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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-01
miraculous Escape of Three Girls.

Burlington. Ia, Oct. An electric
car on the West Hill line ran away
at 10 a. m. Monday. As the car was
coming down the steep grade at a ter
rife speed long freight train occupied
the crossing. The motorman and the
conductor. perceiving that collision
was unavoidable. called upon the pas
sengers to jump. The majority did
so. Mrs. Charles Kupfer broker her
neck. Ex-PostmaSter a G. Hutchin-
son sustained severe injuries. Com
mission Merchant George w. Stone has
a broken collarbone and severe bruises.
MotOrman Artz was severely hurt. The
car was wrecked and the roof torn off.
vet three little girls who had remained
in their seats escaped with slight
bruises and commissions
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-01

New York, Oct. 1.-The prepara-
tory gun in the second race for the
Americas cup was fired at 10:45, the
wind being very light and unfavor-
able at that time. The warning gun
was fired at 1856, with the wind at
about four knots.
The starting gun was fired at IL, the
Columbia having by far the better of
the start, being considerable to the
windward. The official time of the
start was: Columbia IL :O0:10, Sham
rock IL :00:22.
Wind Was Light.
At 11:12 both boats were still on
the port tack, almost becalmed, the
Colum bia ahead. At 12:45 the boats
were on the starboard tack, three and
a half miles of the course having been
covered. The wind at that time
seemed to be increasing slightly.
At 1:20 both boats caught a nice
breeze from the southwest. The
Shamrock caught it first and overlook
and passed the Colum bia, and having
the most wind pulled slowly away
from the American boat. The Colum-
bia then took squirt and soon passed
the Shamrock to the leeward. At
2:3O the Shamrock caught a puff of
wind and gained the lead by several
lengths.
Shamrock Leads.
The Shamrock turned the first mark
with the Columbia well astern. The
official time at the turning point was:
Shamrock 2.41 40 Columbia 2:44:44.
At sos the Shamrock was still ahead
and the wind light.
At $40 the race was declared Off.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-01
HAS A UTOPIAN IDEA
Goes to Live Among the Work.
ingmen in Order to De-
Velop His Purposes.
CHOICE OF A CHICAGO MILLIONAIRE
Proposes to Show the Men How
to Save Money Out of
Their Incomes.

Binghamton, y. Y, Oct. IL. E.
Tilt. the wealthy Chicago man who is
one of the OriginatOrs of Endicott, the
ncw village which is to contain the
largest tannery and shoe factory in the
world, yesterday began moving into
the cottage which adjoins the factory
and which he will occupy with his
family. Tilt is the owner of a brown
stone mansion on the lake front in
Chicago. but left this to live in cot
tage among his workingmen. The
building is a twb-StOry white frame
house, with green blinds, and creeperE
run over the veranda.
Would Create n Labor Utopia.
Its rooms are those of an old-fash-
ioned farm house, but it stands less
than fifty feet from the mammoth
factory. The interior of the cottage
has been renovated for the accOmmo-
dation of the Tilt family. and here it
VIII live in the future. Tilt is conceded
to be the best authority ON Goodyear
welt shoes in the United States, and
long ago conceived the idea of eStab-
fishing village of wOrkingmen, which,
If run on certain plans, would prove
a Utopia.
Attempts to Teach q valuable Lesson.
With this in view he has moved
among the workingmen at Endicott
and viii try to demonstrate how a
workingman on a moderate salary,
with reasonable economy, can own his
home and at the same time accumulate
enough to care for his family in his
old age. There will be systems of loan
associations whereby homes may be
purchased on the installment plan ut
cost, and there will be insurance that
any wOrkingman can afford to carry,
which on maturity will yield enough
to care for him in his old age or for his
family after he has died.
Began Life as q CObbIer.
Chicago, Oct. 1.-James +. Tilt came
TO Chicago longer Ian twenty-five
years ago and began business as Il cob
bier. He was born in Canada. and
learned his trade there. When young
man he went to Indianapolis and con-
Quoted a small shoe shop. BY close
attention to business and the exercise
of his talents he developed from his
little shoe shop Il manufacturing bust
ness that now employs 800 men.
Twenty-Five hundred pairs of mems
shoes are turned ont daily at his plant
Oh Huron street. His home on Evans
ton avenue. in Lake View, is one of
the most attractive in that section of
the city. His wealth is estimated at
more than 81 100000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-01
MURDER MYSTERY SOLVED.
George Montsgue confessss Helping XIII
an Aged Coupls.

