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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-14

There is a great wealth OF ability
among the many hundreds Of comDositorz
who work in the Government Printing
Office Some Of them have 10 days gone
by been editors. some have composed
poetry. and some have written novels
Among the latter is Mr.. Harry S sutton.
who is known among his most intimate
friends as Maud S" Just why AIr. SUIT
ton was given that title is not clearly
understood. but it is commonly accepted
that 10 was because he walks so rapidly
One Of Mr. SuttOn's novels appeared first
as a serial in one Of the local weekly
papers and 10 had hardly been completed
before he received offers from publishers
from three different sections Of the coun-
try. proposing 10 buy the copy and bring
&c out in book form. Mr.. sutton is presI-
dent of the Twentieth Century Knock
ers." an exclusive club OF printers. the
membership Of which is limited to TWEEN
ty-five IL Is the intention Of the club
to have their first banquet during the
present month Mr.. Sutton is an excel
lent after-dinner speaker. and upon the
occasion OF the dedication Of the new
public school building at Langdon made
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-14

Michael B. German has for many years
been a most excellent clerk in the Detec-
tive Bureau. His reports are models OF
neatness and his habits are extremely
methOdicaE Precisely al s in the morn
ing he begins his work for the day. Ex-
actly at y, noon, he starts for his home
on Massachusetts Avenue. where he eats
his lunch When it IS 1 O'Clock ne re-
sumes his duties. and when the hour for
quitting work arrives he leaves the Office.
Always before going home for the night
ne takes stroll for the purpose OF rec
reation. and he Invariably walks over the
same route
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-23
BIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS
Methodist Women Start p Movement to
Have the Book Read by Children
and Teachers.

Kansas City, Oct. 23.-The Wom-
ans Home Missionary society of the
Methodist Episcopal church has start
ed Il movement to have the Bible
placed in the public schools of this
country The following resolution was
adopted: Resolved. That we will use
every endeavor to secure moral i'll
struction and the responsive reading
of scriptural selections in our public
schools
The resolution was presented by
Mrs. Mary Hickman. who said the
public schools of Cleveland II short
time ago began the study Of the Book
of Psalms. the Ten Commandments
and the Lords Prayer and that all
public schools in the country should
adopt the same plan.
Topeka. Kan, Oct. 23.-J. B. Bill
lard. wealthy miller of this city. has
brought suit against the board of edu-
cation to compel the removal of Bible
reading from the public schools. Bill
lard's son was expelled from school
because he refused TO give proper at
tention during the opening exercises
when the Bible was being read.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-23
RULL CALLED TO NEW YORK
Gives Up His Campaign in Iowa to Help
Manage the National Compression
al Race.

Des Moincs, Ia. Oct. 23.-Represen-
tative Hull who arrived home Sunday
night expecting To take some part in
the campaign. received telegrams Tues
day which will make it necessary for
him to hasten back TO New York to
assist Chairman Babcock ut the head
quarters of the congressional commit
tee. Hull is chairman of the executive
committee.
One OF the kilograms is from Repre-
sentative J. S. Sherman, who says that
Babcock must have help and that Hull
must explain the situation to his con-
stituentS and return at once. Chair
man BabcOck telegraphs for Hull to
return. stating that he can do much
more good in New York than in Iowa.
Hull has not been in Iowa previously
during the campaign, but will return
to New York in a few days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-23
MORE DEVILTRY
OF BUMBOAT MEN
Young Woman at Chicago Enticed
Away and Then Thrown
Into the Lake.

Chicago, Oct. 23.-According to Miss
Jane Smith, cook living at II Ed
ridge court and employed in a restau-
rant at 40 Randolph street. she mar
rowly escaped the fate of Carrie Lar
son, for the murder of whom Lewis
Toombs was hanged. The young wom-
an went to the Central station with
her clothing drenched with water and
with finger marks about her throat.
and reported that she had been at
tackled by several men on Il boat at the
foot of Randolph street.
Miss Smith was met early in the
evening, she said. by a man known to
her as Harry Brown. He offered her
a better position than she had as cook
and invited her to accompany him. She
went with Brown, she said. to the boat
ut the foot Of Randolph street. There
were several men there on her arrival.
and. according TO her story, they at
tackled her and threw her overheard.
The girl managed to seize n pole and
make her way out of the water. Five
men were arrested on the bumboat
LATER
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-23
GOES EAST as A NURSE
Graduate of Butterworth Hospital VIII
Serve in an Island on the Per-
sian Gulf.

