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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15
SPAIN IN SUSPENSE
Colors-Sagasta's
Task.

Madrid. March 15.-On account of
various threats regarding the fomen-
tation of disturbances the minister
of war directed the soldiers who re-
Gently completed their terms of serv-
ice 10 remain with their colors.. The
queen regent has commissioned Sa-
gasta to folp new cabinet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15
PROMOTIONS IN NAVY
MADE BY PRESIDENT

Washington. March 15.-The presi-
dent today sent the following nomin-
ations to the senate: Navy-Capt.
Aren't Schuyler Crowninshield, to be
rear admiral; Lieut.. Commander Rob
crt NJ. G.. Brown. retired. To be c,m-
mandcr ON retired list.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15
NEW ILLINOIS LINE.
Style and Plan of Il Railway Incor-
poratcd at Spring
field.

Springfield. March 15.-The secrc-
tary of state today licensed the in
corporation of the Western Illinois
Railway company, with principal of
fees at Galcsburg. The capital stock
is 100000. The line is to he con-
structed from Dahinda. Knox county,
through the counties of Knox. Stark.
Marshall and Putnam.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15
Hits the Texas Law AIso.

Dallas. Tex. March ia special
to The News from Austin says: Prom
inent Texas lawyers assert that the
Illinois antitrust law decision serl-
ousIy affects the statute of this state
which bears on that subject. Among
those who have publicly stated THEN
views on the subject is Attorney Gen
leral Bell, who says he believes the
Texas law is annualled.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15
IOWA MINE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNs UNTIL MONDAY

Dcs Moincs. March 1.-THE joint
scale committee of the United .linc
Workers and Operators of Iowa adj
iourncd this morning to meet again
next Monday, when the joint conven-
ton will also resume. 1t is expected
the whole of next week will he CON
sumed before an agreement is
reached.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15
MolI.ro-nn Ear.rer suicides.

Romeo, Mich. March 15.-Henry
Barnaby, well-to-dO farmer near Mt.
Vernon, was> found hanging in his
barn dead. He had had some slight re-
verses and became despondent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15
would be a sta,e soIon.

Taylorville. Ills. March 15.-Attor-
ney Walter Proyine. of this city. ex-
secretary of the Republican county
central committee, announces his can-
didacy for representative. subject to
the senatorial convention OF the Fourth
district. Provine is u pronounced Hop
kins man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15
PITTSBURG PAINTERS
SETTLE THEIR STRIKE

Pittsburg. March 15.-Thc strike of
the painters was settled today by a
compromise agreement. The rate
will be 40 cents per hour or $500 for
an eight-hour day. Eighteen hundred
strikers will return to work at once.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15
HORROR
How Warning Was Given Shamaka
and How It Was Nearly
Justified.
PEOPLE wBRBUsED TO THE SHOCKS
Went About Their Business and De-
VotiOns when the Ground
TrembIed,

st. Petersburg. March 15.-COrre-
| spOndence giving the details of the
Shamaka CTTauscaucasiaD earthquake
has arrived here On March u. 1860,
Professor Abich. Il noted seismologist,
declared: AS to Shamaka, it is to be
feared that it will one DAY become Il
mass of ruins inside a few minutes"
1t was not Shamaka's first warning or
her last. Nine earthquakes have been
recorded at that place since 1896. In
1859 all the governmental institutions
there were transferred to Baku in con
sequence of an earthquake. The city
lately contained 22.OOO inhabitants. 1t
was laughing. vine-clad settlement.
An eyewitness thus relates his expe-
rience on the first day of the disaster.
There were two distinct shocks-at
and II IL. m, respectively; but the
people. accustomed to rumblings of the
earth. paid no heed.
Were Used to "A Shalxy Earth.
Instead OF fleeing for their lives
the Mohammedau women and children
proceeded TO their obligatory daily
ablutions. At 12:J0 p. IL. l'eb. II or
13D the eartir bulged up suddenly and
subSidcd again. People We're thrown
headlong in the streets. and when they
dIO~t were lAlLON II uONll df-tA4ll. ~
phyXiating VapOrs eXuded from the
assures i'm the earth and filled the air.
The scenes that followed viii never be
adequately described. Men abandoned
their families. There was Il chaos of
fearful cries. The telegraph office
went down with everything in the
stricken portion of the city. Hence the
delay in transmitting the news.
Rescne Work Is Heartrending.
The rescue work was II heJrtrend-
ing affair. Forty or more persons
were disinterred alive. Mothers We're
brought out dead. with lifeless infants
clasped in their arms. On the first
day n father saw his young daughter,
still alive. beneath a mass of debris.
He released her, locked his arms about
her and started away. \ second shock
buried father and daughter beneath Il
falling wall There We're nearly 10000
persons sheitcrlesS, without sufficient
food. without hope. The Red Cross
society and the government officials
have Iabored to relieve the worst suf-
fering. Collections have been taken up
in the churches. but the amount thus
collected is not yet known.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15
Commerce Committee
Minority Report On
Ship Subsidy.
CLAIM 1T is VICIOUS
Class Legislation That
Will Accomplish
No Good.