Des Moincs. Ia. Oct. 1.-lf the story
told by George Montague be true a
murder mystery which has long puz-
zled many peace officers of Iowa will
be solved. Montague. who is now %
years old. confesses that he and his
father. George Montague. and his un-
Gle. John Montague. murdered an aged
couple named Schultz in Tilden town.
ship OF Cherokee county almost ten
years ago.
The object of the crime. according
to the young mans story. was to Sc
cure several hundred dollars the old
couple had boarded up and had hidden
away in the family Bible. Several ar
rests were made soon fater the crime
was committed. but the Montagues
were never suspected. being well-to-do
land owners and highly respected.
Many refuse TO believe the young
mans confession now.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-01
TELE0RAPHIc BRIEFS.

Colonel H G.. TOller and Z. L. Mart
ling. managers of the opera house az
Wichita. Kan, were arrested for OPEN
ing their houses to Sunday night plays.
At North aBltimOre, o.. Thomas A.
Boggs, a busines man, shot and fatal
ly wounded his wife and then shot and
killed himself yesterday.
The professors of anatomy, chemis
try and physics at the anniversary of
KoenigSberg, Germany. have excluded
women students from their lectures.
The Princess Charlotte Bonaparte
widow of Count Primoli, died Sunday
at Rome. She was born in Rome Ill
1892
For more than a week warm sum-
mer ewather has prevailed in Berlin.
Yesterday a labOrer died of Sunstroke
Kid Broad got the decision over
Dave Sullivan at the end of the twen-
tieth round in the Auditorium at Louis
vile, Nv.
Secretary Long has returned tc
Washington from New England.
Just after she had died in the poor
house Mrs. Christiana Matthias. of
WilkeSbarre, Pa. proved to be heireSs
of $4,000.
The Confederate Soldiers Home near
Atlanta. Ga. has been destroyed by
fire. Loss, $4,000: insured.
British crops of wheat and barley
are smaller than they were last year.
DIR. William Cunningham Gray. for
merly editor of The Interior, promi-
nent in the Presbyterian church, died
Sunday at his home in Oak Park, a
Chicago suburb.
Dutch women are TO appeal to Queen
Alexandra in behalf of the Beers.
Congress is to be asked to rename
the Philippines the Mckinley archi-
pelago.
The strike of the Chicago South Side
Elevate railroad employees is practic-
ally at an end.
President Hill, of the Great Northern.
took a mule back ride over the Cas-
cade mountains to select a route for
a new railroad.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-01
WHO WE'RE THEY7
| Question Agitating the Country Regard
| ing the Canton Sensation.


ing the Canton Sensation.
Canton, o., Oct. 1.-The city is astir
over an assault Sunday night by two
men on Guard Deprend. at the West
lawn vault, where the body of Nc
Kinley rests. All attempts TO solve
the motive for the assault deepen the
mystery. y possible solution of the
mystery is suggested in this: Eight
men escaped from the county Jail
shortly after o'clock Sunday evening.
Some of these men may have gone in
hiding in the cemetery. and seeing the
sentry at a lone position. took pesper-
ate chances in trying TO get his gun
from him in order to defend themselves
from probable pursuers.
Friends of the fanIily OF the last
president emphaticalIy discredit the
theory that the attack on Guard De-
prend at the cemetery was the result
of an attempt to desecrate the tomb.
They do not attempt to explain the
strange story of the guards. but they
do not believe that two men Would un-
dertake to make an attack on the vault
with seventy soldiers on guard or near
ar hand.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-01
BrItish Idea of "MobIlity., !,

London, Oct. Perhaps one OF
the reasons that the British, who are
so frequently reported as being in pur-
suit. fail to Overtake the Beers in
South Africa. is found in remarkable
army order recently issued by Lord
Kitchener. as follows The COM
mander-in-chief in South Africa de-
sires to impress officers in command Of
mobile columns that the object of such
columns is mobility, and that he has
learned that such forces carry with
them furniture. kitchen ranges, pi-
amos and harmoniums, which null
lily that object. These articles must
be handed over to the nearest stores.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-01
REMARKABLE FEcUNDITY.
Chicago Woman Who Has Borne Eleven
Children I'm Five Years.

