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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14

DIII or fare. ana Dotn appeared In very
tempting form when upon the table.
The senators and the soldier guest
were all helped equally and bounti-
fully to both dishes, and all ate hear
tily of them. The senators were. of
course, familiar with the ingredients,
but Boardman did not know so much.
nor has he vet been told the secret of
his invitation to lunch with the two
United States senators. The senators
declare the food was very palatable.
and they agree that BOardman's objec-
tiOns TO the ration appeared to have
vanished at the table.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
CARRIES HIS POINT
Senator Hanna Sue ceeds in COmpeII-
ing President to Reopen
Rathbone Case.

Washington, May 14.-Senator Han
ma has carried his point with Presi-
dent Roosevelt to the extent of Sc
curing from the president a promise
that the case of Estes G. Rathbone.
former director general of the Cuban
postal service, will be considered by
the Cuban court of appeals upon the
law and facts of the case. Rathbone
was convicted of frauds, and having
been protege of Hanna's the latter
has been determined to free him
from the first.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
time to time.

Fort de france. isiduu of Mir
Unique. May lit is estimated that
the total number of deaths on the isl
and of st. Vincent from the volcanic
eruption reached 1000. Most of the
victims are said to be Carib Indians.
The United States government tug
Potomac left here last night for st.
Vincent. where conditions are report
ed to be worse. La Soufriere. on st
Vincent. was in full eruption May 10.
4 stream of stone and mud half mile
wide was then issuing from the vol
cano. Stones two inches in diameter
fell twelve miles away. At Kingston.
the capital of the island, the ashes
were two inches deep.
Death Roll on st. Vincent Grows.
Seven hundred dead We're reported
Sunday. May IL. 1t is now estimated
that the total number of deaths will
reach 1000. Most of the seven es-
tates on the island have been burned
TO ashes. and it is authentically re-
ported that two earthquakes occurred
there The present volcanic eruption
on St. Vincent is the first since 1872
Governor Hunt, of Porto Rico. has
asked Louis III. Ayme. the United
States consul at Guadeloupe, who is
GOVERNOR could render. Governor
Hunts offer has been communicated
TO the government, which will gladly
accept ii.
Famine I'm Martinique Imminent.
a famine here is imminent The
northern section of the island is de-
populated. Provisions are needed here
immediately for 100000 people. 4 ship
load of lime is also needed at st.
Pierre for sanitary purposes. The
stencil there from the dead bodies is
overpOwering. Mont Pelee was still
erupting smoke and fire mt late hour
Monday night. Many strange and in
comprehensive incidents are recOunted
OF ST Pierre. The charred remains of
81 woman with a silk handkerchief,
unburned and in perfect condition,
held to her lips have been found there.
The crisped bodies of young girls have
been found. but the shoes they wore
were unhurt.
Praise for Our Consul.
Every praise is given United States
Consul Ayme. He has worked indie
fatigabIy to succOr the survivors. He
has bandaged the limbs of the wound
ed and has worked without sleep and
without food. He is now thoroughly
exhausted. The Italian consul mt Bar
BADGES has recovered the body of his
daughter, who was visiting at st.
Pierre at the time of the disaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
FOOD THAT HE WOULD NOT EAT
But He Doesn't Recognize 1t When HI
Does Eat 1t Later.

But He Doesn't Recognize It When He
Does Eat 1t Later.
Responding to u question by Car
mack the witness said that hard and
continuous service in the Philippines
and the poor food the men received
made them morose and in a vindictive
temper. LAS for myself said he, Il
will say l have less use for the United
States army than L ever had before,
because of the way l was treated"
He then threw on the table Il can Of
salmon and can of condensed food
tablets which he said had been issued
to him as his meal just before leaving
the army, and which he said he re-
fused to eat because it was spoiled.
In the one case of water cure which
he had witnessed in BatangaS in 1901,
he said the native received no harSher
treatment than being badly scared, and
the treatment had the effect of making
him promptly give information regard
ing the whereabouts of guns.
After Boardman had concluded his
testimony Senator Dietrich, of that
committee, sent the two samples of
food which Boardman had left in the
committee room, and which he had
declared he would not eat under any
circumstances, to the senate restau-
rant, requiring that they be prepared
for the table. The canned salmon he
had made into n salmon salad, and
the prepared food was used in the
preparation of soup. Boardman was
invited to luncheon with Dietrich,
Beveridge being n second guest.
The salmon salad and the soup made
Of the compound supplied to the army
were the two princiDal articles on the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
REBELS ARE
IN CONTROL
Commander of Haytian
Fleet Joins Up
rising
WITH TWO WARSHIPS
The Revo1utionistS Seize
Custom Houses and
Collect Duties.
WITH TWO WARSHIPS

