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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25
Mr.. HEAD SAYS THERE
is NO PLOW COMBINE

F. A. Head, vice president and gen
eral manager of the Rock Island Plow
company, attended the meeting of
plow manufacturers in Chicago, but
declares the announcement of the
formation of trust capitalized at
$50, 900, 900 was news to him. If such
action had been taken. he said, he in
all likelihood would have known
about it.
The fact of the matter is, according
to Mr.. Head, the large manufacturers
cannot get together, and there is no
immediate prospect of a combination.
If one should be organized, however,
he says the Rock Island Plow COM
pany will be in it, for he believes it
would be good thing for the COM
pany.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25
STATE SOLONS ARE BUSY:
MORE APPOINTMENTS MADE
Mai. C. w. Hawes, of This City,
Among Those Favored
by Yates.

Springfield, Ills. April 2j.-The SEN
ate Yesterday defeated bills TO regu-
late the construction of telephone and
telegraph lines over railways. and re-
quire the printing of patent medicine
formulate OH their packages. Bills were
passed making funeral expenses the
first lien on the proceeds of insurance
policies, and permitting the construc-
jion Of sewers by special assessment
without petition. The governors ap-
pointments made Tuesday were con
,trmed: also the appointment of VIII
liam Thiemann as Il member of the
live stock commission, announced yes
terday.
The governor sent to the senate the
following appointments: Trustees
Soldiers and Sailors Home-Charles
w. HaweS. of Rock Island: Samuel A.
Bradley, of Adams. Soldiers Orphans
Home-A. :. Wright. of McHenry.
Illinois Institution for the Education
of the Deaf and Dumb-Edward =.
Greenleaf. of Morgan. Illinois North
ern Hospital for the InSane-Charles
w Marsh. of Dekalb; James 4. Bull
lock. of Lake; James G. Lane, of Ka-
mol. Central Hospital-John Il. Joy,
of Morgan. Southern Hospital-Wai-
ter Wood. of Alexander. Institution
for the Education of the Blind-Wil-
liam l.. Fay. of Morgan; Herman
Engelbach, of Cass; John 4. Brown,
of Macon. Eastern Normal School
John Culp, OF Madison. Northern Nor
mal-John !. McLallen. of Kane.
Member of the board of live stock
commisSionerS-Will Thiemann, OF
COob.
The house passed bill fixing the
salaries of clerks of the SuDreme and
appellate courts as follows: Supreme
court. $1,000 per annum: appellate
court. First district 5000. Second and
Third $1,000 Fourth $500. The bill
reduces the court costs. provides that
all fees shall he paid into the treas
ury. \ bill appropriating $250.OO0 for
the Illinois exhibit at the Louisiana
Purchase exposition. st. Louis. WAS
passed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25
WHERE PRECIOUS DUST
REPOSES FOR ETERNITY.
The Placing of Lincoln's Remains
in the Rebuilt Monu-
ment.

Springfield, Ills. April 25.-Without
any ceremony yesterday the remains
OF Abraham Lincoln and The other
members of his family, which have,
since March 10. 1900. when the work
OF rebuilding the Lincoln monument
commenced. been reposing in II tempo
rary stone vault near the monument,
We're. yesterday afternoon. replaced in
the crypt in the monument. The cere-
mony of returning the remains to the
monument was witnessed by Cover
nor Yates and the other state officials,
the members of the Lincoln Monument
association (which had charge of the
monument until il was taken charge
of by the state four years ago., the
surviving members of the Lincoln
guard of honor. Judge Humphrey (of
the United States district COURT. and
other federal officials. Mayor Phillips
and other city officials. and probably
200 citizens. who had gotten wind of
the intended removal.
The temporary vault was so thor
oughly cemented that it was > p. H.
three hours after the work of the re-
Goval commenced-when the remains
of the president. which were the last
tn be removed. were finally placed in
the marble sarcophaguS in the crypt
in the monument. where they were
sealed up. and where they Will prob
ably remain through all time. The
casket was not opened. The remains
which now rest in the tomb in the
monument are those of President and
Mrs Lincoln. their sons. Willie. Thorn
as tTeCn, AMI Eddie. and Abraham, son
of their oldest son, Robert +. Lincoln.
The rebuilding of the monument has
cost the state 100000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25
HIS HEAD WAS BUMPED:
ASKS HEAVY DAMAGES

