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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29
SCANDINAVIAN AID is
MERGED WITH MUTUAL

The Scandinavian Mutual Aid Asso-
citation Assessment company, which
has, operated with its headquarters
at Galesburg for 10 years, was yes
terday merged into the newly organ
lied Scandia Mutual Life Insurance
company, of Chicago, formed of
members of the old association. This
action terminated six months
fight.
Wednesday was occupied in cam
vassing the 5000 proxies entered and
400 were thrown out. The proposed
transfer came to the vote yesterday
morning and was adopted by 3,S9Z
votes to 1,75S, overturning all calcu-
lations. 1t is believed that the plans
of the new company will effect the
permanence of Scandinavian mutual
insurance, which was the chief pur-
pose of its organization. Policy liens
aggregating $1,4OO,O0O constitute an
important asset of the new company.
The assessment rates are also in
creased. The headquarters of the
new company will be moved to Chi
cago next month.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29
CANADA TRADE GROWS
Great britain Buys Produce from Her
Valued at SIO9.54S.a43.

Great britain Buys Produce from Her
Valued at SIO9,54S,245.
Washington, Aug. %. - \ steady
growth in Canada's business with
Great Britain is shown by state
ment prepared by the customs depart
ment of the Dominion and referred to
in a report made public at the state
department from Commercial Agent
Johnson, at Stanbridge. The statement
shows an increase in traffic during the
last fiscal year over that during 1901
with all the principal countries. The
total imports for consumption i'm the
last fiscal year amounted to S202, T91,-
595, as against $1S1. .237. 1888 in 1901.
The principal source OF imports for
consumption was the United States,
which was far in the lead in this re
Spect with n total OF 500. sos. .956. The
exports of Canadian produce amounted
to $196,O19.763 during the last fiscal
year. as against $177.443, ,439 in 1901.
OF this trade the United States took
$71, ,196,505. with the rest of the coun-
tries far in the rear with the exception
of Great Britain, which took $109,34S,-
245
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29
POINTS FROM HIS SPEECHES
Would Get Rid of Evils, but Not Progress
Refers to the Philippines.

Would Get Rid of Evils, but Not Progress
Refers to the Philippines.
The presidents first speech was
made at Nashua. Here he said in part:
1.-The great feature of the material
growth of this country during the past
fifty years-aside from our expansion
westward across the continent to the
Pacific-has been the extraordinary in
dustrial progress which has built up
such cities as this in which l am now
speaking. No, gentlemen, with any
great change-no matter how bene-
cial-there are sure to come attendant
evils. - There are evils with
which we must grappie-evils that
come from the progress, but recollect,
gentlemen, if it had not been for the
progress we would not be here. Let
us get rid of the evils. but let us do it
in a way that we won't get rid of the
progress at the same time"
At Manchester he referred to Mol
lie Starks,'' and proceed to say: I'VE
have heard a good deal of criticism
about what our people have done in
the Philippines. Those that went out
there were our brothers. friends. COM
companions There was occasionally
one of them that did something wrong.
Well. we are not all of us immaculate
at home. Laughter There is ev-
cry reason why we should put stop
to wrong doing. punish the wrong
doer. be he soldier or civilian, and
where it has been possible 70 get at
any soldier who did wrong he has
been punished; but the fact remains
that you and those like you in the
Philippines have written a new page
in the honor roll of American history,
and shame to us as a nation if we
don't stand behind you and appreciate
what you have done"
To the Grand Army men at The
Weirs he again defended the army in
the Philippines on lines similar to those
of his speech at Manchester. and eu-
logized the soldiers of the Union of
1861. At Concord he received the
greatest ovation of the day and made
the most extended speech. Some of
the striking passages of his speech
were:
"In this life. as a rule. the JOB
that is easy to do is not very wen
worth while doing The ma
ton that shirks its work, the nation
that seeks only for ease, Is q nation
which will leave but slight mark
in the records of the great events or
mankind. ~ There. has never
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29
BABY ACCIDENTALLY LOCATED
But Secretary Park Concludes to Leave 1t
Where Found.

