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Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
Horrible Holocaust Yesterday in Chicago San-
tarium For Morphine and Liquor
Victims.
A NUMBER JUMP FROM HIGH WINDOWS
Blind Billy Kent Among the ad--Catastro
phies in Other Cities Names of
Those Losing Lives

the institution. SAID: when l learned
of the fire l hurried to the fourth floor
i'm search of Kent. who l knew was
blind. He had been here about Il
week. / could not find him. The
smoke was so dense that could
scarcely breathe. put wet handker-
chief over my face and crawled on
my hands and knees about the build
ing, We had about fifty patients in
the building. My hands and face RrN
badly burned
In the rear of the building were the
delirium tremens patients. Some OF
them were locked I'm. For them escape
was impossible. Their cries of terror
came through the deafenlng roar of
the flames. and men on the sidewalk
forgot their danger and rushed up the
fire-hedged stairway
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
senate and House IN IsrIeI,

Washington. June 10.-An interest
ing contribution to the discussion of
the isthmian canal project was made
in the senate yesterday by Harris of
Kansas. member of the committee
on iuteroceanic canals, who is also an
engineer of recognized ability. He IA
Vorcd the Nicaraguan route. During
the early part of the session the naval
appropriation bill was considered, but
not completed. An executive session
was held.
The house passed the bill TO protect
the president. vice president. members
of the cabinet and foreign ministers
and ambassadors. and to suppress the
teaching of anarchy. by vote of 10
to 3S. The remainder of the day was
devoted to the bill to transfer certain
forest reserves from the interior de-
partment to the agricultural depart
menJ, etc. No vote was reached.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
MYSTIC sHRINERs OPEN
SESSION AT FRISCO

San Francisco. June 10.-The inn
Eerial council of Mobiles of the Mys-
tic Shrine began its 2Sth annual ses-
sion this morning in Golden Gate
hall. The meeting was preceded by
parade which. though intended
merely as an escort for the imperial
officers. was quite an imposing dis
play. 1t included about fifteen hun
dred mobiles.
Potentate Shaffer delivered his an
nual message. The record of the
past year is the proudest in the his
tory of the order. showing gain of
eight thousand mobiles i'll the jurisdic-
ton
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
ATTORNEY GENERAL EXPLAINS
Attacks the Insurance Companies on the
Public Policy Principle.

<iAte%ChS tht companies Oh AhC
Public Policy Principle.
Springfield. Ills, June 10.-AttOrney
General Hamlin is anxious to correct
a misunderstanding that evidently pre-
walls regarding the proceeding he has
instituted against the alleged ''insur-
ance trust in Illinois. Comments i'll
various newspapers indicate that the
belief prevails that the attorney gen
eral is proceeding under the antitrust
law enacted by the state legislature
several years ago, and that the action
was inStiGated by some of the Chica go
merchants who have been refused in
Surance protection. Both conceptions
are wrong.
The petition for injunction to re-
strain the 10 Insurance companies do
ing business in southern Illinois from
proceeding further unde the agreement
now existing among themselves, does
not set out that the antitrust law is
violated. but that the companies are
acting in antagonism to public policy
and in controventiOn of the common
law of the land
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10

reply to the tneaUrlcaI crluc OF inc
Temps, who sent him Il copy of Judge
Kohlsaat's decision. Rostand. after
saying that he has always refused to
take the affair seriously, but that
some day. perhaps, he may recount
the seriO-cOmic incidents of the suit
against him. though actually brought
against another person. says:
Frenchman Is "SarkastIkaI."
''The Gross manuscript was twice
in PariS-firSt in 1879. when l was II
years old; secondly, in 1897. when 'Cy-
ranO' was known to all my friends. l
only ask to have i'm my hands trans
lation of the Chicago piece. / have
written to my editor to strive to pro-
cure and publish it. In the meantime
l am ready to admit l took from Cy-
ranO de Bergerac his name. and the
Panache hotel from Burgundy; Rague-
neau's from a cook shop; RoXaue kiss
ing CyranO'S words on Christians lips
from a Voyage to the Moon and the
siege of Arras and the cadets of Gas
cony, in fact all the Seventeenth cen
tury history, from Eberle Gross, OF
Chicago.
And Still More "SarIxastikaI."
"And in order to end the matter
once for all l confess / stole Les RO-
maneSqucS' from SmithsOn. of Jeffer-
son City. Mo-: la PrinceSSc IOin-
taine' from Giles Trumbull. of Column
bus. O.: TAignon' from Tom SambO.
of Springfield. Ills. and that l drew
the idea of La Samaritaine' from the
ApOoryphal gospel of the Rev. Hon.
Augustus WonnacOtt. of Hartford,
Conn.
And still More "SarkastikaI."
81 add that l am negotiating at the
present moment with n Nirginian
planter for the purchase of manu-
script, and that have just purloined
from the house of n Louisiana ship
owner a great piece OH loan of Arc.
the Maid of New Orleans"
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
MITCHELL EXPLAINS ToWRIGHT
Gives the Labor Commissioner the Miners
side of the Anthrncite Fight.