Chicago. Oct. 1.-Quadruplets were
born Sunday TO Mrs. Charles T. Orms-
by, of 4O6 West Forty-third street.
Mrs OrmSby has been married seven
wears. Her husband. Il plumber,
whose experiments with perpetual
motion machine have unhinged his
mind, deserted her seven months ago.
Besides three children, WHO were born
singly, the birth record in the Ormsby
amily Bible shows the following:
Nov. l. 1896. twins: Sept. Is. 1897,
twins: Sept. 24. 1899, triplets; Sept.
%. 1901. quadrupletS.
Mrs. Ormsby is one of triplets her
self She is 80 years old. Her hus-
band is two years her junior. For six
years and three-quarters they lived
together and had a comfortable, If
somewhat Overcrowded. home. She
kept a small grocery ut 4O6 West
:Forty-third street, and Ormsby had a
steady job plumbing. Three years ago
he imagined that he could solve the
problem of perpetual motion. He
spent all his money for apparatus.
Once the machine ran for siXty-two
hours without stopping. He celebrated
the event by breaking all the show
cases in the grocery and by going
away for three weeks.
When he came back he found there
was little TO eat and more to eat H.
and he went away again. Every time
he came back new faces greeted him.
If he sees this and goes home he will
find four children in pink dresses wait
ing for him TO choose their names.
The names of the triplets were Helen
Gould. Carter Harrison and George
Dewey Carter Harrison died. The
others are alive and lusty. Before
the death of Carter Harrison the trip
lets took first prize in their division
in the Chicago baby show the month
they were born. There were few en-
tries in their class.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-01
ADMIRAL coNTRADIcrs RAINIER
A.sO Says He Had No Orders from the
Brooklyn on July ,. 1893.

AssO Says He Had No Orders from the
Brooklyn on July ,. 1893
Rayner questioned the with IS again
with reference to statements made IN
his admiral EvansO book. asking him
whether he had ever said he felt rca-
sonably sure that the Spanish fleet was
in the harbOr at Santiago. The wit
ness said that he had made that state
ment. but that it was a conclusion
based on the fact that the Spaniards
were not at CienfuegOs; that they had
not gone westward. and that from n
military point of view Santiago was
the place where they were most apt to
be-"
THAT was simply your opinion then,
and not matter of information sug-
gested Rayner. to which the witness
replied in the affirmative. Rayner
then remarked that he had never be-
fore entirely understood upOn what the
admiral had based his statements.
Il think you did, said the admiral.
81 assure you had never read it be-
fore" responded Rayner.
You have read il three times to me.
so that you cannot say that you never
read the statement before"
Shortly after this Rayner relin-
quished the, witness, saying he had
other questions to ask. brt wanted
time to consider them. Captain Lem
II then took the witness and asked:
Under what instruc5ion-verbal,
written or by signal from the flagship
Brooklyn-did you maneuver the Iowa
during the naval battle of Santiago,
July 3, 1887
81 never saw any signal from her.
I did not maneuver in obedience to any
signal from the Brooklyn. l did not
see any signals aboard her.
COR any written or verbal instruc-
tions?"
"None, whatever"
After some further questions the
court Adjourned for the dav
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-01
PHILIPPINE OUTLOOK
Does Not Seem Just Now To Be
Indicative of Peace and
Prosperity.
FILIPINO Is A CRAFTY SUBJECT
Like the Cuban "Pacifico" He
Digs Up a Rifle at Timss--
Details From Samar.

Manila. Oct. General Hughes.
from the island of Samar. reports the
arrival of Sergeant Markley and one
private at Tannan III from the fight
at Balangiga, where over forty men
OF Company c. Ninth infantry, Were
killed by insurgents, who attacked the
troops while at breakfast Saturday
last. The men who have reached Tan
nan say that the officers of the COM
pany who were at first reported to
have escaped were killed with the ma
jority of thee ompany.
Tagals Lose 14O I'm Dead.
The troops We're attacked while un-
prepared, by 400 bolomen. of whom the
Americans killed about 40. Many OF
the soldiers were killed in their quar-
ters before they had time to grasp
their rifles. General Hughes is going
to the scene of the disaster, and will
personally command the troops.
Society Organized for Slaughter.
A new branch of the Katipunan has
been discovered at Tarlas, capital Of
the province of that name. The object
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-01
PRESIDENT TO HELP.
Will Do All He Can TO Forward the ST.
Louis Worlds Fair.

st. Louis. Oct. President d. r.
Francis and Vice President Corwin
II. Spencer, of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition company, have returned
from Washington. where they had a
conference with President Roosevelt
on worlds fair matters. Il found ~
said President Francis. that Presi-
dent Roosevelt is in thorough accord
with our worlds fair.
The president assured us of his
hearty sympathy in our undertaking.
He said that he would mention the
worlds fair in his message to con-
gress. and that in the meantime hs
would lose no opportunity to help
along the worlds fair in foreign
countries. Our European representa-
tives, he said. would be furnished with
credentials as soon as they were ap-
Rcinted."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-01
schIey that this system or slgnaIs nad

SchIey that this system or signals nad
been arrangedT'
II did not. 1t never entered my
mind that he did not know it," He
tetified further that the question OF
the commander-in-chief not hav-
ing the signal code never entered my
head. If 1t had / should have said, Of
course, that the commanding officer of
n naval force would not expect one Of
his junior captains to give him infOr-
nation about his signals. Ii was given
to me as piece of information which
1 thought every captain in the fleet
had. 1 never thought of Commodore
Schley i'm connection with ii. If 1 had
supposed for a moment that COmmo-
dore Schley did not have ii | would
have given It to him the first thing on
my arrival there
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-01
Linn Tnmer.. Close can.