A new thrill of excitement was
started when it was announced yester-
day that Il policeman had accidentally
found the baby i'll the south part of the
city. He was serving Il subpoenas in
another case when the excitement in
the neighborhood onvinced him that
he was near the hiding place where
Mrs Keller had concealed the baby.
The people We're excited for a while,
as they all favor the mother. They
thought that Secretary Park. of the AS
sociated Charities. had obtained u ha-
beaS corpus writ to get the sick baby
from the custody of the mother, who
was acting as special constable. 1t
developed that when the mother was
made Il special constable and given
charge of her infant under arrest for
vagrancy, in order to give her posses
sion despite the operation of the socio-
logical law, she took il to her sisters
house. This is some distance from her
own home, and the baby was carefully
guarded.
The mothers brother had instruc-
tiOns from her attorney to use neces-
sary force to prevent anybody taking
the baby unless with court warrant
After finding the baby the attorney for
Secretary Park advised him not to use
the authority given him by the con-
struction of the law to take the baby
from the mother who was found by the
trial court competent to keep it. Moth
ing was done in the matter in the
courts yesterday. Excitement over the
discovery of the effect of the new law
has given way to more sober but in
tense and nearly unanimous indigna
ton at the law itself.
The baby involved in this. the first
case in Iowa under the new law, is
actually siek, and the neglect of the
mother is charged under the new stat
ute. On trial the mother was found
not guilty of anything in purview of
the new law. which also was declared
unconstitutional. Secretary Park ap-
peaIed and refused to obey the order of
the court to return the baby to its
mother. He was then arrested on n
bench warrant for contempt of court
and summarily sent to Jail. His law
yer then routed Judge Hughes out of
bed and filed a petition for writ of
habeas corpus. In the meantime the
mother of the baby had a neighbor file
information i'm Justice of the peace's
court charging the baby. II months
old. with vagrancy. \ big constable
soberly arrested the baby at the hos
pita! where it was being treated, and
brought the infantile priosner into
court. The Vagrancy case was con-
tinued to Saturday. and the mother
was made special constable and or
dered to keep the baby prisoner safely
till the case should he called again. The
mother took the baby and hid it. This
was the situation yesterday morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29

people that rorDearance has ceased to
be a virtue"
Yesterday there was a hot time in
this valley. Company + and X,
Twelfth regiment, made run on the
trolley through the valley and every
where were received with curses and
epithets; also with showers of stones,
one of which hit Captain Gearbart on
the shoulder, lamming his arm. The
soldiers frequently left the cars and
pursued stone throwers, and when the
detachment got back to headquarters
it had as prisoners Jimmy Morteen,
Joseph McCann, John King, Timothy
King and John Kelly. The Kings, KeL
ly and Marteen were released. JO-
seDh Mccain was taken to Lansford
under a heavy guard, where he was
arraigned before Squire Lewis on n
charge. of assault and battery. brea ch
of the peace and melting a riot. He
was held in $500 bail
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29
GAMBLERS IN DIFFICULTY
Because They Won the Money of Bank
Thief-Heavy Bail Demanded.


Aspen, Colo, Aug. 9.-Edward VIII
son. proprietor of the Abbey club. and
Jacob Gels ana John Holm, faro deal
erS at the club. have been arrested
on capiaseS which charge them with
aiding and abetting Leonard Dongle,
teller of the Aspen bank, who is
charged with defalcation. in getting
away with $I4.53O of the banks mon
ey.
It is alleged that Dongle lost the
money in play ut the Abbey club, and
that Wilson. Gels and Holm knew that
he was gambling with the banks mon
ey. Bail was fixed at $4,000 for each
of the three prisoners. and in default
of bonds they have been lodged in jail.
Wilson claims to hold receipt for
$4,000 returned TO the bank and
guarantee signed by Cashier II. G. Ly-
ster. 1t is understood the district at
torney has refused to recognize this
compact, and insists that the men must
be tried
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29
raIking Ahout Forestry.

Lansing, Mich. Aug. 29.-At yester-
days session of the convention of the
American Forestry association General
G. G. Andrews, chief forest fire
warden of Minnesota, read a paper on
Minnesota's system for preventing for
est fires. Addresses We're also made by
Dr. Clifford. of the New York State Col
lege of Forestry: Frank Miller. of the
bureau of forestry; w. c. Winchester,
of Grand Rapids. Mich; Grand Master
q. b. Horton, of the Michigan state
grange; Governor \. L. Bliss, and State
Land Commissioner Wildey. The dele
gates left in the afternoon for a trip
through the northern part of the lower
DeninSuIa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29
ONE DEGENERATE LESS
If He Doesn't Lie in His Letter to the Po-
lice at Omaha.