side of the Anthracite Fight.
New York. June 1O.-PreSidcnt John
Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers.
arrived here late yesterday. he having
been sent for by Carroll ID. Wright,
United States commissioner of labor.
who Is here investigating the anthra-
cite coal miners strike. Mitchell first
called on Secretary Ralph NJ. Easley,
of the National Civic Federation. and
the two later went to the Manhattan
hotel. where Wright is stopping. Pres
ident Mitchell went to the commits
Soincr'S room. where he remained in
conference with Wright for two hours.
When he left, Mitchell said: Il have
but little to sa.- further than that 1
have talked with Commissioner Wright
and have explained to him the Situa-
tion from the miners standpoint and
have told him of the causes which led
up to the strike"
"WaS there any suggestion of a set
tlement made during the interview :"
President Mitchell was asked. NO
I understood that Commissioner Wright
was simply seeking information for an
official report under the law"
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
BoER SURRENDER KILLED HIM
Austrian Boy Commits Suicide When He
Is Told the News.

Vienna. June 10.-OvercOme by grief
at the surrender of the Beers Leopold
Winkler. school boy 13 years old,
shot and killed himself Sunday in his
parents house. Winkler. last year,
formed band of his school fellows
who were pledged to support the Boer
cause.
Accompanied bya couple of compan-
ions Winkler started for the TranSvaal,
but his flight was Intercepted and he
was brought home The boy left a
letter, saying: Il maintain my oath un-
to death. and remain true TO the Boer
stand -
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
BoERs NOT ON GOOD TERMS
Those Who Fought to the End Condemn
Those Who Did Not.

BlOemfontein. Orange River Colony.
June 10.-A strong contrast to the
good feeling between BOer and BritOn
is the bitterness existing between the
burghcrs who are surrendering under
the peace terms and those Beers who
surrendered during the campaign.
When the Boer leaders came to
Bloemfontein previous to the conclu-
sion of peace they curtly refused TO
shake hands with those who had pre-
vlously surrendered. The general be-
lief is that relations between those two
classes of Beers will bc embittered for
Il long time
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
NOT BUILT FOR THAT PURPOSE
But Two Life Preservers Save Man Who
Works i'm the Air.

Oshkosh. Wis, June 10.-Two ma
rine life preserverS which Aeronaut
Hartman wore as prccaution against
drowning saved his life on dry land.
They acted as buffers when he was
hurled against an oak tree and by
breaking the impact kept his bones in
tact. Hartman was to make an ascen-
sion from Electric park. He expected
to descend in Lake Winnebago and
strapped on the life preServcrs.
As the balloon was released from its
moorings a gust of wind struck it and
the aerOnaut and the parachute appli-
ance were hurled against Il tree. iar-
man struck one of the limbs and,
though it was five inches in diameter,
il was snapped off. The trapeze and
parachute and the lower rigging of the
balloon were torn off and Hartman,
bruised but alive. vas left in the tree.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
NO NEGROES IN TOWN
Mob Drives Them All Out of Decatur for
Reasons Not Stated.

Decatur. Ind. June 1O.-For several
days persons having negroes in their
employ have been receiving anOny-
nous letters warning them that if the
blacks were not discharged the latter
would be driven out of town. No at
tentiOn was paid to these letters. Sun
day night number of citizens who
have been loudest in their denuncia-
tiOns of the negroes met and decided
to rid the town of negroes.
The saloons were visited and at mid
night a mob Of fifty men and boys
had been collected. One negro was
caught by the mob. but the opposing
organization rescued him after Sc
we're fist fight and conveyed him to a
place of safety. Early yesterday
morning he. too. left the city. Now
there is not a cOlOred man in Deca-
tur.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
R0STAND TALKING
Makes Some Comments on a Re-
cent judicial Decision An
nounced at Chicago.
WHERE HE OBTAINED DE BBRGBRAO
List OF Other Literary Atrocities He
Has Committed Or Is Going
to Commit.

