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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-03
Chicago MOtOrman and Conductor Put Up a
Desperate Fight Against
Five Thugs.
TWO BANDITS RUN AWAY WITH THE CAR
Twenty Dollars is the "Swag"--- of a
Pursuer is CaIIed---DeteCtives
Arrest Suspect.

Chicago, July .. - Five bandits
boarded u Harrison street electric car,
held up the mOtorman and conductor.
robbed the conductor OF $50 and after
forcing of the employees two of the
bandits ran away with the car. Chas.
Schwartz. the conductor, was roughly
handled by the bandits and received
severe bruises about the head and
face. He struggled desperately against
great odds and gave chase after the
robbers. He ordered them to halt un-
der penalty of being shot, and three
OF the robbers stopped. Schwartz,
however, had no weapons. One of the
robbers drew revolver. and when
they realized that the conductor WAS
not armed they laughed ut him, took
To their heels and fled in the darkness.
Detectives Arrest n Suspect.
Meantimethe two other bandits were
speeding east with the car at full
speed. pursued by AlOtOrman John
TOlmau. The controller was turned
completely around and the car whiZZed
over the rails at high speed. After
proceeding three blocks the thieves
abandoned the car and disappeared
through Vernon park. No trace of the
two bandits could bc found when the
conductor and mOtOrmau reached the
car. Police at the Maxwell street sta
ton We're nOtincd and AN hour later
Detectives Murray and ShauShnesSY
arrest Of Robert Jones.
Attack on Conductor Schwartz.
MOtOrman TOlman was proceeding
east on Harrison street. and at Paulina
street he received Il signal to stop.
Two rough appearing men boarded the
front car and stood alongside the mo-
tOrman. The other three got on the
rear platform. and just as the car
started Conductor Schwartz was at
tackled. One of the men placed his arm
about the conductors neck and the
other proceeded to search his pockets.
Schwartz Immediately offered resist
ance and gave the motorman Il signal
TO stop.
1Iotorman Is Also Seized.
Tolman turned about to see Schwartz
strug cling OH the rear platform. He
Immediately reversed the power and
started TO the conductors aid. At the
same instant he was seized by the two
men at his side. stay where you are"
commanded one Of the strangers. You
csrII't 20 back there" Tolman attempt
ell to seize the controller. but the rob
bers pushed him roughly from the car.
-NII three fell TO the pavement i'm Il heap
The struggle then went on at both
ends Of the car until TOlman broke
lose and started 10 the conductors as
Sistance- Then the robbers played their
final card. three running away Oh foot
and two stealing the car.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-03
suicided whiIe Drink-Cra1ed.

Onaway. Mich, .JuIy 3.-Dr. 7. w.
Ross. prominent physician. ;'3 years
old. Il graduate of Queens College Of
Medicine. of Toronto. committed sui
eide while crazed with drink. Ross
attempted to demolish DIR. +. w. Pa
halls drug store and WAS taken charge
of by Marshall Kimball. While in the
officers custody he drank the contents
of bottle of prussic acid. :
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-03
YACHT METEOR FINISHES
FIRST ON RETURN ALSO

Kiel. July 3.-On the return race
from Eckernforde to Berlin Emperor
Williams yacht Meteor finished first,
but the empress yacht Iduna won
first prize on time allowance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-03
Refused to Renort for work.

Missouri Valley. Ia. July 3.-Twen-
ty-four boilermakers and their assist
ants-the entire force of the Chicago
and Northwestern shops at this point
refused to report for work yester-
day. Those employed at Council Bluffs
also laid down their tools and quit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-03
cyclones Are Numerous.

Milwaukee, July 3.-CycIones are re-
ported from various country places be-
tween Milwaukee and Racine. twenty
five miles south. All telephone COM
munication between Milwaukee and
the south is shut off, so that no details
of the damage done can be learned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-03
Female Labor Act Is Valid.

Lincoln. Neb., July 3.-The supreme
court has rendered an opinion affirm
ing the constitutionality of the female
labor law enacted 10y the last legisla-
ture. II provides that sixty hours Il
week is the maximum for female la
bor. whether engaged in manufactur-
ing or mercantile pursuits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-03
More Money from Pearson.

