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Morris tribune., 1901-08-03
Not Zoo Ear ,Awisr. :

Robert Barr relates that once, speak
ing with Bret Harte, he upheld the
Iigid life Henry Thoreau had led at
Walden Pond, as compared with the
luxurious surroundings Of many mod
.ern authors. Barr advocated a return
to the simpler habits Of our ancestors.
'cYes." Harte replied. living ON parch-
ed peas sounds very fine In q book.
When / visited Emerson. I was aston
ished to find how close Walden Pond
was to, the Emerson homestead, and I
commented ON this. I had imagined
that the pond was away out in the
wilderness, miles from any human hab-
atatons - sfgA.t -. ,t,.i>",&
fBefore Emerson could reply Mrs.
Emerson spoke up in the tone Of
woman exposing1a humbug, 'Oh, yes,
Henry took good care not tn get out Of
hearing Of our dinner horny"--Arso-
Naut.
Morris tribune., 1901-08-03
Rr TIVE STREAM.

The sunlight steals between the asaSsS
And fickers on the stream;..
The little minnows dart about ,f
Like shadows in dream.
Beyond the shade the clover field
Is quivering with the heat,
But here the water rippleS cool
About the children's feet.
The leaves stir softly overhead,
The shadows verge toward noo1s
And they will have to leave their play
And go to dinner soon.
katharine Pyle in Harper's Bazaar.
Morris tribune., 1901-08-03
PatientsI

Sunday School Teacher-Now,
can any little boy or girl tell me
who Job was? :tat = - i:
Wee Boy (after long pause)- "A
doctor. ste.y ~. =. So III.
Teacher-A doctor? Oh, dear,
mol Where did you read that?
Wee Boy-Did ye never hear o
the. p:Se..s ~ LIB iis 2 illustrated
Bits.
Morris tribune., 1901-08-03
Not a Complimentary Likeness.

+ Not a Complimentary Likeness.
A lady was busilys engaged in
brushing her hair when little niece
who was staying in the house came
into the room. s'..2.. = =.
"oh, auntie," she exclaimed,
"what lovely, silky, beautiful hair
you havei Just like the tail Of our
old rocking horsel''
Morris tribune., 1901-08-03
Par ExaxnpIe. !.

Par Example.
George Just look, father! Isn't our
baby the finest in town?
Father-It may be, George, but i hope
It won't turn out to be like ear win
dow, 49,. r. s..s.l-...s.....
George How Is that, iGthef3
Father-Hard to raise and aftSs you,
do raise it unmaDaeRab le.~-.P hila6el.
phia Record. -,.... s,,, 49,. .s.s
Morris tribune., 1901-08-03

vice to MAKE them look older when
youthfulness is a. disadvantage. For
that. reason all my doctor clients have
to wear boards whether these are be-
coming to them or not" New York
Sun. ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-24
BUSINESS IN THE
ILLINOIS LECI5LaTURE

Springfield Ills, April 24.-ln the
state senate yesterday Chairman Mil
christ. Of the committee on waterways,
reported The resolution providing for
investigation of the affairs of the Chi
CagO sanitary district: defeated-2O to
2S. Bills WeTr passed to amend the
act regulating the employment of Ia
hGr Ivy providing that no person of less
than III years shall be employed to
exceed ten hours per day, and 10 eX-
empt from Inheritance tax be-
quests fof religious. educational, scien-
tiiic and charitable purposes. The
anti-rigarette dill passed by the house
WAS referred to the committee on Ii
ceuse and miscellany. Here it is eX-
pected 10 repose for good. The bill is
most drastic. simply prohibiting the
cigarette in this state.
In the house the committee on labor
and industrial affairs yesterday re-
ported favOrably bill to investigate
employment agencies. Several small
appropriation bills We're passed. A bill
providing for the addition of two col
ored battalions to the naval militia was
passed. There were only three votes
against the anti-cigarette bill-Morton
G.. Smith. James II. Farrell and Chris
tian HaaSe Clerk Reeves enlivened
the proceedings by smoking a cigarette
as he called the roll. and throwing it
on the floor with an expression of dis
gust when the roll call showed the
house on record against it,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-24
SEtM M TO HAVE VOTED
SOME NON-RESiDENTS.
Charge Against an Attorney at
an Illinois EIec.
ton.

