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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10
SOLELY a SPECULATIVE MATTER.
Has No Effect on the Industrial Conditions
-Northern Pacific struggIe.

-NOrthern Hacinc StruSsie.
1t was Il very notable fact that
throughout the most acute period of
yesterdays disturbance there was
nothing heard to Indicate doubt of the
sound and prosperous conditions Of in
duStry and business at large in the
country. The stock market collapse
was attributed exclusively to over
speculation and an Over-eXtension OF
credits used i'm holding stock which it
was not designed to keep. but 10 sell
at a higeher price. The shock which
caused the collapse was the Northern
Pacific corner. without dispute. The
probability seems TO be that 200 rep
resentS about the figure which VIII he
demanded in settling for Northern Pc
cific. \ settlement with the shorts
would clear the situation materially,
but there would still remain the great
or problem in railroad politics of the
future of the road itself.
On that point the following state
ment from n member Of the Hartman
syndicate is significant: Northern
Pacific is i'm control of Kuhn, Loeb &
Co. The only thing that can affect this
control will be the possible inability
of certain people to deliver the stock
to them. J. +. Morgan & Co. are in
the same position"
The struggle of the financial giants
which broke the most remarkable
movement that American stocks has
ever han dates back but n fortnight.
Il. ii. Hartman and his associates. so
they relate the story i'm the street. dis
covered that brokers representing j.
i. Morgan & Co were buying Union
Pacific. Hartman at once began in
creasing his own holdings, buying on
market that rapidly advanced. and
when sure of control submitted a prop
ositiOn for some basis of agreement as
to the control of Burlington. just ac-
quired by the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific. That offer was re-
jected. On Monday last there began
sensational movement I'm Northern
Pacific. 1t developed finally that there
were three large interests in the prop
erty. two seeking its management and
the third n speculative profit.
Both the Hartman syndicate and
the MorGan-Hill interests claimed con-
troll. and the predicament of the shorts
was made worse by the fear of both
the Hartman and Morgan syndicateS
to lend the stock to the shorts II was
this fear that led Kuhn. Loeb & Co..
OF the Hartman interests. to seek an
understanding with Morgan * Co. as
to the lending of stock to shorts To
have loaned without an understanding
was to court the danger Of losing the
stock and possibly the dearly pur-
chased opportunity 10 control The
shorts learned Wednesday that they
were severely cornered. and made
frantic efforts 10 secure stock. and thus
developed yesterdays wild panic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10
Honored br the Pope.

Bourbonnais, Ills. May 10.-Rt. Rev.
]. NJ. @. Legris. ID. D.. professor of
moral theology at st. Viateurs college.
Bourbonnais, Ills, has been honOred
by the holy see with the title of pro-
thonotary apostolic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10
IRISH NEWSPAPER
SEIZED BY POLICE.

Dublin, May 1O.-The police of
Dublin, Cork, Limerick and other
towns seized all copies of William
O'Brien's paper, the Irish People. F."
found at newsdealers today. The
offending articles were abusive at
tacks on King Edward, Cardinal
Vaughan, and an address to the king.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10
Drove Into a sewer Trench.

Racine, Wis, May 1O.-Dr. f. \.
Taylor. a prominent physician of this
city. while driving on Mead street on
Wednesday night. drove into sewer
trench and was quite badly injured.
No danger signal was shown.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10
ucr Rodv Found CI.,err

Hudson. Wis. May 1O.-The body
of Mrs Horace Barlow was found in
Il cistern yesterday. 1t is thought she
Jumped in while temporarily insane
She was very bright woman. being a
graduate from Nassar twenty-five
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10
NEGRO LYNCHED
FOR ATTEMPTED KILLING

Vilosta, Ga, May 10,-Henry john
son, negro, was Iynched last night.
johnson fired at man named Foraker,
but missed him. johnson confessed
he intended to kill Foraker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10

dance OF resources at hand. But not
withstanding these and similar devices
for keeping up credit and confidence
the fact was too obvious from the
crash OF values on the exchange that
credits and borrowing power We're
shrinking at too prOdigious rate not
TO leave the mind OF the whole finan-
cial world In condition of intense
strain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10
MiIIer,s Victim Dead.