Walla WaIla. Wash. July 3.-Two
checks for $4,000 each have been re-
ceived by President :. Il. l.. Penrosc,
of Whitman college. as gift from ID.
X. Pearsons. of Chicago. This makes
S2JO.O0O that PearsoHs has given to
Whitman college.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-03
TWENTY-NINE CADETS
QUIT ROYAL ACADEMY

London. July 3.-Twenty-nine rus
ticated' cadets of the Royal Military
academy at Sandhurst left that in
stitution this morning protesting they
were not connected with the recent
incendiary fires started at the col
lege.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-03
Horse Nail Plant DESTROYED.

Hartford, Conn, July 3.-Ine plant
of the CapewelI Horse Nail company
was totally destroyed by fire today,
with loss of between three and
four hundred thousand dollars. 1t is
fully insured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-03
Lightning Destroys VALUABLE. Property.

Belleville. Ills. July 3.-The plant
Of the Mother Earth Water company,
including mammoth barn and stor-
age buildings. was fired by lightning
during n storm Tuesday. and destroyed
with contents. Loss, $4,000. partly
covered by insurance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-03
NEGRO Regfment Relieved.

Springfield. Ills. July 3.-Adiutant
General Smith has issued an order re-
lieving the new Eighth infantry, L. y.
c.. from duty with brigade organiza-
tions and stipulating that the regiment
shall be considered unassigned
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-03
snuare MiIe. of Timber Destroyed.

Denver. July 3.-FOrest fires near
Durango has burned over twenty-five
square miles. and is still spreading.
There is another fire near Pagosa. On
BIanco mountain :. 700 acres have been
burned over and the fire is still un-
checked
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-03
CycIonic Winds Abroad.

Milwaukee. Wis, July "a Senti-
mel special from Racine, Mis-, says:
The country in this county from the
town of Raymond east TO HuSher, in
the township of Caledonia, distance
of ten miles, and about half mile in
width. was swept by cyclone late
yesterday afternoon. One man WAS
killed; several persons injured; forty
houses and barns We're wrecked; thirty
or forty head of stock killed; hundreds
of trees blown down: hundreds of
acres of grain ruined. and other dam
age done, amounting possible to $780,
600.
The storm struck the house of Will
liam Cook, just west of Raymond. and
blew il to pieces. j. !. Laings house
and barns We're then wrecked and
Iaing badly hurt. The roof and cor
ner of George Vests house near by
were blown away. The house, barns
and other buildings of Elisha Lower
were demolished and three persons in
iured. G.. Thysen. of Caledonia. was
killed. Other buildings destroyed and
damaged were the house of Thysen,
Frank Eastman's barns at KilbOurne-
vile. barns of Erbs and Hess at Gale
donia and MANY others
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-03
PREPARED FORSIEGE
Union Pacific Gives indication of
Its Purpose to Fight
the Strike.
WAX POINT IN THE UNION LINE
At Evanston, Wyo., Where the Men
Refuse to Come Out-Penn-
syIvania Notes.

Cheyenne, Wyo., July 3.-The last
doubts us to whether the Union Pacific
intends to fight its bOilermakers and
machiniSts to the last were removed
yesterday when additional hunks and
supplies were sent to the shops. The
company is preparing for long siege,
and is taking every precautionary
measure to protect its non-union men.
The strikers and locked-out men are
confident that their places cannot be
filled by competent men for some
months 10 come, and that in the mean
time they will strike ut the company
in unexpected quarters. The strikers
assert that IL large number of locomo-
tiVes are already in need of repairs.
Insurgent Spirit at Evanston, wyo.
Omaha. Neb., July 3.-The strike of
the machiniSts and bOilermakers of
the Union Pacific seems To have set
tied down TO II stubborn. quiet fight
for supremacy. The strikers feel more
encouraged from the walkOut of their
craftsmen yesterday on the Northwest
crn and Montana Central railroads.
which they say will greatly assist
them because of the extra demand it
Will create for skilled workmen. There
are several places along the road
where the strikers have met the in
surgent spirit. This was particularly
true at Evanston, WyO.. where but
few of the men quit work. w. Web
stcr. president of District No. >. of
Evanston, has gone home to line up
his men.
Guards and Pickets Are out.
1t Is stated at railroad headquarters
that the company has no reason TO feel
apprehension over the results thus far.
and officials persist in saying that no
new plans have been adopted for fill
ing the strikers places. The company
has taken the precautiOn of doubling
the guards at the shops and grounds
i'm this city. and the strikers have
placed picketS TO watch the move
ments of the company and prevent, il
possible. new men going 10 work.
Reply OF the MachInists.
Omaha. Ncb.. July 3.-Vicc PresI-
dent Thomas l.. Wilson, of the Ma
chinistS' union, has made statement
to the public in answer To that issued
by President Burt. of the Union Pa
cific. touching the merits of the strike
OH that road Wilson admits that the
road has been paying the highest
scale of wages during the past, but
says other roads raised the scale of
wages July l. and that the demand of
the Union Pacific machinistS was
strictly i'm line with the general move
ment of all mechanics to get Il fair
share of the existing prosperity in the
United States. and to which we are
justly entitled
ON the refusal of the mJchiniStS To
accept piece work. Wilson says ma
chinists are not to he compared with
trainmeQ. who do not come into compe-
titiOn with each other. He says such
a system would tend to bring them in
to competition with sweatShop work
men and prevent them from treating
as a body with the company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-03