Theophilus McGraw, of Moline, has
filed praecipe and statement with the
circuit clerk in $1,000 damage suit
against the Tri-City Railway company
for the injuries he alleges to have
sustained Oct. 5, 1899, when a pas
senger on car that left the rails at
Fourth avenue and Twenty-third
street, in this city, at point where
track repairing was in operation. The
statement says the comPlainant's
head was bumped against the head of
annother passenger in manner caus-
ing permanent injury.
Mrs. Atlanta Eckhart has COM
menced suit for separate maintenance
through her attorney, S. r. Ken
worthy, against her husband, l.. V.
Eckhart, the coroner, alleging cruelty.
Two suits have been commenced
against the D., 4. 1. & n. w. road, one
by Porter Skinner, for $4,000 dam
ages, and another for 81 500 damages
by Mary l. Deere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25
ENTIRELY NEW LINE
OF WORK FOR WOMEN
One of Them Tries Her Luck at
Bossing a Gang of
Thugs.

KcnOSha. Wis. April 25.-It mas
been finally discovered that Il woman
is the head of the gang of burglars
which has been perpetratinG many
crimes in the cify of late Monday
night three attempts were made to
rob the store of Johnson & kehlor.
tIilorS. and each time the burglars
were foIled in their purpose by Mrs.
KehlOr. who lives over the store. The
first attempt was made about mid
night. and Mrs. kehlor. hearing i noise
i'm the yard, opened Il window.
As soon as the window was opened
tho burglars fed. Again half an hour
later the gang returned. but WAS
frightened away by the same means as
before. The third time, however. they
came to the front door. and Mrs. keh-
lor was able 10 watch them closely.
There were two men and woman in
the gang. and the woman WAS direct
ing the movemntS of her companions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25

THE PRISONER
Young Cudahy Knows Gala
han as Man Who Alb
Quoted Him.
SURE BEYOND A EDOUBT
Just as Certain as He is
of His Own
Parents.
SURE BEYOND A IDOUBT

Omaha, April 25.-During the trial
of James Callahan for the kidnapping
of Edward Cudahy, Jr., today, young
Cudahy positively and absolutely
identified Callahan as the dark man.
who put the pistol to his head, made
him prisoner and guarded him most
of the time while he was confined in
the prison house, who walked down
the street with him and bade him
good bye when he was released. Gu
dahy said he was as certain of the
identity of Callahan as he was of the
identity of his father or mother.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25
BURLINGTON DEAL
UP TO DIRECTORS

Boston, April 25.-The Burlington
directors at a special meeting today
voted TO submit to the stockholders
the proposition from the Great North
ern and Northern Pacific railroads to
take control of the Burlington. The
offer for Burlington stock is 5000 per
share for not less than two thirds of
the whole amount, to be paid for in
4 per cent bonds of the two nogotiat-
ing roads. the stockholders being
given the option of taking part cash.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25
DECLARES A GYPSY
is DEAD "SOT" ON HIM.
Young Man Who Has a Wild
Time With Fair
Ron1any.

Janesville, Wis. April 2I.-A we'll
known young man of this city has ap-
piled to the police for protection, as he
fears he will he kidnapped. For some
days past a gypsy named Zyra has
been telling fortunes here. and many
people have been to consult her.
among them the young man in ques
tiOn. After the gypsy had told his
fortune. according TO his story. she
declared that he was hers and that
she could not live without him.
She cried that she loved him. and
begged him to run away with her. He
had a wild time leaving her. as she
tried force to keep him. She vowed
that members of her band would bring
him back to her She is the queen of
n band of gypsies encamped on the
outskirts of the C.itV
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25
LIES TOLD About RUSSIA.
Consul General Holloway Punctures n Re
cent Riot Sen.ntion.