Delphi. Ind. May 1O.-Bertha Tim
mons. the young woman shot by VIII
Der Miller at Rockfield Monday night,
is dead. The girl suffered terribly
from her fearful wounds, but during
the times she was conscious she in
quired for her lover. whom she did not
know had killed himself.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10
Girl shoot. a Mad DOG.

Burlington. Wis. May 1O.-A girl.
aged 16 years. employed in the family
of w. G.. BarthOlt. three miles west of
tbs place, shot and killed mad dog.
which was in the act of attacking the
children which had been left in her
care
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10

Apollonia. Wis. May 10.-Dr. Go
bar has discovered two cases of small
poX in this vicinity. \ man at Bruce
and an Indian woman at Sand Lake
have the disease. The latter in vie
lent form.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10
WIN Rum for Coueress.

East Tawas. Mich, May 10.-Tem-
pie Emery. of this city, has announced
his candidacy for the nomination in the
Tenth congressional district, to sue
ceed Il. o. Crump. deceased.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10
McKinIey To Be an IL.

Boston, Mass, May 1O.-The board
of overSeers of Harvard university has
voted to grant the degree of doctor of
laws TO President Mckinley.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10
referred to an Attack of Grip.

Quincy. Ills, May 1O.-Mrs. J. L.
Niswander. - years old. of this city,
committed suicide by swallowing car
bolic acid. Ever since an attack of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10

The Chinese are not entirely clothed
I'm cotton. The ordinary annual crop Of
silk in China is estimated at about 21.-
100000 pounds, of which over 60 per
cent is consumed in the country where
il is produced.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10
viii Hold a June Carnival.

Shelbyville. Ind. May 10-A mer-
chants carnival will be held in this
city the week of June 3
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10
Saw. There Were No Such Bonds.

Kenosha, Wis, May 10.-NIrS. Dur
k"e. the widow of the old governor of
Utah. is living here. She says her
husband never had the vast sum iii
railway bonds aud that the claim
against the government is without any
Foundation. GovernD: Eurkee was a
resident of KenOSha in the early days.
and left in 1873 for Utah. Ii iS alleged
that he invested vast sum of money
in railway bonds. which he deposited
in the treasury of the United States.
1t is this supposed fortune that the
people representing themselves as
heirs of Durkee are irving to Get.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10
American and Chinese Minis
tiers Exchange Courtesies
in Washington.
TALK IS NON-POLlTICAL
American Soldiers to Remain
in Forbidden City
at Pekin.

Washington, May 1O.-Minister Wu
and Minister Conger paid an agree
able exchange of visits since the
arrival in Washington of the latter.
The meeting was purely social. There
was no discussion of the political
aspect of the present situation in
China. except in the general comment
on the difficulties attending the
agreement when so many divergent
interests are concerned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10
The Difference.

LADY, see you advertise homemade
bread?
Bakcr-Yes, ma'am.
Lady-Does it taste like homemade1
Baker-No, indeed, ma'am. It's sweet
and light.-New York Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10
seven Perjury Counts Against Callahan.

Omaha. Neb, May 1O.-Seven
counts charging James Callahan, al
legged to be one of the abductorS of
young Cudahy. with perjury on his
late trial were fled yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10
DURKEE CASE is DEAD
So Far as Secretary Gage Is Con-
cerned, So That Cabinet
Officer Declares.
WILL NOT REPLY TO ANY LETTERS
Nor Grant Any Interviews on the Sub
ject of the Claim, Which Is
Repudiated.