Washington, March Ex-senator
Berry, representing the minority SEN
ate committee on commerce. today
presented a report in opposition to
the pending ship subsidy bill.
Most of the points have been Gov
ed in speeches in the senate. The
minority deny the accuracy of both
predictions and facts in the majority
report.
Vicious and of No Good Purpose.
They urge that the bill is wrong in
principle, unjust, vicious. pure class
legislation, and that it viii utterly
fail in the accomplishment of its pro-
fessed objects.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15
TWO BAD EXPLOSIONS
Which Result in Death and Injury
in Two Parts of
Country.

Cleveland. March 15.-.An explosion
in the powder mixing department of
the Fairmount Manufacturing com
pany this morning resulted in the
death of one girl and the serious in
jury of seven others.
The girls became panic stricken
and jumped, from the second story
windows. The name of the dead girl
is Anna Fritz.
The cause is unknown. The pecun-
iary loss is $4,000.
Columbus. Kas.. March 1.-Two
mills Of the Latin &; Rand powder
works. four miles north of this city,
exploded at noon today. Walter Reid,
a workman. was killed. and sev@ra;
others injured. Many thousands of
dollars worth of property was de-
stroyed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15
FORMER SECRETARY TRACY
IS TAKEN SUDDENLY Ill

New York. March 15.-Gen. Benia-
min F. Tracy, secretary OF the navy
in the cabinet of President Harrison,
was taken suddenly i'll while arguing
in the Kings county shrievaIty case
in Brooklyn today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15
FIRED
Commissioner of immigration
Removed by the
President.
SARGENT IS HIS SUCCESSOR
Former Official Had Been at Log
gerheads With Su-
periors.

Washington. March 15.-The posi-
tion of commissioner general of inn
migration has been rendered by the
president to Frank p. Sargent, chief
of the brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen, to succeed T. Y. Powderly.
II is understood the reason for the
presidents action in desiring to re-
lievC PowderlY is because he has not
worked in harmony with the higher
officials of the treasury department,
which resulted in more or less fric-
ION.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15
DE. Littlc fo Tnke a Kest.

Chicago. March 1J.-Dr. G, j. Little,
president of the Garrett Biblical In
stitutc. the leading Methodist school
of the west, is beneved TO he contcm-
plating the resignation of his position.
Dr. Little admitted that he was about
to take u vacation OF considerable
length.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15

The largest cast bronze statue in the
world is that of Peter the Great, at st.
Petersburg. 1t weighs LOO tons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15
other DIsmissaIs.

II has also been'determined 10 re-
licvc Thomas Fitchie. commissioner
At New York. and his assistant. Ed
ward NJ. McSweeney> The changes
take effect April 1st
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15

an assistant secretary Will be chosen.
In the meantime it was agreed that
the present chairman. Richardson OF
Tennessee, should continue to act as
temporary chairman. and a committee
was appointed. consisting of Zenor Of
Indiana and James l.. Norris. of the
District of Columbia, in connection
with the temporary chairman, to cor
respond with executive committees of
the states not represented on the COM
mittee with the view of having them
suggest members of the committee.
Cuban Tariff Conferrees Don't Agree.
Washington, March 15.-The Cuban
tariff conferreeS held another session
yesterday lasting from > to > u. m..
and at its close Chairman Payne, who
had been delegated by both sides to
give out a statement, said that after
further consideration of the subject
the conferrees had come 20 no coIlclu-
sion and had adjourned for the. day.
The members said that the prospects
for an agreement We're good. but that
the form of the agreement was still in
doubt
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-07-05
PROSECUTOR BLUNDERS.
Charge Against Bucket Shop
Men Changed and One of
Them Disappear.