Paris. June l0.-Edmond Rostand,
who had hitherto not made any state
ment regarding the Judgment of the
United States district court at Chicago
granting Samuel Eberle Gross, the au-
thor of The Merchant Prince of Corn
Vile" an Injunction against further
performances of "Cyrano de Bergerac."
on the ground that Rostand's play
pla giariZed situations i'm Gross work,
writes now from n watering place Il
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10

Laporte. Ind, June 1O.-SeDator Ma
than H. Agnew is about to bring Il
suit for damages against Il Chicago
beauty doctor because of injury sus-
tanned by Mrs RuggleS. Il resident Of
CheSterton. from treatment applied to
her fact. Mrs Ruggles declares the
doctors methods rendered her totally
blind. ana she has retained Senator
AGnpw TO sue him.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
WORKING AS ONE
When PeIee Erupts Soufriere
Emits Clouds of
Smoke.
TWO VOLCANOES ARE CONNECTED
United States Party Once More
Reaches Edge of
Crater.
TWO VOLCANOES ARE CONNECTED

Kingstown, st. Vincent. June 10
During the great eruption of Mont Pc
lee. island of Martinique, last Friday
morning, the detonations were heard
in the neighboring islands. and heavy
clouds of smoke issued simultaneous
ly from SOufreire volcano, on this ISL
and, which alarmed the inhabitants.
The island of st. Lucia was obScured
by dust To Al distance of three miles.
and a steamship experienced difficulty
in finding the harDor of CaStripS At
, o'clock i'll the afternoon of Friday
pitch darkness prevailed here.
The three United StateSanS Profess
sOr Jaeger, the, geologiSt of Harvard
university; DIR. Hovey. assistant cura-
tor of the Museum of Natural History
New York. and George G. Curtis, who
ascended the Soufriere May 81, made
another ascent last Thursday. They
entered dense. dusty fog, which i'm
peded their progress as they made
their way up the prccipitOuS trail,
around the awful cliffs. with extra
ordinary courage and perseverance,
and once more reached the edge of the
crater. on the east side. reaching an
altitude of 1900 feet above the sea,
.arrying with them an aneroid barom-
81
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
Rav City Dereneracx.

Bay City. Mich. June 10.-James
Mcdonald. aged 10. and George Mid
dleton. aged IL, We're caught by Ser
geant Kennedy while they were using
shocking language through the bars
of the parlOr cell at police headquar-
ters. to the three little girls who have
figured so prominently in, the recent
scandal here. Judge Kelley sentenced
them to ten days in jail The oldest
of the girls is only 10.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
OFFICERS IN PURSUIT
OF ESCAPED CONVICTS

Salem. Ore, June 1O.-During the
night Tracey and Merrill, the escap-
ed convicts who killed three guards
at the penitentiary in getting away
yesterday. returned here, stole cloth
ing from two men, took a team of
horses and started northward. Of
ficers have started in pursuit.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
some Money for Michigan.

Washington. June 10.-Governor
Bliss. of Michigan. yesterday delivered
to Speaker Henderson the favorable
ruling OF the treasury authorities on
the interest account of the state of
Michigan. amounting TO S128,000. grow
ing out of advances made by the state
during the civil war. the purpose be-
ing to have the amount inserted in the
general deficiency appropriation bill.
along with that of Illinois and several
other states
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
ouar.ntipe Further Suspended.

louisville. June 10.-The quarantine
order issued against Indiana on ac-
count of smallpox and suspended for
ten DAYS on May 80 was further sus-
pended yesterday until July 3 by the
Kentucky board of health. The matter
will likely be dropped entirely.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10

Simla. India. June 10.-Queen Alex
andra has sent an autograph letter TO
Lady CurZon. wife of the viceroy Of
India. expressing her great pleasure at
the beauty of the Indian dresses made
under the direction of Lady CurZon
for the queen to wear at the corona
tion feteS.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10

Neenah. Wis. June 10.-David Witt
man, Il mOtOrman on the Oshkosh
Neenah Interurban Electric railway,
was instantly killed by a shock from
live wire. An electric light wire had
fallen across the trolley wire, and
Whitman tried to break the former off
with a switch iron.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
War on rne Union Center.