Kankakee. Ills, April 24.-FTank
Frogge. Il st. Anne attorney. has been
arrested at st. Anne and taken to
Newton county, Ind, where he is
charged with having voted Il number
of non-residents, Italians, and his en-
pIoyees. recently at an election held to
determine whether the county seat
was to be continued at Kentland or
be removed to more central point.
Newton county. which adjOins Kan
kakee county on the east, was consid-
erably wrought up over the contest,
and it has been stated large sums of
money were offered for votes. FrOgge
was arrested some weeks ago and adj
mitted to bail. His bond expired. and
he was rearrested on complaint of his
bOndsmen. He claimed. when rear
rested, that he was in Newton county
as late as last Saturday, and supposed
the matter settled.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-24
MANY LIVES LOST
INTHE FROZEN NORTH.
Story of Few Days Ago From
Alaska is Partly Con-
firned.

Seattle, Wash, April2 4.-Partial
confirmation Of the rumors of death
by fIT,ezing were received yesterday.
The Nome Gold Digger of January 80
says: DIR. PeltOn. one of the best
known and most esteemed young pio-
neerS of Alaska. was frozen on the
trail on the night of Jan. l. near Sol
ONION. Dan Anderson left Dexter for
Nome about four weeks ago. and has
not been heard of since. DIR. w. +.
Baum perished while carrying medical
assistance TO Il sick miner. This aft
crnOon United States Marshal Nc
Lean brought into town the remains
Of man from Solomon. Later it was
Identified as that of Alexander Snow.
a horrible story was told at the
Chamber of Commerce meeting Mon
day night of sixteen men and a woman
huddled together in n MANNED and mu-
tilated condition from frost bite in a
cabin on Pilgrim river. unable to lie
down because of the crush. and with
the added horror of starvation facing
them. Within two hours nemer-
gency supply OF food was flying over
the trail by moonlight, drawn by swift
dogs. The next day number of the
victims arrived in town and told their
story. Some of them were badly frost
bitten and had endured severe hard
ships. DIR. Tam Wa frozen to death
on Saturday. Jan. 10. Two unknown
men were found dead near AIarys
ISloO''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-24
TRAIN Is DITCHED
BY BANDITS IN TEXAS

San Antonio, Texas, April 24.-The
southbound international & Great
Northern passenger train was wrecked
this morning at Davenport, 16 miles
north of here, by supposed robbers,
who threw a switch. Bloodhounds
and officers are after the miscreants.
Engineer Monahan was mortally
injured and Fireman Hicks killed
Attorney Goeth, of San Antonio; two
railway mail clerks, of San Antonio,
and Miss NJ. Horan, of KilIen, were
bruised and cut.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-24
END Is AT HAND
OF THE BIG RISE.
Still There is About 800 Miles
of Distress on the
Ohio.

Cincinnati. o., April 24.-While the
Ohio river was reported last night as
falling from Pittsburg to the mouth OF
the Big Kanawha, almost 300 miles,
there is still much distress from that
point to Cincinnati, about 300 miles
While alarming inquiries come from
Ironton. Portsmouth. Huntington, Cat
lettsburg and intermediate points, the
weather bureau says the outlook Is
really encouraging and that the be-
ginning of the end will reach Cincin-
natl today. when the stage will not
exceed 5S feet.
In some of the smaller places bells
were rung and cannons fired and Jolil-
fication meetings were held when the
stationary stage was reached. Prep
arations are being made for demon
strations OF rejoicing throughout the
Pomeroy bend. Pomeroy. Middleport.
Point Pleasant and other places in
that district have been badly inun
dated. with hundreds of families drlV-
en- from their homes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-24
PROSPECT OF REAL LUXURY.
AIal de Her Is To BE Abolished and Acct
dent Unknown.

denI CnkDOWn.
Take. for example. the trip across
the British channel. No other water
journey causes an equal amount of
suffering. The most hardened traveller
becomes seasick there. Fogs and
heavy traffic are constantly causing
collisions. Storms toss the smallest
boats about like cockleshellS. The
submarine boat will remove all these
objections. There will be no seasick-
ness, because in n submerged boat
there is no perceptible motion. There
will be no smells to create nausea. for
the boats will be propelled by electric
power taken from storage batteries.
There will be no collisions, because the
boat will travel. coming and going. at
different depths-say, one at forty, the
other at sixty feet.
THE water overhead may be crowd
ed with small craft, but the submarine
boat will have a free, unobstructed
course. She will he kept absolutely
true to this course by means of cables
running from shore to shore. On these
cables will run automatic steering
gear attached to the submarine.
Storms and fogs will have no exist
ence for the traveller. for weather has
little effect upon the water at the depth
at which she moves.
Tomorrow. if we had a feet of sub
marine big enough, they could protect
New York harbor against an attack
nv the combined fleets of the world
But our shipping and our city would
still be at the mercy of the enemy, if
they had only one submarine. manned
by a fearless crew of experts. You
could not mine against her, for she
would countermine. You could not
close the harbor against her. You
could not chase her with feet of your
own submarines. because you could not
find her under water"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-24
DECLINE TO PAY
THE BIG BILL.
DR.. Browning's 100000 Claim
Will Have to 60 Through
Court.