When the case of A. J. Morse and the
Others charged with obtaining money un-
der false pretences at a bucket shop, NO
45 Montgomery street, which was raided
by the police on Thursday morning, was
called for examination in the First Grim
inal Court this morning Clerk James
Clark. of the Grand Jary, representing.
the Prosecutors office, said that he
would move for the dismissal of the COM
plant, and would insist on the proseeu-
ton of the defendants, Arthur ]. Morse,
the proprietor and his staff, Thomas
Brown and Charles E. Goodrich, on a
charge of maintaining disorderly house.
Lawyer d. w. McCrea and Arthur
Archibald, who appeared for the defen-
dants, said they were willing, although
they didn't exactly like the idea of hav-
ing their clients called to answer one
charge and. find that it was necessary to
defend themselves against different
complaint.
Police Justice Hoos formally changed
the charge on the records, and then call
ed the names of the prisoners. To his
surprise Brown didn't respond, and no
one seemed to know where he was, not
even Thomas Fallon, his bondsman, who
had given 500 security for his appear
ance in court.
Mr.. Clark wanted the bond declared
forfeited, but the lawyers for the de-
fense didn't understand how that could
be done, inasmuch as the charge of OBJ
tanning money under false pretence for
which he had been bailed had been dis
missed.
Justice Hoos held Morse in $500 bail
and Goodrich in $3.50 bonds for examina-
ton at 10 o'clock next Monday morning.
He gave Mr.. Fallon until that hour to
produce Brown in court.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-07-05
FIVE HUNDRED OF THE FOUR
HUNDRED.

The picnic of The -Four Hundred Social
Club was held at Armbruster's Green
Vile Shuetzen Park Thursday evening,
There were upward of 500 who attend
ed. Many toc# part in the games, Bowl
ing and dancing.
The officers of the club are:-P. Ne
GcYern, President: P. ]. Flaherty, Vice
President; w. Doyle. Second yice-Presi-
dent; w. King, Financial Secretary; Nj.
O'Rrien, Recording Secretary: J. Ma
guire. Treasurer: F. Buster, Correspond
ing Secretary; G. Leary, Sergeant-at-
Arms; c. Golden, Assistant Sergeant at
Arms.
The Floor Manager was J. Hosey, and
the Floor Committee, Thomas Me
Manus, Thomas jackson, w. Wright, NJ
McKennen, r.. O'Bren, Thomas Wa
tiers.
Reception committee-James Buster,
chairman: All Martin, James Mcguire
James Fallon, John Curley, Charles
Romer and james Flaherty.
Arrangement commattee- Meow
ern, chairman; T. Devlin, j. Gould, j
Baxter, ]. McKenna, P. J. Leary, T.
O'Bmen, G. Wright, p. Burns, L. Wa
ters and W. Gould.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-07-05

by him and his friends for appointment
en the ub-committees We're ignored.
Urquhart was too strong with the peo-
pie. He must be turned down. That
was the policy of the leaders.
MIR. URQUHART'S VIEWS.
When seen yesterday and asked what
his opinion was of the proposed 1nde-
pendent Republican movement. Mr.. Ur-
quhart said to reporter for 'The
News':-
Il trust such movement will be or
ganized. and ticket put in the field with
either McEwan or Baldwin as the can
didate for Sheriff. The issue should be
anti-Dickinson-Woo oolley y-rule. and Repub-
licans should be asked to vote the ticket
as reputation Of the gang. which has
the party by the throat in this County.
and is gradually choking il to DEATH. Z
''The Republican County organization
no longer represents the sentiments or
wishes Of the rank and file of the party,
but simply of a few self-constituted
leaders who are using it for their own
pecuniary advantage.
Il am not as optimistic as those who
believe that an independent Republican
ticket could win this fall. but | think
that it would poll such large vote
that the rebuke administered TO the So
called leaders would have a salutary
effect in making them realize that the
people must be considered to some ex-
tent and cannot be ridden over rough-
shod at their pleasure.
Last fall, when governor was to
be elected it was the duty of every
loyal Republican TO be in line. At the
coming election the financial interest
of some of the gang is al that is at
stake. and the time is most opportune
for Republicans to repudiate Il party
organization that has repudiated the
people at every opportunity"
EVERY DIVISION DISGRUNTLED.
Mr.. Urquhart said that the condition
of the party in every division of the
county bore out his assertions.
in North Hudson there is practically
no Republican organiation,' he said
sThere is utter Generalization in Hobo
ken and Bayonne, resulting from the ar
bitrary and unjustifable turning down of
efficient postmasters in each city. Even
the banner town of Kearny, where
there are two Republicans to every
Democrat, is in revolt"
Under these conditions" he conclud
ed, there is to my mind no chance for
Republican success, and it is the duty
of ALI true members of the party with
their votes TO repudiate those who
brought about such deplorable condi-
tion of affairs"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-07-05
MUCH SMOKE, NO FIRE
Smouldering Rags in Ash Can
Give Trouble to Chiefs of
Police and Fire De-
partments.