indianapolis. April 2J.-The editor
of the Journal is in receipt of n letter
from Col. w. L. Holloway. United
States consul general at st. Peters
burg. dated April 9th i'm which these
statements are made: Il am con-
vinced that the American papers print
greater amount of misinformation
about Russia than all the other coun-
tiles of the world put together. The
stories recently telegraphed the Amer
lean press concerning the alleged riots
ia ST. Petersburg are largely fakes.
and while they are published under
st. Petersburg date lines, were not
sent by the agent of the American
Associated Press at this place, but
were made up of sensational reports
that reached Berlin. Vienna and Lon
don.
NO intelligent person here believes
that the students are largely nihilists.'
or i'm sympathy with that movement.
Like most large bodies of students ali
over the world. they think that they
have grievances. and they probably
have but they want to do as Sherman
did when he marched to the Sea-aS
he Dleased-eSpecially on their ami
versaries. but the authorities do not
agree with them. The statement that
the Cossack cavalry charged on the
masses of men and women and cut and
slashed them right and left was manu-
factured out of whole cloth. Nothing
like If occurred. My Office is on the
Nevsky. near the center of the largest
part of the crowd, and | was standing
on the front steps of the Kasan cathe-
dral when the alleged charge was re-
ported to have occurred.
"The sidewalks on both sides of the
street were for four squares crowded
with people attracted by curiosity. and
all the CoSSacks. who did not even
have their swords. as they usually do.
did was to keep tho people moving, to
prevent their blocking the street.
mover saw better natured crowd. and
while there were n number of students
moving about, did not see or hear Of
enc creating the slightest disturb
ance The stories to the eff
feet that the emperoor'S office aud liv-
ing rooms are lined with boiler iron.
and that he is hourly in fear of as
sassination are rot. The emperor and
empress drive about as usual unat-
tended by Il single guard or footman,
as is their habit.
''St. Petersburg is as quiet and or
derly city as either Washington or
indianapolis. and while | have no
! means of knowing how many nihilists
! there are in this city. I do not believe
! they are as numerous as they are i'll
! Chicago. and there is nothing like as
| much lawlessness here as there is in
/ that city nor as many murders as
there are in indianapolis"
A wise man thinks before he speaks
but fool speaks and then thinks OF
! what he has been saying.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25
LONG TALK ABOUT CUBAN AFFAIRS
Gov. Gen. Wood CIoseted with Secretary
Root-Nicaragma CannI Matters.

Washington, April 25.-General
Wood. military governor of Cuba,
reached the war department shortly
after q a. III. yesterday. and after
brief talk with Adjutant General Cor
bin was shown into Secretary Roots
office. where conference respecting
Cuban affairs was held. Senator Platt,
of Connecticut. chairman of the COM
mittee charged with the care of Gu
ban affairs. was present as also were
Assistant Secretary Sanger and Adj
miral Bradford. chief of the bureau
of equipment. navy department. The
latter's presence was desired as the
location of cOaling stations in Cuba
is to he made upon his recommends
tion. The Secretary'S door was closed
to all callers.
After Il conference lasting for more
than three hours Secretary Root and
General Wood left, the war department
together for lunch. Ii was stated that
there was nothing regarding the con
ference that could be made public.
and that the matters discussed COW
cred many subjects i'll Cuba. not alone
the visit of the Cuban delegation, but
everything connected with the gov
crnment of the island. The Cuban
commiSs.Dner arrived here yesterday
and will have an interview with the
president relative TO the relations of
Cuba with the United States.
Lord PauncefOte. the British Am
haSsador. was in conference with Sec
retary Hay at the state department
yesterday for an hour. The important
subject of discussion was the canal
project. 1t is doubtful whether Lord
Pauncefote will be in Washington
when Secretary Hay returns, and he
was extremely anxious to be able, dur
ing his visit to London. to report to
the British foreign office not only the
exact situation here respecting the
canal problem. but also upon the pros
poets of the ratification of any con
Vention that he might be able to frame
in conjunction with Secretary Hay to
replace the lost -Pauncefote treaty.
Secretary Hay has been at work
ever since congress adjourned taking
soundings with Il view to learning Just
what could be expected of the senate
i'm case he should submit another
treaty to that body. But up to this
time he has not been able to secure
q satisfactory view of the legislative
fielG. This is in large measure due to
the reluctance of some of the leading
senators to commit themselves frankly
in advance to certain ideas respecting
the canal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25
HAD BEEN MOURNED
AS AMONG THE DEAD.
But He Walks in on His
Friends Just the
Same.

Racine Wis. April 25.-Joseph Kel-
ler. a Racine soldier. reported shot aud
killed while enga ged in q battle in the
Philippines. whose body was expected
to be shipped to the United States. as
toniShed and made happy his relatives
and friends Tuesday by walking. i'll on
them ana asking for the newspapers
that contained his obituary notice.
Not until he reached the states did
he learn that his death had been re-
ported. and that his friends mOurned
him as dead. and he hurried home.
Keller cannot account for the dis
patches which gave him as being one
of the killed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25
JURY REACHES VERDICT
IN CONDEMNATION CASE