Washington, May 10.-The secre-
tary of the treasury has addressed the
following letter TO the attorney for the
"Durkee" claimants:
''Sir-In reply To your several APP
plications in behalf of John A. kuy-
kendall, as administrators of the estate
of Charles Durkee, deceased, who
makes demand upon the United States
for payment to him of sums of money
stated at different times at $64. .623,512
$4,000, 900, and $50, 100000, for the in
tarest he claims in the first mortgage
bonds issued by the Pacific Railroad
company when the roads were con-
structed, | have to state that if Mr..
Durkee was at any time owner of any
OF the bonds referred to, record there
of would not be found i'll the treasury
department. but with the records of
the railroad companies, or elsewhere,
as the United States has had no con-
troll of or interest in the first mortgage
bonds of the road.
No Basis for the Claim.
"And l have further to state that no
moneys or bends Cf any description
have ever been deposited with or held
in trust by the treasury of the United
States for any person or persons rep
resenting Mr.. Durkee or his heirs; nor
is there any legal or equitable basis
for the SO-called Durkee claim upon
the United States. Two unsuccessful at
temptS have been made to secure iu-
dicial recognition of and action upon
this claim. by suits brought before the
court of claims of the United States
and the suprnme court of the District
OF Columbia. lin both of which courts
the proceedings We're summarily dis
missed. The treasury department
therefore will hereafter decline to
answer any communications upon the
subject and will decline also any in
terviews sought in reference thereto.
Respectfully, l.. j. GAGE,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10
Americans to Remain.

Pekin, May 10.-Americans have
evacuated the districts under their
control with the exception of the for
hidden city, which they will continue
to ocupy in spite of the foreigners
objections, unless orders to the con-
trary are received from Washington.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10
TREMENDOUS STATE OF OFExCIrEMEST
But Kept Well Under ControI-Some
HeartbreakIng Scenes.

The state of excitement was verv
, apparent all through the financial dis
trict during the period of the panic.
but there were few sensational scenes
Now and then white-faced woman
would peer from a cab outside a brok-
er's office. and would be driven off in 4
fainting condition after receiving 4
message from the interior. The real
stress of the occasion came upon the
men who were shut up I'm either their
private offices, or those of brokers who
were struggling, and even fighting, on
thr floor of the exchange. In the
brokers offices sat many men who
were reduced to absolute ruin as re-
suit of fifteen minutes proceedings on
the stock exchange. Some of these
had been made Opulent within Il few
weeks past as n result of the unparal-
leled rise of prices.
With the true gambling spirit they
had replaced all their winning i'm new
ventures on each successful turn. Yes
tCrday's drop. therefore. wiped them
all out. In many cases one could see
the gamblers fortitude with which the
chances of gain We're accepted. But
the glittering attraction of this mar
ket has brought into it constantly in
creaSing assortment of more staid and
inexperienced speculators-men and
women who have brought long-stand-
ing boards from secret places and
from savings bank deposits with the
determination to make one successful
stroke and then retire with the pro-
ceeds- The demonstrations from this
class. which includes many women
spectators, furnished the hySterical
scenes and sensations of the day.
All classes Of employees in the stock
exchange district Were under tremen-
dous pressure throughout the day.
The impression produced by contact
with these was of their cooIness and
nerve under the most trying and eX-
citing circumstances. Brokers mes
Senger boys. telephone boys. clerks and
the like. have learned during the last
few weeks TO waste little time in dem
onStratiOnS. They do things i'm the
quickest and shortest manner. and so
made things go smoothly yesterday ut
n period when lack of GOODNESS might
have meant disaster to many persons.
There was Il strong feeling yesterday
morning before proceedings had COM
menced on the stock exchange that a
panic could be averted only by the
strongest measures and with the great
est difficulties. The fact was appar-
ent that the corner i'm Northerna Pacific
was still unbroken. The exciting bid
ding Wednesday night to secure the
stock for delivery yesterday made that
very apparent. The first steps to overt
the panic were devoted to circulating
reports that the conferences between
the cOntending interests in Northern
Pacific. which continued i'm one form
o. another throughout the night. had
resulted in compromise. which would
free the shorts i'm the stock from their
compromised position. All efforts,
however. proved utterly Ineffective
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10
Two Cases of smallpox Found

the grip last winter Mrs. Niswander
has acted strangely.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10
Died at the Insane Hospital

Springfield Ills. May 10. l..
Barnes. of Kankakee. died suddenly at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-10
But Fortunes Have Been Lost In Movements
and Diversion Causes a Lot of Misery.

