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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-26

More than any other thing the pub
lie conveniences of locality reflect
the enterprise of the people who
dwell in the midst of them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-26

The first telephone franchise grant
ed in the city was given in 1881 to
the Western Telephone company. al
though telephone service had
been enjoyed for two years
prior to that time. Six years
later the present Central Union
Telephone company came on the field
as the successor to the first concern
and since that time has had no oppo-
sition in the city. Last fall, however,
the city council passed an ordinance
permitting the entrance of the Illi-
nois Independent Telephone COM
pany. a concern backed by eastern
capital, which, under the terms of
the franchise, must begin work
on a new system before sum
mer. From present indications the
Union Electric Telephone & TeIe-
graph company has acquired the
rights granted the Illinois Independ-
emf company and will install systems
in the three cities under the original
terms. Al
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-26

of calls.
The handsome building, view of
which is herewith shown, is model
of convenience, supplying as it does
everything necessary to the success
full operation of a modern system.
1t was designed especially for this
use and it is an ornamental struc-
ture as well. Mr.. Roberts, the pres
ent manager, has made friends rap
idly since coming here. He is a cour-
teous and obliging gentleman and one
who has shown deep interest in all
that pertains to the good of Rock
Island.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-10-03

receiver of the Arkansas live stock insurance company.
 Jim Poor, a carpenter, was in stantly killed at Fayetteville by a heavy door he was attempting to hang falling on him.
 Gen. Davis assumed command of the forces in the Philippines on the 1st inst, relieving Gen. Chaffee, who sailed for the United States.
 Several St. Louis butchers have recently died from anthroax, becom- ing infected with the dread disease from handling afflicted cattle.
 J. J. Hannehan has been elected chief of the order of Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen, to succeed F. B. Sergeant, recently appointed commissioner of immigration.
 Secretary Platt, of New York, and Gov. Odell clashed as to who should be the nominee for lieuten- a< governor, and the latter came out first best. Gov. Odell refused to be a candidate for reelection with Mir. Sheldon, Senator Platt's choice for second place, and Sheldon withdrew before the convention.
 Speaker Henderson has refused to reconsider his determination to re- tire from congress after his present term expires, although the most in- fuential members of his party pre- vailed upon him to remain in the public service. MT. Henderson says his views differ from his states party platform, which declare vir- tually in favor of revision of the tariff.
 The bank deposits of the people of the United States aggregate $8,- 500,000,000, an average of $10S per capita. Ten years ago they ag- gregated $4,232,0O0,O00, or just half the amount of to-day, and twenty years ago they were $2,60O,- 0O0,000, or a little more than one quarter of those of to-day. Of these deposits the national banks hold $2,937,755,230; savings banks, $2,- 597,094, ,5S0, while there is on de- posit with other institutions the sum of $3,0OO, ,2O5,322.
 Frank Mekie, department clerk, wrecked the Golden Eagle hotel at Washington with dynamite and shielded. Mekie was stopping at the hotel, and, becoming too per sistent in his attentions to Mrs. Brant, wife of the proprietor, he was warned to desist. Declaring he would be revenged, Mekie procured some dynamite, and when all the guests had retired, exploded it in a room above that occupied by Brant and his wife, who were both badly injured. The guests escaped with only slight injuries.
 Abolishment of the army canteen is responsible for ''deplorable in- crease of offenses in general and de- sertions in particular" according to the annual report of Brig Gen Funston, department of the Colo rado. Gen. Funston declares that the busting of the canteen by act of congress has lowered the discipline of the army, ruined scores of good soldiers and enriched saloon keep CTS, gamblers and dissolute women. On the other hand, those opposed to the canteen system claim the results of its abolishment has been beneti- cial to the army.
 Official telegraphic advices an- nounce that the supplemental agree ment negotiated between the govern ment and the Choctaw and Chicka- saw Indian tribes has been ratified by an overwhelming majority by those nations. The supplemental treaty makes notifications and ad- ditions to the original agreements in number of important matters IT. fo.. IL.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-10-03
Eupion Oil


