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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-20
Burned Before 1t was Finished.

Sioux City. Ia. Dec. 20.-The State
Normal School at Aberdeen. S. D., was
totally destroyed by fire Wednesday,.
involving loss of $4,000. The build
ing was nearing completion, and was
still i'm the hands of the contractors,
\. Z. Frazen & Co. of st. Paul, Mimi,
who win have to bear the loss, which
is partly covered bv insurance
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-20
HOSPITAL is LOST
Institution at ST. Joseph, Mo, De-
strOyed and Lives Inn
periled.

Maryville, Mo. Dec. 20.-St. Joseph's
hospital was almost completely destroy
ed by fire last night. The lives of 25
patients were jeopardized-and as a re-
suit it is feared there may yet be fatali-
ties owing to the shock and zero wealth
er. An overheated furnace was the orr
gin. The loss is $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-20
Bill to Control Trusts.

Washington, Dec. 2O-Jenkins of
Wisconsin. who proposed n constitu-
tiOnal amendment to control trusts in
the last house. yesterday introduced a
measure of similar character. provid-
ing for constitutional amendment
giving congress the power to regulate
commerce in the United states.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-20
Railroad Wreck.

Pittsburg, Pa, Dee. 2O.-The Cham
berland express on the B. & o. road ran
into the caboose of n freight train at
Scott Haven this morning seriously in
juring three trainmen. None of the
passengers were hurt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-20
Firht Oeckhands Drowned.

Charleston, w. Va, Dec. 20.-The
steamer Kanawha Bell, which runs
between Charleston and Montgomery,
went over lock No. at Paint Greek
on her down trip last night, broke in
two and is total wreck. Eight of the
crew. all deck hands and roustabouts,
were drowned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-20

among winch are uniformity or rules
for the entrance and discharge of car
goes and the clearing of vessels en-
gagged in international commerce; uni
formity and simplitication of customs
house forms etc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-20
Navy's Reply to Rayner's Bill.

Washington. Dec. 2O-The navy de-
partment's answer to the bill of eX-
ceptiOns filed Wednesday by counsel
for Admiral Schley will be ready for
delivery today. The department has
notified Schley's counsel that when
SIMPSONS protest is received said
counsel will be advised of the depart
ments conclusions at to giving Schley
On opportunity to reply to the protest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-20
BOTH FOUND GUILTY
Theodore and Laura jackson SEN
fenced TO Prison in
London.

London, Dec. 2O.-The jury returned a
verdict of guilty against both Theodore
and Laura jackson, (Ann Odelis diss de
BARI, charged with immoral practices
and fraud. The judge sentenced Jack
son to % years penal servitude and Mrs.
jackson to seven.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-20
Chaffee Says Race That
Was Thought Loyal
is Peculiar.
NOT TRUSTY In INLAND
Whole Population En-
gagged in Attempt to
Deceive u. S.

Washington. Dec. 2O.-"History af-
fords no parallel of a whole people
thus practically turning war traitors.
and in the genius of no other people
was ever found such masterful powers
of secrecy and dissimulation; but it is
needless to say that no powerful state
was ever erected or ever can be erect
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-20
Boats mat win Never Return

New York. Dec. 20.-It is believed
that the schOoners Maud, Captain Rot-
inson, and Ella Brown. Captain Pea
body, which sailed from this port Tor
Beverly, Mass, and Camden. Me-, re-
spectively. on Nov. B, will never be
seen again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-20

rectIy 10 rne priests norTce, anu was
not gained through the confessional.
General Chaffee confirmed the SEN
tence of death imposed by the court
martial which tried de POsoy. but COM
muted the sentence TO twenty years
IMPRISONMENT Mt hard labor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-20
johnson Is Mysteriously Missing,

Greenfield, Ind, Dec. 20-Fears Of
foul play are entertained by friends
and relatives of Edward III. Johnson,
of this city, who has been mysterious
ly missing since Dec. 4, when he drew
81 200 from the bank and left ostensi-
bly, for Jennings county to purchase a
farm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-20
NOTED IOWA JURIsT DEAD
Judge w. +. Conrad Passes Away at His
Home In Des AIoines

Des Moines, Ia, Dec. 2O.-Judge W. F.
Conrad, of the Ninth judicial district
died this morning as the result of para
lytic stroke. He was distinguished as
having fewer reversals by the supreme
court than any other Iowa judge. He
served as captain of the 25th Iowa in
fantry during the civil war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-20
De windt starts ON His Trip.

Paris, Dec. 20.-Harry de Windt
and his companions, who will attempt
TO reach New York by travelling over
land. started yesterday morning on
their way to Bering straits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-20
Passengers Are safe.

