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Rock Island Argus., 1902-09-16
old FRIENDS DROP IN
Large Portion of Long Islands
Population Calls on Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
He SHAKES HANDS WITH THEM ALL
Delighted TO See Two Old Acquaint.
ances from New York, and a
Photograph.

Oyster Bay, Sept. 16.-President
| Roosevelt had as guests at luncheon
today Senators Hanna, Spooner, ALI
son, Aldrich and Lodge. Postmaster
General Payne also arrived this
morning and will participate in to-
days conference. He said the con-
ference would touch upon the con-
gressional situation and other pO-
litical questions.
Oyster Bay. y. Y. Sept. 16.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt yesterday received his
friends and neighbors of Nassau cOun-
ty. and between 6.000 and T.OGO peo-
pie shook his hand The reception was
held at his country home on Sycamore
Hill, and from 3 o'clock until nearly
he was busy shaking hands and
renewing old acquaintances. He met
people yesterday whom he had not
seen for thirty years. and shook hands
with men who had known him when
he was Il child. The president thor
oughly enjoyed the affair, and was as
fresh when il was over as when he
began. He expressed his feelings to a
woman in the crowd who asked him
If he was getting tired.
Not a Bit he replied. 1T takes
more than trolley car to knock me
out, or crowd to tire me-
Village RespIendent with Color.
The weather could not have been
more delightful. The decorators did
their work thoroughly and when the
sun rose IT Shone upon Il village re-
Splendent with color. Most all the
public buildings and many of the pri-
yate houses We're adorned with flags
and bunting. The most effective dec
grafton was along the road leading
from the center of the town to the
road that winds up Sycamore hill.
Here ut Il distance of every hundred
feet were hung large United States
flags. which formed Il canopy of stars
and stripes under which the people
rode on their way to Sycamore hill.
President Was Well Guarded.
The precautions to guard the preSi-
dent against any possible harm We're
of the most thorough character. In
addition to Sheriff JOhnson's 800 spe-
cial deputies. who had been sworn in
for Il days DUTY. Il large number of
secret service men and policemen from
New York in plain clothes We're on
the porch and about the grounds. No
one was allowed to go past the presi-
dent with a camera or a stick of any
description. Cameras. valiseS. canes,
umbrellas, and in many cases over
coats and women's wraps. were taken
from their owners and piled UP under
4 tree near the porch.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-09-16
STRING TO THE ORIENT
Gable That Will Unite the Unit.
ed States and Our Pacific
Island Territory.
SURVEY OF THE ooBAN BOTTOM
The Ups and Downs Thereof One of
the Latter Being About Six
Miles Deep.

Washington. Sept. 16.-Government
navy departments, are much interest
ed in the progress of cable laying in
the Pacific Within a year. if all
goes well, little strand an inch in
diameter will bind the continent with
the Philippines and Hawaii. living in
places over five miles in depth. In
stead of being of extra thickness on
account of the great depths to be en-
countered, the cable will he only one
inch in diameter in the deep sea. Near
the shores the cable will be made of
extra thickness to withstand accident
al shocks. graphing of anchors. etc.
1t will be about two and one-half
inches in thickness off each coast.
Nearly Six Miles Deep Here
The report of Lieutenant Comman-
der Hodges. commanding the survey
ship Nero i'll 1900, relative to the
SOundings taken between Honolulu
and Guam. is of interest. as in this
work he found the deepest abyss in
the ocean ever reached 10y the sound
ing lead. In one spot, in fact. no bot
tom was found after putting out L.
913 fathomS Of line. Another line was
procured. and sounding of $3.50
feet \of six miles. An almost level
plain of soft mud. ideal for cable pur-
poses. stretches from Honolulu to the
Midway islands. ut n general depth of
about 2.100 fathomS.
Peak Comes Close to the Top.
The bed of the ocean between Mid
way islands and Guam. along the prob
able route. is another level plain of
from 3.1G0 to 5000 fathoms. 1t is.
however. broken somewhat by sub
marine reefs and mountain ranges
The first thousand miles from Mid
way with the exception of an iSo-
lated peak not far from Ocean ISL
and. rising 10 within eighty-two faith
omS of the surface. is entirely level.
y short distance east of the great
mountain range that forms the La
drone group lies Nero Deep. the abyss
discovered by the steamer Nero. \
practicable route was found to the
noTthwurd of this deep.
Cable To BE Made in England.
The cable to be laid is of English
manufactures. The India rubber COW
cring was made in Philadelphia. No
facilities exist i'm the United States
for the construction of such a cable
as was required. The sweight of the
copper wire in the Pacific cable will
be 900 pounds per knot. as against 200
pounds in old-faShiOned cables The
method of laying it is ingenious, ma
chinery being provided TO give the
proper bend to the cable and prevent
it from paying out too fast. The ten
sion of the cable is carefully meas
ured. and it is so laid that it does not
kink or coil
Rock Island Argus., 1902-09-16
LEMoNADE ON THE WAY OUT
Many Old Acquaintance in Line-Incident
That PIeased the President.


