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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-12

diplomacy finesse sharpness Plain ean honest
These you here all times We attribute
faithfully want this store to be
feel that they being dealt with in bso
emphasis anything here that does not have the wearing
not what got it for
with you fairly
you get its full value.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17

Washington, May 1T.-An effort was
made by Lodge in the senate yester-
dayto induce the minority TO fix time
when Il vote might he taken on the
Philippine government bill. but it fail
ed. The day was devoted to the Phil
ippincs bill. Bills were passed appro-
priating $4,000 for the establishment
of biological station on the great
lakes; the bill regulating interstate
commerce in falsely branded goods
and ninety-iive private pension bills.
An executive session was held. and an
adjournment taken to Monday.
The house had another lively day of
debate. Philippines atrocities and the
Schley case coming in for considerable
attention, the naval appropriation be
ing supposed to be under reconsideration.
A bill was passed refunding the tax
on legacies paid under the war reve-
nue. act by religious. charitable, art
and educational institutions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17

palace. magnificent auditorium OF an
tique CaStilian style Full in the cen
ter of the room stood the throne of
Spain. Il Guge piece of carved oak
guarded by bronze lions. The Eng
liShmcn grouped themselves before the
throne, ana Il moment later King Al
fOnSo entered, accompanied by the no.
bles of his nation. The young Sover-
eign stepped 10 the throne. and with
due fOrmality Il herald announced that
an embassy had come from England
to offer the Order of the Garter.
The Englishmen stepped forward.
and the Duke of COnnaught. bowling
low. presented his credentials and read
Il letter from King Edward. King Al
fonsO responded in fitting words, and
Grandee OF Spain brought Il foot
stool. King Alfonso placed his left
foot upon the stool and the Duke of
Connaught. bending low before the
monarch, fastened the garter upon the
boys leg, adding the "riband" and
George" other tokens of the order.
King Alfonso meanwhile read the Ad-
monitiOn of the Garter, and, when the
duke pronounced him knight of the
order. bowed maicStically. The duke
and his retinue left the room and went
to pay his respects to the higher Span
iSh ministers.
4 special bull fight. in which eight
bulls appeared. was held in the after
noon Mt the Puerta del Sol. No fewer
than fifteen bull fights are to take place
in connection with the festivities and
over 100 bulls are to be killed. Free
dinners were given to 5000 poor per-
sons This charity will be repeated
daily until May -. Fifty thousand
pesctas have been distributed to the
poor. and small Sums will he deposited
in savings banks in the names CT I'll
children born Saturday. May Il, the
day the king takes the cath.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17
AS TO CREED REVISION
The Presbyterian Synod Committee
Makes Its Re
port.

New York. May 17.-At the second
days sessions of the Presbyterian gen
eral assembly the feature was the re-
port of the special committee on the
revision of the confession of faith.
One of the propositions to he voted
on by the Presbyterians if this report
is adopted is that chapter I. sectinO 5,
is mot to be regarded as teaching that
any one who die i'm infancy are lost.
We believe that all dying in infancy
are included i'm the election of grace
and are regenerated and saved"
Another change proposed i'm the con-
fessiOn is as to election and predesti-
nation. 1t is proposed to make this
article (No- NID read as follows: I'VE
believe that God, from the beginning,
i'm His own good pleasure, gave to
His Son n people, an innumerable null
titude, chosen in Christ unto holiness.
service and salvation; we believe that
all who come to years of discretion
can receive this salvation only through
faith and repentance: and we believe
that all who die in infancy, and all
others given 10y the Father to the Son
who are beyond the reach of the out
ward means. of grace. are regenerated
and saved by Shrist through the Spirit,
Who works when and where and how
He pleases."
The report will come up for discus
sion during the assembly and will
make the gathering memorable, re
gardleSS of the result
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17
WEATHER AND WAGES
The Disturbing Factions in Business
the Present
Week.