New York. May lot is announced
on good authority that both Kuhn,
Loeb X Go. and J. Z. Morgan x Co.
will settle with the shorts in Northern
Pacific at $50. and that the BurlinG-
ton deal will be known today as an
accomplished fact.
New York. May 1O.-The threaten
ing condition of affairs which devel-
Oped in the stock market Wednesday
eliminated yesterday in one of the Sc
verest twists ever experienced in Wall
Street. The corner in Northern Pa
ciiic was the impelling cause of the
crisis Strenuous efforts were made
by the most powerful financial inter
ests in the country to avert the threat
cned trouble, and almost unlimited
supporting orders were placed in the
market for the opening. i'm anticipa-
tien Of the heavy selling which was to
come. But all precautions proved un-
avaiIiug- When Northern Pacific be-
gan selling at 200 and 300 and 900
and even as high as 200 on regular
transactions. and at 1000 for cash, the
appalling possibilities of the forced
covering of the largest shortages at
ket and prices crumbled away with
tbe utmost violence during the second
hour.
Brokers Went just About wild.
The volume of the blocks unloaded
and the reckless disregard of the price
which they brought were without pre-
cedent in the memory of the Oldest
trader. There. was a quick rally in
the market when the announcement
was made that the contending inter
ests in Northern Pacific would not re-
duire deliveries of stock at once. Pret-
" broad intimations were also thrown
ont that such delivery would not he
required so long as present conditions
last. The exemption of Northern Pa
cific from the usual clearing house re-
auirements OF delivery still further al
layed apprehension. The quotations
of the stock fell back to 300. both on
cash and on regular transactions after
these announcements. and there WAS
n scramble TO cover on the part of pro-
fessiOnal shorts.
NO Actual Failures Of Importance.
The casualties were great, and the
field of battle was strewn with the
wounded. and maybe with the dying.
But OF actual fatalities none was re-
corded of importance during the day.
During the height OF the panic rumors
of insoIvencies were handed about
more quickly than they could be re-
pOrted. In more than one instance the
answer to these rumors was for
representative of the house to 90 upon
the stock exchange and place loans to
a large amount. as indicating the abun-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-06-20
Colored Shirts In Black and white.

CoIored Shirts In Black and White.
Colored shirts should open only in
front, have two buttonholes, not count
ing those in the band and cuffs, cut
either square or sharply rounded. |
advise having them made to open all
the way down the front. The cuffs,
which should be attached, are about
two and one-half inches wide. On,
colored shirts for ordinary wear the
collar is rarely attached, but on negli-
gee shirts used for tennis it is perhaps
advisable to have it so. Vertical stripes
or lines on bosoms and cuffs are still
the most usual( but one need not feel,
in the least degree, limited to any n
design or maner of arrangement. l
may say, however, that at present it
looks as If black and white were to
be much in vogue during the coming
spring and summer. Colored shirts are
more usually and, l think, more proper
ly worn only with sack suits or out
ing clothes, but the rule is not a strict
one, and any afternoon at the fashion
able hotels and cafes one may see
smartly dressed men wearing colored
shirts with frock coats and with dark
morning coats. l have seen colored
shirts worn with frock suits at after
noon receptions and ever by the groom
and ushers at weddings, but the use
can scarcely be. called good.-Vogue.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-06-20
FoRETELL COMING STORMS.
Telegraph Wires Are Said. to BE Unfail-
ing Weather Prophets.

Ing W6aCner ErOpn0JS'
According to DIR. Eydam, a German
physician, there are no more reliable
weather prophets that telegraph wires.
This novel discovery was made by him
in the following hammer AS he was
waiting for a train at a country sta
ton he heard a shrill sound, which
was made by the wind as 1t passed
through a network of nearby wires.
At once the doctor remembered that he
had frequently heard a similar SOUND
either Immediately before or after a
storm or a heavy fall of rain or snow,
ands it naturally occurred to him to
try and ascertain whether there was
any connection between the sound and
such changes in the weather. AS a
heavy shower of rain fel1wfthin forty
eight hours after he had heard the
sound at the railroad station he con-
Guided that there was such a connec-
ton, and he her determined to inves-
tigate the matter thoroughly. AS a
result he now maintains, first, that any
unusual disturbance in the telegraph
wires is an infaIlible indication of bad
weather, and, second, that the nature
of the changes in the atmosphere may
be learned from the sound which the
wind makes when passing through the
wires. Thus a deep sound, he says,
which is of considerable or medium
strength, indicates that there will be
slight showers of rain with moderate
winds within from thirty to forty-eight
hours, and, on thhe other hand, a
sharp, shrill sound is the sure token
Of a heavy storm, which will be &C
companied by much rain n snow
Chicago Chronicle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-06-20