If He Doesn't Lie in His Letter to the PO-
lice at Omaha
Omaha, Neb., Aug. eff the state
ments made in Il letter received at the
police station are true Iny Huffman
Is murderer and suicide. The letter
was mailed at 5:35 p. IN. Tuesday and
was received at the police station
Wednesday. The letter said:
Dear Sir: am the one that cut off
Dora Jackman's hair l am IS years
old. Two months after my mother died
1 killed our baby, which was months
and , days old. l am on my way to
jump in the Missouri river. L had moth
ing against her. She wifs always pO-
lite to me. Put this in the papers. l
am so mean. put on the clothes L had
on when L cut off her hair. l put her
hair in my pocket. L cut it off with 4
sharp razor. L could not stand to think
what L had done, so l killed myself:
"INY HUFFMAN
Iny Huffman cut Il long braid of
hair from the head of Dora ackman
during the early part of February. a
complaint was filed against him at that
time, but he was never arrested nor
could any of his relatives be located by
the police. The police are now making
a search for the boy or his body. The
body of an infant was found last June
which was unidentified, and which the
police believe to have been the baby
mentioned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29

New'sIry, y. H., Aug. 29.-President
Roosevelt last night was the guest of
Secretary of State Hay, whose summer
home is situated Il few miles from here
along the shores of Lake Sunapee The
secretary and his daughters met the
president upon his arrival, and Joined
with the assemblage in extending him
Il hearty welcome. The president de-
livered Il brief address to the towns
people, in which he thanked them for
their greeting. He then entered Sec
retary Hays launch Nomad and steam
ed to The Fells. New Hampshire's S
arms were open yesterday in readiness
to receive the president. Long before
he wasawake II committeerepreSenti
the governor boarded the train. The
welcome they extended to him on be-
half of the state was magnified later
in the day in the smaller towns through
which the train passed, and at Nashua,
Manchester, The WeirS and Concord,
although the day was replete with the
miscarriage of arrangements.
Police Arrangements Inadequate.
At the WeirS, where the Grand Army
reunion was held, the people in the eX-
cess of their desire to accord the preSi-
dent u fitting reception came near caus-
ing crush which might have resulted
diSaStrously. As 1t was the president
was for time in the midst of Il howl
ing, Surging mass, and was all but car
ried off his feet. So Inadequate were
the police arrangements that the crowd
had entire control of the situation, and
much relief was expressed when the
president, after reviewing the veterans,
was scorted into the hotel for luncheon.
- Governors Ssaff Acts as Walters.
Here again the carefully laid plans
for his entertainment went astray,
luncheon being finally served through
the gallantry of the governors staff,
who turned in and acted as walters.
The presidents speech at the park,
where the veterans were gathered, was
most favorably received. As in the case
of Bangor he admonished his hearers
to remain still and not to shove. \
great crush occurred at Concord as the
train was pulling out and for time it
was feared people would be hurt.
Presidents Future Movements.
1t was made known that President
Roosevelt almost Immediately after his
return to Oyster Bay, Sept. 3. will
make q flying trip to Tennessee and
North Carolina. He will leave on the
9Th for Chattanooga, where he will at
tend the conference of the locomotive
firemen on the Sth. Sunday, the 9TH,
will be spent in looking over the bat
tlefield of Chickamauga. On the re-
turn trip Ashcville and perhaps one
other place i'll North Carolina will be
visited.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29
CADETS ARE REoRoANIzeD
Boys Hope for Aid From Citizens to Pur-
chase Equipment.

chaSe Equipment
The Rock Island Cadets, who We're
organized after the q. y. Il. encamp-
ment, have reorganized and now the
company embraces thirty young men
who are making rapid progress with
the meagre equipment they have been
able to scrape together. They are
working hard and the dues are paid
regularly, but this does not increase
the treasury in a manner TO insure
speedy equipping of the entire COM
pany-
An organization of this kind is
good thing for town and for the
young fellows who are interested in
it. so in view of this the boys are
hoping that some of the citizens of
Rock Island who are interested in
military work will open the strings
of their pocketbooks and help them
out. The following acting officers
have been appointed:
Captain, a. G. Fleming; first lieu
tenant, Julius Krell; second lieuten-
ant. c. p Clough.
The acting non-commissioned Off
GERS will be appointed in week or
so. Tor the present the company will
be drilled by Capt. w. II. Cline, a vet
eran of the Spanish-American war,
with the assistance of Capt. Fleming.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29
Girls Are Displacing Bows.