New York. May 11.-R. G.. DTn &
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
Weather and wages continue the only
seriously disturbing factors in the
business situation. Excessive moisture
and low temperature made the crop
outlook more uncertain, and much de-
pendS on a continuance of prosperity
in the agricultural sections. on the
other hand recOrd-breaking distribu-
ton of pay in the Pittsburg region ac-
cclcrated retail trade. while reSump-
ton of WOODEN and other mills added
largely to the active force. Trans
porting lines continue to make Splen-
did exhibits, railway earnings for the
first week of May exceeding those Of
a year ago by % per cent.
Pig iron production attained n new
record for the month of April at .jO3.-
326 tons SIch an enormous prOduc-
ton would suggest accumulation of
supplies. but consumption easily keeps
pace. Sole leather is quiet. Hides
again secured "A moderate advance in
prices. In the dry goods market there
is evidence OF increased buying for fall
and next spring. More liberal dcliv-
cries OF wOOlcn goods are reported
While il is generally agreed that
there hus been much Improvement I'm
the winter wheat states since the open
ing Of the month. prices became some
what firmer upon the publication of
the official report of condition on
May l.
Failures for the week numbered 22S
in the United States. against Ia last
year. and IL in Canada, against 10 Il
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17
RACE WAR IN SOUTH
Results i'm Death of Four Whites
and Three Blacks Near
Atlanta.
FIVE OTHERS ARE INJURED
Half Breed Causes the Trouble by
Defying Arrest-The'
Outcome.
I'VE OTHERS ARE INJURED

Atlanta, May 17.-Four white men
and three negroes are dead and five
white men wounded and an entire
block of buildings burned as the re-
suit of conflict this morning be-
tween police and blacks.
VIII Richardson, half Indian, half
negro, and owner of Il store in the
suburb of Pittsburg, brought on the
trouble by resisting arrest. The scene
of the trouble, the negro settlement
just outside the city limits, is thiclNly
settled with negro houses and out
buildings and barns and shrubbery,
which afforded opportunity for Rich
ardson and other negroes to elude
for time the police.
The latter believe they now have
under arrest all the negroes engaged
in the affair.
The Dead.
The dead: Ed Battle, bailiff, Fulton
county.
II. q. Osbourn.
Thomas Pahceim Grant.
Edward Crabtree (policcman).
VIII Richardson, negro.
Milton Risby, negro.
Unknown negro.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17
HE SAW THE MOUNTAIN EXPLODE
First Description of the Phenomenon That
AnnihiIated st. Pierre.

Port of Spain, Trinidad, May It.
Mr.. Albert. owner of an estate that
lay a mile northeast of the crater of
Mont Pelee, Martinique, has arrived
here with his family and gives de-
scriptfon of the terrible natural con-
vuIsion that wiped out the city of st.
Pierre and its 25.000 people. He said
1t was little before S o'clock on
the morning of May 5 that the end
came. / was in one of the fields of
my estate when the ground trembled
under my feet, not as it does when
the earth quakes. but as though a ter
rible struggle was going on within
the mountain. AS | stood still Mont
Pelee seemed to shudder and a moan
ing sound issued from its crater. Then
there was a rending. crashing, grind
ing noise. 1t was deafening and the
flash of light that accompanied it was
binding.
1T was like q terrible hurricane,
and where a fraction of "a second be-
fore there had been perfect calm L
felt myself drawn into vortex. The
mysterious force leveled row of trees
near by, leaving bare space of
ground fifteen yards wide and more
than 100 yards long. Above Mont Pc
lees apex a great black cloud formed
which reached high in the air. 1t lit
orally fell upon the city of st. Pierre.
From the cloud came explosions
that sounded as though all the navies
of the world were in combat Light
ming played in and out in broad forks.
That st. Pierre was doomed L knew,
but 1 was prevented from seeing the
destruction by a spur of the hill that
shut off the view of the city.
Il know that there was no flame in
the first wave that was sent down up
on st. Pierre. 1t was a heavy gas,
like firedamD. and it must have as
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17
Civil Governor Grant of Leyte Severely Ar
raigns American General.
THE MILITARY RULE is DISASTROUS
Interferes With Peace of Islands and Occa-
siOns Dstrust Among Natives.

Washington, May IA severe ar
ra.gnmcnt Of Gen. Jacob II. Smith
is contained in a report by Capt. }.
H. Grant, civil governor of the prov
ince of Leyte, =. l., concerning differ
cnces between himself and the gem
eral, which was sent by Secretary
Root to the senate committee on
Philippines yesterday.
''Since Gen. Smith has been in COM
mand here writes Capt Grant.
there has not been single surren-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17
RAISED THEIR APPRAIsEMENTS
Corporations at Omaha Will Have to
Plank Down More Taxes.