Port Au Prince. May 14.-Admiral
killick, commander of the Haytian
fleet, has started for Cape Haytian
with two Haytian warships, having
declared himself in favor of Gen. Fir
man, head of the revolutionary forces
in the northern part of the island.
RevoIutIonIsts Seize Custom Houses.
The northern revolutioniSts have
seized the custom houses of Cape
Haytien, port De PaiX and Gonaives,
and are collecting duties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
gnatcn Uompany to Raise feas

Diamond Match Company, which
owns considerable acreage in this
vicinity. is to embark in agriculture
this season, instructions having been
received to prepare 300 acres for culti-
walton. The principal crops will he
oats and peas. OF the latter 100 bush
els will be sawn, and while the crop
will be in the nature of an expert
ment, it is considered that it will
prove good Investment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
OLD BEEF ISSUE
That of 1898 Comes Up Again Be.
fore the Senate Philip
pines Committee.
SOLDIER WHOSE FOOD WAS BAD
Produces 1t and Later Unknowingly
Eats Heartily of the Iden-
tical Stuff.

Washington. May 14.-GeOrge G..
Boardman. formerly of the Twentieth
infantry. gave testimony before the
senate Philippine committee yesterday.
He said that the natives in BatangaS,
where he was stationed. became very
bold and threatening after the Balan-
giga massacre. and intimated that
other troops would be served likewise.
1t needed an order such as General
Smith gave to make the natives real
ize that the United States meant busi-
ness. He said the men in the Philip
pines knew that war was hell and
that the boys We're going to give the
FilipinOs hell while it lasted.
Our Soldiers Had Nightmare.
Toardmap said that before the or
der of General Jacob II. Smith to kill
being in such constant fear of masSa-
ere, would suddenly awake and in
their fright eXclaim, Get 'em, boys,
get 'em!'' After General Smith issued
his order, he said, the natives for the
first time understood that the Ameri-
cans meant what they said, and
the troops felt safe. The difficulty, he
said. was because a certain order by
General Otis for the killing of outlaws
never WAS executed, and this made the
natives bold in their resistance. They
all deplored the death of Luna, but
hailed with delight Aguinaldo's cap
ture. Witness said the Filipino pris-
oners We're treated too good.
What's a Gun For, Anyhow?
The general course of conduct of
American officers and men toward
peaceful FilipinOs, he said, was hu-
name. The men, however, We're dis
couraged on account of the food they
got, and officers would not object
when the men were hungry to their
going into a house and taking food.
The whole tendency of the army"
said the witness. was to make the
men anything but pleasant toward the
natives. They used the gun to shoot
with rather than to preach the gospel
with" His orders were 10 treat the
FiliDinOS kindly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
VIEWS OF
A SCIENTIST
On the Volcanic Upheav-
al in West
Indies.
CANNOT BE F0RET0LD
Nature of the Force
That Works Awful
Disaster.
CANNOT BE FORETOLD

Chica go. May 1.-THE Martinique
disaster took place just where scien-
fists would expect it. DIR. \. II. Crook,
professor of mineralOgy in Northwest
ern university, has made special
study of volcanoes. He has made an
ascent of the two highest in the world,
and has climbed many others for pur-
poses of study He is an authority up
on volcanography. There are two
great circles of volcanoes about the
EARTH" he said. "One girdles the
earth north and south. extending
through Terra del Fuego called ''land
of fire. because of its VolcanoeS), Mex
leo. the Aleutiau islands and down
through Australia; the other east and
west through Hawaii, Mexico. West In
dies, Italy Including Mount Nesuviusl
and Asia Minor.
We Find 1t just Where 1t Is.
These two circles intersect at two
points. One of these is the West In
dies. which include Martinique, the
scene of this terrible disaster; the 9TH
er is in the islands of Java, Borneo
and Sumatra. on the latter islands
there are extinct volcanoes. On the
former is the terrible Pelee. 1t is just
ut these points of intersection of the
two volcanic rings that we expect un-
usual volcanic activity, and il is there
that we find it, Professor Crook says
il is impossible to predict an eruption.
There has been more or less theroiZ-
ing" he continued, las to volcanic dis
turbanceS moving in cycles, but it cam
not he proved. One fact is established,
and that is that volcano is an eX-
Dlosion caused by water coming in con-
tact with the molten AlasS below the
surface of the earth. This is proved
by the great clouds of steam that ac-
company the action"
Center of the Earth Not Molten.
The old theory that the center of the
earth is Il molten mass the professor
says is no longer held. He asserts
that the latest idea is that the center
of the earth is more rigid than glass.
though less rigid than steeel. About this
there is more or less molten matter,
and over all the surface crust of the
earth. This molten matter causes the
surface of the earth to give. to sag,
and form what is called ''wrinkling."
When water comes in contact with the
heated mass an explosion follows that
finds its outlet through the places
where there is less resistance, and the
result is Il volcano.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
Charges Against an Asylum.

