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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-03
IT'S A REGULAR THING.
Scandal Over an Expedition In.
tended TO Hunt for the
North Pole.
WHY DID BALDWIN NOT sUooEEDq
Swedish Omcer Says He Is Not Built
That Way and Tells Story
of Trouble.

Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 3.-The
Tidningen publishes long interview
with Captain Dreilick, Swedish mem
Der of the Baldwin-Ziegler Arctic ex-
pedition. In this interview Captain
Dreilick says the difficulties between
Baldwin and Captain Johanssen, of
the America, began ut Dundee in a dis
agreement as to the fitness of the en-
gineer of the vessel. Capt Johanssen.
according TO Captain Dreilick, ill
treated the crew of the America, who
made no complaint Upon arriving at
trip, Baldwin proposed to the mate of
the America that he take command OF
the ship.
Was a Conflict of Authority.
This offer was repeated at Vadsoe
and Archangel, but it was always de-
clined. Captain Johanssen overworked
the crew and Baldwin did not inter-
fere. The Swedish captain says that
one day when the America was sur
rounded by ice Captain Johanssen re
fused TO anchor, a maneuver which,
according to the ice pilots, would have
been dangerous. y heated controversy
then arose between Baldwin and the
captain, the former insisting that the
captain was not master of the Amer
lea. but only sailing master. Captain
Johanessn produced his papers to
prove that he was master of the ship.
Captain Is Finally Discharged.
Further trouble arose when the cap
tain wanted certain explosives re-
moved from underneath the cabin. This
was violently opposed by Baldwin, but
the explosives were removed eventual
ly, as the captain desired. The climax
was reached one night during terrific
storm. The ships anchor was drag
ging and Captain .Johanssen offered
Baldwin the alternative of losing the
anchor or the bowsprit This Baldwin
said was ''bosh.'' The captain was dis
charged March 20, and Baldwin. who
was starting or Il sleigh expedition,
ordered the crew to obey Hart the en-
gineer.
Baldwin Threatens the Crew.
The mate and the crew replied that
such action would be mutiny. as they
had made their contracts with Captain
Johanssen. Baldwin then threatened
the crew with punishment for mutiny
against him. the owner and leader OF
the expedition. Captain Johanssen ad-
vised the crew to avoid trouble. on
returning from the sleigh expedition,
May 21. Baldwin communicated in
writing TO Captain Jonaussen the an
nourcement of his discharge, and Jo-
hansen requested the mate of the
America to take command.
Says Baldwin Is Poor Leader.
The failure of the Baldwin eNpedi-
ton is ascribed by Captain Dreilick to
internal troubles and Baldwins incom-
potency as Il leader. 1t should be
noted that the United States members
of the expedition We're forbidden by
the terms of their contracts to send COM
munications to the newspapers, while
the Swedish members were not 50
bound
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-03
INCEND|ARY STRIKERS
Ttsey Set Fire in Several Places
to a Mine in West
Virginia.
GUARDS SWAP LEAD WITH TMEM
Some of the Guards Bullets Said to
Have Found BilIets-Other
Strike Violence.

Bramwell, w. Va, Sept. 3.-The sit
uation in the Flat Top coal field is
extremely critical, and the skirmish
between the strikers and the guards at
the Pocohantas Galleries Co.'S mines
yesterday morning, after the firing of
the mine by the strikers, has great
ly enraged the miners from the fact
that Il number on their side was Sc
verely injured. Adjutant General Ba-
ker, who had been in this section for
a few days looking over the territory,
left Monday midnight for other fields,
informing the operators before he left,
however, that he thought the presence
of the militia unnecessary at that
time.
Will Probably Change His Mind.
The outbreak of yesterday morning
however, Will probably cause Il change
in his mind, and it is thought here
that before tonight troops will either
be in the Flat Top region. or en- route.
Last night the Pocohantas Galleries
company had the fire in its mine prac
tically extinguished, but the company
doubled its force of guards, as an
other attack was feared any hour.
Many shots Were fired from ambush
at non-union miners going to and from
work in the Flat Top field. The Elk
horn region is very quiet. no violence
having been reported from that sec
tion.
The Trouble at the Pocahantas.
The trouble yesterday morning at
the PocohantaS mines was almost real
war. The strikers boldly set fire to the
mines in Il number of places and be-
fore they were driven away the fire
was burning fiercely. The guards
FASTENED to the points where the in
cendiaries were at work and found
them fully armed. regular battle
was begun. the guards and incendiary
strikers firing volley after vOlley at
each other. although the shooting seems
to have been very poor on the part of
the incendiarieS, as there is no re-
port of guards being hit.
Outrage Is Pretty Prevalent.
Wilkesbarre. Pa, Sept. 3.-The in
creasing quality of coal the anthracite
mines are getting out is having it's
effect on the strikers and violence is
very prevalent in the field. While
Richard Roberts and John Dewitt. non
union men, We're on their way to work
yesterday they We're attacked by four
men armed with iron bars Neither
WAS seriously hurt. however, which
was not the fault of their assailantS.
At Beaver Meadow colliery John Ham
ilton was shot in the eye by strikers.
who were bombarding his house with
stones
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-03
CASE Is PROBABLY sHELvED
Defendants in Contempt Bring Up n New
Technical Point.