Omaha, Neb, May 1I.-The city
council, which is sitting as a board
of equalization by mandamus order Of
the supreme court to review alleged
low valuations of franchised corpora
tions, has increased the valuation Of
the Omaha Water company $275,0OO
and that of the gas company $4,000,
Il total of $650,0O0 for the two con-
Germs.
This amount, together with $125,0O0
added to the valuation of the electric
light and telephone companies, makes
$4,000 additional assessment levied
by the reeonvened board, with the
street railway company'S case still to
he heard
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17
They Are Both from Indiana.

Lincoln. Neb.. May IA little ro@
nance, begun when the two were stu
dents at Union Biblical seminary, Day.
ton, o.. eliminated here when the Rev.
Clarence +. SpOre, of Oakland City,
City. Ind, and Miss Minnie Buswell, Of
Lincoln. were married. Miss SuSwelL
is the daughter of the pastor of the
local United Brethren church and q
former Indiana girl. The two are un-
der appointment, Canton. China, where
they 90 as Missionaries, Sept. 1.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17

Fort de France. Martinique, nuy
17-Great flashes of very bright light
were emitted from Mont Pelee between
10 and IL o'clock Thursday night.
They were visible from here Thick,
glowing red clouds, interspersed with
flashes of light, were issuing from the
volcano yesterday morning. Showers
of cinders. lasting for twenty minutes,
accompanied the activity. The people
in the districts of LOrrain, Marigot,
Sainte Marie and La Trinite are panic
stricken.
Washington. May 11.-Late yester-
day afternoon the navy department
received an unsigned cablegram. dated
ut ST. Lucia yesterday, and apparently
from Lieutenant Mccormick, of the
Potomac. 1t read as follows: "Island
st. Vincent devastated north of line
Georgetown east. Chateau Belair west.
Sufferers country people. Dead. LOO;
destitute. 5000. Immediate relief sup
piled by local government. Destitu-
ton will continue several MONTHS
Cables at the navy department show
that the Cincinnati has been busy
helping the sufferers and that the col
lier Sterling. loaded with stores, has
reached Fort de France.
Some Details from st. Vincent.
KngStown. st. Vincent, May IL
4 correspondent of the Associated
Press has returned here from n visit
on horseback to the devastated dis
trict of the island, during which he
Travelled fifty miles and penetrated to
within five miles of the Soufriere cra-
ter The ash-cOvered area of st. Vim
cent exceeds that of Martinique. which
the correspondent has also explored.
The most conservative estimate of the
death rate here now places the num-
Der at LOO. About 1.300 bodies have
already been inferred. The entire
northern part of the island is covered
with ashes TO an average depth of
eighteen inches.
Island Is Desert Waste.
The crops are ruined, nothing green
can be seen. the streets of George
town are numbered with heaps of
ashes resembling snow drifts, and
ashes rest so heavily on the roofs that
in several cases they have caused
them TO fall in. There will soon be
5000 destitute persons in need of as
SiStance from the government. which
is already doing everything possible
to relieve the sufferers. There are 100
injured people in the hospital at
Georgetown, gangs of men are search
ing for the dead or rapidly DurNlnS
them in trenches, and all that can be
done under the circumstances is being
accomplished.
Greater Destitution Than In Martinique.
While the outbreak of the volcano
on the island of Martinique killed
more people outright. more territory
has been ruined in st. Vincent. hence
there is greater destitutiOn here. The
hospital here is filled with dying peo-
pie. Fifty injured persons are lying
on the floor of that building, as there
are no beds for their accommodation,
though cots are being rapidly con-
structed of boards. This and similar
work has been in progress since i'm
mediately after the disaster. Two days
elapsed. however. before there were
any burialS. as the negroes refused to
dig the necessary trenches. though they
TeTe offered three times the usual
wages by the local authorities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17
FOUND HIS DAUGHTER DEAD
With Indications That Her Death Was the
Result of Foul Play.