1t was 2:45 p. m. when the recep-
tion began. President Roosevelt stood
on his porch and shook hands with all.
After passing him the visitors passed
off the porch. along a road leading
to the side of the house, where lem
onade was served, and thence by an
other road out of the grounds. On the
porch with the president were Mrs.
Roosevelt. Mrs. William Roosevelt,
Miss Christine Roosevelt, Miss LOr-
raine Roosevelt, Mrs. Z. Reed Mer-
ritt, Frank Il. Travis, Assistant Sec
RETRY Loeb, Father Powers and Rev.
Henry Homer Washburn. All sorts
of people in all conditions of life filed
by the president White and black,
poor and well-tO-dO: women with
babes in arms. and several with dogs;
small boys and little girls-all got a
pleasant smile and shake of the
hand.
Many were in line who had known
the. president most of his life. and
their delight in renewing an old ac-
quaintance was apparent. but none
gave the president more pleasure than
the greeting of two old family SER
wants. Maggie and Bridget Mitchell,
who had been servants in his fathers
family They came from New York
president and to show him a photo
graph of his father, and one of him
self when he was 4 years of age. The
president was delighted to see the
pictures and the old servants. and pre-
sented the sisters to Mrs. Roosevelt.
During the reception n number of
bands stationed on the lawn in front
of the porch discOursed music. Gar
ry Owen" ''There'll Be Hot Time
in the Old Town Tonight" and Amer
ica." seemed to be the favorites. for
they were repeated n number of times.
The Hicksville battery at the foot of
the hill also did its share to make
the affair success. and fired a con-
tinuous salute. \ pleasing incident oc-
cured toward the close of the recep-
ton The New York policemen want
ed their picture taken with the presi-
dent. When the request was made
of the president he complied at once.
'Srhis is the time l really want a
picture taken" he said. Il know these
mon and I admire them. / am proud
to have my picture taken with them"
Before the reception closed. the bands
which came from Brooklyn and vii
lagos on Long Island, filed past the
president. He shook each by the hand
and thanked him for the music he had
Rock Island Argus., 1902-09-16
NINE MEN ARRESTED
Ia the Case OF the Murder OF the Sou-U Tn
ion 0Ian at Omaha.


