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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-02
DEATH BUSY EARLY
Opens the New Year with Several
Fatal Disasters on the
Railway.
MAY BEA DOZEN DEAD ON THE ROLL
Fire Follows Quickly on Derailment
and Rescuers Have to Hustle
Fireman Decapitated.

Pittsburg, Jan. 2.-As q result of 4
through passenger train ON the 'Balti-
more and Ohio road jumping the track
enteen injured, five of whom are con-
sldered seriously hurt. Through the
courtesy of General Superintendent w.
the following official list of dead and
injured is given: Dead-John Collins,
Connellsville, Pa, engineer; - Nc
Cune, COnnellsville, fireman. Injured
seriously-D. ]. Partella, mail clerk,
Washington; William Avery, b. and o..
engineer; G. w. Ryan, Baltlmore; c..
\. Young. mail clerk, Hagerstown,
Md; X. X. Souser, Napier. Pa; +. j.
LOzy, Chicago, was badly bruised. NJ.
II. Mckinley, of Rock Island, Ills, and
J. \. Burlan. of Chicago, were among
the slightly hurt.
Had to Work Against Fire.
In going down the steep grade one
and half miles west of Glencoe the
engine, from cause as yet unexplained,
jumped the track at the curve and the
entire train piled on top of it. Prob
ably the only thing that prevented n
wholesale death list was the fact that
the heavy vestibule cars did not beeak
up in going over the embankment. The
work TO rescue the injured had to be
done quickly, because the gas tanks
in the ears were exploded, and set fire
to the wreckage The flames spread
rapidly and in n short time the entire
train was burned. The engine was
completely demolished and the two
dead men, when taken from the debris.
We're horribly mangled. Collins (who
went by the nickname of "Katy'O was
one OF the oldest engineers on the road.
One Killed and an Engineer Missing.
Shreveport, La, Jan. IA Keith
vile, La, special says one life was
lost, two persons were seriously In
iured. and part of car of valuable
race horses en- route from the winter
meeting at New Orleans was destroyed
in u collision between Texas Pacific
fast freight No. 90 aud a Houston.
East and West Texas freight on the
siding at this place yesterday morning.
Twelve ears of the Houston, East and
West Texas train caught fire and
burned 10 the trucks. w. i. Daniels.
of Houston. fireman on the Houston,
East and West Texas train, was
caught under the wreck. and either
crushed or burned to death. A negro
fireman named Bob Edwards jumped.
His legs were broken and he sustained
severe internal injuries. The engineer
Oh IHe ltouSlOu, EdSl anu W eSL L eNdS
train. who is said TO have been Newt
Denton. disappeared Immediately aft
er the accident.
Fatalities at Two Bridges.
Wheeling. w. Va. Jan. "A Cleve-
land, Lorain and Wheeling freight
train broke through new bridge at
Crescent, near Bridgeport. yesterday
and two bridgemen working Mt the
time We're buried underneath the
wreck and terribly injured, one fatal
ly.
Albuquerque, n. NJ, Jan. 2.-At
Bridge No. 81, seventy miles west of
Albuquerque. Fireman Henry SchOp-
per. Of the west-bOund California linn
tied. was instantly killed. As the
train approached the bridge at fun
speed SchOpper leaned far out to
make an observation on the engine
His head struck an iron girder and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-02
ship Declared TO BE a Pirate.

Caracas, Jan. 2.-I'he Official Ga
Zette publishes a decree signed by
President Castro, in which the steam
er Libertador. formerly the BanrIgh, is
declared to be a pirate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-02
They Would Like to Sec nraIIc.

Kewanee, Ills. Jan. 2.-Rlchard
Male. local merchant, left Kewanee
last Friday. Saturday his wife left
town. Tuesday local creditors and
representatives of Chicago houses lev
led on the stock in his two stores,
which We're closed by the officers.
Males principal creditors are Chicago
firms. His whereabouts are unknown.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-02

Macon, Ga, Jan. 2.-The boiler of
an engine on the Central Georgia
railway exploded in the shops in this
city this morning, killing five men
outright and badly injuring twelve
others, three of whom Will probably
die.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-02
salt in Large ouantItIe. Pound.