Charleston. w. Va, Sept. 3.-Judge
Keller yesterday opened his court,
heard the preliminary motions in the
contempt case against the strikers ar
rested at Rend. ad adjourned the hear
ing of the main issue to the first day
of the regular term here, Dec. 5. The
defendants are charged with violating
the injunction issued by Judge Keller
at the suit of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Coal Agency company, and a question
mas been raised in it that was not de-
cided in the one formerly tried here.
1t is that the coal companies on
New River were named as parties de-
fendant for the purpose of giving t4le
court jurisdiction, but that the interest
of these coal companies lies on the
other side; that court of equity will
put them on the plaintiffs side where
their interest lies, and that then the
jurisdiction of the court will be de-
stroyed and the case will have to be
dismissed i. 1t is not likely the case
will ever be heard, for if the strike is
ended before court NETS there will be
nobody enough interested to prosecute
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-03
POSSIBLY WANTS FREE RIDE
Nan Who Confesses a Murder Committed
mt Kansas City.

Washington. Sept. 3.-A cablegram
has been received at the state depart
ment from Amba ssador ChOate. at Lon
don. reporting that the police had ar
rested a man calling himself Charles
William Toll, who had been soldier
in the British army in South Africa,
and who confessed TO having murdered
a man unknown TO him in Kansas
City. Mo-. last January. Choate asked
whether the man was wanted here.
The s9te department immediately
telegraphed the facts. TO the governor
of Missouri. leaving it to him TO an
swer the question, but so far no re-
sponse has been received. 1t is said at
the state department that ii is not an
infreQuent occurrence for United
Statesans stranded abroad to confess to
an imiginaary crime committed in the
states in order to secure Transports
ton to their old homes. and they are
of opinion that Tolls case is one Oh
these. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-03
WILL DRAIN THE SWAMP
Giving wiconsin $50 Square l.iIes of
Productive Territory.


Productive Territory.
Marshfield Wis. Sept. 3.-As the
result of several years agitation and
a litigation that has cost Wood coun-
ty more than any other legal battle
ever fought in its history, Judge Webb
has handed down a decision whereby
$50 square miles of unproductive cram
berry swamp lands will be put on Il
productive basis by means of a drain
age system. The land in question is
in the counties of Wood, Monroe. Jack
son and Clark, and decade ago was
one of the greatest cranberry produc-
ing sections in the state.
With the advent of railroads that
were ,built through it and the subse-
quent opening up of farms surround
ing it, these swamp lands gradually
began drying up. and each year saw
the cranberry crop diminish in yield
until finally the greater portion of the
industry was abandoned entirely.
Since then the land has laid bar
ren waste, possessing neither dryness
enough to permit of tilling nor moist
ure enough for the effective maturing
of the cranberry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-03
Cable Communication Interrupte
GOVERNOR AND EDITOR
said To se Very Likely to uavo Scrap
Before Long.