Omaha. Neb., Sept. 1G.-The police
have arrested nine men Who were
present 1T the murder of Earl Cdld-
Well, Union Pacific mdchiniSt. hy
strikers. These men. with one eXcep-
tion, are not thought TO be directly
responsible for the murder and are only
held as witnesses. The man who is
under suspicion is Michael Spellman.
Roy Chadwick, one of the men under
arrest, charges that Spellman struck
the fatal blow
Spellman denies this and says that at
about the time Caldwell was first
struck some one hit him (SpellmanD Il
terrific blow on the back of the head
and he lay in the gutter until the fight
was over. None of the other men says
he saw Spellman struck OF lying in the
gutter.
Those charged with the murder are:
Michael Spellman, Il striking boiler
makers helper; Charles PoSpiSil, strik-
ing blacksmith; John Spellman, labor
er; Jack McKenna, labOrer. and John
herrigan, blacksmith's helper.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-09-16
TREE AND PLANT
Children Encouraged to study the Subject
by an Oner of Prizes


by an Oner of Prizes
Bloomington, Ills. Sept. 1G.-Much
interest is being displayed in novel
plan for scholars of the Mclean cOun-
ty public schools to encourage inter-
est i'll tree and plant life by offering
prizes in the shape of two pear and
one peach tree in each school for the
three best essays on horticultural top
les. y year ago the idea was intro
duced in the public schools of Normal
and proved so successful that it has
now been introduced into all the
schools of the county.
Three prominent nursery firms fur
nish the prizes and the pupils who
win them will plant them in their
home yards with a suitable pro-
gramme and with the participation of
the school. In connection with the
contests there will be additional prizes
for the best displays of cut flowers
raised by any pupil in Mclean coun-
ty school The exhibits will be made
and the prize essays read at the meet
ing of the Illinois Central Teachers
association next March.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-09-16
OPINION is PREPARED
IN ROCK ISLAND CASE

Des MoineS. Iowa. Sept. 16.-Attor-
ney General Mullan today handed an
opinion 10 GOV. CumminS in regard to
the legality of the recent filing of in
corporation papers of the Chicago,
Rock Island d Pacific Railway com
panY with the secretary of state.
The governor refuses to make public
the contents of the opinion for the
reason that he desires 10 have a state
ment from himself accompany the
same when made public. which prob
ably will be done next week.
No intimation is given of the posi-
ton taken by the attorney general.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-09-16
MRS. ScHNELL'S FAD
Makes Her the POssesscr of $500 Found in
DaGuerreOtype Case.

Makes Her the POssesscr of $500 Found in
Daguerreotype Case.
Washington. Sept. 16.-The treasury
department has received from United
States Consul General Guenther at
kfOrt-on-the-Main, Germany,
United States bond for $500 which he
forwards for redemption for the bene-
tit of Mrs. Martha Schnell, an old Ger
man woman living mt Bornhein. Il sub
urb of Frankfort. The consul general
writes that Mrs. Schnell has fad for
collecting old daguerTeOtypes and re
Gently i'll cleaning one she had pos
sessed about ten years she accidentally
broke the glass covering the ancient
portrait. disclosing the bond, which
had been neatly folded and placed in
its hiding place many years before.
Mrs. Schnell was about TO throw il
away but WAS persuaded TO take il TO
the United States consul to ascertain
whether it had any value. The portrait
is faded beyond possible recognition,
but the old case shows that it was
made in Worcester. Mass. The bond
is of the issue of July l, 1867. series e,
and has Uwenty-eight coupons at
tached, showing that the last one re-
moved was for interest due Jan. l.
1873. Interest on the bond ceased
on April g. 1ST9
Rock Island Argus., 1902-09-16
I1END OF THE COAL PIT
Gathers Seventeen More Victims
to the Thousands He Has
Stricken with Death.
GAS EXPLOSION DOES THE WORK
Igniting Lot of Powder Helps De-
struction-Forest Fires
Claim More Lives.