Lafayette. Ind, Oct. 1.-Steve Law
renee. the lion-tamer of the Bostock-
Ferari animal show. exhibiting at the
Elks' carnival in this city Friday night.
narrowly escaped death in n combat
for life with the untamed lion. Wal
lace. Professor Lawrence had COM
pleted his act and while making his
exit from the cage slipped and fell.
The big lion was upon him in an in
slant The animal was fought off by
the attendants with iron bars after
Professor Lawrence had sustained in
juries and his clothes nearly torn OF.
Attending physicians say he will re-
COVpr
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-01
LAW Ao AINsT TREATING.
Having for It's Object Principally the
crushing of the Cam"

Grinnell, Ia. Oct. 1.-The city coun-
ell has just adopted an ordinance
which makes it crime for two or
more persons to congregate and buy
each other drinks. 1t is held that
treating" promotes drunkenness. The
verbiage of the ordinance is against
what is called rushing the can
1t is hoped this law will do away
with much of the drinking here. Grin
nell has always been a strong prohi-
bition town. and when Josiah b Grin
nell founded the place he endeavored
to provide in the deeds that no lots
should be sold for saloon purposes.
Iowa college. located here. is also a
powerful factor for temperance, and
the city council is merely acting in
line with public opinion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-01
Score. Of the Ball Games.

Chicago. Oct. League clubs are
the only ones doing any ball playing
these days. the American League hav-
ing finished last week. Scores yester-
day: At Observation-Disclosures 10.
Cincinnati .; (second game) Philadel-
phia >, Cincinnati Light innings.
darkness; at Pittsburg-Boston ),
Pittsburg l: at st. Louis-New York
1, st. Louis -: (second game) New
York ), st. Louis 6-six innings, dark
moss
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-01
sHAKE-UP AT PITTseURo.
Removal OF . Batch of Two Dozen omoiaIs
of ths Town.

Pittsburg, Oct ANDREW Fulton,
director of the department of public
safety Of this city. announces the re-
moval of twentyIthree officers and en-
ployes of that department. The per-
sons removed We're nearly all promi-
nent in political affairs, and some of
them have been in the employ of the
city for thirty years and upwards.
Among the officers removed We're A.
II. Leslie. superintendent of police;
Morris Mead. superintendent of the
bureau of electricity, and Crosby Gray,
superintendent of the bureau of health.
The removals, while not entirely un-
expected. caused great excitement in
political circles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-01
SEVENTEEN DEAD:
FIRE AND EXPLOSION

Victoria, B. c., Oct. 1.-Seventeen
men are dead as a result of fire and
explosion in the Wellington Collieries
company's extension mine yesterday.
The flames started from curtain
which caught fire from miners
lamp.
Houghton, Mich, Oot. 1.-The
Douglas hotel was destroyed by fire
early this morning. The guests
escaped without injury. The loss is
$75, 900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-01
RAYNER QUOTES EVANS BOoK
Where "FIghtIng Bob" Took 1t for Grant
ed" Absolutely ContradIcts schIey.