Lincoln. Neb., Sept. "a personal
encounter between Gov. Savage and
Edward oRsewater, of the Omaha
Bee, is among the possibilities of the
near future. In fact, if the governor
had followed his first impulse Sunday
and not been diSsuaded by his friends,
he would have gone to Omaha to hold
Rosewater personally responsible for
a four-column article in The Bee
which called the governor some very
uncomplimentary names and attacked
him personally in a bitter manner.
The two have been enemies for some
time. but the present acute stage was
precipitated by the publication of a
letter from the governor charging the
editor with borrowing money from a
former state treasurer and never pay
ing it back. In reply Rosewater says
it is lie, and calls the governor
horse. jockey and a gambler.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-03
SMALL BOYS CLOSE CALL
Not Hurt in Falling EI-m Car Going
Fifty Miles an Hour

Carlyle. HIS. Sept 3.-Reece San
ders. aged II years, while asleep fell
out of Il car window from train run
ming fifty miles an hour, twelve miles
west of here. and was uninjured. He
had fallen into dense growth of
grass and escaped saye for few
scratches on the face 1The boy was
with a party of small children en- route
from Kansas to Kentucky. where they
are about to locate on a farm.
His loss was not discovered until the
fast train on the Baltimore and Ohio.
onwhich the lad was travelling, reached
here. As there are no telegraph sta
tions between this city and St. Louis
which are open at night. the parents
and relatives of the child suffered great
anxiety concerning his fate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-03
TRAIN THUGS ARE BALKED
Because the Express Messenger Used His
Gun and Passengers Armed.

Gun and Passengers Armed.
Tucson. y. T., Sept. 3.-Reports have
reached here of daring attempt by
three United States bandits to hold
up the international express on the
Sonora railroad. three miles from Her
mosillo, on Sunday morning. The eX-
plOSiOn of Il torpedo on the track
caused the engineer to stop. Three
United Statesans stepped out of the
shelter of a grove of trees and COW
cred the engine crew. Two of the
robbers then went to the express cGN.
and demanded admittance.
The messenger replied with n vol
ley of shots through the door, the band
its returning his fire. Several pas
sengerS armed themselves. and were
going to the aid Of the plucky mes
senger, when the highwaymen became
frightened and gave up their attempt,
disappearing into the orange groves,
where it was supposed they had horses
in waiting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-03
Another strike nt Chicago.

Chicago, Spe.t 3.-Eight hundred ce-
ment workers and helpers struck yes
terday, stopping work at almost 100
places. The employers. it is said. have
offered the men everything they asked
except the clause i'm the agreement sub
mitted requiring that only union men
be employed. The bosses offered TO
grant this if the men would agree
to work only for men that belong TO
the employers association, but the
workmen refused.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-03
lemocratic state conyention was call


ed to order at 10 o'clock this morn
ing, and after the usual committees
were appointed, Tom L. Johnson,
mayor of Cleveland, who was appoint
ed temporary chairman, addressed
the convention. He said:
''The principles of democracy, al
ways old, but never obsolete. con-
front us today, both in local and
national questions.
Zone of these national questions re-
lates to trusts. For this evil our
adversaries advise publicity, as the
remedy. Publicity, That might
I protect investors against fraud: but
how could it protect the public
against monopoly. which is the basis
of trusts? Men whose incomes have
increased but little or not at all,
but whose living expenses have in
creased enormously-whY should
they care for publicity? What is
needed is not examinations of the
account books of the trusts; it is
the sweeping of monopolies from the
statute books of the people.
Money Question National.
The money question also is ma
tionaI. And let me tell YOU this is
no dead issue, as some would have
us believe. Dead though it may be in
one form, it is alive in other and
more radical forms. SO long as
Wall street interests dictate our fl
nancial policies, the money question
cannot die You know L have never
accepted the doctrine commonly
known as '16 to l. l have worked
with those who do accept it because
l have believed, as l believe yet, that
the free silver fight was the first
great protest of the American peo-
| pie against monopoly-the first great
struggle here of the masses against
the privileged classes. 1t was not
free silver that frightened the pluto
cratic leaders. What they feared
were free men.
I'VE have in national politics the
vital questions of self-goveTnment
Shall we continue to govern distant
colonies from Washington, as dis
tant provinces were governed by
imperial Rome before her fall, and as
crown colonies are governed by the
British Empire today? That ques-
ton also Is at bottom 4 monopoly
question. There would be no sub
iect colonies if colonies could give
no monopoly franchises.
But national questions are not
for us to deal with in this convention.
Great as is Ohio in territory and
population and wealth. important as
she is in the sisterhood of states.in-
fluential as her democracy is capable
of being in the councils of the ma
tional party, she is not great enough,
nor important enough, nor is her
democracy influential enough, to.
warrant this convention in debating
national politics are remodeling ma
tionaI platforms. We have not been
elected for that purpose. The func-
ton of revising national platforms
belongs with conventions chosen for
national purposes. Our function, so
far as national questions are con-
cerned. begins and ends with an
unmistakable identification of the
democratic party OF Ohio with the
democratic party of the republic.
That can be done in good faith only
by acknowledging the authority of
the latest national expression of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-03
state of Siege.