Northfork. W. Va. Sept. 16.-A gas
and powder explosion occurred in the
Big -Four mine of the AlgOma Coal
and Coke company here yesterday
morning about O'clock, as the re
suit OF which james Lester, an en-
gineer; John Recckie. Il hungarian
miner. and fifteen colOred miners We're
imprisoned in the mine. There is hard
ly chance for any of the men to be
recovered alive. as they were caught
beyond the point where the explosion
occurred. and the gas and smoke was
so thick that all reScuing parties We're
driven back. H. +. Frankentield,
mine boss, and George GaSpie, a Hun
garian miner, succeeded i'll crawling
over the fallen coal and slate to the
lights of the reScuing party. and were
taken out alive. although badly burn
ed and nearly suffocated by the gas
and smoke inhaled.
Gas and Powder Explode Together.
The explosion is said to have been
caused by AN accumulative of gas
catching on fire from the lamp of a
miner who was going to work, and
this in turn fired six kegs of blast
ing powder that had been stored back
in tGe mines. The explosion knocked
down all of the bratticeS for Il quar-
ter of mile back toward the mine
entrance. thus cutting out all of the
air from the men imprisoned behind
the debris. There had been 4 small
gas explosion in this mine on Satur-
day last. AMI Mine superintendent A.
j. Stuart hail personally cautioned the
men who worked in the mine not to
atetmpt To work again until the air
had been tested by a safety clamp.
Eleven Bodies Are Recovered.
y rescuing party headed by Mine
Inspector Cooper attempted a rescue
yesterday morning. but was driven
back by the want of air. The coal
started to burning, which e&tinguiSh-
ed all hope of saving any one alive.
Superintendent got a large of men at
work TO make Il second attempt to
reach the imprisoned men and the re
suit WAS that by II y. M. eleven
bodies had been recovered from the
mine and six more bodies hal been
located. Those recovered are all col
ored miners except one white miner
named Lester
Rock Island Argus., 1902-09-16
Gompers Conrers with Mitchell.
HAD TO RUN FOR PORT
steamer with a Hole in Her Bottom Makes
Quick Time.

St Joseph Mich. Sept. 16.-The
steamer r. }. Gordon, from South Ha-
ven, made wild race for this harbOr
early yesterday morning with stream
of water pouring into her hold. Cap
tain Charles SpoOner hurried her to the
Graham X Morton dock JUST in time to
save his craft from sinking. Immedi-
ately the boat was made fast to the
wharf a city steamer was summoned,
and the fire engine succeeded in pump
ing out the flood of water while long
shoremen discharged her big cargo of
peaches and divers made repairs on
her hull.
Tie Gordon left her home port at 10
p. III. Sunday with an unusually large
consignment of peaches for Chicago.
When near the mouth of the harbor
she struck floating log, and after a
moments delay Captain SpOOner gave
orders TO resume the course to Chicago.
No damage to the sheathing of the
steamer was discovered at that time.
st. Joes harbOr light had just come
into sight when the engineer an
nOunced that the steamer had sprung
bad leak. Water was found to be
gushing in aft through the stuffing box
inclOsing the shaft. Captain SpoOner
found it impossible to check the rush
of water and ordered all possible pres
sure on the boilers in a race for st. Joe
harbOr.
Sinking slowly but surely the Cor
don plowed through the waves at great
speed for Il fruit steamer. Before she
had proceeded four miles on her new
course the Sounder found three feet
of water in the hold. The pumps were
crowded to their full capacity. but
made no impression on the volume of
water in the boat. When the Gordon
steamed into the river here the water
had risen to within one inch of the fire
box. Twenty minutes longer on the
lake would have made the Gordon an
abandoned wreck that could not have
remained above water very long.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-09-16
BRIDGE COMMITTEES
OF TWO COUNTIES MEET

y delegation composed of Super
visors Wood and Hull and w. j. Hess
and T. F. LaNelle drove to the upper
end of the county today to keep an
appointment for meeting with Il
committee of five from the Henry
county board of supervisors at the
Cleveland ferry for Il conference il
regard to the proposed bridge con
Meeting the two counties. The com
mittee from the Rock Island county
board of supervisors included Super
Visors Whiteside. Cool and Lees, who
also met with those who went from
this city.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-09-16
oENEsEo HAS A SENSATION
Policeman wrestIes a Hsusebreaker In
Doorway.