the disposition of the friar lands in
the Philippines which was drawn up
here Tuesday. This afternoon Maj.
Porter delivered the note to Cardinal
RampOlla. papal secretary of state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-03
Breaks the Record This Time.

Kansas City, Mo-, July 3.-A bunch
of 2-year-old black cattle averaging
I.2S6 pounds sold on the Kansas City
market Tuesday for $50 per hum
dred. which is the highest price on
record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-03
All Quiet.

Cape Haytian, July 3.-The United
States gunboat Marietta arrived here
from San Juan. The town is quiet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-03
Six Persons Burned In
Explosion at Chi
Cag0.
BOY AND GASOLINE
Trick by Which Fluid is
Lighted by Friction
the Cause.

Chicago. July 3.-Their clothing
screams of agony. a number of chill
dren ran wildly over porches and
down stairways in the rear of 156
Ogden avenue last evening. Parents
and neighbors rushed up in confus-
ion. In the explosion and panic six
persons were seriously injured. one
probably fatally. splitting fire the
trick of child by which gasoline
blown from the mouth is ignited by
a lighted match. was responsible.
The injured:
Mrs. George Hammond. 152 Ogden
avenue, hands burned; not serious.
Harry Loughran. II years old. 156
Ogden avenue, burned about face and
body: taken to the county hospital;
probably will die.
Mrs. Harriet Loughran. mother of
Harry Loughran. dressmaller, IS
years old. burned about hands; tax
en to hospital; not serious.
Himan Levy, 16 years old. 152 Og-
den avenue. burned about hands; not
serious.
Bessie Stillwell. II years old, 61S%
face and body; taken to county hos
pital; condition not serious.
Bertha Emma Townsend. 10 years
old. 5s3 West Adams street, burned
about body and head; taken To the
county hospital; condition serious.
Others Placed in Peril.
The hair of Sidney Morrison. ,
years old. 156 Ogden avenue was
singed. and other children in the
group bore evidences of the flames,
but no others were burned seriously.
Mrs. Loughran had sent her son
Harry To neighboring grocery to
purchase two quarts of gasoline, and
il was ON his return that the acci-
dent happened. Harry had seen boys
in the neighborhoud blow gasoline
on matches and make bright blaze.
He thought he would display the
trick before his friends.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-03
Bridges Washed Away.

Detroit, July 3.-A rainstorm of
torrentiaI proportions swept over
the lower peninsula of Michigan last
night and early today. doing tremen-
dous damage. Crops suffered severe
outs on railroads. In the southwest
ern part of the state the storm as
sumed the proportions of a cyclone
and several persons were fatally in
iured in wrecks of houses and barns.
Great damage was done to the west
ern Michigan fruit crops.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-03
Peaches Hit Again.

Grand Rapids. Mich. July "a
tremendous downpour of rain today
has done great damage throughout
southwestern Michigan. The fruit
crop suffered Il tremendous loss.
Wires are down and information is
hard to obtain. All railroads running
east out of Grand Rapids. except the
Pere Marquette. are tied up by wash
outs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-03
Many Thousands of Dollars Damage Done in
the Vicinity of MarshaIItown
and Waterloo.
PEOPLE RESCUED In NIGHT CLOTHES
Railroad Tracks and Bridges Swept Away
Crops Damaged in
Michigan.

