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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
MAN DID THE SHOOTING.
Details of the Murder and Suicide OF thu
Couple Near Quincy.

Quincy. Ills. June est transpires
in reference to the death of Louise
Strothoff and Frank Forrest that just
before the couple left the home of the
girl Tuesday night she said: IF yOu
find our bodies bury them together" 1t
seems that parental objection to their
marriage led them TO n decision to die
together and bullet wounds in For
rests chest and cheek and in the girls
breast told how their plan was car
ried out.
The bodies of the two young people
were found lying side by side near the
bridge A revolver lay in the mans
closed hand. II was evident that For
rest had killed his sweetheart and then
taken his own life. a letter found
later I'm the girls room indicated that
the tragedy was premeditated and that
Miss Strothoff freely consented to give
uIi her life. Forrest was p years old
and Miss Strothoff 10. \ few years ago
n sister of the girl committed suicide
by shooting herself because her par.
ents objected to her marriage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
Injured AIIghting From a Car.
NO EXCITEMENT CAUSED
BY MAROUAND FAILURE,

New York, June 2S.-Tne failure of
Henry Narquand & Co. was an
nouDced on the stock exchange today.
The firm made its assignment with
out preference to Frank Sullivan
Smith.
No statement of assets or liabilities
was given out. The failure is with
out appreciable effect oE the stock
market and created NO excitement.
The manager of the clearing house
said all banks cleared as usual and
that no further difficulty is antici-
pated in banking circles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
No Apparent Cause For oaense.


1t was the third day out on an ocean
liner, and some of the passengers were
just getting acquainted. A lady who
had made the trip many times lay COM
fortably in her steamer chair, when
the pretty and stylishly clad daughter
of a newly rich family stopped near
her, and they drifted into conversation.
Presently the lady bowed to a pale
faced maA who walked by.
'Who wan. that?" inquired the girl
That was Signor Slambangskl' the
famous pianist" replied the lady. who
then went on to speak of the probable
performers at the inevitable concert at
the journeys end.
"Oh, are there any musicianers on
boards" eagerly inquired the girl.
at beg your pardon?" said the lady
iDterrogatively.
The girl gazed at her inquiringly.
ssyyhat for?" she asked-New York
Mail and Express.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
RACE WAS A BEAUTY.
But Yale Had the Steam in the Last 100
Yards at New London.

New London. Conn. June 2S.-Yale
won the varsity race with Harvard bv
less than length i'm the last 100 yards
of the four-mile struggle 1t was one
of the most beautiful contests between
the crews of the two universities ever
seen on the river. From the sound of
the referees pistol until the finish fl
was anybodgy's race. Harvard got
the best OF the start and was slightly
ahead in the first mile. Then Yale
pulled to the front. Harvard spurted
and the boats were even. Then the
crimson shell was bit ahead. and Mt
the three-mile mark il seemed as If
Harvard would be victorious. but the
awful pace was telling on the cam
bridge boat.
Yale came up alongside again. and
down the long line between rows of
yachts that fianked the line it was alb
sOlutely an even thing. In the last
quartz rof a mile Yale hit up the stroke
again and a hundred yards from the
finish the nose of the New Haven shell
was pOked perceptibly to the front.
Harvard was unable to respond again
TO the frantic call OF her cOxswain. and
the blue was a winner.
The official time: Yale, 23:37: Har-
ward, 23: 40
The freshmen race and the four-oar
contest preceded the big event of the
day. The freshmen eightS were sent
of up the river for their two-mile row
just after , o'clock. Yale won by four
and half lengths in 10:21 40 Har-
ward won the four-oared race by six
lengths in II AZ Is.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS.

The North American Saengerfest
will meet in st. Louis in 1903 at the
Louisiana Purchase exposition.
1t is reported in Berlin that NJ. de
GierS, Russian minister to hCina. will
be recalled because of his inaptitude.
The Fiji islands have suffered Sc
verely from destructive gales.
Several Chinese We're burned to
death during Il blaze on the American
water tender ArethuSa at Hong Kong.
Mrs. Rosa MunSch. at Chicago.
dropped dead from excitement caused
by Il fire.
SO far this year S545 marriage Ii
censes have been procured. a new rec
ord, at Chicago.
George II. Griffin, arrested in Den
yer, is supposed to be the man who has
attacked many women there lately.
The Duke of Manchester's unsecured
creditors have agreed to accept twelve
shillingS and siXpence on the pound
Six young women were badly hurt
in runaway near Wapakoneta, o.
None Will die.
The twenty-nine persons Injured in
the Wabash railway disaster near
CaSS, Ind, will all recover.
The Louisville Western Association
base ball team has been transferred to
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
DOES NOT LIKE THE IDEA.
Gov. Stanley Says He Wants No Help I'm
the Wheat Fields of Kansas.