When buying Illuminating oil insist on having EUPloN, tho family safety. This is a dou- bic distilled process oi! that is oRDoRLEss and absolutely safe. lf you will use clean burners and wicks and BUTTON OIL you will have best light obtainable. Tho only merchants in New
 port that sell this high grade oil are: Wolff-Goldm ..n /Mer. O.. w. B. Chastain. Wilmans Bros, R. D. Wi!manc, Heili- gers Union Market Co.,, Martin Bros, and Harris & Daug:ierty. Waters-Pierce Oil Comply
Newport weekly independent., 1902-10-03
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Over 700 people were killed by an earthquake in Eastern Turkestan August 25.
 Connecticut democrats, in their state platform, ignored the Kansas City platform.
 The republican state convention of Michigan indorsed Hon. R. A. Alger for the United States senate
 It is announced the Pacific cable between San Francisco and Hono- lulu will be in operation within ninety days.
 President Roosevelt has appointed Hon. Charlemagne Tower, present ambassador to Russia, to succeed MT. White as ambassador to Ger many.
 The Boer generals have issued an appeal to Europe and America for ald to assist in restoring their de- vastated country to its former con- dition.
 Gov. Bliss, of Michigan, has ap- pointed Hon. R. A. Alger United States senator to fill the unexpired term of Hon. James McMillan. de- ceased.
 The railroads will probably estab- ish central bureau in St. Louis to advertise the southwestern section of the country during the Louisiana purchase exposition.
 The state republican convention of New York renominated Gov. Odell, and adopted resolutions in dorsing President Roosevelt as the party nominee in 1904.
 Three hundred miners employed near Birmingham have refused to work because one of their number failed to pay the $1 per week assess ment for the anthracite strikers.
 For the first time in several years what appears to be case of leprosy has been discovered in a patient at Belleville hospital, New York City The victim is a Chinaman, who has been in the United States seven years.
 The war department has been in- formed that Gen. Chaffee will sail from Manila for San Francisco on the transport Sumner in about eight days. The command of the Philip pines Is to be turned over to Gen. Davis.
 President Roosevelt recently un- derwent a successful operation on one of his knees for an abscess, caused by bnlise sustained in the trolley car accident at Pittsfield sev- eral weeks ago. The trouble is not serious, but necessitated President Roosevelt abandoning his western tour.
 Southern and western bankers deny that any considerable sum has been furnished by Wall street finan- ciers to move the present crops. The southern and western bankers have simply withdrawn their own money from the speculative market, to be used by local customers. The high rates recently demanded in Wall street are attributed to reckless spec ulation in stocks. The south's main crop, cotton, is a cash one, hence there is no need to draw on any oth- CT part of the country for assistance In marketing it.
 William Hooper Young, nephew of the famous Brigham Young, is under arrest in New York City for the murder of Mrs. Annie Pulitzer, whose body was found in a canal in Hoboken. It has been discovered that the woman was enticed to an apartment house and murdered by Young in most brutal manner. Her body was taken from the room where the crime was committed and thrown into the canal with heavy wninht factnnnd ohn,,t tLo LAl.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-10-03

at New Orleans struck on Septem- | Der 28.
 Montana republicans, in state convention, endorsed President Roosevelt for renomination. Dennis Riordon, of St. Louis, was held up by a lone highwayman and robbed of $25O and a new revolver. The annual convention of the 1 American Federation of Labor has been called to meet at New Orleans November 13.
 Dr. Moser, a German chemist, has discovered a new cure for scarlet fe- I yer. Out of 400 patients treated with this new remedy the mortality decreased 9 per cent.
 The fight between American and British tobacco manufacturers, to control the output in Great Britain, has been settled by both interests combining, with Americans in con- trol.
 The shortage of coal has inspired inventors to renewed efforts to dis cover a substitute fuel. Within the last few weeks hundreds of formu- las have been filed with the patent office, but no substantial results have been attained.
 J. B. Craft, millionaire manu- facturer, was murdered in a New York tenement house and an effort made to cremate his body in a fur, nace Craft was drinking with some women and displayed a large roll of bills, and he was murdered for the money.
 The owners of big rice farm, consisting of 10000 acres, located near Houston, have perfected ar engagements for new machinery, by which electricity will be used as the power for lifting the water, instead of steam, as at present. It is eX- pected that the move will work revolution in the rice-growing busi- ness, as it will make available for rice growing many thousands of acres which can not now be utilized because of the expense of pumping.
 With the engineer gone and the fireman sleeping in the cab, a lone wild Northern Pacific engine tore down a mountain side a mile west of Livingston, Mont, and at the foot of the hill struck another en- zine with terrific force. Engineer Owen, in charge of the latter, was killed, and his fireman, James Hose, fatally injured. The sleeping fire man of the runaway was not awak- ened until thrown from the cab by the collision and escaped with few bruises.
 A number of officials of the United States agricultural depart ment are in the south for the pur- pose of Investigating certain features of the cotton movement. Statisti- elan Hyde's estimate of the amount of cotton actually grown during the year 19O1-2 and the report of the census office as to the amount ginned during the year both differ consider ably from the amount marketed ac- cording to commercial reports. No expense will be spared, it is said, in an investigation as to what the com- mercial crop really amounted to and what it consisted of.
 Coal consumers of Boston have filed a bill in equity asking that receiver be appointed for the anthra- cite coal companies and coal carry ing railroads. The bill is based upon the legal theory of the coal situation given by H. W. Chaplin, lawyer. MT. Chaplin says in sup port of his position: ''Since tha public have right in the mines, a right to have coal forthwith mined for immediate consumption and have a rinht tn have that coal immn.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-24

