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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-01
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE > .

Their mother. Mrs. Joseph Conrad,
dead. six children We're found in desti-
tuition at go North Springfield avenue,
Chicago.
Joseph Fitzgerald, boy charged
with killing Thomas Griffin in a dis
pute over a girl in Chicago. was ac-
quilted in Judge Brentano's court.
Street hoodlums looted one of Case,
Martin * Co.'S pie wagons at Root
street and Union avenue. Chicago.
Mrs. Ann COnnors. given shelter at
the Harrison street annex. Chicago,
says as cook of the old fremont House
she used to prepare dinners for Lin
coin.
Eddie Baumgarten. . 13 years old,
1902 Wentworth avenue. Chicago. was
killed by Chicago and Erie engine.
a Chicago and Erie engine.
Illinois commissioners for the Pan
American exposition let the contract
for their building. to cost $4,000, TO
the Niagara Construction company.
Korean minister of justice and other
government officials have been ban
ished for connection with plot to
throw bomb into the Russian en-
bassy.
The George A. Fuller Co. predicts
q record -DTedktnS year lOF CulcdSO
buildings industries.
John Hare. the famous English act
or bids farewell to American theatre
gOers at Powers theatre, Chicago.
Seth Bullock. famous old-time sher-
iff on the Montana frontier, is at the
Grand Pacific hotel, Chicago.
Lake Forests only mayoral NOM
inee. E. F. GOrtOn. quits the ticket
when 1T is too late to replace him
and the village may have to hold a
special election.
Thomas A. Edison is at work on a
storage battery for electric automo-
biIes which. it is said. will revolution
ize the business of manufacturing
these vehicles.
Certificate of incorporation of the
new George A. Fuller Construction Co.
filed at Trenton.
Minister Loois is recalled from Cara
cas- and Venezuelan envoy about to
leave Washington: relations are
strained, and war ships may be sent
to protect American interests.
Canada has made elaborate prepare
tions for taking the census. 1t will be
the most thorough ever taken.
An anarchist from the United States
is arrested in Rome on strong evil
dence of completely in a plot to kill
the Sing of Italy by blowing up the
Quirinal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-01
COLOMBIA TO OFFER A ROUTE
French Company Likely to Lose It's Pana-
ma Canal Conc nCessiOn.

French Company Likely to Lose It's Pana-
ma Canal Concession.
Washington, April 1.-The United
States is to be offered Il route across
the .isthmus by the republic of COlOm-
bia. Papers have been filed at the
state department by Minister Silva, of
that country. which contemplate the
conveyance of the right of way ir-
respective of the claims of the Panama
Canal company.
The concession of that organization
a canal by 1901. Realizing that it
would be impossible to open the water
way under present conditions within
that limit. the company has recently
obtained an extension of time to 1910.
1t is contended that this extension is
unconstitutional, that the Colombian
courts will so decide, and that direct
negotiations will be opened with this
government to take up the work.
If this is done the French company
cannot raise money enough to carry
out the enterprise. If the canal is not
open according 10 the contract. all
rights will revert to the Colombian
government. 1t is reported that the
Colombian government is ready to re-
pudiate the Panama Canal company.
but is willing TO permit it to dispose
of its rights to the United States. State
department officials say that this gov
ernment considers $50. 600. 900 as rPa-
sonable figure, but this sum is far be-
low the amount asked by the COM
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-01
NEW MEN TAKE EVENING POST
Company Headed by j. C. shaffer of Ev-
anstOn Buys the Paper.


Chicago, April 1.-The Chicago
Evening Post. which II. II. Kolilsaat
has conducted in connection with The
Times Herald, was sold Saturday TO
i. c. Sbaffer, who will issue it in
tabloid form, after the ideas of Ed
itor Alfred HarmswOrth. Samuel r
Glover. who has been managing editor
of the paper under Kohlsaat. will con-
tinue in charge of the editorial part OF
the paper
According to plans outlined by Shaf-
feI The Post hereafter will be issued
without illustrations. except for those
in the art supplement. 1t will be OF
the present size of The Post except
that the folding will be done in the
opposite way. giving long. narrow
page. The usual departments of'news
will be retained, and in other respects
the paper will not change from its
present character. 1t will be inde-
pendent in politics, Shaffer said with
leaning to the Republican party,
because the managers of the paper be-
lieve that party to be the best one
just now. For the present the paper
viii be printed OH The Journal presses
until suitable press facilities can be
prepared IN The Record II erald build
ing. The business and editorial rooms
viii continue in the latter building
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-01