the Wheat Fields of Kansas.
Kansas City. Mo, June 2S.-The pro-
pOSal of a New York alderman to send
5000 men and women from that city
to help harvest Kansas wheat is not
well received. Governor Stanley, of
Kansas, said: eve are in no pressing
need of unemployed labor in Kansas.
Recently we have called upon adjacent
states for help in the harvest fields, but
that work is about over now, and l
know of no reason why we should en-
rourage New York city to dump a job
lot of unemployed and mOneylesS men
and women upon us"
f. Il. Howard. superintendent of the
free labor bureau of Kansas City. is
equally unfriendly to the New York
idea. but says: IF they would send
1900 or 5000 young women for servant
girls, that would he Il different prOpO-
sition. We need servant girls, but
have no use for more men. They can
send servant girls. but no others need
onIlv -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
nne on the Tenant.

LandIord-I just came over to tell
You that I've decided to raise your
Tenant Gnterrupting) - Well. you
&eedn't bother about it. I've decided
TO move.
Landlord-Oh, L merely desired to
say that / had decided to raise your
porch where it seems to sag there Mt
the corner, and also TO paper the bed
rooms; but, of course, you will not,
since you have decided to move, care TO
hear anything further about my plans.
Good day. hope you'll like ii where
you're going.-Chicago Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
ILLINOIS UNION PRINTERS.
Allied Crafts Holding Their Convention
Revolutions introduced.

RESOLUTIONS introduced.
ElSin. Ills, June 2S.-Nearly all of
Wednesdays session of the Allied
Printing Crafts Union of Illinois was
taken up with the Introduction of reSO-
lutions. all of which were referred to
their proper committees. Several
amendments to the constitution and
bylaws We're brought in and will be
acted on before the election of officers
tomorrow. The Chicago situation"
came into the convention by way of
Aurora.
Other resolutions oppose the joint
ownership by the three International
unions in the printing crafts of the al
lied printing trades label; favor a per
capita instead of delegate representa-
tion i'm allied councils; the upbuilding
of the state unions so that all small
unions throughout the state may he
represented at the annual state meet
ings. and there elect delegate to the
unions convention to Sc
cure for the smaller and weaker unions
such legislation as they desire.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
SHE Is CONVICTED.
ResuIt of the Second Trial of Jessie MOrri-
son-Are The Specimen Kaasnua?

Eldorado. Kan, June 2S.-Jessie
Morrison was found guilty of man
slaughter in the second degree late yes
terday afternoon. for the murder of
Mrs. Olin Castle. The penalty is not
more than five years or less than three
years i'm the penitentiaIy. One of Miss
AIOrriSon's lawyers Immediately filed a
notice of appeal. Jessie Morrison was
taken to her old cell and locked up.
There her father, who had been with
her. left her.
The jury wrangled for nearly thirty
hours over the verdict. II is said that
one juror held out obStinatcly for aC
quittal. Wednesday night. while the
jury was deliberatinE, the Eldorado
band gave n concert in the city park
near the court house. and Olin Castle
and Hayward Morrison Jessie'S broth
err played instruments side by side.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY.
In the Worlds Commerce. as Seen by .
German Doctor.

0erfnnn DOctOrs
Washington, June 2S.-Consul Ma
hin, of Reicheuberg. Austria. has sent
the state department an article recent
ly contributed to the Munich Allge-
meine Zeitung by DIR. Alexander Won
Peez, under the title "The Struggle for
Industrial Supremacy" After review
ing the progress OF England and Ger
many In commerce and manufacture
DIR. Won Peez passes to the United
States rising in the new world with
singular rapidity." He SAYS among
other things
The three competing countries now
suffer from obstacles which hinder
their free movement. Germany has
China, England the Transvaal, Amer
lea the Philippines. From appearance
tie United tSates will he the first to
throw off its burden. After that coun-
try shall be free from the Philippine
war its industrial advance upon Eu-
rope will be fully manifested
Further on DIR. Peez SAYS: What
should first be done in defense is TO
follow the example. I'm regard to tariffs
and trade treaties. which the United
States has set for us. At the Euro
pean seashore England is included
heTein) a tariff should be established
counter to that OF the Union. while the
Europedn haliohS snoulu arrange tar
ifs touching each other which would
not materially differ from those now
existing.
What will the United States do?
That is her affair. We only follow her
example. A people so young. acute,
and rich i'm future possibilities as the
citizens of the Union will find boun-
daries TO their aspirations only when
they see that attempts at further con-
quest will be met with vigorous re-
SiStancp
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
Desperate Attempt at suIdcie.