Pittsburg. Pa. April 24.-The exec
utors of the estate of the late G. l..
Magee have determined that the claim
of DR.. WSlter c. Browning for the
sum of S190000 for professional Serv-
ices during the Illness of the senator
will have to go 10 the orphans court
of Allegheny county and be passed
upon by that body before the bill is
settled. II. :. \. Stewart. one of the
executors of the estate. said yesterday
that the bill was beyond reason and
that the people who had charge of the
estate would have to contest it in or
der to Vindicate themselves.
This statement was made when
Stewart was Informed that DIR. Brown
ing had been credited in an interview
with saying that the late senator had
even offered him $500. 600 for his serv-
ices and that the bill rendered was i'll
keeping with the actual contract he
had made with the senator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-24
ENTHUSIASTIC
OVER CHECKERS.
So Much so That He Bets His
Daughters Hand in a
Game.

Binghampton. y. Y. April 24.-Rey.
Samuel Jones, of Tioga, Ia, promi-
nent Methodist minister. formerly of
Racine county, Wiz. iS an en-
thusiastic checker player. Rev Jones
has Il pretty daughter ~ years old.
Henry Walters, Il young member of
Rev. Jones congregation and Il man OF
con iderable wealth, was Il suitor for
Miss Jones' hand. She favored his
suit. but her father opposed it. The
checker contests between the minis
ter and his would-be son-in-law had
been close. the minister having Il little
the best of it.
So when Walters proposed to play
a game with the girls hand as the
stake and further agreed to pay tine
church debts if he failed, Rev. Jones.
in his confidence. saw chance to ben
eft his congregation and agreed The
game was played at the parsonage. the
minister. Walters and the girl being
the only ones present 1t was going
in the minister's favor when Miss
Jones. who was leaning over her
lovers chair. called his attention to an
opening both players had failed to no.
tice. He took advantage of it, winning
the game and the girl. and the engage
ment of the couple was announced Sat
urdgV
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-24
MAGNETIC HEALERS
CONVICTED OF FRAUD

Kansas City, April 24.-In the fed
eral court here, Stephen a. Waltmer
and Joseph H. Kelly, president and
secretary. respectively, of the Waltmer
Institute of Magnetic Healing, of Ne
vada, Mo-, pleaded guilty to indict-
ments charging them with using tn e
mails to defraud. They thre v them
selves upon the mercy of the cour t
and sentence was reserved.
The institute is advertised to heal
''all diseases known to man or wom-
an. =" giving absent treatment" and
did such q tremendous msil order
business that the Postoffice depart
ment at Washington ordered the mail
stopped on the fraud order.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-24
Prisoner Makes a Rough
House In a Chicago
Police Station.
AN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE
Many Volleys Exchanged
With Officers, Resulting
in Two Fatalities.

Chicago, April 24.-In Justice
Prindiville's court at the Harrison
street police station shortly after
noon, ID. r. Nebon, who was arraigned
on the charge of robbing a stranger,
started to break away. The police
messenger grabbed for him. Nebon
drew a revolver and began shooting.
The policeman returned the fire and
half dozen other policemen joined
in shooting at Nebon. The latter
was hit FIVE times and will die. The
messenger was wounded in several
places, and physicians say he will die.
Panic Among Spectators.
A panic seized the large crowd in
the court room, and there was q live
ly scurry to places of safety. There
were many narrow escapes among
fleeing spectators from flying bullets.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-24
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
HAS A NEW DEAL,
Road Bought That Taps With a
Rich Lumber and Marble
Region.

Grand Rapids. Mich. April 24.-
Thomas f. McGarry. of this city, has
closed deal with New York parties
which involves the transfer of the
Tallahassee and Southeastern railroad
which crosses Florida and taps a rich
lumber and marble section of the
northern part of the state.
McGarry was the president of the
railroad company. and. through the
deal. secures a heavy interest in the
Atlantic Lumber company. AsSoci-
ated with him in the deal are Arthur
Meigs and Il. G.. Peters, the Manistee
millionaire lumbermen. The cOnceS-
sion made by the lumber company will
enable il to market its finished product
from the mills under very favorable
circumstances.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-24
THE STRIKE
WILL CONTINUE
Lake Marine Engineers to Enforce
aPenalty on Obstinate Yes.
sci Owners.
UNION RECOGNITION Is THE ISSUE
Steel Corporation Refuses to Treat and
the Demands Have Been In
creased 1 ; Per Cent.

