudice. so long as il eX
lists. constitutes an element of danger,
even when the thing itself against
which the prejudice lies contains no
element of danger"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30

New York, Dec. S0.-The city COM
missioners of accounts reported 70
Mayor Van Wyck that they had made
special examination of the cash ac-
counts of which Charles y. Alien was
acting as trustee and acting treasur-
err for Commissioner of Charities Kel-
Ter. and that they had found a short
age of 50. .1ST. In the absence of Mr..
Alden'S cash and checkboOk. the COM
miSSiOnerS do not certify to the exact
ness of their findings. Alden went to
Philadelphia on Dec. 81 and has not
been heard from since.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30
MOTHER AND SON ARRESTED
Former on a Charge of Being Accessory to
Beating q Man to Death.

Shelbyville. Ind, Dec. 30.-George
Scott lies dead in his. home near Mari
eta, this county. and Clarence Sande-
fur and his mother are in jail. charged
with his murder. During the last few
months the men engaged in frequent
disputes over the location of boundary
lines of their lands. Friday evening
Scott was driving by the home of
Sandefur with a load Of fodder. He
stopped in front Of the house and the
men had a fight.
Scott was badly beaten. Scott died
from the effects of blows. and Satur-
day morning Sandefur was placed in
jail on the charge of murder. He is
- years OF age and lives with his
mother. who is under arrest as acces-
sorry to the crime.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30
lie Is WANTED III IOWA
To Serve Out Term in Prison, Having
Violated His Parole.

Kansas City, Dec. 30.-The police
say that prisoner who was arrested
at the Union station here Thursday
night, and who was shot through the
foot while trying to escape, is James
Burke, with many aliases, who has
served several terms in prison and has
been accused of numerous crimes.
Burke was arrested at Leadville,
Colo. in 1893 as the man who robbed
w. c. Pollock. of New York, of 500
600 worth of diamonds on a train
bound from Omaha to Sioux City. He
was sentenced under the name of
Frank Shercliff to seventeen years in
the Iowa state prison, but was pa
rolled He violated his parole by leav-
ing Iowa. and will be taken back.
Governor Shaw has requested the po-
lice TO hold him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30
PROMINENT GRAIN MAN
EXPIRES IN CHICAGO

Chicago, Dec. 3O.-Frank II. Peavy,
of Minneapolis, credited with being
the largest owner of grain elevators
in the country. died here this morn
ing of pneumonia, aged 80. The body
will be taken to Minneapolis tonight,
where the funeral takes place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30

Norfolk. Va. Dec. 3O.-Deputy Sher-
iff Overman. of Elizabeth City. y. C..
today informed a representative of
the Associated Press that he brought
James Wilcox, who is under arrest
in connection with the death of Ella
Cropsey, from Elizabeth City in
surrey after midnight Saturday, and
placed him in the Portsmouth Jail.
The Jail officials deny that Wilcox is
in that place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30
Six SIen Die in a Coal snart.

HartShOrn. l. T.. lee. 30.-At shaft
No. l of the McAleStPr Coal company
here Saturday. while the cage was as
conding with eight men it jumped its
guides about 100 feet from the bottom
of the shaft. Six of the eight men
We're killed. They We're caught be-
tween the cage and the buntingS. and
their bodies dropped to the bottom of
the shaft. The names of three of the
killed are Alexander ROmanchOk.
Michael Pertke and H. KetchOk. All
the killed wore Russians
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30
Cnrneeie VIII Make 1t Easy.

Washington, Dec. 30.-President
Roosevelt has received Information
from Andrew Carnegie that is expected
to enable him to submit to congress a
form of gift of S1O.OOO.OOO to the Unit
ed States for higher education. This
offer will not be in bonds of the United
States Steel Corporation, as formerly
proposed, but in Il form expected to be
generally satisfactory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30
Systematic rnerr OF sugar.

Chicago. Dec 30-By series of
systematic thefts covering a period Of
twelve months, 5000 worth of sugar
has been taken from the warehouse OF
the Graham Il Morton Transportation
company. Four men are under arrest
charged with a crime-James Evans,
foreman employed at the Graham &
Norton company warehouse; Walter
Swartz formerly employed by the COM
pany; William Fonger, butcher; Ira
Q. Owens. grocer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30
ola EruuCh to Have Waited.

Flint. Mich. Dec. 30.-Mrs. Clarinda
Chatfield. an old resident o. the coun-
ty. ended her life Friday afternoon in
Flushing by hanging. She went to her
bedroom in the house of her son. Dam
lei Chatfield. and looped a handker-
chief about her neck and over a bed
post. afterward sitting down and slow
" choking to death. She was 76
wears old.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30
military Funeral for seweII.

Trenton. y. J., Dec Ex-Governor
Voorhees,. of New Jersey. issued an or
der Saturday announcing the death of
Senator Sewell. BY arrangement with
Adjutant General COrbin the war de-
partment will send four companies of
artillery to attend the funeral as part
of the military escort. Sewell was n
division commander of the New Jersey
National Guard
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30
Link That Connects John Weber.

Duquoin, Ills. Dec. 30.-JOhn Web
er. 10 years old. was arrested at st.
Louis by Detective Harrington in con-
nection with the murder of Ewald
Eichborn. a farmer. in his home near
this place on the night of Dec. 4. The
link connecting Weber with the trag-
edy is a leather-cOvered memorandum
book containing his name and former
address, which was found in a wood
shed in the rear of the house where
the body was found.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30
CONGRESS TO BE ASKED
TO VINDICATE sCHLEY

New York, Dec. 3O.-Captain James
Parker one of Schley's counsel, said
today that Schley regards the case as
closed. but his friends will ask con-
gress to vindicate him by retiring him
on full pay and reimbursing him for
the expense of his trial.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30
Tin Plant To BE DismantIed,

Elwood, Ind, Dec. 3O.-Henry Duff
ett has been sent to Atlanta with In
structions to move the big stacks of
the tinplate mills. This leads to the
belief that the plant is to be disman-
tied by the trust and the mills re-
moved to this city The mills at At
Ianta have been idle since the steel
strike. The plant covers seven acres.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-30
FATHER CROWLEY "
HAS ENTERED A MONASTERY

Chicago, Dec. 3O.-The News today
says Father jeremiah J. Crowley. the
communicated priest Of the Cath
olic church at Oregon, ILL.,, has left
Chicago to do penance in a western
monastery in order that hemay be
restored to standing in the chruch.
The location of the monastery is not
stated.