Waterloo, Iowa, July 3.-A storm
in the nature of cIoudburst did
many thousands of dollars damage
here last night The west half of
the city is under water and many
cellars in the business district are
flooded.
No lives were lost, but many mar
row escapes from drowning are re-
ported. Scores of people were res
cued from their homes in their night
clothes. Every railway running into
Waterloo was washed out and traffic
is at standstill.
Railroads Tied Up.
Marshalltown. Iowa, July 3.-There
is Il bad washout on the Chicago d
Great Western. due to heavy rains
last night. at Hicks Point. where the
Northwestern crosses. Six hundred
feet of track is gone. also a 7-span
bridge. The Northwestern, too, has
suffered considerable damage.
Great Western trains for the twin
cities and Chicago are held here on
account of a washout on the Iowa
Central near Abbott. The Illinois
Central reports storm damage. The
Burlington. Cedar Rapids d Northern
division of the Rock Island had Il bad
waShout at Cleves. Two bridges are
gone.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-03
Traffic at StandstIII.

Cedar Rapids. Iowa, July 3.-Tratfic
ON roads running north from this
city iS at a standstill as a result of
last nights cloudburst. At CoggvilIe
Il third of a mile of Rock Island track
is gone. Many cuIverts and bridges
are washed out. Crops are damaged.
The storm was severe throughout
central Iowa.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-05-16
SOLEMN MASS OF REQUIEM.
Services over the Remains of Arch- bishop COrrigan in St. PatricI1's
 Cathedral, New York.

New York, May 10.-A solemn requiem mass for the repose of the soul of Most Rev. Michael Augustine Corrigan, archbishop of New York, was said in St. Patrick's cathedral by Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore, in the presence of five archbishops, sixteen bishops and more than a thousand priests of the church. The officiating clergymen were: Celebrant, Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore; as- sistant priest, Rt. Rev. Jos. F. Mooney, vicar-general; deacons of honor, Rt. Rev. John Edwards, of the Church of the Immaculate Concep- hon, and Rev. Fr. Cotton, of St. Ste- phens; deacon to the mass, Rev. Fr. Mclean, of St. Peter's; sub-deacon, Rev. Fr. Lavelle, pastor of the cathedral; masters of ceremonies, ! Rev. Fr. James Connolly, of the Church Of Our Lady of Good Counsel, and Rev. Fr. Thos. F. Wyhan, of St. Ann's; preacher, Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-05-16
A NATURAL SOAP MINE.
Spot fin British COlumb ia from Which a Curious SapOnaceOus Sub-
 stance Is Taken.

Out in British Columbia they have recently found a place where one can chop pieces of soap out of the ground. Or, if it is not soap, it is the next ting to it. The hands can be washed with it, and the farmers and workmen of that neighborhoOd declare that it will remove grease and dirt more quickly than the real article, says the New York Tribune.
 This useful substance is a mixture of boraX and soda, both of which have long been employed in laundry work The mineral is found on the shores of small soda lakes in the foothills near Ashcraft, and is being taken out in blocks IS inches long, Is inches wide and or inches thick. A rough esti- mate which has reached Montreal, and which has been passed along to Washington by the American consul general at the former place, puts the total amount of deposit at 10000 tons. Nothing is said, however, about the cost of getting it to market.
 Borax is formed by the union of boracic acid and carbonate of soda. In California, Nevada, Persia, Thibet and India it occurs ready made Ger tain springs in Sicily abound in boracic acid, which is artifcially converted into borax on the spot by the addition of soda. Chilli and Peru have deposits of borate of lime, which, with proper chemical treatment, is turned into commercial hOrav The ro;por,1 found in British Columbia seems to be much the same thing as the California product.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-05-16
Weak and Sickly Children

Who, perhaps, have inherited weak digestion, continually subject to stomach troubles, loss of flesh and general weakness, can be made healthy and strong by the use of Vogeler's. Curative Compound. Every doctor who is at all up to date will say that Vogeler's Curative Compound will make the blood pure and rich, bring colour to the cheeks, and put on flesh where health de- mands it. Children who have been weak and sickly since birth should be treated with small doses of Vogeler's Curative Compound, from two to five drops, twice daily, most satisfactory results will follow. 1tis the best Of all medicines, because it is made from the formula of great living physician.
 Sample bottle free application to the propretors St. Jacobs Oil, Ltd, Baltimore. Md
Newport weekly independent., 1902-05-16
AN OMINOUS OUTLOOK.
Miners to be Paid Up in Full and Discharged-Strike Calamity.