Lafayette. Ind. May 17.-Carrie NJ.
Stengelmaier disappeared from the
home of President Stone, of Purdue
university, May +, and her body has
been found in the Wabash river. 1t
was caught in a submerged tree, six
miles below this city, and the body
was found by the girls father, who
had been searching for her for days.
After the girl left President Stones
house a note was found in her room
which limited that she intended to take
her life.
Stengelmaier found mans hat
lodged on Il pile of driftwoOd near
Goose island. He made further search
and in a short time saw some clothing
Swaying in the water. Going closer,
he saw the body of his daughter
caught in the fork of tree. With
difficulty he took the body from the
river. The father believes his daugh-
ter met with foul play. as he says the
note was not i'll her handwriting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17

facades of many houses are almost
hidden by long stretches of red and
yellow cloth, and their occupants have
hung multi-colOred carpets. Silken tap
eStries-many of them beautifully EN-
broidered with flowers and other such
deVices-frOm the windows and bal
comics.
stars and Stripes Not Prominent.
FeStOons of evergreenS, in which
VarfeSated fairy lamps form rosebuds,
are stretched across the streets from
imitation palm trees, and banners fiut-
ter from countless Venetian masts.
The numerous grand stands from
which the people will Witness the pro
cession are brightly draped and be
Tagged. The national colorS every
where predominant. Their ire Il few
British union jack flying, out hardly
any stars and stripes are visible. The
general illumination. which took place
last night for the first time, was very
effective and artistic.
Streets Full of Country Folk.
y pilgrimage from San Isidro has
brought the country folk to town, and
picturesque groups of peasants are
parading the streets, the men in quaint
costumes-embroide waistcoats and
knee breecheS, adorned with big silver
buttons, with gaudy handkerchiefs
around their heads and hempen san
dalS OH their feet. Others wear close
fitting jackets with silver buttons, car
nv tartan shawls on their shoulders,
and have StaffS in their hands. The
women are dressed in the brightest col
ors-yellow and red-with embroidered
shawlS on their heads or roses inter
txined in their hair. The women of the
better class wear the graceful black
mantilla and are soberly attired.
DIR. Curry at n Banquet.
There was brilliant banquet at the
palace last night. DR. Curry, the Unit
ed States special envoy. and the other
ENJOYS were present. The surrounding
streets were tagged, draped, dazing
ly Illuminated and crowded with sight
seers. The British and United States
legations Wore artisticallN Illuminated
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17
Disturbance Reaches to Austria.

Vienna. May 1.-THE hot springs at
Teplitz, Bohemia, delivered water of
reddish brown color Thursday. The
water was permeated with iron and
ochre. Biologists attribute this phe-
nomenon to the shaking of the subter-
ranean sources of the springs, and
believe it is connected with the vol
canic eruntions in the West Indies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17
TO MAKE A RECORD
IF the Anthracite Miners Strike
OeveIopes As Is Now
Proposed.
TO INVOLVE HALF Al MILLION MEN
Besides Probably Tieing up this
Whole Country for the Want
of Coal.

Hazelton, May 17.-The general con-
vention of United Mine Workers of
America, anthracite coal territory of
Pennsylvania. began this morning.
There is a strong sentiment among
delegates against a permanent sus-
pension of work at this time and it
promises to make n decided stand
against the strike order. President
Mitchell WAS elected chairman and
admonished the delegates to stand
together. whatever the decision may
be. \ recess was taken until this af-
ternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17
MrsterrnfaHol1ow rroc.

Lacrosse. Wis. May 11.-GeOrge
Laguire. an engineer on the Dubuque
division of The Chicago. Milwaukee
and st. Paul road. found 4 coffin Sc
creted in a hollow tree near Savan
ma He hurried back TO his comrades
for assistance, but when he returned
some one had been there and broken
open the casket with a crOwbar and
escaped with the contents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17
ORDERS FOR THE YOUNG KING
Duke of Connaught the Bearer of the In
sigma of thqe(sarter.

King Alfonso was invested with a
number of foreign decorations yester-
day morning. The ceremony, which
was of an imposing nature, took place
in the throne room of the palace. The
king was surrounded by brilliant
assemblage of high officers of state.
Among the orders bestowed upon him
was that of the Garter. which he re-
ceived from the Duke of Connaught,
as the representative of King Edward: !:
the Gordon Bleu of the Order of the
Seraphim, from Prince Eugene of
Sweden, representing King Oscar. and
the Royal Order of Siam, from the
crown prince of Siam, the special en-
voy of the king of Siam.
At an early hour the British ambas-
sador and the members of his embassy
arrived in the throne room of the roval
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17
CONFIRMS STORY
Carnegie Admits Having offered
$40, 100000 for Independence
of Philippines.

ondon. May 1T-When asked
whether there was any truth in the
published statement that he had
offered 10 pay $20.00O.O0O f0r the Phil
ippine islands. provided he was au-
thoriZed To announce 10 the FilipinoS
that their independence would be ac-
kuowledged ultimately by the United
States. Andrew Carnegie lacOnically
replied: "YeS, and / meant it,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17
is In JAIL AGAIN
Carrie Nation Fined and Sent Up for
Thirty Days at
Topeka.