Omaha. Neb., Aug. 29.-The leading
messenger service company in Omaha
advertised for girls TO take the places
of boys as messengers. All of the
others. ii is reported, will follow suit in
a few days. The girls will ride bicy-
cIes. and only few boys will be kept
to go where their sister employees can
not go with propriety The managers
of the messenger service company ex-
plain that it is almost impossible to get
boys who are able to do the work sat
isfactory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29
WILL DEMAND
EXPLANATION
Colombia After NiCarau-
qua for Part in
Rebellion.
WAR SEEMS LIKELY
AS Soon as Civil Dis
cord is Stopped on
ISthrnuS.
WAR SEEMS LIKELY

Washington, Aug. 29.-Colombia
will formally demand of Nicaragua
an explanation in regard to the latter
country's alleged participation in the
revolution against the Colombian gov
ernment and back up her demand
with the most formidable land and
naval force she can muster as soon
as rebel activity on the isthmus has
been crushed.
Information is Received.
Information to this effect was re-
ceived from an authoritative source
in Washington today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29
Rural Carriers Want More Paw.

Des MOines, Ia, Aug 29.-At the
state convention of the Rural Mail
Carriers here the following officers
were elected: President, b. 2. Wood,
Cherokee: first vice president, J. w.
Clever, Humiston: second vice Dresi-
dent, w. II. Dillon. Dex Soto; secre-
tary, J. B. Gray, Eagle Grove The
burden Of the speeches was a cry for
more pay and it was stated that Speak
er Henderson said that the rural car
riers' service would be put on an equal
footing with the free delivery service
in cities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29
IS ADEAD ONE BY LAW
According to Those Holding the Property
He Is Claiming.


Mattoon, Ills. Aug. 29.-David Hart
man. an old soldier. who twenty-eight
years ago disappeared from Crawford
county, this state, has returned to Rob
inson, the county seasf. and laid claim
to his share of an estate. The iDnO-
cent purchasers will resist on the
ground that he is legally dead. In 1891
DIR. David Wilson, of Robinson, died,
leaving an estate of $500 acres of land,
Hartman WIS one of five heirs.
The estate was partitioned, and his
daughters. Sarah J. Burkett and Grace
o. Allberry, now of Ohio. We're award
ed his share. They sold 500 acres To
other parties. Recently it was learned
Hartman was living at Addy. Wash,
ignorant of DIR. Wilson's death or his
share III the estate. He has instituted
partition proceedings to recover his in
leritance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29

Inquiry at the local offices of the
Rock Island road this afternoon de-
veloped the Information that Warten-
bee lived in this city up to about two
years ago, being employed as switch
man on the Rock Island. He came
here some four years ago and had
been conductor on some other road.
He left his family here when he went
away and the wife and children later
removed to Chanute, Kans, where
they now live. Wartenbee was about
81 years of age.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29
Monumen. to military Heroes.

Helena, Aug. 29.-After lying in un-
marked graves for twenty-five years
the bones of twenty-one soldiers who
fell in the last battle with the Nez
Perces Indians near the Rearpaw
mountains are to have reared above
them suitable monument, and the
spot will become a national park. Cen
eral Miles commanded the soldiers,
and upon his request the interior de-
partment has withdrawn the land
about the spot from entry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29
CARLISLE Is HEARD ON
IMPERIALISM POLICY