Washington, Dec 20.--A dispatch re-
ceived today at the state department
from United States consul general at
San Salvador says the steamer San Bias
heretofore reported lost is ashore near
La Libertad and the passengers are
safe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-20
GENERAL cuAFFER.

ed on Sdch immoral and unenlightened
foundations" This statement is made
by General Chaffee. military governor
OF the Philippines. in review of one
of a number of cOurt-Inartial cases in
the islands, the records of which have
been received at the war department.
The case which brought forth this COM
nIent from General Chaffce was one
wherein seven natives were tried
Jointly on a charge of murder
Seemed To BE Pacifeos.
The accused We're soldiers in the in
sUrgent army. and after defeat by the
United States army in the field aban-
doned even the show of open OppOsi-
tiOn such as the half-uniformed guer-
rilla bands make. and took up their
residence at Tay Fay, in LuZon, 4 place
protected by a United States garrison.
Then, following the proclaimed policy
of the insurgent chiefs. they proceeded
20 organize secretly bOlo band. When
authorization had been given to estab-
lish civil government the seven came
forward under the leadership of a resi-
dent padre and were elected municipal
officers of Tay Tay. Then ensued u
remarkable attempt to serve two mas
fers.
Dual Form Of Govern nment Everywhere.
In all lawful matters they served
with due appearance OF loyalty the
United States government. while at
the same time they labOred secretly
and diligently in the interests of the
insurrectiOn. This dual form of gov
ernment. says General Chaffee, exist
ed everywhere, in strongly garrisOned
cities like Manila. as well as the small
est barrio. The municipal officers Of
Tay Tay next entered upon a series
of murders and continued their deadly
work until the growing number OF
mysterious disappearances led to the
discovery of the perpetrators by the
United States authorities. Six Of the
band were sentenced to hang. but
Chaffee cOmmuted their sentences to
life imprisonment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-20

An effort will be made to have
every country as well as every de-
partment of human activity adequate
ly represented. Commissioners have
been appointed and have gone upon
their missions to the various coun-
tries of the world which have accept
ed the invitation to participate, with
a view of assisting so far as possible
in the collection of exhibits. They
carry with them full knowledge of
the plan and scope of the Exposition
and are empowered to cooperate
with the representatives of the
various governments in bringing to-
gether displays that will show in a
way the natural re-
sources of the different countries,
their various lines of manufacture,
their system of education, and other
public institutions by which they are
making an advancement in eiviliza-
ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-20

The principal buildings for the eX
position are to be arranged in the
form of a fan, in the northeastern
part of Forest Park section. The
principal vista will be that from the
main entrance looking southwest
some three-quarters of mile to the
art palace, which will crown an en-
inence 80 feet above the general lever
of the main buildings. This avenue
Will be 600 feet wide and there will be
a transverse avenue 300 feet in width.
Fronting upon these beautiful aven-
ues Will be the Manufacturers and
Liberal Arts Build 3hg, the Educa-
tional and Social Il Ionomy building,
the Mines, Machinery. Electricity and
Transportation buildings. The struc-
lures Will vary in size from seven to
fifteen acres in area. "A broad Ia
goon will encircle two of the most
central buildings. The Palace of
Art upon the hill at the southwest
will be permanent, and with its by
buildings will cost about $1.0O0,0O0.
The general style of the buildings is
to be that of the Renaissance, with
liberal use of colonade effects upon
all eXteriors. The slope from the
Palace of Art to the lagoons will af-
ford an opportunity for cascade eff
fects of most beautiful character.
The government building and pavil-
ion devoted to special purposes will
occupy a position upon the elevation
southeast but conveniently situated
with reference to the main group of
exposition buildings. Southwark from
the main group and beyond the
Palace of Art is a considerable space
which viii be devoted to state and
foreign buildings. Among these will
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-20

On the Goth of August last the pres
ident of the United States issued 4
proclamation addressed to all the ma
tions of the world inviting them to
participate in the Worlds Fair at ST.
Louis. This invitation was delivered
through diplomatic channels to the
heads of the various governments
and favorable replies have been re-
ceived from a large number of them,
indicating a worldwide interest in
the exposition.
The site is in the western part of
the city, the authorities having set
aside more than 600 acres of Forest
Park, and an adjacent area having
been secured makes a total of nearly
1,2O0 acres. Included in the faiI
grounds are the buildings ana
grounds of Washington University,
valued at $3,O0O,OOO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-20