Adrian, Mich, Jan. 2-Salt has
been discovered I'm large quantities at
BrittOn, while boring for oil. The
brine when examined by experts is
pronounced to be the strongest OF any
well in the state. A company with
$4,000 has been organized to carry on
tho work
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-02
Blown to Pieces by Dynamite,

Kenton, o., Jan. Monroe Jackson
an emplOye at the stone quarry, was
blown to pieces by the explosion of a
dynamite cartridge. John Hogan and
Harry Ziegler, fellow employees, were
probably fatally hurt by the same ex-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-02
HAS De lsIowItz Retired .

London, Ian. 2.-The Candid Friend
says that NJ. de Blowitz has resigned
the Paris correspondence of the Lon
don Times and retired to private life,
and that he has been succeeded by Ar
thur Fullerton. an American.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-02
Iowa Burglary

Desoto, Iowa, Jan. 2.-The Brown
dry goods store was burglarized last
night and $4,000 worth of clothing,
dry goods and jewelry secured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-02
o.IENTALs OBSERVED THE DAY
Oh iese, Japanese and Koreans Open Theil
Doors to Their Friends.

Oh 1ese Japanese and Koreans Open Their
Doors to Their Friends.
Although there was no general re-
eerkon by the members Of the diplo-
male corps some of them kept open
hoIse and entertained large number
of kalIers Particularly was this the
cad with the legations from the ORR
en4the Chinese, japanese and the
Kiyean ministers being at home" to
tCGe who came.
The Chinese new year does not occur
utii about a month from now, but
WI. following the practice of the
cdntry I'm which he IS stationed, par
tfipated in the festivities Of New
Vars day, and assisted by the men,
lbs of his suite received many callers
a the handsome home of the legation
. street. Minister WI always
eTes his friends a cup of tea, and
@tny OF them enjoyed his hospitality
- ferday.
"a, mister Takahira, of Japan. and his
celebrated New Years day as
! dffy would at home. where the Euro
y N calendar is used and where the
cef year Is the greatest event of the
- son. The membrs of the legation
- ned in the festivities. At the Kor-
IA legation New Years day was OBJ
=. rived much the same as In this coun-
neF. A dinner was given last evening
Isl d was attended only by gentlemen,
ere being no women among the
aiusehold-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-02
Army lieutenant Shot and KiIIeb.

Portland, Ore, Jan. "a telephone
message from Fort Candy, Wash, says
Lieutenant Bevan, of the United States
army, was shot and killed yesterday.
No particulars are given
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-02
Vale Best at Basket BAN.

Milwaukee, Wis, Jan. 2.-The Yale
basket ball team defeated the Wiscon-
sin university contingent in a game last
night by a score of So to 20 points.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-02
A FATAL MISTAKE
A Beautiful Society Woman Takes
Arsenic for Medi-
cine.

Detroit, Jan. 2-Beaulah Wheeler,
beautiful young society woman,
died today at her home from arsenic
al poisoning, having taken arsenic
for antipyrin by mistake.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-02
President Opens Year
With Notable Social
Achievement.
5000 ARE RECEIVED
Mrs. RooSeVe1t'S Cos
! tune and the Other
Ladies Present.

II Washington. Jan. 2-President
RoOsevelt's first public reception was
Extended more largely than any New
Years reception in a number Of years.
In all S.1OO persons filed through the
White House and shook hands with the
president, who being apprised that the
.irowd in line outside the White House
HYas unusually large gave orders that
khe gates should not be closed until the
last persson desiring to do so had an
opportunity to pay his respects. The
deception began promptly at IL n. m,
ahnd it was 2-30 o'clock before the last
DpersOn in line had been presented to
nlhe president, and a quarter OF an hour
Ilater before the reception came to an
q nd.
Il Nothing Wanting to the Success.
a. The weather was delightful, being
anlear and crOsp. SO that no hardship
sS'as suffered by the throng that waited
thOr hours before admission to the
ten hite House. The reception was in
ofvery way successful, the attendance
i1seing large, the decorations really
the arrangements perfect
Nend the president in excellent spirits.
SsrsO each person he extended n cordial
tneHappy New Year" and Mrs. ROOse-
Is oelt was equally pleasing to each Of
IIS311lOse who filed past the line in the
perlue ParlOr, where the receiving party
coutOd. Miss Alice Roosevelt was con-
~. ruOus among those assisting at the
sry, leptiOn- \ party OF her young girl
Demands by invitation also participated
,binl sle function.
takei Some of the Ladies Present.
1g gSiETle list OF ladies invited to assist at
az tRosereception is as follows: Mrs. Hay,
TGCKr Root, Mrs Knox, Mrs Smith,
Long, Mrs. Hitchcock. Miss VIII
- These were in the receiving line,
vo5rdes which several scores Of ladies
VIDE invited to the Blue Room, and
these included besides the ladies of
senators. representatives and others in
official life. the following: Mrs. L. s.
Grant, Mrs Sartoris, the Misses Sar-
toris, Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston.
Mrs. Philip Sheridan. the Misses Sheri-
dan. Mrs. James G.. Blaine, Mrs. II. 5.
B. Beale, Mrs. George Babyan. Mrs.
Walsh, Mrs. Letter and the Misses
Letter.
Mrs. RooseveIt's Costume.
Mrs Roosevelt looked exceedingly
pretty and youthful in a white dress.
The material was a very heavy white
silk, corded about an inch apart. y
sQuare of Irish lace, with revers or
lace. trimmed the bodice, and the high
collar, also of lace, was finished at the
baCk with a rosette Of white tulle. \
few Jewels were worn in the cOrsage.
and diamond-topped combs held back
the smOothIy-dressed hair. An orna-
melt of white leaves in which dia-
mnd drops glistened was also worn in
the hair Mrs. RoOsevelt's right glove,
which was nowy white at the start,
was far from that color an hour later,
but the tired little hand within it gave
nolavideBce that its owner felt any
fat rue. The bouquet she carried was
of ink and purple orchids.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-02
~Nothing I'm It." Tays Senator PIatt.