Where "FiRhting Bob" Took IL for rnnt-
ed" Absolutely ContradIcts schIey.
At this point Rayner produced Ad-
miraI Evans book, "A Sailors Log"
and began to quote a passage from it
OH the subject OF the code, %-hen the
judge advocate interrupted with an OBJ
lection. which was sustained by the
court. Rayner then, while reading
from the book, put the question:
Have you ever stated quoting from
Admiral Evans book, L. of course,
took it for granted that the commo-
dore understood those signals as well
as 1 did. Otherwise, I should have in
formed him of their significance
THAT is absolutely a fact" replied
tho witness.
Therefore. you did take il for grant
ed that the commodore understood the
signalT'
Il did"
Rayner then asked Evans about the
official chart of the positions of the
ships on the day of the Santiago fight.
Evans said the chart was wrong. He
saw the Brooklyn cross the bows of the
Texas about 100 yards in front of the
latter. Then Rayner asked him if he
remembered conversation with
Schley about that loop. and Evans said
hc did not.
"You do not recollect that Commo-
dore Schley first told you on July ,
that it was the Brooklyn, and not the
Texas that made the turnI'
Il never imagined anything of the
Sort
Give briefly the purpOrt Of your
conversation on that date with Com
modore Schley." The witness gave Ii,
and as he gave it there was nothing
about the loop: the only thing said by
Schley about the battle being: Bob
by. / am just writing my report of the
battle of the Sd of July. l have said
OF you that You handled your ship with
consummate skill
''You do not recollect the converse
ton going over the particulars of the
turn the Brooklyn made and the re-
mark that Commodore Schley made AZ
that time about Captain Philip when
you said you thought it was Captain
Philip. of the Texas. who made the
turn!''
81 never said that. Absolutely. 1
never said such a thing. because the
Texas was right under my eve all the
time. She did not turn at ALL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-01
SHE PUZZLES THE POLICE.
Woman Causes the Arrest of a Young Man
Who Had an Alfbi.

Elwood. Ind. Oct. 1.-The local po-
lice are puzzled over the actions of a
woman in this city. Thursday she
caused the arrest of Ed Murphy, a
well-knOwn young man. on the charge
of stealing her watch. Murphy. at the
trial. had no difficulty proving an alibi,
although the woman stuck to her stO~y.
The court acquitted him.
The woman, who gives her name as
Lou Wright and her home as Indian
apOlis. tells conflicting stories. She
came here few days ago. She is
about 40 years of age. and neatly
dressed. The police are endeavoring
to learn something about her, with the
intention of sending her home
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-01
An IdyII of the 81. Joseph.

St Joseph. Mich, Oct. Abel
Sternberg and Erie NJ. Strubel came
here from Milwaukee Friday morning
and were marie Ay a minister. They
took n drive in tine country and in the
evening went to the boat Leaving his
bride in the cabin, Sternberg went TO
the Riverside buffet. but during his abb
sence the boat departed. The unhappy
husband has since been trying to To-
cate his wife but without sign of sue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-01
.EIrn ma PrInt snon.

Logansport. Ind, Oct. IA fire Sun
day afternoon in the printing estab-
lishment of Wilson Humphrey X Co.
caused a loss of $4,000. the blaze start
ing in the linotype room and quitting
the building. Work for the Lewis
Publishing company. of Chicago: Bow
en- & Co. of Losansport, and the en-
tire works of the American Bankers
directory were destroyed. About lao
men are thrown out of employment
temporarily.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-01
KeeD, Him mighty Busy.

Columbus. Ind. Oct. Application
for hunters licenses under section IL
of the new law have been received at
the rate of LOCO per day for ten days
past by State Fish Commissioner
Sweeney. of this city. He has been
compelled to increase his clerical force
and is still away behind mailing out
permits for hunts from Oct. to Nov.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-01
RAYNER TACKLES THE ADMIRAL.
Memorandum that Evans Received. but Il
Now Missing.

NOW missing.
Admiral Evans told the story of the
fight at Santiago when Cervera's fleet
was knocked out, and then Rayner
took him i'm hand for cross-examina-
ton Evans said that he had left Key
West with the Iowa for CienfuegOs on
May 20, and that he knew before Ieav-
ing that port that secret code had
been arranged for communicating with
the insurgents on shore at Cienfuegos,
as Captain Chadwick had given him
this information.
''He came on board the Iowa" said
the witness, Ito deliver dispatches to
me before we got under way. To my
best knowledge and belief he gave me
n written memorandum containing
the secret code, but Notwithstanding
1 have made diligent search among my
papers for this DOCUMENT L have failed
to find it"
Rayner asked: when were those
dispatches delivered to Commander
Schley?"
They were delivered between 1870
O'Clock and i o'clock on the after
noon of the 22d."
..Did you read the memorandum
about signals given you by Captain
Chadwick 2"
Certainly / did, but not the dis
patches to Commodore Schley.'' He
added in answer to questions that the
said memoranda was the secret code,
and that lie had searched everywhere
for it i'm vain.
Then did you inform Commander
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-01
YonthfuI EIoper. Caught.

Sioux Falls. Oct. Eek Camp
bell and Agnes Anderson. aged re-
spectively IL and 16 years. and Roy
Scott and Edith Hemminger. each
aged 15 years. who ran away from
H.eir homes. near Jasper. Charles Mix
county. ten days ago. have been capt
tred by a squad of Indian policemen
on the Rosebud Indian reservation