Williesbarre, Pa, May 12.-The clerks employed at the various coal offices in this city, were hastily sum- moned from their homes yesterday morning and put to work on the pay rolls. It was reported that all the employees of the mines in this region will be paid in full not later than Thursday, and that when they re- ceive their envelopes they will be told that they are no longer in the em- ploy of the company. Tue miners, however, do not apprehend lockout. They say it the Hazleton convention should decide not to continue the strike there will be trouble for all hands to get their old places back.
 The district superintendents of the coal companies refuse to talk about the matter beyond the fact that their clerical forces were quite busy at present. The sentiment, as it exists at present in the Wyoming valley. is decidedly in favor of continuing the strike, and it is thought delegates who will be elected to-day from the united mine workers assemblies of this section will be instructed to con tinue the strike in the absence Nf any concessions from the operators.
 Nearly all the Roman Catholic clergy of the Scranton diocese spoke upon the strike, yesterday, and their remarks were all of the same tenCr. 1t was claimed that a strike would be great calamity to the pc oplc of the anthracite region. and that the Hazle- ton convention should go about it's work deliberately and with the full knowledge of the great responsiLil.- ties that rested with it.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-05-16
BUSINESS MEN ALARMED.
They See Only Ruin In the Wake of
 d PrOtracted Strike.

Pottsville, Pa, May 1.-The news that miners will suspend work Mon day was received with consternation here. It was the sentiment, after President Mitchell's failure at arbi- tration. that a strike was inevitable, and it is feared it will be longer one than that of two years ago. The influential part of district 5, fought hard against a strike, but the sentiment of the two upper districts was stronger, and carried the day. The Reading Coal & Iron Go. is pre- pairing to swear in several hundred extra policemen to guard the colliery properties.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-05-16
ANTHRACITE MINERS STRIKE.
The Movements of the Miners Already Be- ing Felt Among Other Lines
 of Industry.

Scranton, Pa, May 12.-There will be no coal mined in the Scranton end of the anthracite region to-day. Even though the strike order was not cer- tain of being religiOusly obeyed, there would be no mining, as the companies agreed at a meeting of the general managers and superintcndcnts Satur- day that no attempt would be made to operate. Some of the companies, however, propose to keep a few, at least, of their waSherieS running to insure a supply of culm for locomo- tives, hoisting engines and the like. The companies will not admit that the agreement to refrain from an at tempt at operating is eventually to resolve itself into lockout should events at Hazleton make such thing possible.
 The strike has already made itself seriously felt in other nrcs of work. The railroads have laid off four-ffths of their coal train crews, in all about eight hundred men, and the Erie shops at Dunsmore, where mine cars and machinery are repaired, will shut down indefinitely, beginning to- day, throwing 300 men out of e7n- ployment.
 held to-day to elect and instruct the delegates to the Hazleton convention. The sentiment among the more thoughtful and intelligent miners, is opposed to continuance of the strike. These men will use as one of their chief arguments the signIfi- cant fact that the company's mine of ficials are not soliciting their men to vote against the strike. while at the same relative time in the last strike these same officers were working day and night to discourage the men from striking.
 In the cathedral, yesterday morn ing, Bishop Hoban asked the congre- gation to pray that the miners should be given light to do what is for the best and that something will inter- vene to insure a cessation of the con flict. The story that the Morganized fleets will be used to import coal and prevent a famine does not cause Pres ldent Mitchell any evident concern. He dismisses it with the remark that the United States is now exporting coal to all parts of +he world.
 The Blue Ridge breaker of the On tariO & Eastern Co.,. in an isolated settlement above Rockville, was de- stroyed by fire yesterday. The fire was caused by a forest fire.
 While the business men of the an- thracite region deplore the strike, and feel that it's effects will be dis astrous, if one is ordered, they are almost unanimous in the opinion that MT. Mitchell did all he possibly could to avert such radical action.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-05-16
Peculiar to Itself.

This applies to St. Jacobs Oil used for fifty wears. It contains ingredients that are unknown to any one but the manu- facturers and their trusted employees. It's pain killing properties are marvellous, as testified to by the thousands of once crippled human beings now made well and free from pain by its use. St. Jacobs Oil has record of cures greater than all other medicines. Its sales are larger than those of any other proprietary medicine and ten times greater than all other embrocations, oils and lini- ments combined, simply because it has been proved to be the best.