Chiffon. Wis. June 2S.-Korherr.
tinsmith. attempted to commit suicide
Mt the Wisconsin House i'm this city.
He ignited two sticks of dynamite and
the explosion which resulted wrecked
n portion OF the building, but he es-
capped uninjured. He has been arrested
and will he examined as TO his sanity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
Fir.t orDnwinnLn,e-

WaukeSan. Ills. June 2S.-The first
lace to be made at Zion City was
turned out late Monday afternoon. 1t
was but trifle. just enough for one
handkerchief, but marks the start OF
what may become a great industry for
the United States. The machine that
was started viii make lace exclusively
for handkerchiefs that are to he
blessed by Dowie and will he supposed
by his followers to contain divine heal
ing power. The imported lacemakers
are being hired on seven-year con-
tracts
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
DISAPPOINTED HIS BRIDE.
Shot Himself Dead When He Should Have
Been at His Wedding.

Been at His Wedding
Cldrinda. Ia. June 2S.-Thomas i.
Rogers, who was TO be married TO Miss
Einez &. Plank. a highly respected
young woman of this city. mt d p. IN.
Wednesday. shot himself through the
head at that hour instead of going to
the home of Miss Plank, where the
ceremony was TO have been pr
formed. The ball entered the skull
Just above the ear and passed back
through the head. Rogers died about
an hour after the shooting.
During the day Rogers arranged for
the minister to perform the marriage
ceremony. About twenty invited
guests were assembled at 6 o'clock.
and at about 6:2O word was brought
that Rogers had killed himself ROg-
ers was "a years of age. and three
years ago inherited $1,000 from his
father. He had spent all of this but
$50 He had never shown signs Of be-
ing depressed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
AntI-Cummin. oeIerate..

Des Moines. Ia, June 2S.-Three Re-
publican county conventions were held
Wednesday, all of them going against
Cummins. although the Audubon dele
CATION will probably be for him for
second choice. The counties were Lee,
Audubon and Iouisa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
MAKES A SQUARE ISSUE.
VIII Not Accept for Preaching Money OBJ
tanned by Church Fair.

tnfned by Church Fair.
St Paul. June 2S.-Rev. George f.
Shaw. of the Olivet Methodist EpiscO-
pal church. this city. was in need OF
his salary and his congregation held Il
church fair and offered him the pro-
ceeds 70 apply on the balance due on
salary. The minister does not believe
In church entertainments and fairs as
proper method of raising church mon
cy. and declined the cash offered.
In order to provide for his living ex-
penses he has accepted regular work
In a local tailor shop but continues in
charge of his pulpit His work as
minister is successful. but many of the
members of his congregation criticisc
his course sharD1y
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
BRITISH TRANSPORT
WITH SICK PRISONERS.

Hamilton. Bermuda, June 2S.-Tbe
British transport Armenia. having on
board the first ship load of Boer pris
oners TO be quartered on Darrersan
fuckers islands here, arrived in these
waters today. Only health officers
are allowed TO visit the ship at pres
ept. 1t is rumored there is much
sickness aboard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
Strange Voyage of Needle.

Terre Haute. Ina. June 2S-When
Theodore Borgestrom. father of City
Treasurer Borgestrom. was brushing
his hair he felt the brush catch on
something. and Mrs. Borgestrom found
the point of a needle emerging from
the scalp. She pulled ID out. Three
years ago. while working on his tailor'S
bench. he thought he had run needle
In his leg. but not finding ii. and it
causing him no pain, he made no fur
thor search
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
I-roIectinE a New railway Line.