Denver. Colo. June 10.-In a state
ment issued by the contractors and
material trades association they refuse
to take back any of the striking build
ers unless they agree to dissolve the
Building Trades council. The men say
they will not do this
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
MURDERER HANGS
HIMSELF IN IOWA JAIL

Ottumwa. Ia, June 10.-Edward
Hale. who shot and killed Fora Dom
ahoo in Cantril Decoration day. hung
himself in Jail at Keosauqua with d
towel today.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
na.o nnllis,. rake the strike Fever.

Sioux City. Ia. June 1O.-Nearly all
of the members of the Sioux City team
in the Interstate League are on Il
strike. The men demand the reinstate-
ment of Captain Messerly, who was re-
leased Sunday. The managers grant
ed the demands of the players last
night. so it is likely the strike will be
declared off this morning. Captain
AIesserly is to be reiSstated.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
Capt. Allen Dead.

Oskaloosa, Ia, June 1O.-Captain
L. j. Allen, prominent in the G. y.
r., Pythian and Odd Fellow organ
izations, died here today of heart
failure.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
nnnraren Loses the Prize.

London. June 10.-The objection
against Lord DunraSen's Saulte which
finished first on Saturday in the race
for the Eempton Park 2-year-Old plate,
on the ground that the horses
breeding allowance was not claimed
at the time of its entry. has been up
held by the stewards. and the race
awarded TO Principality, the horse
which came in second.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10

settled by Il compromise Tor casn
consideration on the part of the circus.
IT is said that the circus pays the
Ea giles 81 900 for the privilege that Will
enable the circus to have its show on
the Fourth. but it must not show on
the carnival grounds.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
FIFTY FAMILIES HOMELESS
as RESULT OF A FIRE

Michel, Is. C.. June 10.-The resi-
deHce portion of this town was com
plctely destroyed by fire yesterday.
About fifty families are homeless and
there were many narrow escapes
from death.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
COLLEGE DEGREE GIVEN
TO AMBASSADOR REID

Cambridge, England, June 1O.-The
degree of doctor of laws was confer
red this afternoon upon Whitclaw
Reid. special ambassador of the Uni
ted States to the coronation of King
Edward, by Cambridge university.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
Rnin of su1rhnr up North.

Halifax. y. s, June 10.-A report
from Cape Wolf, p. L. l.. says that
sulphur fell there Sunday night to the
depth OF half an inch.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
Circns nTakes q Compromise.

Anderson. Ind. June 10.-The con-
troversy between the Forepaugh-Sells
circus and the Eagles carnival, in this
city- for the date OF July 4. has been
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
Water Boiling.

tpring i'm The depths of the crater. but
nothing could be seen through the fog.
though the party waited Il considerable
time. The ascent occupied five hours.
The return of the settlers to the de
vastated area is discouraged 10y Pro-
fessOr Iagger. who is of the opinion
that the crater in continuing active,
may emit poisonous gases at any mo-
ment without warming. and cause the
death of MANY people from asphyXia.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
Appropriation Bill Pass,

Washington, June 10.-The senate
passed the naval appropria ton bill.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10
LISTS OF THE DEAD AND INJURED
Four OF the Hurt Jumped from Windows
to Save Their Lives.


The dead are: Alderman William
z. Kent, known as Blind Billy"
Kent; George Newell. 474 Fairfield
avenue; DIR. James T. Stanton. 1T3
North Halsted street: y. NJ. Wattles,
nurse for Kent; unidentified woman.
body carried out. burned beyond recog-
nitiOn; unidentified man. found near
body supposed to he that of Alderman
Kent, on fifth floor; unidentified man.
said to have been Il servant. burned be-
yOnd recognition; unidentified man.
shackled to bed. body burned to
crisp, supposed TO be u delirium ire
mems patient: five persons, bodies
identified.
The injured: Matte Jameson. over
come by smoke; DIR. NJ. Silver. jumped
from the second story window. not
seriously; Frank J. Johnson, nuTse for
Blind Billy" Kent. burned about face
and hands; DR. Willis Bunker. jumped
from the fourth story window. both
legs broken. hurt internally; Amanda
Wilson: May Ellis: W. f. Davis.
jumped from the third floor: Mrs. o.
+. Miller. overcome by smoke: DIR. \.
c. Davis. business manager of the St.
Luke society. burned and cut: DIR.
Boyd. 40 years of age. jumped from
fifth story, internally: Carl Carlson. of
Pullman, burned and chOked by smoke;
William Mcconnell clerk on the first
floor. burned about face and hands.
III. C.. Davis, business manager of
Rock Island Argus., 1902-06-10