Grand Rapids. Mich, Oct. 23.-Miss
Elizabeth De Pree. Il graduate nurse
of Butterworth hospital of this city,
has accepted Il position as nurse at
Bahrien, an island of 100000 inhabi-
tants in the Persian gulf, adjoining
the coast of Arabia. She will serve in
the Mason Memorial hospital, which
will be dedicated in November under
the board of foreign missions of the
Reformed Church of America.
ButterwOrth hospital is becoming
quite famous in all parts of the world
where their trained nurses can be
found. There are at present ten grad
yates from this institution in the Phil
ippineS. The entire staff of the new
hospital recently opened at Petosky
was supplied from this institution
Miss Agnes Elliott. Miss Emma Mil
Ter. Miss Mabel Jones, Miss Bertha
Stauffer and Miss Kate linus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-23
Fnnrth Flnnd for the Year.

Keokuk. Ia, Oct 23.-The fourth
flood of this year overf1owed the ter
ritory at the mouth of Skunk river
Tuesday, putting 1000 acres under wa
ter. The rise was very rapid, and
there is considerable damage to prop
erty up the Skunk river. \ flood later
than June is almost unknown here,
and the conditions this summer have
been entirely unprecedented The Des
Moines river also has overfowed it's
banks for miles above the mouth, for
the third time. and the country border
ing the Egyptian levee again is over
flowed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-23
SOME WRITING WAS VERY BITTER
Might Have Been Fight if Conditions
Had Been More Equal.

4
Had Been More Equal.
y convention was signed at Wash
ington on Nov. =. 1899. submitting the
claims of Samoan residents to the king
of Sweden and Norway for arbitra-
tiOn. the main questions being whether
the military action of the United States
and Great Britain had been warrant
ed. Immediately the aggregate of
claims. most of them German and
American, rose to about 100000. In
July. 1900. King Oscar consented TO act
as arbitrator, and last spring the briefs
containing the arguments on the main
point at issue and the schedule of
claims were submitted to him.
Correspondence between the repre-
sentatives of the three powers in Apia
at the time, as spread on the records.
was extremely bitter and full of re-
Elections on the integrity and honor of
the nations concerned. and there We're
frank declarations that if the naval
forces of the United States and Great
Britain had not been supreme i'm the
absence of German warships a clash
must have occurred which would have
brought the United States and Ger
many to the verge of war.
1t is not the amount of money in
volved in this approaching decision of
the arbitrator that concerns the gov
ernment of the United States, but rath-
er the enunciation of principle which
if accepted as precedent would be
unpalatable, and would so seriously
restrict the assertion of United States
rights in foreign countries in case of
revolution or rioting jeopardizing the
lives and property of our citizens that
il would amount to the total withdraw
III of protection. This can never be
admitted and so it may be positively
stated that while the United States
government will accept the arbitration
Loyalty and pay any damages assessed
against it it will utterly refuse TO be
bound by such a principle.
Otherwise the United States govern
ment could be held liable for enormous
damages in cases where 1t lands troops
upon the isthmus of Panama resulting
in a collision with rioters or rebels
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-23
PUT HIM IN THE SWEAT BOX
Result Is the Smashing of n Gang of Horse
Thieves, Who Have Been Doing
Big Business.

Keokuk. Ia. Oct. pa gang of
horse thieves that has been operating
in eastern Illinois, northern Missouri
and southern Iowa. and as far south
as Arkansas. has been broken up by
the police of this city. The members
are being brought in and the grand
jury is busy finding indictments
against them. All the horses stolen
recently have been recovered except
one from Muscatine, which the officers
expect to get soon.
One of the most intelligent members
of the gang stole n horse and buggy
from a Keokuk physician in main
street, in the evening; he lost his way
that night while trying to reach sta
ton across the Missouri state line. He
was headed off by officers at Farm
ington, half mile from the state line.
and was arrested. He was put in the
Sweat box That is where the pO-
lice got their information.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-23
CASE AGAINST SHERWELL
Man Who Is Charged with the Murder OF
Two Women in Single
Night,