New York, Jan. 2.-"Nothing I'm it,"
said Senator Platt when shown a dis
patch from Washington telling of ru-
mors that he was engaged to Mrs.
Lillian Janeway. Il will never marry
again."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-02
smalIpox nt crnwfordsvlIle.

Charlottesville, Ind, Jan. 2.-Three
new cases of smallpox have developed
in this city since the one reported the
first Of last week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-02
wealthy FARMER round murdered.

Sioux City. Ia, Jan. liars Alex
sen, a wealthy farmer near Audubon.
Ia, has been found dead with his skull
crushed i'm. He was undoubtedly muir
dered. No motive is known for the
criuna
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-02
wv YEARS DAY ON OTHER SHORES
ssia and France Exchange Greetings-
In Mexico and Germany.

time ASIA and France Exchange Greetings-
In Mexico and Germany.
An Paris. Jan. 2.-The customary ex-
2 asroeSss.-ssange of New Years greetings be-
Da4 cen St Petersburg and Paris Oc-
rred yesterday. The czar tele-
-. Iaphed President Loubet, and the lat
- replied. each telegram bearing n
X try friendly message.
~ lCfty Of Mexico, Jan. 2.-President
- laz received thousands of callers yes
rrn1Trday, including the diplomatic corps.
rofike Pan-American delegates (who take
ior Enk as diplomats), members OF Con-
~ ess. army and navy officers. etc. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-02

Chicago, Jan New Years Day
closed the exchanges All over the coun-
try and there are no market reports.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-02
Young Peter Jackson defeats Handler.

Waterbury, Conn, Jan. 2.-Young
Peter Jackson defeated jimmy Hand
Yer in the third hound here yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-02
EUGENE CARTER DEAD

Noted Billiard Player Passes Away In Chi
cagO.
Chicago, Jan. 2.-Eugene Carter,
the billiard expert, died here today of
lung trouble, aged 4s.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-02
Says He Tried the aIons."

He first set to work to investigate
along the lines of parthenOgenesis, or
artificial reproduction, and discovered
that the electric ion was responsible.
Then he took up the study of the cause
for the rhythmic beat of the heart, and
again traced the agent to the same
source. When. with the aid Of Pro-
fessor \. i. Mathews. the same causes
were discovered to be behind the Sc
cret of nerve action the series was COM
plete. and the Savant's ambition at
n oinpd
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-02
LOEB'S DISCOVERY
Further Statement of the Result
of His Experiments Upon
Animal Life.
CHALLENGE FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS
Heat as a Factor in the Problem of
Life Has to Give Way to
Electricity.