A verdict in the condemnation pro-
ceedings of the D., Z. 1. & n. w.
Railway company against E. H. Guyer
was brought into the county court
this morning by the jury before
which the case has been tried during
the past two weeks. The value of the
land taken was fixed at $1.925, with
no damages. Sweeney & Walker and
j. R. Lane, of Davenport, represented
the railroad and Searle & Marshall
and w. Z. Moore Mr.. GuYer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25

Parkersburg. w. Va. April 25.-
Sidney Cole. of this city. shot and killed
William II. Terry, a carpenter, on the
steamer keystone State. Coles house
on the river bank had seven feet of
water i'm il. The Keystone State was
about to land near it. Cole feared the
swell would float his house away,
and warned the officers not to land.
The steamer persisted and Cole fired
three shots. one passing through the
heart of Terry. Cole was arrested and
held without bail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25
WAS A SUBJECT
OF MUCH PROTEST
That in Which the Postmaster
General Has Just Given an
Opinion.
INFORMATION OF THE PAROEL-POsr
Private Mail Carriers Not Lawful
Root Confers with WOOd-Nic-
arauga Canal Treaty.

Washington, April 25.-The atten-
ton of Postmaster General Emory
Smith was called Saturday 10 petit
tion which is being circulated among
the retail merchants of the middle
west and south. addressed to the pres
ident and urging him 10 do all in his
power to prevent the establishment OF
Il system of domestic parcels post.
The petitioners declare such system
is about to be established by the post
office department, and that it would
mean the business assassination of the
retail merchants in small towns. In
commenting on the petitions the post
master general said: The parties
who are initiating or sending in these
petitions seem TO be unduly alarmed.
As a matter of fact. there is no neceS-
sity for a domestic parcels post for
packages weighing four pounds or less.
Can Mail 1t at n Cent an ounce.
THE laws and regulations now in
fierce permit the mailing of merchan
disc in any part of the United States
TO any other part of this country or
Canada or Mexico. at the rate of
cent an ounce on packages weighing
up to and including four pounds 1t
also should be remembered that the
postmaster general has no authority to
establish domestic parcels post sys-
tenn permitting the carriage of any
parcel in excess of that weight. as the
limit of weight for parcels to be car
ried by mail is fixed by act of congress.
which cannot be amended or modified
by the postmaster general
Can Prosecute That Mail Company.
Regarding a report from Omaha tha
he had decided that Il messenger com
pany doing business in a number OF
the larger cities. and offering to carry
first-claSs mail matter at about one
half the rate fixed by law. cannot be
nterfered with. Assistant Attorney
General Tyner. for the pOStOffice de-
partment. yesterday said that no SnCh
opinion ever had been rendered hy his
office. and that ii would hr absurd.
Congress. he said. already had settled
that question. He gave warning,
therefore. that any company that at
temptS To perform such service in vio-
Iatiou OF the law will be promptly dealt
with.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25
PREDICTS MORE
TROUBLE FOR CHINA.

Fond du Lac. Wis. April 2j.-Dr.
Virgil Hart. before leaving for Can
ada Tuesday. said that the day was
not far distant when there would be Il
greater uprising in China than that of
thc recent Boxer movement: The
anti-rOreign feeling" he said. lis fast
growing. and more trouble may he eX-
Derienced in the near future. Secret
societies are being formed, composed
OF foreigners and young educated ma
tives. with the main object OF over
turning the empire"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25
OPPRESSION OF
CRUEL NATURE
British Friend of the Beers Makes
Some Serious Charges
Against the Military.
PRACTICE OF SMALL TYRANNIEs
Likely to Lose South Africa for John
Bull. He Says-Fakes About
Russian News.