The scene in the wretched inn again
plunged them in gloom. 81 guess the
priest is Dantes in disguise" said the
young man comfortably.
The guileful priest Immediately be-
gan telling young Albert about his
brother, the famous Monte Cristo.
''He can't be-" said the girl irritably.
Listen to that! Why don't they wear
signs so one can tell? And I wish they
didn't nave such a rackety storm out
.side-it's a very bad climate, seems to
mel"
The wicked Villefort sends the old
woman upstairs to murder a peddler,
supposedly Villefort's annoying broth
,er in disguise. The peddller kills her
instead and disappears with the glow
of the Nmelights thrown on his right
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-06-20

twelve hours can
change one'R point
of view! don't
know wheI! I've
felt so sanity as
1 did yesterday
morning. A n d
when l found the
quotation for the
day on my calendar
was "A brother is a
friend given by ma
ture' it just set me
thinking how many
times Bobby posted
my letters and ran
for special delivery
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-06-20

"He said l was a brick, and not an
ice-cream one, either, and went off
whistling There's just one girl leav-
ing me with sunshine in my heart ex-
actly like a character in a Sunday
school book. But last night Fred Bas-
com came to call. What an elegant
looking fellow he is, anyway! And
perfectly stunning in a panne-velvet
hat! Why, yes, that's what they are
of course, and why men call them silk
| leave it for the ridiculous creatures
themselves to answer. And perhaps
they could tell, too, how a man SO
handsome as Fred can be so bashful.
It's beyond me. Well, | don't blush
to own that l have been wishing he'd
take me out, just because he'd make
such a fine setting for my new suit
so when he began talking about the
automobile show he had my full at
tention.
you've read all about it, I sup
pose he said. You bet we have!
came in a loud voice from the bacl
parlor. Fred jumped and looked a
me as if he thought I were a ventrilo
quist, until l explained that Bob wa
studying there.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-06-20
Rsadinr Matter For soldiers.

There is a great demand for reading
matter among the troops stationed at
distant posts in the Philippines and
in Alaska. The Army and Navy
league of Washington is e~ndeavoring
to meet this want as far as possible
and has invited contributions of books
and magazines.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-06-20

The young man bought her some
chocolates and changed the subject.
Surreptitiously he took out a pencil
and tried to make a chart of the plot
on his programme edge, but gave it
up. The play went on. Naughty gen.
tlemen denounced each other, dropped
dead occasionally, when there was
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-06-20

SLdHIpb LUI Wt. n
regular wave of tenderness swept over
me and the result was that I nearly
paralyzed the boy when l went down
to breakfast by patting his shoulder
and handing him the money to buy his
luncheon. He does so hate to carry a
lunch box since he entered high school
that nothing could have pleased him
more.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-06-20

eously noble face, disguise cast off
ViIlefort covers in fear.
why, the peddler was Monte
C~risto!" said the girl in excitement.
Hear him d~enounce Villefort!"
At hat instant the priest bursts in
the door and sees Villefort fall dead.
"One!" counts the priest dramati-
cally, raising his finger to heaven.
NO" said the young man in dis
gust, 'the peddler must have been
Villefort's brother-the priest is Monte
Cristo-and he is checking off enemy
No. l."
The girl sat back angrily. "Any-
how she said, my head aches"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-06-20

Fortieth Friend (since breakfast.)-
BY Jove, old fellow, you've got a fear
full cold. What are you taking for it?
Sufferer (hoarsely.)-Advice.- Ne"
York Weekly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-06-20
PICKIiG OUT MONTE RISTO

The man and the girl settled them
selves in their seats just as the orches-
ira was playing the overture to the
first act of Monte Cristo."
"Now, what is the story of the
play?" asked the girl as soon as she
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-06-20
LIFE IN A GREAT CITY

and the merits and dement's of our
high school system. After a while he
started to go, but in the hall his mem
DRY seemed to suddenly bridge the
chasm and he began, oh. If you think
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-06-20

Foolish and obstinate people alone
suffer from neuralgia or rheumatism.
For they can always secure Wizard On
and cure themselves.