st. Louis, No., Dec. 2O-The first pub
lie celebration in connection with the
worlds fair to be opened in st. Louis in
1903 to commemorate the one nundreth
anniversary of the Louisiana purchase
was held today when the ground was
broken on the site in Forest Park.
The day was selected for the impor-
tant event because it is the anniversary
of the formal transfer of the Louisiana
territory to the United States. The day
was holiday in st. Louis and through
out Missouri as well as most of the pur-
chase states whose governors issued
prOclamations asking for a general OBJ
servance of it as Louisiana Purchase
Flag Day"
Great preparations for the event were
made by the officials of the worlds
fair. Owing to the unusual severity of
the weather it was decided to abandon
some of the most striking features and
substitute others.
President ID. b. Francis, of the Louis
ana Purchase exposition company, call
ed the coliseum meeting to order, Rev.
DIR. Samuel j. Niehilas pronounced the
invocation.
Hon. James A. Tawney, of Minnesota,
chairman of the house committee on eN-
positions, was introduced, and made the
first address He was followed by
Worlds Fair Commissioner John Allen,
of Mississippi, who delivered an elo-
quent address.
The Exposition will be held in cele-
bration of the centennial of what is
known in history as the Louisiana
Purchase. BY this transaction the
United States government, in 1sOS'
secured from France all the land ly-
ing between the Mississippi river and
the Rocky Mountains, an area or
more than a million square miles ana
exceeding the territory of the United
States at that time. Fourteen states
and territories have been created out
of the Louisiana Territory, having n
total present population of about
Is 600. 900, and an estimated wealth OF
$50. .OOO. .OOO, 900. The citizens and cor
porations of St. Louis raised by pri-
yate subscription $5,0O0,000, the state
of Missouri appropriated $1,0O0.0OC
and the United States has given its
endorsement and help to the extent
of $4,000. 900. besides appropriatine
$3.50. 900 for the government buildings
have been made by
several states ranging from $4,000
to $25O,0O00.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-04
ONLY $4,000 BALES LESS.

The governments estimate of the
cotton crop sent prices up. 1t ought to
have the effect of putting cotton to ten
cents pound. The mills need and must
have 10,500,000 bales. The crop is one
million bales short of the need. Why
should not farmers be benefited by
the natural workings of the law Of sup
play and demand in the matter of cot
ton prices?
Three weeks ago Capt. j. j. Thomas,
president of the Commercial and Farm,
ers Bank, who has given long study to
cotton and is an expert upon produc-
tion, sale, crop and manufacture, by
request made an estimate for the
representative of the Federal Govern
ment His estimate of the crop three
weeks ago was 9,559,OO0 bales, only 49,
900 bales less than the Governments
estimate The Government spent thou
sands of dollars to secure it's estimate,
while Capt Thomas spent only thought
and reelection based upon a study of
the cotton crop for forty years. And he
is nearer right than the Government
estimate, for the crop will more prob
ably be less than 100000 bales than
over that number.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-04

clal effects would perhaps be most
marked upon the Pacific Coast and the
CUR and South Atlantic States, it would
also greatly benefit other sections. It is
eihphatlcally work which it is for the
interest or the entire country to begin
ana complete as soon as possible; it is
one OF those great works which only q
great man an~undertake with prospects
ol success, and which when done are not
ohiy permanent assets in the nation S
ihaterlal interests, but standing monu-
mehts TO its constructive ability.
am slad to be able to announce to
you tnat our negotiations on this sub
Ject with Great Britain. conducted on
DOM sldes in a spirit of friendliness and
mutual good will and respect, have re-
suited IN my being able to lay before
the senate treaty which il ratified will
enable US to begin preparations for an
lsthmlan canal at any time and which
guarantees to this Nation every right that
IL mas ever asked in connection with the
canal In this treaty, the old Clayton
buiWer treaty, so long recognized as in
adequate TO supply the base for the con-
structlon and maintenance of a neces-
sarliy american ship canal, is abrogated.
IL speclhcally provides that the United
states alone shall do the work of build
ing and assume the responsibility of
safeguarding the canal and shall regu-
late It's neutral use by all nations on
terms of equality without the guaranty
or interference of any outside nation from
any quarter. The signed treaty will at
once be laid before the Senate, and if
to give effect to the advantages it Sc
cures us by providing for the building of
the canal.
The true end of every great and free
people should be self-respecting peace ;
and this Nation most earnestly desires
sincere and cordial friendship with all
others. Over the entire world, of recent
years, wars between the great civilized
powers have become less and less fire.
quent. Wars with barbarous or semi
barbarous peoples come in an entirely
different category, being merely a most
regrettable but necessary international
police duty which must be performed
for the sake of the welfare of mankind.
Peace can only be kept with certainty
where both sides wish to keep it; but
more and more the civilized peoples are
realizing the wicked folly of war and are
attaining that condition of just and intel
ligent regard for the rights Of others
which will in the end, as we hope and
believe, make world wide peace possible.
The peace conference at The Hague gave
definite expression to this hope and be-
lief and marked a stride toward their at
tainment.
This same peace conference acquiesced
in our statement of the Monroet Doctrine
as compatible with the purposes and aims
of the conference
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-04
A More Efficient Army.