London, April 25.--J. y. Merriman,
the former treasurer OF Cape Colony,
who is now representative of the
Afrikauder Bond in England. sepak
ing at 4 meeting of the League of Lib
erals yesterday against aggression and
militarism, said military law, the alb
negation of all law. was established
in Cape Colony. The newspapers had
not heard of the treachery and espion-
age going on. Respectable people We're
committed on the evidence of natives
alone. They were brought up and
fined for harmless observations, called
seditiOus. and the town guards har-
ried them. These things created great
er irritation and indignation than ac-
tual violence. The press was delib
erately stopped and four editors had
been sent TO Jail. The fruits of this
policy would be bitter. as the memory
of these insults burned the hearts of
the people.
Gives Instances OF the Trouble.
Merriman detailed instances of the
punishment of the Dutch under mill
tary law, usually on the testimony of
natives and employees. He mentioned
an instance of a cheeky girl being
fined for saying things against the
town guards. Martial law and the
censorship throughout Cape Colony
prevented the people of England from
knowing the hardshipS of the Dutch.
AS an Englishman. Merriman said. he
viewed the policy pursued in Cape Col
ony with the blackest diSmay. IL per-
sisted in South Africa was lost TO the
British empire. The only thing that
could save il was recognition that the
people wanted government and
were determined TO have il.
Boer Women Guarded with Guns.
J. w. Sauer. the former commission
er of public works of Cape Colony,
said the camps in which the Boer
women and children were kept were
guarded by Sentries with loaded rifles
and fixed bayonetS. y majority of the
women had been placed in them
against their will. Their homes had
been burned and their possessions had
been taken. He had tried TO get the
military authorities. through the gov
ernmept of Cape Colony. to permit two
hundred or three hundred women and
children camped at Port Elizabeth to
be liberated. food and shelter Having
been promised them by the town, but
the military authorities refused the
request.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25
CUBAN DELEGATES
PAY THEIR RESPECTS.

Washington, April 25.-The Cuban
delegates called on Secretary Root and
the president today. The secretary
stated that the discussion on Cuban
affairs with the commission would be
considered private. and no public
statement would be made.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25
WANT ArsenaI Closed.

At recent meeting the Davenport
Business Mems association adopted a
resolution petitioning Commandant
S. E. Blunt to close Rock Island arse
nal to the public June IL, the day on
which President Mckinley is to in
spect the post. Copies of the resolu-
ton have been forwarded to the COM
mercial organizations of Rock Island
and Moline with the suggestion that
the request be seconded by them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25
SETTLEMENT LIKELY
ONILLINOiS CENTRAL

Chicago, April 25.-The committee
representing the Illinois Central ma
chinists today presented their griev-
aDces to Supt. of Machinery Renshaw.
The latter asked for further time and
another conference was ARA nged for
tomorrow. Both sides believe an am
cable.settlement will be reached.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25
Prize Cattle in a Wreck.

Joliet Ills. April 25.-Representa-
tiveS of H. y. Higinbotham here have
received 4 telegram stating that the
carload of prize Jersey cattle recently
purchased by ]. c. Adams. of Phoenix.
Ari.. from the Higinbotbam farm here
has been caught in disastrous wreck
on the Santa Fe at Fairview. Ari.
Several of the cattle were killed. This
purchase of Jerseys was the largest
ever made in VIII county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25
Woods Are Full of Citizens.

Vanceburg. Ky, April 25.-News
reaches here of a terrible crime com
mitted at Poplar Flat. twelve miles
southwest Sam Clifford. prominent
citizen of that vicinity. had occasion
to be absent from home Tuesday night
About 10 d. III. Il masked man entered
the house and committed an assault
on Mrs. Clifford. The woods are full
of citizens seeking Il clew TO the per-
petrator of the deed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25
CONSOLIDATION
OF cREAMERIES.

Lincoln. Neb.. April 23.-ConsOlIua-
tiOn Of two of the largest creamery
plants in the west was made possible
today when j. $. Parks, &. II. Pat
tersOn and +. Z. Burnham. president.
secretary and attorney, respectively,
of the Continental Creamery company,
of Topeka, kas., made Il definite prop
ositiOn for the purchase or lease OF
the Beatrice Creamery company, Of
Lincoln.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25
Suing for Her Husband. Property.

Battle Creek. Mich. April 25.-Mrs.
Marie SandersOn. formerly of this city.
but now of Grand Rapids. VINO was
found innocent of the charge of killing
her husband by feeding him ground
glass. has commenced suit in the cir
cult court at Grand Rapids to recover
her rights in her husbands property,
valued at 100000 which she says she
was forced TO sell for $4,J00 10 secure
the services of a lawyer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25
Damage Suit for $4,000 Settled.

Sioux City. Ia, April 25.-On behalf
of DR. N g. o. Coad. Of Hull. Ia. c.
4. Irwin, of Sioux City. has effected
settlement with the Great Western.
milwaukee, and Pennsylvania railroads
in a da mage suit for $4,000 which Dr..
Coad brought. charging the companies
with conspiracy with the Standard oil
company to iniurc his business. The
case was pending in the Sioux county
courts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-25
JAPAN ON VERGE
OF FINANCIAL PANIC

YokobZmn, April 25--Over 20
banks suspended payment at Osaka
and in the southern and central prov
inces. The Bank of Japan assisted
them, but furthe7 trouble is appre-
hended. A financial panic prevails.