drews, who then loaded up with stocks,
which he sold after the election at a good
profit.
He was q noticeable character because OF
his Intense activity. He was never in re-
pose, dashing hither and thither like =
swallow. On the street he sped along with
head down. absorbed in his own a~ffaira,
seeing nobody and oblivious to what was
going on about linn. He wasted no worde
and he made his decisions with lightning
rapidity. Mr.. Warren once got an option
on a Fort street piece of property at
$4,000. Coming out Of the building after
consulting the owner, he happened to meet
Andrews and proposed that they take the
property. The young man responded on the
instant In quick, nervous sentences: IAN
right, all right. Buy IT," A week later they
sold out at a profit OF s12. O0O..
Early In his career Andrews began to- In,
vest his surplus profits in the stock Of
banks. He hus acquired holdings in the
City Savings, the Dime Savings and the
Preston National banks Of Detroit, the
Park National OF New York. the First Ma
tionAl OF Romeo and the Romeo Savings
bank. He secured $50 Of the 1900 shares
In the City Savings, the next largest hold
ing being nifty shares. When Frank C. Pin
gree became president, nearly two years
ago Mr.. Andrews was made vice president.
Mr., Pingree. a brother Of the late Governor
Hazen s. Pingree. accepted the presidency
with the understanding that much Of the
burden OF management SHOULD fall upon the
vice president. and upon Henry r. Andrews,
the cashier. who is not related to Frank C.
Andrews, the plunger. The latter also be-
came president of the Ideal Reserve Insur-
ance company.
PiiinE Up the Load.
From financing the young plunger turned
his attention TO politics about a year and a
half ago. He was one Of tho prime agents
In getting the Michigan legislature to pass
the ripper" laws 20 reorganiEe several pub
lie boards in Detroit for the selnsh ends Of
certain men. In this scheme he became
police commissioner One of his nrst
moves was to attempt TO drive the Saliva
ton Army. the single tax orators and Other
street shouters from the Campus, during
~hich he had the hose turned on the noise
makers. A riot was preeipitated and the
mob forced Andrews TO take Shelter in tn
Russell House.
One Of his next feats was to get an option
on the Detroit Free Press and Journal.
This was supposed to be part Of a scheme
to grab street car franchises worth s20,O OO.-
900. Andrews organized a syndicate that
bought the journal. but the franchise
scheme stil hangs are.
Money came rolling In so fast that in a
single year the young plunger was able to
invest SbOO.OOO IN real estate. Looking
over the situation last August. he found
himself worth sieSe. GO, aHd hs eontsm-
plated retiring from active business, 20 de-
vote hts time to his duties as police com-
and to hia political ambitions.
In an interview he said;
Il have nothing to sell and DO not wish to
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-24