Chicago, Jan. 2-ProfessOr jacques
Loeb, of Chicago university, in an
nouncing his belief that the life of
higher organisms is electro-dynamic
in its nature said that he had diScov-
cred the physical processes that accom-
pany life; that electricity. and not heat
energy, is the basis of life. He does
not claim to have solved the problem
of What is life" but to have proved
a theory which overthrows Il funda-
mental portion of tne teachings of text
books on physiology. The energy of
fOodstuffs,' Professor Loeb said, as n
conclusion. "and the motions of heart
are not, after all, due to the produc-
tion of heat, but to the chemical en-
ergy in electrically charged molecules"
and again he put it this way:
Experiments With a Jelly Fish.
"a part of the chemical energy of
foodstuffs is transformed into electrical
energy which, in turn, gives energy to
the muscles and organs of the body"
DR.. Loeb described his experiments
with n jelly fish and explained that
when he placed the fish In a solution
electrically charged. such as salt, it
responded. while when he subjected
il to Il solution that was a non-conduc-
tor 1t did not respond. Proceeding
from further experiments he found
first, that the muscles contracted Tyth-
mically i'm solutions which had these
electrical charges in them, and sec
ond, that the contraction of the mus
cleS depended on the number of
charges on the differentations."
Climax of the Professors Work.
The announcement that electricity,
and not heat is the life energy is the
climax of Professor Loeb's famous eX-
periments, which have extended over
ten years. He was first led into this
line of research by the observation
that electricity was able to effect pro-
toplasm in n more universal manner
than any other stimulus. He then came
to the conclusion that If electricity was
able to have such effects in the form
of currents it ought to have like re-
suits when in the form of lions" An
''ion,' he explains, is an atom or group
of atoms carrying charge of cleo
tricity.
Says He Tried the 'Ions."
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NOT POISONOUS.

A frog Is not q fish. This Is the
solemn judgment OF the courts at Agen
in confirmation Of the decision OF the
police tribunal at Auch. Still repre-
sentatlves OF two grea, public bodies
apparently didn't know the difference
between a frog and a fish when they
prosecuted habitant OF Vice.Fezeusac
for committing a brea3ts Of fishing laws
when he was merely out for frogs.
One was the policeman, who must
have said Frogs Is fish," when he ar
rested the delinquent the other the
administration eaux ct forts, who. when
the police court failed to back up the
constable, asked the higher court TO
say, Frogs are fish," So far as fishing
ia concerned, declares the Agen de-
cree. frogs are not assimilable 10 fish.
Hitherto frogs have always been en-
tered among the "possons' In restaur-
ant menus: they have been eaten-if
not as such--in place Of such. What
VIII become OF them after this judy
ment? Fortunately they are out OF
season now. so the maitres d'hotel have
time to consider the new situation
Paris Correspondence London Leader.
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OGDEN SOCIAL NEWS.
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Miss May Mckay and John Christian.
son, both well and popularity known
were married ON Christmas eve at the
home of the groom's parents. There
young couples relatives and friends.
Aftel the wedding ceremony sump-
tous supper was served and all present
MISS Emily H. Hill, one OF Ogden's
charming young ladies, and Thomas j.
Of this city, were married this week.
-.
H, C. Jacobs, Jr., and his young bride,
formerly Miss Alberta Larson of Mount
Pleasant. who were married in the
Salt Lake Temps last week, spent
Christmas IN Ogden with Mr.. Jacobs
parents, They viii spend New Years
Pleasant, after which they will 70 to
Alberta, Canada, to make their future
49,
Mrs. r, stein and daughter, Miss
blanche went 10 Denver this week,
where they will visit until after New
Years with friends
49,. M
w 7 cook ana wife snent tho Christi
mas week in Salt Lake with friends
Mr. and Mrs. William p. Fowler. of
yi,b ralatives ana friends,
l,eu'eiIahs Nae hi.''paii is t'S,,.ns ~
ogdeh Ior a SNORT time WIN MS pa
rents anu i'e"as
m, ,ooa,n o,ot oyon. =, ,ho va.t
ihe ,eauIns $50 Ma NJ VI r ,ne h.
,ook 1lane "wednesday In Salt Lake
civ They arc both well and popu-
Ia riv known IN ogden. having a host
OF friends who win wish them every
iov and happiness.
'V'
Sidney O. Stevens spent Christmas In
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expected that he will teach the world
how to build a flying machine that
really will fly.
often, after he has played good and
hard with the little paper toys. he dis
appears. Then the other scientists
know that he is down In a lonely part
Of the Potomac river experimenting
with big flying machines that have been
built according to IDEAS gained by him
from the toys.
And while the professor Is flying his
things the chances are that not far
away other wise men are playing with
little toy gardens There are patches
Just big enough for children to weed
and hoe.
These patches are watered with small
graduated watering pots, and with
scales, little oinches OF fertilizer ant
other plant foods are measured out for
each. Big men sit over them and wasch
them and peer into them, and fondle
the little leaves, one by one, Just as
children would do.
But every few weeks one OF the play
ers sits down at his desk and writes
and soon afterward the government Is
sues a pamphlet that tells farmers all
over the world just how they can hanlle
their farms to make them yield more
and better crops.
An over the country are other men
employed by the government who 20
out every day with butterfly nets 10
catch butterflies and grasshoppers ant
countless other insects Some go out
al night with lanterns and honey pots
and sit down in the shelter OF shrub
hery, waiting tn the great laundering
night moths shall be attracted by the
keen scent OF the r. ~ whiOn they
ioIe. often the moths drink honey un.
iii they are drunk when they can be
picked M by the bare band without
even needing net.
That Is not bad play either. Vet that
Kind OF play has saved the people OF the
United States millions OF dollars, for the
insect hunters find out so much about
the insects that destroy vegetation and
fruit and shade trees that We know nov
just when TO look for their arrival and
just how TO destroy them before they
become big enough 10 eat growing
things
Last year men In the agricultural de-
partment In Washington played al
most absorbing game that surely would
have pleased every boy and girl IN the
land. They planted seeds OF many
kinds In tiny pots, one seed IN eaeh po'
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wESTMIssTERs STAINED GLASS