Brown e Geddes. tieled an action
against the Woolson Cpice company,
James Secor, +. NJ. Brigham. manager,
and John III. Doyle. attorney. for $780,
000 damages for alleged false and
malicious libel. The action was filed
i'll the United States circuit court.
The suit is a result of a recent de-
cisiOn of the pure food commissioner
i'll his raid against glazed coffees. The
ArbuckleS charge that the WoOlsons
have issued circular broadcast
throughout the country in which they
use the decision of the pure food COM
missioner TO harass and injure the
business of plaintiff
They charge that the WoOlsons have
given out that the glazing is done to
cover up imperfections and set up the
circular of the Woolsons. in which
there is n picture of the Arbucke fac
tory, it is alleged. with rotten eggs.
undevelOped eggs, Easter eggs, boiled
eggs, tainted eggs and every kind of
eggs lying in crates trOund the door
This they claim IS a malicious libel.u
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-01
The stranger" TONIC hit.

The Burtis opera house will doubt
less be filled tonight to witness the
production Of "a Stranger in a
Strange Land" This is the same
play that last season scored great
success at the Manhattan theatre.
New York. The play is the product
of Sidney Wilmer and Walter Vincent.
The cast includes William Friend,
Charles Drake, E. j. Mack. Charles
Deland, f III. Bender, Charles Lum,
Joseph Cusack, May Anderson, Beat
rice Norman, Estelle Wilmott, Otillie
DeLano and others.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-01
FIRE ON GUNBOAT PETRAL
Lieutenant Commander Roper Loses His
Life in Effort to Rescue Men,

Lieutenant Commander Roper Loses His
Life in an Effort to Rescue Men,
Washington. April 1.-The navy de-
partmerI early yesterday morning re
Ceived q cablegram from Admiral
Eemey, commander-in-ch of the
Asiatic station. giving brief account
of a fire in the sail room of the gun
boat Petrol and of the death of the
commanding officer, lieutenant Com
mander Jesse Minis Roper. as Il result
OF an heroic effort to rescue the men
below. The dispatch shows that
twenty-twko other officers and men
We're Frustrated but all are recover
irg. Admiral Remey'S dispatch is as
follows:
"Cavite. March 81. 19O1.-Fire dis
covered in sail room Petrey O'Clock
this morning, Roper commanding
After going below once went again
against advice. Attempted to recov'
er men below. He SuffOcated. Died
at T:45. Twenty-Five other officers and
men entirely prostrated. All recover
ing Fire out. Damage immaterial
Send ROperS remains by Buffalo.
''REMEY."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-01
FUNSTON REWARDED BY BRIGADIERSHIP:.
AND MAY BE LIEUTENANT GENERAL

Washington, April 1.-Generai Fred
Funston was Saturday night appoint
ed by the president as brigadier gem
eraI in the regular army as reward
for his bravery in the capture of
Aguinaldo. General Lloyd Wheaton
was made a major general. and Col
onel Jacob Smith was promoted to
hrigadier generalcy. President Nc
Kinley has always been prompt in re-
warding soldiers who have distin-
guished themselves in the field, and
lis action in appointing Funston will
meet with popular approval, as there
was a general demand for it, General
Funston is the youngest of the general
officers of the army, being only 30
wears old. He will not reach the vol
untary retirement age until 1923, or
four yeaEs after General Leonard
Wood retireS.
1t is among the possibilities that
Funston will become the lieutenant
general commanding the army. The
recent appointment of officers to be
brlgadier generals showed that Gen
eral Leonard Wood would succeed to
the position of senior major general
OF thearmy in about ten years and
thus become eligible for appointment
as lieutenant general commanding the
army. Should Wood be appointed to
the head of the army he would con-
tinue in that position over ten years.
during which time the officers next
preceding Funston would retire. Their
retirement would make him the senior
uajor general commanding the army
upon General Woods retirement He
would then. be in line for the lieuten-
ant generality.
Some of the regular officers are dis
cruntled over the appointment. claim
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-01
HILL IN MoLINEUx CASE
He WIN Appear for Prosecution Before
Court of Appeals.