Night.
Evansville. Ind, Oct. 23.-The prose-
cution in the Sherwell murder trial
presented most of its testimony Tues
day. He is charged with numbering
two women, one of them named Railey,
which is the last now up in court, in
Il single night. The state introduced
considerable evidence Monday to prove
that SherweIl was out in his surrey
on the night of the murder Of Mrs.
Railey. One witness said he saw Sher-
well and talked with him several min
utes i'll II saloon while the surrey stood
on the outside. Another witness said
he saw the surrey standing two blocks
away from the corner where Sherwell
is alleged to have met Mrs. Railey
and walked away.
Two witnesses said they saw Sher-
well on this corner talking to a wom-
an who resembled Mrs. RaiIey.
Two witnesses swore Sherwell was
in Frank I[ippel'S saloon on the
night of the murder and bought
liquor and that his surrey, in which
was a woman corresponding to tho
description of Mrs. Railey, was stand
ing in front of the saloon. Kippel's
saloon is but a short distance from the
spot where the body of Mrs. Railey
was found.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-23
DISADVANTAGE OF a LICENSE
Requires Those Holding 1t to Answer
Questions Which May BE In
eliminating.

Washington. Oct. 23.-Attorney Gem
eraI Knox has decided that licensed of
fiers of steam vessels are compelled
to testify in certain cases, even though
in danger of revocation of licenses.
The cases in point were those of strik-
ing union tugmen serving on the great
lakes last year One of the alleged
rules of the union to which they be-
longed prohibited their serving with
non-uniOn men.
The matter was brought before the
local board of government inspectors
The strikers refused to answer ques-
tions asked by the inspectors on the
ground that their answers might sub
ject them to revocation of their license
or other penalties. The attorney gen.
erals opinion shows that the position
of the strikers is untenable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-23
DAILY ROW IN PARLIAMENT
ireland Succeeded in Using Up All the
Time So Far.

London. Oct 23-There was another
lively, though futile. discussion in the
house of commons yesterday on the
subject of granting a day for Il debate
on the state of Ireland. 1t only led to
great deal of straw-spIitting. allega-
tions of discOurtesy and a considerable
increase in the ill-feeling prevailing.
The feature was the bringing into the
debate of the name of the president of
the United States. This was done by
William O'Brien, who questioned Bal
four regarding President Roosevelt's S
letter to the convention of the United
Irish League, at Boston, Mass. O'Brien
asked the premier if he had observed
that Roosevelt sent letter, and wheth-
err in view of future friendly rela-
tions between the United States and
Great Britain. he could make any an
nOuncement that this country was not
indispOsed to learn wisdom regarding
Irish affairs from the head of a great
and friendly nation.
Roosevelt's letter to the Irish con-
vention is signed by Cortelyou. and
says that the president very much APP
preciates the cordial invitation extend
ed to him by your league" and ''re-
grets that his public duties will pre-
vent him from being present"
He then thanks the league for the
courtesy shown him.
The speaker promptly ruled theques-
ton out of order. to the evident chagrin
of the Nationalists, whose excitement
increased as O'Brien continued to press
his point. But the speaker maintained
his ruling and O'Brien finally gave up
the struggle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-23

mark and the United States in regard
to the cession of the Danish West
Indies to the latter country. The stood
30 to ga tie, but it kills the sale
for the present as effectually as if the
vote had been unanimous against The
treaty. The government hopes that
opinion will change in time and that
the treaty will yet be ratified.
The result of the days vote was
doubtful until the last moment. One
member had not taken Il definite stand
and ii was uncertain whether two sick
members would be able to attend. The
ages of these men - Thygeson and
Raben-are % and 81 years respective
ly. Both had been expected to die for
several weeks past: they were both
bedridden at their homes. 100 miles
from Copenhagen. but they were
brought TO the city Prominent anti
sale political leaders were sent to
transport them here.
The sufferers. who We're accom-
panied by physicians. were carried into
a saloon car. which was rolled on to
n ferry boat, OH which il crossed from
Jutland. On their arrival mt Copen-
hagen they We're met 10y leading anti
salers, and We're driven in carriages
to Il hotel. There the two old men
were guarded and nursed over night
and were eventually carried to their
chairs in the landsthing hall an hour
before the meeting. They had
prompter on hand to assist them in
voting
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-23

Calumet. Mich, Oct. 23.-MOnied
men of Lake Linden are organizing
n company. capitalized at quarter of
a million, to engage in the manufac-
ture of paving brick at that place.
The plan cOntempIates the making of
brick from stamp sand, of which there
are many millions of tons along. the
shores of Torch lake. The sand in
reality is copper rock. stamped and
pulverized, and from which the metal
has been extracted ut the various min
ing companies mills along the lake.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-23
WE'LL PAY THE CASH
But Not Accept the Principle Laid
Down in the Decision of an
Arbitratr.
KING OSCAR OF NoRWAY's DIoTUM
Would Prevent Us from Landing
Troops on Foreign Soil to Pro-
tect Our Citizens.