The great rose window in the south
lransept Of the abbey. which has just
been dedicated to the memory OF the
late Duke Of Westminster. reveals the
poverty IN the matter OF stained glass
of our national Vahala. The Puritan
lconoclasts made short shrift OF the
magnificent and priceless glass OF the
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
centuries Fragments alone could be
found TO form tho extraordinary
patchwork" OF the great east window,
where scarcely any figure Is distin-
gulshable, The great west window be-
longs TO the reign Of George II, whose
aims are In the center From the same
period dates the window In the south
transept. Then there ls a window In
the southwest tower, given by Mr.
Chllds OF Philadelphia, to the memory
Of the two religious poets George Her
bert and William Cowper. both West
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and then day after day they photo
graphed the pots.
Thus they made many hundreds OF
pictures that when they were all put
together, showed just how the plants
grew. And these pictures were put In
to one OF those great kaleidoscope ma
chimes that throw large moving pictures
on screens, SO now everybody can see
a plant grow from seed TO u mighty
shrub
Only, instead Of having to watch II
for months and years, we can all see II
within few minutes, for the machine
throws the pictures on the screen just
as fast as one may wish.
This already has taught farmers and
florists many things about plants that
ntver had been suspected before, al
though so many sharp-eyed persons
have watched plants grow for SO many
centuries.
A few years ago the United States
government imported the beautiful and
valuable date palm, hoping to make il
grow in the sandy and dry parts of
Arizona and New Mexico and other
spots of the United States where other
domestic plants do not thrive. The
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one thing that very few persons know
Is mat United States government Off
Gals play what would be to boys enter.
tanning games every day as a part Il
'neir serious work of the nation.
There is one man--an old ana grave
ana wise and famous professor-who
may be seen often In his Office in Wash .
ing'on standing on chairs and desks.
launching little paper birds and funny
oontfiYances through the air and watch
Ing them soar and settle with just the
same interest and delight with which
boys and girls would watch them.
II folks who did not know who he il
were to behold him they might well be
excused for imagining that the old gen.
tleman was growing childish. But prob
ABLY there are few persons in the coun-
Try today who know better what they
are about than he does. For he is one
OF the foremost scientists of the Smith
sonlan Institution, and some day II ls
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DrsrBEr EVENING NEWS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER a7 1902,

water to do so, he would slide right
back.
Bur II he could get just enough water
TO keep his arms covered he would
crawl away rapidly, quite regardless Of
the fact that all the rest OF his body
was sticking out high and dry.
The man also got many eggs OF the
star and put them into tiny trays full
Of salt water and Matched them out
Gloriously beautiful little things they
we're purple and crimson and scarlet
and yellow, each one as tiny as a PIN
lead, yet each one perfect five-armed
star. And as soon as each was hatched
i would hustle right to the bottom ana
fasten on bit Of green weed, where il
shone like a flashing gem,
Now this was truly pleasant pldy But
1 was profitable, too. For the starnsh
y a terrible enemy Of the oyster ana
the clam. The starflsh used TO eat so
many oysters and clans that the fish
ermen OF Connecticut alone lost more
than 100000 The play of the man at