persons injured in st. Luke's society
hospital fire yesterday, it is feared
the total deaths will reach thirteen,
Those reported in "a critical condi-
tion today were: +. T. Mears. Enos-
burg Falls, Vt; \. W. Wattles. Chi
cago; Mrs. Amelia Wilson. Chicago.
The injured persons are reported
better.
The eight men arrested last night
are .till held today. including o. +.
Miller. president of the st. Luke So
ciety. Search of the records of the
health department today failed To
discover any record showing the hos
pital had been --sensed according to
law.
Coroner Trcager today sent his
deputies To view the victims of the
fire, and decided to postpone the in
quest for Il few days until COM
plcte Investigation * made.
Chicago. June 1O.-A fire replcte
with horror cost the lives Of thirteen
or more persons I'm the old Hotel
Woodruff. occupied 10y the ST Luke
society. at Twenty-firSt street and
Wabash avenue yesterday afternoon.
Alderman William +. Kent. known as
"Blind Billy" Kent. Is declared by
Marshal CampiOn and other firemen
who knew him TO have been among
those who persisted. He is said by
DIR. o. T.. Miller. head of the society"
to have been the only patient there
yesterday who was i'm trait-jacket.
The body supposed 70 be that of the
alderman was found. charred beyond
Identification. in such an encasement.
Another man was found similarly
burned. with the chains which had
shackled him to bed still hanging TO
his body.
Appalling Scenes at the Fire.
The fire broke out in the basement
shortly after , p. III. Ii swept up the
elevator shaft i'm the rear. surrounding
the section where the delirium ire
mems patients were imprisoned. Then
began one of the most appalling scenes
ever witnessed at a fire Men shack
led to bedpOStS. men beating at barred
doors. men writing in handouts and
strait-jacketS yelled with terror while
the flames rOared their warming of
death. Through the bowling Of the
blaze. the cracking of timbers and the
crash Of walls came the walls of the
uODIueu 10 lUe IcfFlueu spectators ne
low. Men who had never witnessed
such Il fire lost their sense of danger
and plunged into the fated structure
intent on saving the manacled suppli-
cants for help.
Thrilling Rescues Were Made.
Thrilling reScueS We're made. Tom
Brown. a cOlOred man. i'm two visits
to the third floor. narrowly escaping
death each time. saved two men. WO-
men. were carried down ladders and
three men were saved by Il net. Fire
men clambered to the roof and fought
the fire from above. Despite heroic
work the writhing victims of the fire
numbered thirteen to the certain
knowledge of the police. The institu-
tiOn was run by DIR. o. l.. Miller for
the purpose Of curing victims of the
excessive use of morphine. tobacco
and alcohol. His patients were from
various parts Of the country. The loss
is understood to have reached $4,000.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-01-10
Building and Loan Associations Safe.


These peoples banks, the most bene-
ficient outgrowth thus far of the CO.
operative idea in the United States,
have increased in fifty years to over
5000 associations, distributed through
out every State and Territory, and
represent savings amounting to over
$1,000, 900. Laws regulating their
management differ in different States;
but however their external features
may vary, the great principle of CO.
Operation-mutual helpfulness by the
working together Of individuals for
joint benefit or common good as OPP
posed to selfish competitive Individual
effort-remains unchanged. invest
ment in building and loan associa-
ton is as nearly absolutely safe as it
can be-" to quote from an exhaustive
report on the associations of this coun-
try published by the Government to
be had for the asking; "for the month
ly dues and accumulated profits, which
give the active capital Of the associa-
ton, are loaned as fast as they accu-
mulate. Ladies' Home Journal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-01-10
Deafness cannot Re Cura1

by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
tonal remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
llamed condition Of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube ia infamed
you have rumbling sound or imperfecthear
ing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness il
the result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be DESTROYED forever.
Nine cases out of ten ara caused by catarrh
which is nothing but an inAamed condition of
the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case ofDeafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure Circulars
sent free. E. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.