Agram, Hungary, Sept. 3.-Rioting
continues here today. y state of
siege is proclaimed. and troops occu-
py the squares and principal build
ings. The rioters sacked the houses
of a number of Servians. The resi-
dence of Capt. Witas, who yesterday
shot number of the mob, was de-
stroyed. The captain and his wife
were badly beaten. Many rioters
were arrested.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-03
HE WAS STRICTLY SOBER
But Had Been wandering Unconscious in
His Bare Feet.

Ills lbare rect
saginaw, Mich, Sept. 3.-George
Town, VINO lives on Fifteenth street
in Saginaw, was found about o'clock
Sunday morning wandering aimlessly
along Genesee avenue in his bare feet
He was taken to the Central police
station and told Il strange story TO Ser
geant Mccoy. He said he came down
town at O'Clock Saturday evening
with two friends, leaving them at the
Anchor House.
Since that time until he was awak-
ened by Officer Paulitz he did not
know where he had been. He was of
the opinion, however, that he had TAX
en- somnambulistic preambulation
about the city, as he was conscious
once of being on Potter street and then
dozed off again and did not wake to
consciousness until awakened by the
ofhcef. The man was strictly sober.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-03
CRIME LEADS TO CRIME
Woman Shot by Her raramour, Who Then
Attempts Suicide.

" Ohan SHOT by HOT IaralnOur, W no Then
Attempts Suicide.
Philadelphia. Sept. 3.-Amelio Ga
brieIe, 23 years old, said to be we'll
known opera singer, was shot and
probably fatally wounded in Il board
ing house here by Roberto AnSeIino.
with whom she had eloped from New
York. Anselino attempted suicide.
and he and his victim are in a hospital
at the point of death.
The woman is the wife of Antonio
Gabrielle, an actor who resides on Null
berry street. New York. The woman
is said to have repented her escapade
and expressed a desire to return to her
husband. In order to prevent her from
leaving him Anselino first shot Mrs
Gabrielle and then turned the weapon
upon himself
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-03

EasSe Terre, Guadelope, L. W. l.,
Sept. 3.--It has been learned from the
gen d'armes of the island of Mar
Unique that LOGO persons were killed
and 1,JOO injured during the last erup-
tions of Mont Pelee
Paris, Sept 3.-The Havas agency
has received an undated dispatch from
Fort-de- France. Island of Martinique.
announcing that about LOCO persons
We're killed and that several hundred
were injured as the result of a violent
eruption of Mont Pelee on Saturday,
Aug 30, which destroyed Morne Rouge
and Ajoupa Bouillon, two villages near
Mont Pelee. The dispatch confirms the
report that the village of lie Carbet
was damaged by Il tidal wave, which
was also felt ut Fort-de-France, where
the people were panicstricken. The
French cruisers Suchet and Tage are
embarking people in the northern part
of Martinique.
La SOufriere Also Active.
Kingstown, St. Vincent. ID. w. l.,
Aug. 31.-A remarkable volcanic phe-
nomenon occurred here between and
IL
startling series of detOnationS from La
Soufriere, louder than any since the
terrible eruption of May IL. Each eX-
plosion shook the buildings of this
town. The noises were terrific, and
gave the impression in every town and
village of this island that the scene
of disturbance was only about two
mile away. During the period of in
tense anxiety which attended the de-
donations. two luminous circles like
rainbows, appeared in the cloudless
sky to the northwest. They We're pre-
sumably the reflection of the flames in
the crater Of La Soufriere. Subse-
quently a dense cloud of steam arose
from the crater. but this soon dis
persed.
DetOnations Heard on Other Isles
Telegraphic reports have been re-
ceived here from the islands of Grena-
da. Trinidad and Barbados. saying that
oud detonations were heard at these
places between 9 and 10 o'clock of
last night. These explosions were sim
liar to those hear when Mont Pelee.
on Martinique, and La SOufriere were
previously in eruption. The people of
Grenada were greatly alarmed ut the
detonations; they were the loudest
which have been heard there.
They Fear for Martinique.
This phenomenon was not attended
by serious results on st. Vincent. but
fears are entertained here for people
on the Island of Martinique. as Mont
Pelee is known to he still terribly agi-
tated, two eruptions having occurred
there in the last six days. The first
eruption was witnessed Aug. 21 by pas
sengers on the French steamer Da-
home. This vessel narrowly escaped
destruction while passing near st.
Pierre.
Cable Communication Interrupted.
Telegraphic communication with the
islands north of here has been inter-
rupted since July IS The cable re-
pair steamer NewingtOn is working TO
repair the cable, but owing to bad
weather and the great depth of water
her efforts have not been successful.
1t is impossible to say definitely when
the cable will be restored.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-03
nfust wind up the Banks.