A pedestrian stopped in front of the
Singer Sewing Machine Company's
store, in Newark avenue, Thursday
night, and gazed curdously at what look
ed like wreath of smoke which hov-
cred over one of the machines. To a
second man who joined him Ire said he
guessed The place was on fire and a few
minutes later a crowd of dozen men
and boys communicated their suspicious
to a passing policeman. The cop shifted
at the crack in the door, looked through
the window and hurried to Fire Head
quarters, where he notified Assistant
Chief Lowell and Battalion Chief Ding
Ter.
The firemen investigated but could not
find any evidence of fire. They couldn't
get into the store because the place was
securely locked. Later Chief of Police
Murphy and Inspector Archibald joined
the party. They, too, smelled smoke, but
couldn't determine where the cause of
it was hidden. Finally young man vol
unteered the information that Mrs.
Graham, living at No. 16 Sussex Place,
had a key to the street door and mes
senger was sent for her. She arrived and
the, smoke smellers were admitted to the
store while 250 people awaited develop
ments in the street.
The police and fire officials went all
over the place looking for the fire, and
the smoke kept getting more dense every
minute. After a long search Chief MUIR
ply spotted closet door, opened it and
said
ssEurekaw
The cause of all the uneasiness was To-
Gated in an ash can where a lot of rags
and other rubbish were smouldering. The
can was carried out into the street and
an anxious crowd of people dispersed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-07-05
+ AMILY BLOWN UP
Little Girl Drops Lighted
Punk Into a Box Of Pow
der and Five Persons
Are Severely In
jured.

Five persons were injured. two of
them seriously, the stoop on which they
sat was wrecked and the front of the
house badly burned yesterday morning,
by the explosion of a large box of pow
der in West New York.
The victims were Mrs. Carmeiita CO.
Jumbo and her four children, Tony, aged
twenty years; Angelina, aged fifteen;
Mary aged eleven and Paul, aged seven.
All were frightfully burned by the ex-
plosion, but Tony and Paul suffered the
worst. Tony's face was cut aid lacer-
ated and one of his ears almost torn off.
Paul was cut about the face and his
right hand and arm We're badly torn
Both were taken to st. Mary's Hospi-
tai. Hoboken. in Necker's ambulance
The mother and her two daughters We're
burned about the face and hands.
The family lives in a two-story frame
house on palisade avenue, near Twenty
third street They were up bright and
early yesterday morning to celebrate
the Fourth.
Tony amused himself by dischareing a
large oannon, the report from which
caused the neighboring buildings to rat
de. He lcsaeied the cannon from a two
pound box of powder, which he kept on
the stoop. The others OF the family sat
on the stoop watching him.
He was loading the cannon when a a
piece of punk held by one of the girls
became so short that it burned her fin
gers and she dropped it. 1t fell in the
box of powder and there was defening
explosion.
Mrs. Colunbo and her children We're
heruled in every direction: a large hole
was torn in the stoop and the front OF
the building caught fire.
Neighbors who hurried to the scene to
ascertain the cause of the explosion, ex-
tinguished the flames before severe dam
age was done, and did an they could to
help the injured. The two boys were un-
conscious. Their clothing was torn into
shrreds and they We're cut and bleeding.
Patrolnlan Stecklein summoned Drs.
Justin and Pindar. They dressed the VIC
Tins wounds and had the two boys re-
moved to the hospital.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-07-05
KILLED BY A TROLLEY CAR
Passenger Who Wanted to
Smoke Does Foolish Act
and Meets Death.

Charles Clark, 80 years old. who lived
at Mountain View. N. j.. died at the
City Hospital last might from frac-
tured skull eight hours after he was
knocked off a west-bound Turnpike troll
ley car at the corner Of Warren and
Montgomery Streets by car of the
same Zine bound for the ferry. IL
He boarded an open car, No. 4 .231, in
Exchange Place. at 1:35 O'Clock, in COM
pany with Michael AIcKenna. friend
living in Mountain View, with whom ale
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-07-05
JAILBIRDS Gagged.
Judge Blair Passes Sentences
On Criminals In Sessions
Court Thursday.