Court of Appeals.
New York, April district Attor-
ney Philbin said that ex-senator Da-
vid B. Hill had been retained by him
to present the arguments or the prose
cution when the MOlipeuX case is laid
before the court of appeals. John G..
Milburn, of Buffalo, will appear as
counsel for MOlineuX. 1t was at first
arranged that Assistant District At
tOrney Lebarbier would argue the ap-
peal Then Assistant District Attorney
Osborne avs selected on account of
his failiarity with the case.
When il was learned that AIilburn
was retained by the defense the prose-
cution sought ex-senator Hill, and he
recently consented TO take up the case
on the part of the people in the court
of appeals.
The papers of the case are now in
the hands of the printer and will be
completed and ready for service in a
few lays. The court of appeals will
meet in Buffalo in June,a nd the case
will be argued there.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-01
FAIR TREATMENT
FOR AGU|NALDO
Il Is Said the Filipino Leader Will
Not Be Tried for
Treason.
MKINLEY SENDS INSTRUCTIONS.
Amnesty Proclamation Will Form
Basis of the Action of the
Government.

Washington, April !. Aguinaldo
will not be tried for treason, and un-
less the captive rebel leader has or
dered his followers to commit acts in
violation of the rules of civilized war
fare he will not be tried at all. If.
however, Aguinaldo has ordered the
commission of any of the crimes of
which some of the rebels have been
guilty, such as beheading prisoners,
buryfng them alive, assassinat ting
friendly natives, and other acts not
recognized as civilized warfare, the
government will be forced to try him
for these crimes.
Penalty Is Death.
The penalty of such crimes is death,
but the president has declined, except
in few instances, to allow the death
penalty to be imposed. If the respOn-
sibility for such acts should he at
tached to Aguinaldo and he is found
guilty and sentenced to death, or life
Imprisonment is imposed. the president
would deal leniently with him. 1t can
be said on the highest authority that
no government official in Washington
has any Information which in any way
fastens upon AguinaldO the RESPONSE
bility for the inhuman treatment to
which captives have been subjected.
This. of course, is greatly in favor of
Aguinaldo, and will permit the govern
ment TO show him mercy and not pun
ish him for making war on the United
States.
Mckinley Sends Instructions.
The question of what to do with
Aguinaldo has been given serious CON
sideration by the president and his
advisers, and this afternoon some III
structions on this subject We're sent TO
General Macarthur. Secretary Root
declines TO intimate what these in
structiOnS were. 1t was learned. how
ever. from sources which cannot be
questioned, that until AguinaldO has
taken the oath of allegiance to the
United States and promises to use his
influence towards bringing TO an end
what remains of the rebellion he will
he given no intimatiOn as to what Will
be done with him.
Treated as Prisoner of War.
Until AGuinaldO has taken the oath
no promises. expressed or implied, will
he given him: he will receive no as
surances of the appointment to office
as a reward for what he might do TO-
wards bringing the rebellion to a close.
No consideration whatever will be
shown him and he will be treated as
n prisoner of war until such time as
the administration deems proper to
give him freedom. The proclamation
of amnesty issued by General Mac
Arthur last December will form the
basis of the action of the government
in dealing with Aguinaldo and other
rebel leaders. This proclamation warns
the natives against committing acts
not in conformity with the laws of
war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-01
BUILDING FOR ST. LOUIS FAIR
Structure Proposed VIII BE Connected
with Moving Sidewalk.

Structure Proposed VIII BE Connected
with Moving Sidewalk.
st. Louis. April 1.-Gotthold Ian
ger, of 1923 Itaska avenue. has de-
signed a building for the worlds fair,
which he estimates will be large
enough to hold all the important ex-
hibits from America and foreign coun-
tries.
All parts of the building will be con-
nected by a moving sidewalk, and will
he square at the base and cylindrical
at the top. 1t is estimated that it
will cost S1.0OO.0OO. 1t will be con-
structed of steel. The base will be 200
feet square. the second terrace will be
200 square and the third. which is the
base of the tower, will be 100 feer
square. The tower will be 100 feet
in diameter. and will have about ten
stories.
The height of the structure will be
500 feet. From the ground to the top
of the tower a moving sidewalk will
carry visitors, moving so slowly that
one can step from it with safety and
look at any of the exhibits. The side
walk will be about 4 IT. 6 in. wide
A concert hall will be on the top floor,
the other floors will be devoted to eX-
hibits.. every country having its sepa-
rate division. and above its division
the flag of the country will he dis
played. Mr. LANCER thinks space
could be saved by the erection of the
building he has designed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-01