Washington, Oct. 23.-King Oscar
the Samoan controversy in favor of
Germany. This fact became known on
the return of Grip, the minister of
Sweden and Norway, from long visit
to his home. Grip called at the state
department, but did not, of course,
disclose the decision of his sovereign,
which must be formally presented sim
ultaneOusly to the three powers con-
cerned. The announcement will be
astonishing to the governments of the
United States and Great Britain,
which were confident that they would
establish fully the legality and pro-
priety of the joint landing of marines
at Apia in 1899 to sustain the decree
of the Samoan supreme court and end
the revolution.
Claims Are insignificant.
The full scope of the arbitral decree
of King Oscar is not yet divuIged, and
the extent to which it covers the
claims for damages filed by the citi-
Zens of the three countries and of
France may not be known for several
inally the prime cause for arbitration,
are insignificant, however. compared
with the question of natioHlI honor
on which they depended and if the
action of the United States and Great
Britain had been Sustained by the
royal arbiter would have fallen to the
ground.
Base of the Disputed Claims.
The Samoan dispute grew out of the
concerted action of Rear Admiral
Kautz, of the United States navy. and
Captain Sturdy. of the British navy,
in leading Il combined United States
and British force Mt Apia on April 1,
1899, for the purpose of making Il re-
cOnnaiSsance and breaking up
Mataafa's supporters, who were in re-
bellion against the recognized govern
ment. 1t was on this occasion that
Philip LandSdale. the executive officer
of the Philadelphia; Ensign J. X. Nom
Afghan and two enlisted Americans,
and Lieutenant Freeman and two Brit.
iSh sailors. We're killed. Surgeon Lung.
now one of President ROoSevelts ply
sicians. was the medical officer of the
landing party.
Resulted in Partitioning the Islands.
The United States ship Badger was
promptly sent to the scene carrying
an International commission. composed
of Bartlett Tripp. representing the
United States. and Won Sternberg, the
German commissioner, and &. y. Ell
lott, the British commissioner. Claims
amounting to nearly 100000 We're
filed by German French, British and
United States residents on account of
damages caused by the landing party
As the chief result of the inveStiga-
tions of the commission, the tripartie
agreement of 1889 was abrogated. the
islands being divided between the
United States and Germany. while
Great Britain withdrew
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-23
DISTURBANCES
OF THE VOLCANO
Continue in West Indies, Causing
Unrest and Spreading De-
vastation.

Kingston, Oct. 23.-The Soufriere
volcano has been active since oct. Is,
keeping the people in the Windward
district in a state of continuous un-
rest. The eastern crater was chiefly
operative during the last eruption.
The devastated lands now include all
the plantations on the northeastern
coast down to the Grand Sable es-
tate, on which a reestablishment of
will be hopeless for years,
even should La Soufriere soon become
quiescent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-23
Sewing MACHINE Trust Is on

Rockford. Ills. Oct. 23.-It is an
nounced that the proposed sewing ma
chine company trust has practically.
failed through, the small companies re-
fusing to join the big ones and holding
their plants at, fabulous figures.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-23
MISS ROOSEVELT
is NOT ENGAGED
Such is Authoritative Denial Sent
Out From WASH
ington.

Washington, Oct. 23.-It is authori
tatively stated that there is absolute
ly no foundation for the report from
Little Rock, Ark, regarding the en-
gagement of MISS Alice Roosevelt to
John Greenway, of Hot Springs, Ark
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-23
EIrhtx and seventy Marrx

Benton Harbor Mich, Oct 23.-A
romance of childhood love eliminated
Tuesday in the marriage of Reuben
Lee, aged SO, and Mrs. Catherine
Blake, aged 20, both of Coloma. who
have known each other since they were
school children, when their parents
houses Joined each other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-23
nIolonh indian Conference.