Bloomington, Ills. May 14.-Serious
charges were made against the man
agement of the insane asylum at Jack
sonville by Mrs. Martin McHugh, OF
this city, she alleging that the attend
ants there have been brUtally treat
ing her husband. She has just sue
ceeded in having him transferred to
the new asylum at Bartonville. on the
grounds that his life was not safe at
the Jacksonville asylum
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
DESIRED TO KILL
Confession of John PoIeet, Who
Murdered Charles
Isakson.
SURPRISED EVEN THE OFFICERS
Makes No Defense and Says He is
Unable to Explain
Deeds.

Springfield. Ills, May 1.-THE con-
fesSiOn Of John POleet that he muir
to even the officers who We're work
ing on the case. for the majority Of
them had come to believe in Poleet's
innocence. Poleet's father-in-law came
to Springfield to make arrangements
for defending the suspect, and ii was
after he left that POleet wrote the con-
fesSiOn. He said that in Il moment of
frenzy. without any other prOvocatiOn
than an uncomfortable desire 10 slay,
he struck down his companion and
beat out his brains with n car cOuDler-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
HeIs Manted for NInrder.

Kansas City, May 14.-Chief of Po-
lice Hoagland and Detective Malone,
of Lincoln. Neb., have identified Al
Beard. I'm jail here, as a man wanted
I'm Lincoln for the murder of John j.
GiIliland, on Aug. % last. BEARD will
be taken to St Paul to answer the
charge of numbering Policeman Mayer
last February. Beard is alGo charged
with bank robbery at Turin, Ia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
Cause of the sheraden Horror.

Pittsburg, May 14.-Superintendent
Mccarthy says that after a careful
and thorough investigation the concIu-
sion is reached that the cause of the
accident at Sheraden was the inability
of Il brakeman to control train of
cars taken out of the yard. The cars
ran into a train of cars loaded with
naphtha. breaking a tank car, the
contents of which ran down the tracks
and ignited from q switch lamn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
Makes No Defense.

lie makes no attempt To ueIenG nm
self and SAYS he is unable to explain
the deed, which is so foreign to his
character, his teachings and his former
life. He says he is ready to accept
the consequences of his act. and de
clares that he still has faith in his re-
ligion and that he has been forgiven.
Poleet is young man with wife
and two children. He has been zeal
Gus evangelist and gave promise of be-
coming a minister of influence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
RrItish steamer Overdue.

London. May IA dispatch re-
ceived here from Lloyds agent, at Ran
COON. British Bermudah, says that the
British steamer Camorta, from Ma
dras. which is stated to have $50 pas
sengers on board, is eight days over
due.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
Because There wasn't Any.

Baltimore, Md, May 1.-THE seis-
mograph in operation at the Johns
Hopkins university shows no record
of any disturbance of the earth's
crust here concurrent with the vol
canic OutburstS which are devastating
and remOdeling the West Indies. The
seismOgraph at the university record
ed the several phases of the recent
Guatemalan earthquake in consider
able detail
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14

Chicago, May 14.-Three hundred
glass workers struck today. practi-
cally tying up all the glass plants in
the city. Two hundred employees of
the American Bridge company also
struck. They demand increased wages
and shorter hours.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
Robbers Loot a General Store.

Baldwin, Wis, May 14.-Monday
night robbers entered the general store
of Charles Evan, at Hersey, nine miles
east of here, and secured several hun
dred dollars worth of ciSthing and
cutlery They also secured about SO
from the postoffice. There is no clue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
our Consul "A True Prophet.