Topeka. Kan. May 1T.-Mrs. Carrie
Nation was Yesterday fined 500 and
sentenced 90 thirty days i'm the county
Jail for her part in the joint raids that
took place in this city over year ago
under her direction. Mrs. Nationa made
no defense whatever, and was taken
TO her old suite of rooms i'm the Jail
She expressed no regret in getting
back and expressed confidence that it
was Gods WILL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17
ALFONSO
NOW KING
Spain S Youthful Monarch
Takes Oath of
Office.
HE BECOMES OF AGE
Mediaeva1 MagnifiCence
Attends the Event
in Old Madrid.

Madrid, May liking Alfonso at
tanned his majority today and became
king in fact as well rs in name, hav-
ing reached the age of 16, prescribed
by the constitution. Beautiful wealth
er favored this central day of the
fetes.
The royal procession formed on the
Plaza De Armes in trent of the palace
shortly before > p. M, and proceed
ed TO the chamber OF deputies, where
in the presence of senators and depu-
ties the king took the oath TO uphold
the constitution.
The procession was Il spectacle of
medieval magnificence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE
ACCUSED OF BRIBERY

Minneapolis, May I7-The grand
jury which has been Investigating tine
stories of bribery in the police depart
ment today returned indictments
against Superintendent of Police Fred
W. Amcs, brother of the mayor, and
colonel of the 18th Minnesota in the
Philippine campaign, and Detectives
Norbeck and Howard, Irving and
Gardner
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17

Madrid. May 17.-Glorious weather
prevailed here yesterday. The suns
rays poured down on the decorated
streets. giving the city the gayest as
pect possible. The decorations are
now practically complete, and in adj
dition to the route which the corona
tiOn procession will follow today many
other streets have been profuSely
adorned with flags and bunting. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17
DEADLY MOUNT PELEE
IS STILL ROARING
Volcano That Destroyed ST. Pierre Continues
To Be Active.
THE POPULACE Is PANIC STRICKEN
St. Vincent Almost Destitute and the Damage
There is Enormous.

were touched by the fire. which quick
ly followed. New craters seemed to be
opening all about the summit, and lava
was flowing in broad streams in every
direction"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17

ington cemetery with imposing cere-
monies. The services were presided
over by Speaker Henderson, of the
house of representatives. who made
an address in which he paid a glowing
tribute to Rosecrans as a soldier
Statesman and man. The president
also made a short address.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17
Yates win Re at Cbicago.

Chicago. May 17.-Orders were is-
sued at Springfield to the members of
Governor Yates staff, directing them
to meet the governor in Chicago on
May 80. to participate in the Mem
orial day parade. The staff will rem
devious at the Auditorium Annex at q
O'Clock in the morning
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17
MORE STRIKES COMING. ANYHOW
Forty-Five Thousand Other Men To BE
Idle i'm ~ Few Weeks.

EOrty-E1Te Thousand Otner men 10
Idle i'm Few Weeks.
National Treasurer VIII
son, of indianapolis, said that within
the next two or three weeks, regard
less of the special convention. 10000
men in Virginia and West Virginia,
and from 1900 to 10000 i'm the soft
coal region of central Pennsylvania,
will be on strike. They will be called
out. he said. for the purpose of forcing
the mine owners to give them higher
wages. and incidentally TO help the
anthracite workers. These men, he
went on to say, are partly organized.
local unions having been established
in all localities in those regions, and
he felt confident that the non-union
men would respond to the strike call
as readily as did the anthracite miners
in the fall of 1900.
\ point has been raised that the
United Mine Workers cannot call out
the men employed by companies with
whom the miners have yearly con-
tracts or wage agreements, but Secre-
tary Wilson said that such is not the
case He said that the mine workers
organization respects all such agree
ments or contracts. but added that n
general convention has power to abro-
gate them if it seems that such action
is necessary. This is seldom. If ever.
done. If the life of the union was
endangered, Wilson said. then a con-
vention would call out men working
under contracts or agreements. III n
company working under an agreement
or contract should send coal into ter
ritories where strike is on by the
mine workers union. Wilson said, the
men employed by that company would
be ordered out on strike. as the or