1t is not necessary to increase our
army beyond it's present size at this
time. But it is necessary to keep it at
the highest point of efficiency. The in
dividual units who as officers and en-
listed men compose this army, are, we
have good reason to believe, at least as
efficient as those of any other army in
the entire world. 1t is our duty 10 see
that their training is of a kind TO insure
the highest possible expression of power
to these units when acting in com3ina-
ton.
The conditions of modern war are such
as to make an infinitely heavier demand
than ever before upon the individual
character and capacity of the officer and
the enlisted man. and to make 1T lar
more difficult for men to act together
with effect. At present the fightlng must
be done in extended order. which means
that each man must act for himself and
at the same time act in combination with
others with whom he is no longer in the
old fashioned elbow-to-elboW touch.
Under such conditions a few Of the high
est excellence are worth more than many
men without the special skill which is
only found as the result of special train
ing applied to men of exceptional physi-
que and morale. But nowadays the most
valuable fighting man and the most diff
cult to perfect is the rifeman who is also
skillful and daring rider.
The proportion of our cavalry regi-
ments has wisely been increased. The
American cavalryman, trained to man
oeuvre and fight with equal facility on
foot and ON horseback, is the best tyne
of soldier for general purposes now to be
found in the world. The ideal cavalry
man of the present day is man who can
fight on foot as effectively as the best
infantryman, and who is in addition un-
surpassed in the care and management
of his horse and in his ability to fight
on horseback
A general staff should be created. AS
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-04
The Morroe Doctrine.

The Monroe Doctrine should be the car
dinal feature of the foreign policy OF all
the nations of the two Americas as it
is of the United States. Just seventy
eight years have passed since President
Monroe in his Annual Message announced
that 1.-The American continents are hence
forth not to be considered as subjects
for future colonization by any European
power" In other words, the Monroe Doe
trine is a declara ton that there must be
no territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT by any nom
American power at the expense OF any
American power on American soil. 1t is
in no wise intended as hostile to any
nation in the Old World. Still less is it
intended to give cover to anj aggression
Dy one New World power at the expense
of any other. 1t is simply step, and a
long step, toward assuring the universal
peace of the world by securing the posi-
bility of permanent peace on this hemis-
phere.
During the past century other infiu-
ences have established the permanence
and independence of the smaller states
of Europe Through the Monroe Doctrine
we hope to be able to safeguard like
independence and secure like permanenee
Tor the lesser among the 4NcW "ohsp Al"
tions.
This doctrine has nothing to do with
the commercial relations of any American
power, save that it in truth allows each
of them to form such as it desires In
other words, it is really guaranty of the
commercial independence OF the Amer
icas We do not ask under this doctrine
for any exclusive commercial dealings
with any other American state. we DO
not guarantee any state against punish
ment if it misconducts itself, provided
that punishment does not take the form
of the acquisition of territory by any
non American power
Our attitude in Cuba is sufficient guar
anty of our own good faith. We have
not the slightest desire to secure any
territory at the expense of any of our
neighbors. We wish to work with them
hand in hand. so that all OF US may pc
uplifted together, and we rejoice over the
good fortune of any of them, we gladly
hail their material prosperity and poiltl-
cal stability, and are concerned ana
alarmed if any of them fall into indus
trial or political chaos. We do not WIS.,
to see any Old World military power
grow up on this continent, or to be com
PEELED to become a military power our
selves The peoples of the Americas can
prosper best if left to work out their
own salvation in their way.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-04
For a Large, Efficient Navy.

The work of upbuilding the Navy must
be steadily continued. No one point OF
our policy, foreign or domestic, is more
important than this to the honor and ma
terial welfare, and above all to the peace,
CT our Nation in the future Wnether
we desire it or not we must hence
forth recognize that we have lnterna-
tional duties no less than international
rights Even if our flag were hauled
down in the Philippines and Porto RICO,
even if we decided not to build the 18TH
milan Canal, we should need thorough
ly trained Navy of adequate size, or else
be prepared definitely and for all time to
abandon the idea that our Nation is
among those whose sons go down to the
sea in ships Unless our commerce is al
ways to be carried in foreign bottoms.
we must have war craft to protect it.
Inasmuch, however, as the American
people have no thought of abandoning
the path upon which they have enter Cd.
and especially in view of the fact that
the building. of the Isthmian Canal is
fast becoming one of the matters which
the whole people are united In demand
ing, it is imperative that our Navy should
be put and kept in the highest state OF
efficiency, and should be made to answer
to our growing needs. So far from be-
ing in any way provocation to war, an
adequate and highly trained navy is the
best guaranty against war, the cheapest
and most effective peace insnrance. The
cost of building and maintaining such
navy represents the very lightest pre-
MUM for insuring peace which this Ma
ton can possibly pay.
Probably 40 other great nation in the