AIohonk Lake. y. Y, Oct. 23.-The
twentieth annual Lake Mohonk Indian
conference opened here yesterday.
Samuel ]. Barrows, secretary of the
New York Prison association, was
elected president. Bishop Potter, of
New York, made the opening address.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-23
IMPERILED SOLDIERS SAFE:
REACH BOHOTTLE AT LAST

london. Oct. 23.-A message receiv-
ed at the foreign office today from
the capital of Samoliland announces
that the force commanded by Col.
Swayne. which was threatened with
destruction by the army commanded
by Mad Mullah. has reached Bohottle
in safety.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-23
TRAINMEN ARE, INJURED
IN IRON MOUNTAIN WRECK

De Sofa, Mo-. Oct, 23.-As the result
of a head-end freight collision on the
Iron Mountain near here last night
seven trainmen were injured, Engi-
neer Strohman and Fireman Lynch
seriously.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-23
saro Crnckers Get s4s5.

Belgrade, Neb.. Oct. 23. - Safe
crackers blew open three safes, Sc
curing $500 at the Union Pacific depot.
$125 ut the postoffiee and $160 at
Cooley's lumber yard. The interiors
Of the postoffice and depot are wrecks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-23
MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED:
RIOTS LEAD TO TROUBLE

Paris, Oct. 23.-Martial law has
been proclaimed at DunlIirk, where
further serious strike disturbances
occurred today. The cavalry charg-
ed the rioters, killing and wounding
several.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-23

even though the government is solemn
IL bound by treaty to preserve free
traffic across the isthmus. For it is
pointed out that similarly the United
States was bound by a treaty in the
case of Samoa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-23
HOME MARKET PRAISE
BY Andrew Carnegie to an Audi.
ence Assembled at St An.
drews University.
FOREIGN TRADE ONLY A BRAGGART
Roosevelt Brought Into the Irish
Question in Parliment-D. w.
I. Treaty Is Rejected.

st. Andrews, Scotland, Oct. 23.-An-
drew Carnegie was yesterday formal
| ly reinstalled as rector of st. Andrews
university in the presence of large
and brilliant assemblage. over which
Principal Donaldson presided. The
honorary degree of doctor of laws was
subsequently conferred by st. Andrews
on Carnegie. Ambassadors Choate and
White, Professor Alexander Graham
Bell (of Washington and Henry White.
secretary of the United States embas-
say in London. Carnegie'S rectoriaI
address consisted of n lengthy study
of the comparative growth of nations
in the paths of industrial ascendency,
with a striking commentary on their
future. In his speech he took occasion
TO give some advice to the car and
the kaiser.
Refers to Markets for Products.
But the part of the speech of inter-
est most general was his reference to
the worlds trade. He emphasized the
assertion that the most powerful weap-
on in conquering foreign markets is
a profitable home market. "Invasions
of Europe, especially of Great Brit
ain, by American manufacturers are
not to be apprehended to any consid-
cradle extent except at rare Intervals"
because the home market in the United
States took 96 per cent. of the manu-
factured articles; hence her prosperity.
Foreign commerce is n braggart"
said he. The sobriety and determina-
ton of the Germans formed an ex-
ample for England. whose enormous
drink bill and money spent on tobacco
they cut in half. while the gambling of
both masters and men was abolished.
Gives a Detail of Success.
1.-THE great secret of success in bust
ness and in notwithstanding is to
make partners of valuable managers of
departments" In proof of his conten-
tion that it was hopeless to fight mag
nitude in commercialism," Carnegie
cited the supremacy of Germany in the
speed Of Atlantic liners and said they
Were not paid half the subsidies re-
ceived by the British lines. 1T is
the magnitude of the 250,000,000 of
people the German lines serve, which
IS equivalent TO n great home demand.
This justifies their ocean greyhOunds,
as the American home market justifies
unequalled manufacturing establish
ments''
Draws an Odious Comparison.
Carnegie added: ''Since these lines
were penned we have had strong proof
of the law of surplus. To support
smaller market in an unequal struggle
your government has to find it neces-
your government has found it neces-
sary to give $1,000 per day from the
national revenue for two Atlantic grey
hounds under your flag. The German
gets four of these without this aid.
because of greater home market.
which supports such ships of itself.
There is no escape from the influence
of magnitude, which gathers as it rolls
and must finally conquer