Saratoga, \. Y. Aug. 29.-John G.
Carlisle, OF New YaFk. former secre-
tary of the treasurys delivered the an
nual address before4he American Bar
association yesterday. He spoke upon
the power of the United States to ac-
quire and govern territory. which he
said was "A question growing out of the
acquisition of territory from Spain. I'm
less the constitution Is changed. which
is hardly probable. said Carlisle, the
law is the same. whether the territory
is located in the eastern or western
hemisphere. He antagOnized the Re
publican doctrine Oh the subject
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29
LAST ONE INVOLVED
IN MILITARY FRAUD

Lansing, Mich, Aug. 29.-E. S. Rees,
of Kalamazoo, the last of the Hender-
son-Ames company directors to be
charged with conspiracy to defraud
the state in military clothing, was
arraigned today. He demanded an
examination, which was fixed for
Sept. 16, and gave $4,000 bail with
two Sureties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29
Chosen Queen of Labor Dav.

Saginaw, Mich, Aug. 29.-Miss Alice
Ewald was chosen queer of Labor day
by an Overwhelming vote. She is a
member of the Lady Clerks union. She
will have the place of honor in the pa
rade on an elaborate. DECORATED float.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29
Progressive Brethren Confer.

Warsaw. Ind. Aug. 29.-The Nation
al Progressive Brethren conference of
the reformed branch of the German
Dunkard denomination convened for a
three days annual session at Winona
yesterday. the Bible conference hav-
ing closed n very successful meeting
Wednesday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29

yet been man in our history VINO ied
a life of ease whose name is worth
remembering. 4 believe in
play and | believe i'm playing hard
while you play, but don't make busi-
ness of it. Laughter and applause.
Do your work andsdo it up to the
handle, and then play when you have
got time to play. and if you are worth
anything enjoy that. too. Now. what
is true of the individual Is true or
the nation. The heroic times in this
nations career were when it had great
work to do, and instead of fiinching
from the work did it."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29
IN THE GRANITE STATE
New Hampshire Turns Out Very
Generally TO Welcome the
National Executive.
HE ENDS THE DAY AT NEWPORT
Where He Becomes the Guest of See.
rotary Hay-Extracts from
His Addresses.

Newbury. n. H., Aug. 29.-Today
was one of pleasure and rest for the
president, after nearly week of
hard work in his tour of New Eng
land. He passed the night at THE
Fells," the summer home of Secretary
of State Hay, and left at 10 for New
port to spend the day and night in
the park owned by Austin Corbin, of
New York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29
Her Afection Gone, All Right.

Anderson, Ind, Aug 29.-Mrs. Eva
Wilder has sued for divorce from her
husband, Seth Wilder. She alleges
cruelty and neglect. About year ago
Wilder shot and seriously wounded
Nelson Hamilton. who had been board
ing at fhe Wilder home. Wilder al
Ieging that Hamilton had alienated the
affections of Mrs. Wilder.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29
MUIR RDERED AT
FT. WORTH. TEX.
Tragic Fate of Conductor o. N. War
tenbee, Formerly of
Rock Island.

Fort Worth, Texas, Aug. 29.-The
+lifeless body of Orion Nathan War
tenbee, a railroad conductor late of
Rock Island, ILL.,, was found this
morning in North Fo1a Worth. 1t is
supposed he was murdered. Docu-
ments show him to haze been mem
Der of the Rock Island aDivision Order
of Railway ConductoFs. He is not
known here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29
STEEL MEN OUT ON STRIKE
Eighteen Hundred Quit at Lebanon. Pa,
Because Demands Are Refused.

Lebanon, Pa, Aug. 29-Eighteen
hundred employees of the American
Iron & Steel Manufacturing company
struck today upon the demand of the
men being refused. The men demand
ed that colored and non-union work
men and other men sent here be re-
moved and the old hands taken back.
Pittsburg, Aug. 29.-The Amalgam-
ated Journal, the official organ of
the Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Plate Workers of Amer
lea, officially announces today that
the rebate proposition submitted to
the tin lodges by the American Tin
Plate company through the confer
ence committee has been voted down.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-29
stock of Butter and EGGS.

Chicago. Aug. 9.-The Daily Trade
Bulletin has issued its annual report
of the stocks of butter and eggs mt cold
storage points in the United States
Stocks of butter are estimated at l.
215.T00 tubs, compared with 1.1o7 500
tubs one year ago. Stocks of eggs
aggregate 2.445.600 cases. compared
with 2.S55. 200 cases one year ago.