buy anything. I nave about all I want In
this world and will devote part of my sur
plus energy to assisting others"
What a Fall There Was.
But the plunger made a mistake; he did
not know when he had enough. He could
not break the habit Of speculation 30 easily.
He thought he saw a chance to make one
more killing in Amalgamated Copper
stock, and he plunged. as usual. He is
said to have held 10. 900 to II, 600 shares and
to have bought some OF It as high as 121.
1t went on about sixty points. which might
account for a loss of 5000 900 to 500, 0o0,
but he pyramided his losses by buying on
the scale down. His fortune melted away
like snow in a July SUI He became des-
perate. He tried to recoup in other stocks
and lost. He borrowed $272, 900 OF the
First National bank, 500, 900 of the Preston
National, $4,000 of the Detroit Trust,
100000 Of the State Savings and $3.50, 900 Of
the Detroit National. These loans aggre-
gated $685. 900. and Andrews is supposed to
have deposited in those banks stocks and
bonds worth about 81, 900, 600.
About January 10 President Pingree of the
City Savings bank went east, AMI during
the next twenty days Vice President An
drews overdrew his account at the bank
by 1913 900, forbidd.ng Cashier Andrews to
notify the directors. Then he persuaded
the cashier to certify to worthless checks
for 1852 900. with which the plunger is said
TO have paid of his securities at the 9th IT
banks. receiving his securities back. What
has become OF those secur .tiesf That is
what the people Of Detroit would like to
know.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-24

thought were for the red pope" The
duel between the project Of the propaganda
and NJ. de Behaine grew keener. The am
bassador no longer appeared at the palace
OF the Piazza di Spagna. M. Poubelle fol-
lowed his example, but M. Nisard will now
be able to make a change.
No sooner had the cardinal assumed his
onhR than he made France feel his anger.
II it had not been for Leo Kills personal
Intervention he would have stripped OF
their garrisons all the bulwarks of French
influence In the missionary field. When
Cardinal Lavigerie died he wanted to sun
press the primacy Of Carthage and to sub
iect the seminary Of the white fathers at
ST. Anne's, in Jerusalem, to the Latin pa
triarch. He favored the substitution of
Bnglishmen for Frenchmen In Central
Africa. He backed up all the claims OF
Austria, Italy and Germany in the Levant.
With them he fought against the French
protectorate and tried, in ~connivsnce with
the sultan and the triple alliance. to estab-
lish a nunciature at Constantinople and an
Ottoman embassy at Rome, against the
wishes OF the pope and the interests Of the
republic.
The money of the propaganda dribbled
P~h SAhOh4Ouoiy inIU the french eStdDiisu-
ments. The Franco-Russian alliance had
reused his wrath to the extremes OF fear
and OF repression. For that reason the
emperors at Vienna and at Berlin looked
upon him as their immediate and most i'm
portant instrument. For the same higher
reasons Cardinal Ledochowskf was not at
all In favor OF the union of the churches in
the Levant. In collision with the Patriach
Plavi and the opponents of the new policy
he tried to maintain the statu quo. Leo
XIII knew Of his opposition and was panied
at 1t. Whenever the Palazzo Rospigliosi-
and the propaganda came into conflict he
reserved" the matter for himself.
But he never yielded to the pressure OF
the French embassy and the Russian lega>
tton to remove the red pope" In that
matter he showe himself as infexible as
at the time Of the negotiations at Berlin
about the Kulturkampf. When in March,
1882, Herr Won Schloezer, the crafty crea-
ture Of the chancellor, came to Rome, his
first care, because It was his most pressing
instruction, was to demand the exclusion
OF Cardinal Ledochowsh from the vatican.
After his release from Ostrowa he had
taken shelter In the vatican, where neither
Italy nor Germany could reach him. Plus
TX. when he conferred the red hat on him.
had granted that fiattering hospitality. Leo
XIII continued the gracious tradition.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-24
Polish Cardinals Career