Geneseo had a sensation Sunday
night. in which one of the town cop
pers and a counterfeit man were the
chief actors. The police put his man
to the bad in the first fall and land
ed him in the lookup, but-it was only
after he had been subjected to
scare that he is not likely to soon al
low to slip out of his memory. Quite
late in the evening call for an Off
Ger to come to Il residence where Il
man was trying to break in came to
police headquarters from we'll
known lady of the town. The braves5
of the brave was detailed on the case
As he noiselessly approached toward
the front porch he spied the villain
He was in a crouching position and
as still as a mouse. The officer shook
his feet and rolled his billy along
the pickets in the hope of frightening
the fellow. But he never budged. As
he moved nearer his heart beat faster
until he was afraid that he would col
lapse before he laid hands on the
cool-headed housebreaker Finally
he got close enough so that he could
grab him, and he used his surplus en-
ergy in pouncing on the inanimatc
figure that was leaning against the
doorway. Both went to the mat, the
policeman on top. He was stumped
for a moment. but when he got his
breath and recovered his bearings he
shouldered his victim and carted him
to the station. The dummy was
armed with toy pistol in one hand
and a whisky bottle in the other.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-09-16
To Nicholas Fish, Prom
inent in New
York.
TWO WOMEN INVOLVED
Arrests Follow, InC1ud-
ing a Private Detec-
tive Held for Crime.

New York, Sept. 16.-Nicholas Fish,
Il banker. son of Hamilton Fish. sec
retary of state under President Grant
and brother of StuyVesant Fish. pres
ident of the Illinois Central railroad,
died early today at Roosevelt hospi-
tai. as the result of injuries received
during a quarrel in a saloon yester-
day afternoon.
Trio is Held.
Mrs. Lihbie j. Phillips. Mrs. Nellie
Casey. companions of Fish at the
time of the quarrel. and Thomas J.
Sharkey, a private detective. who. ac-
cording to the police. was responsible
for Fish's death. were arrested and
held for the coroner
The coroner held Sharkev in $4,000
bail. and Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. Casey
in $500 each as Witnesses.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-09-16
RECEIVERS HIS MASCOT
Booth Harrington Saves 1895 by Keeping
His Eyes Wide Open.


His Eyes Wide Open.
indianapolis. Sept. 1G. - y. Booth
Harrington, the author. has a weak
ness for pets. The mascot of the au-
thor of The Gentleman from Indi-
ana" is small white dog named Rob
in. Robin finally grew tired of Tark-
ington's company at Lake MaXinbuc-
kee and went for Il ride on Il steam
boat. Harrington hurried into the Of
flee of the local paper. which was
just going TO press with its weekly
edition, and wrote out an ad. offer
ing so reward for the dogs return.
The press was stopped and the no.
tice WAS put in type
Late that afternoon the author saw
u rustic lending Il small white dog
as he plOdded toward home. 1t was
Robin. He shouted to the rustic who
stopped and awaited his approach.
where did you find him:' cried
Harrington.
Jest picked him." said the rustic.
He looked like pretty good dog.
and l lowed l would take him home.
Say, do you want him? You kin have
the dog for > cents, if you think he's
wuth it," Harrington produced the
nickel and got the dog.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-09-16
20 Danrer from ..r.it,le Peacl,.n -

South Haven. Mich. Sept. 16.-C. J.
Monroe says. referring to the little
peach talk, that: There are few if
any trees affected in South Haven; the
federal government has not condemned
any trees or issued any order to cut
and burn trees. nor are any fruit grow
ers likely to be ruined if they do their
duty. Further. no thousands of acres
of the finest furit land in Michigan
have been condemned by the govern
ment There is no case where any
one has had to sacrifice his entire or
chard, nor is there likely TO be if the
owner does his plain duty.''
Rock Island Argus., 1902-09-16
BECOMES INDIANS WIFE
White Girl Follows the Example of Miss
Cora Belle Follows.