Fort BIakely. Ala. on April o. 1865,
leading the right wing of his regiment.
springing through an embrasure
against a strong fire of artillery and
musketry. and was the first to enter
the enemy'S works. This was done
while was serving as lieutenant
colonel of the Eighth Illinois infantry.
General Wheaton was breveted brig
adler general of volunteers for gallan-
try in action against insurgent forces
near linus. in the Philippine islands.
For his faithful and distinguished
services in the Philippines he is now
made major general in the regular
army.
General Jacob H. Smith is another
general officer who is not a graduate
of West Point. He served through
the civil war with distinction. He
was born in Ohio and entered the
was commissioned at lieutenant of the
Second Kentucky infantry. One year
later he was promoted to the grade OF
captain. and i'm 1863 was mustered out.
The same year he was made a cap
tain of the Veteran Reserve corps and
served until the close of the war. On
March Z. 1861, he was commissioned
rs captain of the Thirteenth infantry.
Iii 1894 he had risen to the rank of
major. and in 1898 to that Of lieuten-
ant colonel. On Oct. 20, 1899, he was
placed in command of regiment. and
on June 1. 1900. was commissioned n
brigadier general of volunteers. He
reaches the voluntary retirement age
on Jan. 20. 1904. General Smith was
breveted for gallant conduct in the
battle of Shiloh. Two or three officers
of the line will retire during this year
and the president will have an oppor-
tunity to promote other officers and
reward some who are deserving.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-01
Lieut.. Dean and 80 Men of
Troop c Surrounded
By Insurgents.
l8 OF LATTER SHOT DOWN
Two Americans Are Wound
ed, the Natives Then
Retiring.

Manila. April Lieut.. Warren
Dean and 80 men of Troop C, 9th
cavalry, were almost surrounded at
Malate by 200 insurgents from the
Sunga mountains in Cavite province.
During the ensuing action Is in
surgents were killed and two Ameri-
cans wounded. The insurgents then
retired.
No new announcements have been
made concerning Aguinaldo.
Natives Surrender.
Manila. April Thirty men of
Gen. Caille'5 command have sur
rendered. OF this number five are
officers, including Coils. Horrara and
Beloya.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-01
church Row I'm Honolulu.

Honolulu. April 1.-Two official
statements. which partake of the char
acter of interdicts. have been issued
by Very Rev. Alfred Willis. Anglican
bishop of Honolulu. charging that Rev.
John Osborne. rector of st. Clements
chapel. has attempted to establish a
new sect under the name of the Epis-
copal Church at Large. Members OF
st. Clements chapel assert that the
hishop has taken this means of doing
them injury because they declined to
turn over their church property to him
unless he made certain concessions
which they desired.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-01
FINDS MAJOR. ANDRES DIARY
Lord Grey Discovers Relic of Revolution
Story of a Campaign.

London, April 1.-The diary of
Major Andre, after lying hidden for a
hundred years. has been discovered in
England. This interesting find was
made by Lord Grey the other day.
while he was going over lot of old
family papers. which probably had
not been disturbed since the conclusion
of the American war of independence.
Lord Grey's eat-grandfather was
commander of British troops in
America at that time. and Andre serv
ed on his staff, and this accounts for
the diary being i'll the possession of the
present peer The diary is apparently
the original, but in order to make sure
it is not a copy, Lord Grey is sending
over to the United States TO secure
samples of Andres handwriting, none
of which can'be obtained here.
The diary is story OF the campaign,
day by day. during the years 1III-1IIS.
1t is simply but interestingly told from
the soldiers standpoint, and is accam-
panied by maps. apparently drawn by
Andre himself. and with a skill that
would make him the equal of many
military photographer of to-day. The
diary ceases too early TO throw new
light upon the motives which prompt
ed the tragic ending of his career. but
it gives interesting gHmpseS of the
personality of one of the historic
figures of the revolution.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-01
Conl Miner. ON strike.

ence of block coal operators and min
ers that has been in session here two
days endeavoring to reach an agree
trent adjourned sine die saturday
evening, and work has been ordered
suspended in all the mines of the coun-
ty. throwing thousands of working
men idle The miners demanded
15-cent per day raise for men ana =
cents for the tracklayers. Both sides
declare they VIII not yield. Inc mem-
hers will call upon President Mitchell
70 aid in settling the trouble.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-01
BABY COUGHS IN TELEPHONE
Physician Then OuIets a Mother. Who
Feared It Had Group.