Marshalltown. Ia. June 2S.-J. ~.
TittemOre. general traffic manager OF
the Iowa Central railway. met the traf-
fic officials Of the Minneapolis and st.
Louis and Wabash yesterday i'm refer
ence to the formation of st. Louis
line by the NJ and St L., Iowa Cen
trail and Wabash. via Albert Lea and
Abba The opening of an Iowa Cen
trail line via Albert Lea would make an
important change in the Chicago-St.
Paul rates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
Trouble breeding Condition.

Robbins-Funny, but young people
who seem to love one another the most
devotedly are oftentimes the first peo-
pie to fight after marriage.
Wren-The trouble is, you see, they
endeavor to protract the 1.-TWO souls
with but single thought" idea too far.
Two persons with but n single thought
between them cannot help hating one
another sooner or later.-Boston Tran
scrjut
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
.STATERIGHTSI IN ISSUE
Case of Vast Importance to Men
Who Deal Largely in
Live Stock.
OOLoRAD0s STATUTE IS ATTACKED
Where 1t Puts an Inspection on Cattle
Already Inspected by the
United States.

Chicago, June 2S.-In an interview
yesterday with John w. Springer, of
Denver. Colo, who is president of the
National Live Stock association. that
gentleman declared that it was the in
tentiOn of his organization to test the
constitutionality of the law which al
lows state inspection boards of live
stock to supercede the inspection by
the federal authorities. The case is
that of Ed II. Reid, of the Flato Com
mission company, of Omaha, who was
arrested Wednesday in Denver charged
with taking into the state twenty-seven
cars of cattle which had not been in
spected by "A Colorado official PreSi-
dent Springer made the following state
ment yesterday morning when seen in
regard TO this case:
Sort of States Rights Issue Up.
''The report coming from Denver
that Ed ii. Reid, of the F1atO Commits
sion company. of Omaha. had been ar
rested on the 26th of June in the office
of rhe National Live Stock association
in Denver. charged with illegally bring
ing twenty-Seven cars of cattle into the
state of Colorado without paying the
inspection fee demanded by the state
of cents per 100 is a fact. The live
stock men of the United States have
determined to test the cOnstitutiOnality
of this Colorado law, insisting that
where they have a clean bill of health
granted their cattle by the federal au-
thOrities this should entitle their cat
tie to go into any state of the Union.
the state statutes TO the contrary not
withsanding.
VIII Take 1t to the Supreme Court
'-The stock men have been held up
lay these state boards of inspection, so
called. for years. and hundreds of
thousands OF dollars annually have
been taken from the stock raiseTS. and
we now propose to have it stopped.
Judge Hallett, of the United States
district court. will today make applica-
tiOn for Mr.. Reid'S release on a writ
of habeas corpus. Should the court
deny this writ an appeal will at once
he taken TO the supreme court of the
United States. and we expect Il deci-
sion in a very short time.
WIN Settle IL Once for All.
'-Ihis case Will be watched with in
tense interest by every live stock man
i'm the United States, and the officers
of the National Live Stock association
have been assured from all quarters of
the country of the unanimous support
of the live stock interests in settling.
once for all. the question as to whether
federal inspection does not supercede
state inspection. We realize it is Il
great question and of much more far
reaching interest than is apparent to
the casual observer. The Live Stock
association, in this case, has the sup
port of all of the great live stock or
ganizatiOnS of the country"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
Brnve convic, Get. Hi. Reward.

Topeka. Kan. June 2S.-Frank j.
Ostrander. of WyandOtte, was given a
parole pardon Wednesday by Governor
Stanley as a reward for courage and
services in the recent coal mine mutiny
at the Kansas penitentiary. Ostrander
climbed half way up the shaft and
reached the carriage. He was then
pulled up and told the officers the con-
difion of n affaire
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
Few Were Aware.
SCANDAL ARISES
IN FIRE PURCHASES

New York, June % Indictments
were returned by the grand jury to-
day against Fare Commissioner John
Scannel. charging him with neglect
of his duty. Another indictment was
retuTnei jointly charging Scannell
and Com missioner William l.. Marks
with conspiracy. 1t is alleged that
rearly all the supplies of the fire
department have been purchased
through Marks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
WIN Settle 1t Once for All.
~nn. me soIons Cost the state.