Sioux City. Ia. Sept. 16-FoliowinS
the example of Cora Belle Fellows,
the Washington society belle. who
while teacher in a Dakota reserva-
ton school some years ago married II
full-bloOded Sioux Indian named
Chaslla. Miss Nellie NJ. Brown. for
some time teacher in the government
Indian school at Crow Creek agency,
has just been married TO Fred Medi-
cine Grow. an Indian belonging on the
reservation. 81
The bride is good-looking and highly
educated. 1t is said her parents re-
side in Washington, and that they are
prominent in the society circles of the
national capital. The Indian and his
white wife were married by Justice y.
A. Keeler of Gam Valley. a town sit
uated Il few miles from the border Of
the reservation.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-09-16
OCEAN RECORDS
ARE ALL BEATEN
From CherbOurg to Sandy
Hook.

New York, Sept. 16.-The North
German Lloyd steamer Kron Prinz
Wilhelm arrived in port today from
Cherbourg, beating all westward rec
ords. The steamship left Cherbourg
at 9:1O p. m. Sept. 10 and arrived at
Sandy Hook lightship at 4:O7 this
morning, making the run of 3,O41
miles in five days, IL hours and 81
minutes, at an average speed of 23.09
knots per hour.
The time is 26 minutes better than
the time of the Deutschland.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-09-16
sues a Doctor for a1.ooo.

Mattoon, Ills, Sept. 16. - Horace
Goodwin. dispatcher on the st. Louis
division of the Big Four railway, has
filed a suit in the city court here
against DIR. John W. Summers asking
damages to the amount of 5000. The
plaintiff alleges that some five months
ago DIR. Summers gave him an over
dose of strychnine TO aliay pain and
after taking the medicine he was
thrown into commissions and his life
was despaired of for several days.
Goodwin also alleges that he has be-
come n DhVSical wreck
Rock Island Argus., 1902-09-16
MEXICO ASKED
FOR PROTECTION
For American Missionaries Whose
Lives Are Threat
ened.

Washington, Sept. 16.-At the re-
quest of the state department the
Mexican embassy has asked the Mex
lean authorities to take steps to pro-
tect the lives of Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
Morgan and Miss Sarah Linley, res
idents of Springfield. Ind. who are
at Popoboi, Mexico. 1t
is learned by the department that ma
tives of that place threatened TO take
the lives. of the party unless they
shall leave by tomorrow.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-09-16
By the Philadelphia &
Reading Company
to Miners.
CONFERENCE. is HELD
GornperS Has a Talk
With Mitchell and Re-
suits Expected.

New York. Sept. 16.-A conference
of leading anthracite coal interests
was held this afternoon at the Phil
adelphia & Reading comPany's office.
The precise subjects of the confer
ence could not be learned, but it was
stated in advance of the meeting that
no concessions would be granted, and
that recent events of a semi-political
character would not be seriously con-
Sidered.
Gompers COnfers with Mitchell.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Sept. 16.-Samuel
Gompers arrived in town this morn
ing 10 confer with President Mitchell
and other executive officers of the
Miners union regarding the strike.
IT is stated after the conference "a
statement will be given out.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-09-16

St Louis, Sept. 16.-Charles y. Gut
Ike, one of the five former members
of the house of delegates confined i'll
the city Jail on charges of bribery
and perjury. was Informed yesterday
of the death of his 11-year-old son.
who had been sick for some time. The
father broke down and wept at the
news. but declined to go home and see
the remains in the custody of Il deputy
sheriff
Rock Island Argus., 1902-09-16
shah Is Easy to Move.

Paris, Sept. 16.-In leaving for st.
Petersburg, the shah of Persia or
dered the train speed not to exceed
twenty-eight miles an hour. He will
not reach the Russian city until Tues
day The railway company mobilized
fifty-seven trolleys to convey his bag
gage. which weighed twenty tons, to
the train The shah's hotel bill was
S25.0 600 for eighteen days.