A number of offenders were sentenced
by Judge Blair in the. Court of Quarter
Sessions on Thursday afternoon.
Samuel Levine and Mayer Trenock,
who have criminal records in New York.
We're each sent to State Prison for three
years on their pleas of non vult to
charges of attempted burglary. They
ran into the arms of a policeman afrcr
being frightened away by the burglar
alarm going off in house they were
about to enter in Bayonne.
Anthony Tracy pleaded not vult to a
charge of atrocious assault, and was
sent to State Prison for two years. On
June r. Officer James Langon, of the
First Precinct, Jersey Citypolice. was ar
resting Harry Wilcox-who was SEN
teIrced last Thursday for assaulting a
woma1--when Tracy came up behind
him and knocked the policeman sense
less with large stone. Tracy claimed
that the woman Wilcox assaulted was
Ills sister and that the blow on the head
the officer got was intended for the
assailant.
james Hutchings, the burglar recently
convicted of attempting to break out OF
tihe Snake Hill Penftentiary, was SEN
fenced to two years in State Prison.
Annie Schultz, the wayward Union Hill
girl who has caused her parents and the
police no. end of trouble, was sent to the
State Home for Girls.
Dennis Young was supposed to have
snatohed pocketbouk from a woman on
Newark avenue, Jersey City, short
time ago. The book was not found on
him nor was there any positive evidence
that he was the culprit, but when ar
raigned in court he obligingly entered
the remarkable plea of non yult, which
was accepted and he was released under
suspension of sentence.
Clifford Ferguson, a helper on q
United States Express Company +
wagon, Who, stole $17 worth of ribbons,
and was affaid to return the goods be-
fore the theft was discovered, was par.
oiled in the custody of the Probation
Officer.
John FLYNN, a Newark youth, who
broke into Kearny store and stole
some cigarettes, was sent to the pen6ten-
tiary for one year.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-07-05
DEFEAT FOR VlCT0RII
Judge Nevius Nonsuits Him in His
Action for False Arrest.

A non-suit was granted by Judge New
ius in the Circuit Court on Thursday in
the suit of Eugene Victori against Jacob
Birselin for damages for false arrest.
Both parties reside in Union Hill, and
the trouble on which the action was bas-
ed occurred in 1896, when Victori moved
ont Of Birselin's house taking with him
a dresser which he had purchased from
Mrs. Bilselin without her husbands
knowledge. Birselin went before Recor-
der Shelton and got a summons for Vic
tori. He was held for the Grand Jury,
indicted, tried and acquitted.
Judge Neyius, in granting Counselor
VIM. s. Stuhr's motion for a non-suit,
said that it did not appear that there
had been any warrant issued for Vic
tori's arrest He Went to court Of his
own accord and consequently had no ac-
tion for false arrestu
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-07-05
BETRAYED BY THEIR PAL.

A man was knocked down and robbed
by three highwaymen in Newark late
Thursday night. One marauder was ar
rested and the others were traced to this
cfty.
Shortly after 2 O'Clock yesterday
morning Detective Robert Pearson and
Patrolmen Downs and Hayes. Of this
city, and Detectives Donovan and Ryan,
of Newark, arrested two men on York
street who answered the description of
the highwaymen. which was Furnished
by the fellow who was caught in New
ark.
They described themselves as John
Blaney, 10 years old, Of No 4S Central
Place, Orange, and Joseph Hilton (col-
ored), OF No. rs York street. this city.
They were taken to Newark later in the
day.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-07-05
JOHNS SUCCESSFUL RUsE
Pretended to Take Poison to Gain
the Hand of His EnsIavsr.

the Hand of His Eustaver.
Iahn 4 Earste ter.@ of aIWenty-second
street, New York took a young lady with
him to the Union Hill Schuetzen Park
yesterday. Beauty intoxicates as well
as other things, and it turned ont that
John in the course of the day Topped
down on his knees and laid his hand and
heart at the feet of the fair enslayer.
She laughed at him, and told him to
switch off to soda water. He said he
would take poison. and she laughed all
the more, reminding him that he had
been taking it all the afternoon.
John was mad, and pulling a small
packet containing whilst powder out
of his pocket, swallowed the stuff before
her eyes. The next minute he was roll
ing on the ground and groaning. She
promptly screamed, and an officer rang
for an ambulance. That known as
Neckers appeared and John was placed
therein and his lady friend" beside him.
On the way<to the hospital his groans
were mingled with her tears and pass
ionate protestations that she loved him,
alawys did, always would and would be
Ishisf forever and ever, etc, etc. &
At the hospital she was left in the
waiting room while her John was taken
inside to have what he had taken inside
taken outside; but the doctors said he
was bluffing, and nncermoniously fred
him out. His companion heard nothing
of this, and when she regained him she
hugged him and they walked off. There
was smile on Johns lips, which was
childlike and bland as he returned her
kisses.