Cleveland. o., April 24.-The nego-
t:ations which have been in progress
Tor the past two days between the oth-
Gals of the United States Steel cor
poration vessel interests and the rep
reseStatives of the marine engineers,
looking to a settlement of the pending
strike of the latter, were abruptly ter
minated yesterday afternoon. with the
It suit that the end of the strike is APP
parently further away than at any
time since it began. General Manager
Wolvin. of the company, after delib-
Grating over the schedule submitted by
the engineers, announced he would not
treat with the engineers as body, but
would deal directly with the men.
Put the Screws on Harder
Immediately upon the receipt of this
information the engineers prepared IA
new wage scale, increasing their de-
nandS by about 10 per cent over the
figures submitted in January last.
Under this schedule the wages OF chief
engineers OH firSt-claSS boats are
placed at $50 per month. against Sl32
named in the original proposition TO
the lake carriers; second engineers are
advanced from $50 to 500. On sec
ond-claSs boats the chief engineers
are advanced from Sill to $125. and
from SS4 to $50 for second engineers
Limited in Its Application.
This scale President Uhler. of the
engineers. announced last night. is to
apply to all vessels on the great lakes,
except those where the owners have al
ready conceded the demands. Ihler
also said that from now on the enGi-
neers Will be permitted TO make ar
rangementS with managers and owners
of vessels. irrespective of their or
"aniZation. But the scale as above
stated will be strictly adhered 10.
Vessel Owners Opposed Recognition
Some of tine local vessel owners de-
clare that the decision on the part of
the engineers association to permit
their members To treat directly with
tEeir employers will soon result in all
the men returning TO work. These
vessel owners frankly admit that the
fight of the Lake Carriers aSSocia-
ton is directed against the recognition
of the engineers association rather
than Oh the question of wages.
The Strike of the Tug Men.
Archibald Naliquet. national preSi
dent of the Tug Firemen'S Protective
association. held conference with
General Manager Collier. of the Great
Lakes Towing company. yesterday
afternoon, with a view to settling the
strike of the firemen and linesmen. 1t
is understood that the company re-
fused absolutely TO grant the demand
for an advance of So per month. Vail
ouet proposed to compromise on an
advance of $3.50. but the proposition
was also rejected, and the conference
ended
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-24
SEVERE BATTLE
FOUGHT WITH OUTLAWS

London, April 2l.-News reached
here of a severe battle in the vicinity
of Fort Darwin, Msshonaland, be-
tween a force of Charterland police
and natives from Chintsi under the
outlaw Mapondara. Sixty outlaws
were killed
Brig Gen. Sir Frederick Ludgard,
high commissioner and commander
in-chief of the northern Nigeria with
a force of the West Africa frontier
troops, completed a successful cam
paign against powerful slaves.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-24
Such is the Latest Report That
Comes From the
Philippines.
MAY BE LAST SURRENDER
Quentin Salas and Officers
Give Up and Soldiers
are to Follow.

Manila. April 24.-Adjt.-Gen. No
BILE, of the department Of Viscayas,
has received the surrender of Quentin
Salas and three of his officers. All
insurgents under Salas will surrender
soon.
1t is claimed that this will termi-
nate the insurrection.
BOlomen Surrender.
Manila, April 24.-One hundred and
fifteen officers and 2, ,157 Bolomen sur
rendered and swore allegiance to
the United States at Narvacan, pro-
vince of South Ilocos.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-24
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS.

Edouard Detaille's famous picture,
THE March Past" was stolen from
the residence of his mother near Paris.
The British Parliament defeated II
motion for Il Roman Catholic univer
sity in Ireland.
A. o. Slaughter & Co. of Chicago,
have started suit for $1J0,0O0 dam
ages against the Chicago Elevator
company, an echo of the Lloyd j.
Smith case.
Henry Walters of Baltimore, has
donated $1.0OO,OO0 to Johns Hopkins
university for a new site.
Unknown Iowans are accused of
stealing a carload of cattle and send
ing it TO Chicago.
Gas is the only British trade which
in 1899 employed no women. There
were seven at work in electrical
works.
Ex-senator Pettigrew has cleared up
over 81 100000 in thirty days by spec
ulatiug in stocks.
John Costello, an Old-time circus
clown. was taken suddenly ill and
died at New York.
The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
and York have sailed from Singapore
for Australia.
Robert 5. Mccormick. of Illinois, the
recently appointed United States min
lister to Australia ungary, has arrived
at Vienna.
Blind for eighteen years, George ).
Dobbins. of Chicago, was graduated
Yesterday one of the highest men in
his class of forty-nine from the Chi
caeo Homeopathic Medical college.
yhe date of the opening of the Buff
falG Pan-American exposition has been
changed TO May 20
over sixty horses have been shot at
the Preside military post. San Fran
cisco, because they had the glagders.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-24
PHILLIPS HAND
is AGAIN SHOWN