Minneapolis, Mimi. May 14.-Mrs.
James Smith. of this city, siSter-in-law
of United States Consul Ayme, at
Guadeloupe. was Il guest of the fam
lily of United States Consul Prentis, at
st. Pierre, Il year ago. She says that
Mrs. Prentis told her ut that time
that she and her husband did not eX-
nect to leaYe the island nliNe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
Miss Jane Addams i'm n VvrecIx.

Chicago, May 14.-AIiss Jane Ad-
dams. the sociologist and head of Hull
House. was severely cut about the face
while returning to Chicago from the
convention of women's clubs held at
Los Angeles, Cal. Her train was de-
rallied near Revere. Mo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
New York Has a 5000, 900 Fire.

New York, May 1.-THE building
Nos. 101 and IO3 Duane street, which
was occupied Sy Hammond, Roker Il
Co, dealers in ordnance and anmuni-
ton, and Doremus. Pease X Co, man.
ufacturers of blank books. has been
burned. TIE loss was 100000, and
was Dartlv insured
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
NorhinrIs Nore I.iI.eIv.

Panama. Colombia, May 14.-It is
reported here that General Alfaro, the
former president of Ecuador, is pre-
pairing revolutionary movement
against President Plaza, of that repub-
lfp
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
Fire at Madison.

st. Louis, May 1.-THE plant of the
ellison Asphaltum company at Madi-
son. Ill. was burned today. The loss
is 100000; partially insured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
,rare Is Sow PensIon Uommissloner.

Washington, May 14.-Eugene +.
Ware, of Kansas. yesterday took the
oath of Office as commissioner of PEN
siOns, and this morning assumed ac-
tive charge OF his new duties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
TO GOBBLE MORE
Pierpont Morgan to Extend His Ship
Combine TO
Spain.

Madrid, May Alt is reported here
that J. Pierpont Morgan is coming to
Spain in order TO negotiate for the
entry of the Spanish transatlantic
company into the Atlantic shipping
combine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14

wnlcn we may wen pray not to see
duplicated. Science. however. has no
means of knowing that it may not oc-
CIR. awaiD -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
minneapolis Responds to the Cry.

Minneapolis. May 1.-THE -four
millers here have wired their New
York representatives to ship as large
consignments of flour as they think
proper to the Martinique sufferers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
Iowa Man Nominnted.

Washington. May 1.-THE president
has sent to the senate the nomination
of Benjamin Johnston. of Iowa. to be
consul ut Ceiba, Honduras.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
HORROR
OF HAVOC
Caused by the Volcanic
EruptiOns Continue
to Grow.
STORY OF ST. VINCENT
Where Death Roll Seems
to Have Reached at
Least 1000.

Casteries, Island St. Lucia, May Il.
The Soufriere volcano on the island
of St Vincent is still in destructive
eruption. \ terrific cannonade can
he heard 100 miles away. The reports
are followed by volumes of smoke
rising miles in the air.
Immense balls of colored fire issue
from the crater.
Lightning is playing fiercely in the
upper sky. and the whole northern
part of the island is one mass of
travelling flame. 1t is impossible to
reach the burning district by land or
sea. There is no means of establish
ing the destruction wrought to life
and property.
Kingston, the capital of st. Vincent,
is still safe, though showers of ashes
and pebbles are continually falling.
Paris, May IA dispatch from
Naples says Mount Vesuvius shows
signs of activity. Lava is flowing
from the crater on the Pompeii side
while hot cinders are thrown up from
time to time
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14

Pittsburg, May IA careful and
systematic search for the dead and i'll
jured in the Sheraden horror of Mon
day reveals Il list of twenty-three dead
and 2O2 injured. The complete list of
the injured may never be known as
many were able TO get away without
making known their identity. \ con
servative estimate made by those thor
oughly familiar with the situation
places the number more or less seri-
ouSly hurt at not less than 300.
The official list of the dead up to this
writing given out by the coroner fol-
lows: Elbert Berry. aged j.. Sheraden;
Hugh Flaherty, Esplen; Dallas Byrd,
New Cumberland, W. Va; Antonio
Leo. Sheraden; -- Finnerty, Sisters
vile. w. Va; J. Lawrence KEENAN,,
Carnegie, Pa; Harry :. Smithley,
Uhrichsville, o.; George ID. Wilson,
aged II, Sheraden; Matthew l.. Mar
non. McKees Rocks; Donald Smith,
aged ., Sheraden; William II. Fife,
aged 10. Sheraden; Charles Haertig,
aged Il. Grenetree Borough; Walter
+. Rice. Dorrencetown. Pa; Elmer Z.
Hunter. Sheraden; w. w. Taylor, Mil
ler's Station. o.: PascOl Nader Shera-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14