Springfield. Ills. June 2S.-The total
appropriations of the Forty-secOnd gen.
eral ASSEMBLY, amount to $13.342. 002 %.
For the first year the appropriations
were $S.5S3. 1927. and for the second
81, 4,T5S.290.6S. The appropriations of the
last general assembly exceed the
amount appropriated by the previous
legislature by SST4, 900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28

ElwoOd, Ind. June 2S.-The Trades
and Labor Council of Elwood has COM
pleted arrangements for the largest
Fourth. of July celebration to be held
I'm this part of Indiana. The Elwood
Driving club has Joined with the labor
organizations and will pull off some of
the best races of the season during the
afternoon
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
lie Defend. the ola ve.s.

milwaukee,. Wis. June 2S.-COlOnel
Cornelius Wheeler. governor of the Ma
tional Soldiers Home, denied with force
and vigor the statement of DIR. NJ. NJ.
ParHhurSt. of Chicago, that he had
seen thr'e dozen old soldiers lying on
the floor. roo drunk to climb the stairs,
at the Milwaukee home. He was in
dignant. as were also the 2,2O0 other
veterans who live at the home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
IT. q SYay We Have.

Helena, Mont. June 2S.-George W.
Cane, n Conteau county ranchman,
had disagreement with Joe Sheets.
another rancher, at Cleveland. this
state. and opened fire with six-shoot-
er. Sheets ran inside a saloon, and
seizing shotgun returned the fire with
bo,h barrels, literally blowing his as
sailant to pieces. \ coroner's jury ex-
onerated Sheets
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
Had the prescriptions ON Him.

president of the Red Cross Medical as
sociation. was fined SO and costs in
the police court for practicing medi-
cine without license. His defense
was that he did not practice medicine,
but merely handled business affairs.
Several prescriptions. however. which
he wrote. were submitted as evidence
and led to his conviction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
onifn qmnnfh.

Oilocart is n new word coined to fit
the new conditions which have been
developed of late in the Beaumont dis
trict of Texas. Our vocabulary as well
as our pockets, says the San Francisco
Chronicle, is thus being enriched. ----
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
REV. JOHN GORDON
TO HEAD TABOR COLLEGE

Omaha, Neb, June 2S.-Rev. John
Gordon. for many years pastor of the
Westminster Presbyterian church, of
Omaha, for eight years professor of
church history in the Omaha Presby-
terian Theological seminary and for
year professor of history at Tabor
(Iowa) college, has Just been elected
acting president of that college and
dean of the faculty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
Mark. Left by Lightninr ON HI. Arm.

Kalamazoo. Mich. June 2S.-Bert
Williams. young paper maker from
Allegan. working here in the Bryant
MILL was struck by lightning and wan
dered about the city for hours until
cared for by the police. He was un-
able to tell his name or remember what
had happened to him. The bolt Of
lightning left ridges down one arm and
shoulder. He * conscious now, and
will rnrnNnr
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
Round-Up of the FiIipino..

Washington. June 2S.-The war de
partmeIr has published n list of cap
lures and surrenders I'm the Philippine
islands supplementary to the list pub
lished on the 10Th inst. 1t shows that
the total number of insurgents cap
tured or surrendered up to May 10 last
Is Il 04S
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
Dead from Heart DIsease.

MarShalltown. Ia, June 2S.-Jacob
e Pence. eX-deputy internal revenue
collector for the northern Iowa district,
and former sheriff of Marshall county,
dropped dead here yesterday from
heart disease
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
wedding at IseIoit.

Beloit. Wis, June 2S.-Professor J..
W. II. Strong. of Wooster (O) univer-
sity. son of William b. Strong, of Be-
lott, and Miss Martha Leavitt. daugh-
ter of the Rev. George r. Leavitt. pas
tor of the First Congressional church.
were married here Wednesday. The
ceremony was performed by the brides
father
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
NEW DUBUQUE ROAD
Is DULY INCORPORATED.

buque, Vinton & Southwestern rail
road WIS incorporate today. The
capital is 800 600 The directors
elected arc all residents Of Dubuque.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28

Milwaukee, Wis, June 2S.-Record-
breaking heat prevailed in some parts
of the stata Wednesday. Oshkosh re-
ports the hottest June day in many
years. thermometers ranging from 96
to 10 degrees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-28
Piokpocket. Coz a NIco RolI.

Mankato, Mimi, June 2S.-An Iowa
man on his WHY to Anoka, Mimi, on
the early morning Omaha passenger
train had his pocket picked Of S4.5OO
in drafts. 4 gang OF pickpockets has
b~en travelling over the Omaha road
from Omaha to the twin cities for
Two or tl"Pe MnpkS