Paris. April IA Paris doctor has
just put the telephone to a novel use.
He was awakened in the middle of the
Ijght by an anxious mother. whose
baby had suddenly been seized with Il
violent fit of coughing. and who said
she feared the baby had Group. The
doctor. not wishing to go out into the
wintry night, had a brilliant idea. He
telephoned:
Lift the baby to the telephone.
madame, and let him cough" The
baby coughed into the telephone and
the doctor. after listening to the noise.
replied: Don't worry. madame. the
baby hasn't the slightest trace of
orouD. You had better go back to
he'd -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-01
LARGE ESTATE GIVEN TO POOR.
Will of Horace Cousens. of Newton, Mass
Makes Singular Conditions.


Cambridge, Mass. April 1.-The will
of Horace CousenS. ate of Newton.
which has been filed for probate. gives
practically all the estate of $500. 900 to
the deserving poor. but under some
wnat singular conditions After pay
ment of $4,000 to the town of Lyman.
Me. for a fund. the 1eSidne goes To
the City of Newton for Investment
until its total is S1.000o0O. The in
vestments are to be in loans TO in
dustrial men and women of Newton TO
assist them in procuring hOmesteads.
On attaining 81 100000 the yearly in
terest is to be paid to deserving city
poor.
If the City of Newton does not de-
sire to care for the beauest. two Bos-
ton institutions get $4,000 each, one
Newton charity $1,000, and the residue
goes to Lyman. Me. There seems
some question whether or not the dis
position of the property hinges on the
demise of the teStator's two children,
with or without issue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-01
River RIpIets.

The City of Winona came up from
the boatyard Saturday afternoon, and
this afternoon at 3:15 started on her
first trip to Clinton.
The w. j. Young came down from
LIE Claire this morning and left for
Burlington on the first trip of the sea-
son at 4:30.
Boats down were the w. j. Young,
HI. c. Brockman and F. Weyerhauser,
the latter bringing 16 strings of logs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-01
sUGAR-CoFFEE WAR REoPENs.

Arbuckle Brothers Bring Suit Against
WeOlsOn Spice Company.
Toledo. o., April 1.-The proposed
settlement of the battle of the coffee
and sugar trusts was but the lull that
precedes a storm. Open hostility has
been declared on the coffee kings by
the sugar barons. Saturday Arbuckle
Bros. through their local counsel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-01
SAN JUAN HARBoR IS CLEARED
Hulk of the CristobaI Colon, Sunk by the
Spaniartls. Is Blown Up.

San Juan. Porto Rico. April l.
The steamer Cristobal Colon. which
was sunk. in the channel ut the en-
trance to San Juan harbOr by the
Spaniards in the earlier days in the
war with Spain. and which has ever
since been serious menance to navi-
CATION. was blown up Saturday thus
widening the passage to the harbor by
forty feet.
From Il private cablegram received
here from Paris ii is learned that the
French government purposes levying
a heavy duty on Porto Rican coffee
into France. France sis the greatest
consumer of this product of the island.
This action will prove a serious blow
to the coffee industry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-01
DEATH OF REV. JOHN JASPER

Passing of the Colored Advocate of the
"Snn Do Move" Theory.
Richmond. Va, April 1.-Rev. John
Jasper the famous colored advocate of
the ''sun do move theory. died at his
home near here Saturday. aged 80
years. He had for many years been
pastor of the Sixth Mount Zion
church. and was held in high esteem.
He was once on a tour of the north.
delivering hss Sun Do Move lecture,
or sermon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-01
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY USED
Duke of Cornwall and York Sends Me-
sages from the Royal Act.

Portland, Egypt. April 1.-The
steamer Ophir. with the Duke and
Duchess of Cornwall and York on
board. arrived here Saturday. Moham-
med Ali, brother of the khedive. well
coined the duke and duchess in the
name of the khedive and in the pres
ence of Lord Cromer, the British dip
iomatic agent, and other notabilities.
During the voyage the Ophir was
almost constantly in touch with the
shore by means of wireless telegraphy.
Thursday She sent a message to the
island of Malta. 1S5 miles distant. and
passing 100 miles south of the island
of Crete, the Duke of Cornwall and
York telegraphed to his cousin, Prince
George of Greece. the commissioner
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-01
BIGGEST CANAL
FOR IRRIGATION.

Phoenix. Ariz.. April 1.-The Iarg-
est irrigation canal in the world was
opened today when the waters of the
Colorado river were turned in at the
head gates below Yume. The canal is
60 miles in length and navigable to
small boats. which will be used in
carrying freight to the ranchers along
the route.