Pittsburg, May 1.-THE casualty
list resulting from Mondays distas-
ter at Sheridan continues to grow.
Two deaths are reported this morn
ing, Albert Berry, aged 10, and Con-
rad Flick, aged 43, swelling the death
list to 26. The number injured is
increasing and now eX-
ceeds $50. Many, however. are not
serious. The property loss is S175, 900.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-13
THE MAN WE WANT.

Give us the man who's always the
same
Forever through thick and thin:
The man who'll fight for the right. at
times
When the wrong would fain creep I'M
The man who's true to his every friend
Nor swayed by the idle tongue:
Who leaves no word of cheer unSaid,
No song of hope unsung.
Always the same. though the world may
frown.
And taunts and Gibes be hurled;
Always the same. though he stands alone,
Facing a cheerless world
The man who's ready to speak the word
At the time ii should be said:
Who writes no cpitaphs of fame
After" friend is dead.
The man who's always the same. at times
When the faintest hope seems gone;
Always the same. though the storm
clouds fly.
And curtain the light of dawn;
Whose heart beats out in sympathy,
When tears of sorrow flow.
Who. when tie call OF duty comes,
Is ever awake to go.
Always the same, 10 rich or poor,
Besgar or priest. or king:
Always the same at work the same,
Always at everything
In thousand WAYS men plan and scheme
To gain success and fame.
But the man who truly wins in Nfe.
Is always and ever the same
e. A. Brlninstool.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-13
THINGS WORTH NOTING.


For'rhc Tribune by Walter j. Ballard.
1t appears that there are 100000 miles of
submarine telcgraphs now spread over
the globe. and their total cost was $40,
OO0 600. The number of messages annually
sent Is 6,OO0OO0. In short time the new
Pacific line will make Il big addition to
the length of line.
The riches of Alaska are constantly
growing. 1t now yields us about $780,
900 900 Il year. and only the beginning of
its wealth is in sight. There is fertile
land in this supposed to he frozen terri
tory where opportunities for grain grow
ing are eNtensive. There are forests and
fisheries-there are manifold ways of de-
velOping wealth there.
The increase in the value of real estate
in the city of New York. as set forth in
the report of the tax commissioners, Is
something phenomenal From 1SoS to 1902
the assessed value of real estate increased
from sl,7ol. .9S2, 400 to s.,35S 9S9,tlS or nearly
80 per cent.
For the fiscal year ending June 80 last
there was paid out at the general post
offices and stations in New York city on
domestic money orders $.9s29.SOl. an
increase of twenty-five per cent. over
for domestic money orders during the
same period $l23.d3i The remttanccs
from postofiices throughout the United
States for the fiscal year amounted to
s542GS,O Ojj3. The New York office paid out
to offices throughout the country during
the year s23. 43l ,3li. The total number of
transactions for the fiscal year was 2O3,-
1917.
TwO-tifths of the corporation companies
formed in Russia during last twenty
years are bankrupt owing to the made
Quacy of Russian corporation laws. which
fail to prevent frauds. and a prominent
South Russian tinancier estimates the
losses of recent years at $500 ,DOo0 600 owing
to the absence of proper industrial Or
ganization in Russia.
The Prusslan railroad administration
has reduced freight rates ON exports of
iron, wire. locomotives. cars and cranes
in response to a demand from the Ger
man manufacturers.
A capital of $40. Sl3. 1913 is invested in the
manufacture OF locomotives in the twcn-
ty-eight locomotive works reporting for
the United States in 1900. This represents
the value of land, buildings. machinery
tools and implements. and the live capi-
tai utilized. but does not include the capi-
tai stock of any Of the manufacturing
corporations engaged in the industry. The
value of the products is returned as $35,-
9.04S. to produce which involved an out
lay of slO,S99.6l for wages, $l369,34l for
miscellaneous expenses. including rent
taxes, etc. and $2O,17i,3?5 for materials
used. mill supplies, freight and fuel.