Chicago. April 24.-PhilliPs added
Il cents to the speculative value of
May corn during the first hour of
trade on change today. The opening
bids were 464 to II. Phillips bid the
market up in eighth of a cent leaps to
As, establishing a new highwater
mark, but got only 100000 bushels.
At 4S he stopped bidding for the
time, AID the market dropped sud-
denly to AZ, where it steadied and
again rallied 10 As.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-24
PredIcts Great Progress Thi. Decade.

''AS soon as men overcome their
fears and learn TO go down beneath
the water as they now skim its sur
face the progress of the submarine
boat in commerce will be rapid said
Holland. within the next ten years
we shall have made more progress in
submerged navigation than has been
made in the 800 years that have just
passed. Within thar period | expect
to see submarine boats engaged in reg
ular passenger traffic. For trans-At-
lantic travel submarine boats will new
er be possible commercially. For short
trips the submarine offers commercial
advantages that will render it dan
gerous rival of the surface sailing yes
sells. if. indeed. il does not drive the
latter entirely out of competition in
certain -wafprS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-24
PUGILiST SMITH
DIES IN LONDON.

London, April 24.-Bill Smith, an
American pugilist, who was knocked
out in contest with Jack Roberts at
the National Sporting club Monday
night. died this morning.
The Inquest over the body of Smith
is to be held in few days. Roberts,
The opponent of Smith, the manager
of the National Sporting club, and
the referee and seconds nave surren-
dered to the police.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-24
MODE OF TRAVEL
BY SUBMARINE
Inventor Holland Draws a Luxur.
ious Picture of What We
May Expect
WHEN We SAIL UNDER THE WATER
No Sickness. No Disaster, No Nothing
Unpleasant-As an Implement
of War at Sea.

New York. April 24.-JOhn i. Hol-
land. the inventor of the submarine
torpedo boat Holland. proclaimed his
view in IL lecture at the Carnegie Ly-
ceum that in the course of Il few years
submarine vessels would supplant sur
face craft for short journeys by water.
He also said that the submarine tor
pedo boat would be so formidable an
instrument Of war that the only solu-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-24
plsd on Hi. WIFE,. Grave.

North Platte. Neb., April 24.-Harry
Rice. city marshal and president of
the board of education. went to the
cemetery Yesterday. took poison and
died on his wife'S grave. He was an
old-time railroad man. 20 years old,
and had held positions of responsible
ity with the Union Pacific company.
He had been drinking hard recently.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-24
LegfeIntion for NYiscon.in.

Madison. Wis, April 24.-The Sen
ate yesterday killed the bill requiring
that any franchise granted by n city
r:lust be approved by majority of the
voters when its submission to them is
petitioned for by 10 per cent. of the
voters. The bill for state aid against
flood ravages in the Wisconsin and
Fox river valleys was passed and goes
to the governor. The house took up
the bill to raise railway taxation IA
per cent The senate republicans
caucused on adjournment and decided
OH May IL as the date.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-24
Robbed and Applied the Torch.

Evansville. Ind. April 24.-Burg-
lars entered the dental office of DR.. j.
ID. Fillinger. Il dentist. blew open and
robbed the safe and started a fire
which destroyed the building. The
building was valued at $1,000. Charles
A. Cook. an actor of Denver. was ar
rested. charged with the crime, and
the police are looking for another sus-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-24
TriaI of nn Alleged Kidnnper.

Omaha. Neb.. April 24.-After eX-
amining thirty taleSmen, twelve men
We're secured who We're acceptable to
both sides In the Cudahy kidnapping
case 'fhe jury is composed mostly
OF professional men, there being but
two members from out of the city.
1t will try James Callahan for com
DlicitY in the crime
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-24
Western MiIIers Lose a Privilege.

Buffalo. y. Y, April 24.-The privi-
lege heretofore enjoyed by the west
ern milIerS of warehOuSiug flour i'll
this city without charge, holding it at
this point for a favorable market. has
been withdrawn. After this, western
millerS will have to pay an additional
, cents per 100 on flour shipments to
the Atlantic seabOard if held over i'll
this city. and will also have TO pay the
storage charges.