The Rome correspondent Of the New
York Sun, who writes under the pen name
"Innomenato,' pronounces Cardinal Le-
dowchowski, who has just died. a peculiar
and original character and sketches his
career and characteristics as follows:
A papal diplomat, he attained high
places without ever gaining the confidence
OF the Romans. Though the FIRST victim,
In company with Cardinal Krementz OF tho
Prusslan Ku~lturkampf, he won the aftec-
ton OF the court and Of the emperor and
was the most subtle and obstinate rep
resentative Of the idea Of re-establishing
the empire OF the west.
A Pole. he was nevertheless the man of
Germany and Of Austria. A great and
lofty idea dominated his somewhat con-
Trajectory life and united lite inconsistent
cies into q higher synthesis. This was OPP
position to Russia. The archbishop of
Posen feared the cars invasion OF tho
west. Victorious Germany was to build
up the impregnable bikes against the Mus
covite food. At Versailles Immediately
after the war with France he advocated
the restoration Of the holy Roman empire
under the protection Of the Hohenzollerns,
aided by Rome and the Catholics. VIII
helm II is to take up later the idea which
Hismsrek thought toe romantic.
AS soon as he was appointed archbishop
of Posen Mgr. Ledochowski became a per-
son Of great influence at the court OF Ber-
lin. Bismarck was Jealous Of his ascend
ency; he was suspicious; he hated the Pole.
His famous phrase. Look for the Pole"
expressed his contempt and his fears. It
was tbs time when he was crushing the
feudal conservative party. when he was
preparing for the Kulturkampf, out OF
which he wished the moral unity Of the
new empire to rise. Cardinal Ledochowski
was the nrst to fall. The chancellor put
him In jail at once in order to get rid of
the powerful Pole. For that reason the
enemy OF Bismarck, the martyr Of the
Kulturkampf, was yet able to be the rep
man in the sense of Emerson
and Carlyle, Of the greater Germany"
This. fact has been unnoticed by every
one, except perhaps M. de Behaine, the
French ambassador to the vatican. When
Leo XIII, ten years ago. appointed him
project OF the propaganda, that ministry
Of Catholic colonies, NJ. de Behaine, ex-
pressed his criticism and his uneaslness to
Rampolla. The secretary Of state
was surprised. You are crazy" he said;
why Cardinal Ledochowski votes always
as I do; he is the enemy Of Prussia, the
Victim Of the Kulturkampf.' Four months
later William II went to Rome. His nrst
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-24
Led0chOwSki Favored Ger.
many Against France.

At the beginning Of the negotiations with
Rome the chancellor tried to crush the
Pole. to whom he attributed the most fan
tastic intrigues and alI-powerful influence.
Herr Won schloezer demanded that he
should be Immediately sent away as a con-
dition precedent and guarantee that the
negotiations would result in something. IN
q very firm note, published in the Moniteur
de Rome in 1883, Cardinal Jacobini, speak
ing for Leo XIII, rejected the proposal.
Bismarck threatened to break of the me-
gotiations. With his far-seeing caution
Leo XIII, recognized Bismarck's genius
and guessed his scheme. 1t was both simple
and peridious. His plan was TO wrest
from the pope every concession, while pre-
serving the fatal laws Of 1873.
When Mgr. Korum, sent to Berlin by
Leo XIII, talked with the chancellor, Bis
marck admitted without any concealment
that he would do everything for the pope,
provided the vatican accepted the demand
for discretionary power. Leo XIII was
iniexible. Then, in order to get out OF
the dilemma, Leo XIII proposed the IA
nous "Pari passu," at which the German
newspapers laughed too quickly. The pope
promised to sacrifice" Cardinal Ledo-
chowski anu 10 make what Concentrations
were possible in proportion as Prussia
modified the hostile laws. Bismarck got
angry. He caused to be inserted in the
Norddeutsche Zeitung the irascible note In
which he spoke Of the holy fathers ar
r~angements as a theatralische Friedens-
liebe, a. theatrical exhibition Of desire for
peace. Leo XIII. nevertheless, insisted on
positive guarantees. and It was only after
Bismarck's "Canossa" that the pope re-
quested the cardinal to take lodgings in
"the city, but he at once gave him an
important post, and. in the end, the prop
uganda.
With like steadiness. Leo XIII, resisted
the wishes of the French embassy, while
whatever was too personal in
the projects administration Of his Office.
reason is that Leo XIII has never
permitted Intervention In the central gov.
eminent of the church. He has a strong
and Interchangeable feeling of his dignity, of
the greatness Of his ONCE, OF the immeas-
urable powers Of the papacy.
Cardinal Ledochowski preserved his
place. He tried to reconcile a great polit>
cal-religious ideal with an International
If faults have been made, they
have been, nevertheless, less the result of
his somewhat naughty will than Of his ir-
responsible and passionate surroundings,
were accessible to national innu-
snce&