Tecumseh, Neb.. Sept 3-State Bank
Examiner Hartwell, who has charge
of the failed Chamberlain bank, has
decided it will be necessary TO wind
up the affairs of the banks in the
towns of Graf and esta. organized by
Charles Z. Chamberlain and depen-
dencies of the Tecumseh bank. Both
are small concerns.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-03
MaR. JOBS II. FARLEY.

appointment as archbishop of New
York. has been received at the resi-
dence of Bishop Farley
Father Clowry the bishops secre-
tary. said that the notification proba-
bly, will not come from Rome for eight
or ten days after favorable action "
the pope on the recommendation. The
pope's concurrence is necessary before
official announcement.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-03
znntcheGe Arrested.

Sofia, Bulgaria. Sept. 3.-Gen. zont-
cheffe. president of the Macedonian
committee, was arrested at Dubmit-
"a and brought here. The arrest of
other members is imminent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-03
SHOOTING was simply wanton.

Monroe, Mich, Sept. 3.-The evil
dence at the LaBarge inquest that
caused the arrest of Lynott BloOdgood
was given by Eli Hansberger, re-
tired farmer who lives near the scene
of the shooting. He swore that Blood
good shot LaBarge while the fugitive
was in a STOPPING posture and that
LaBarge did not threaten his pursuerS.
The jury held Bloodgood responsible
for the mans death
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-03
Has Remarkable Escape in an Electric Car
Accident Near Lenox,
Mass
HIS TALLYHO is SMASHED TO PIECES
Secret Service Officer Accompanying Him Killed
and Executive and Others
Badly Bruised.

LenOx, Sept. "a terrible accident
overlook the presidents coach a
short distance from Pittsfeld at 10
this morning. After short visit at
the home of ex-senator Hawes, the
president started ON long drive to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-03

Sanduslly. Ohio, Sept. 3.-Mayor
Tom L. Johnson. of Cleveland is the
central figure of the democratic state
convention that opened today. He is
in control of the party's affairs in
the state.
Cedar Point, Ohio, Sept. 3.-The
Democratic state convention was call
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-03

will not be known until after the UNI
pires report. 1t was the most mag
nificent attack and able defense from
a strategic standpoint
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-03


while crossing the tracks of the Pitts
field & LenoX street railway, an cleo
tric car going at terrific rate of
speed crashed into the tallyho, liter
ally smashing it TO pieces.
Presidents Face Cut.
The president. Gov. Crane and Sec
retary CorteIyou were piled in heap.
The president was cut on the right
side of the chin and his face was
much swollen. Gov. Crane and Sec
retary Cortelyou were bruised, while
Secret Service Agent Craig was kill
ed outright
The president with the others of
the party went to the Country club.
where the wounds were dressed. In
a short time the president resumed
his trip, arriving at Lenox at II.
Conductor Kelly and Motorman
Madden were arrested and brought to
PittsfieId.
Pittsfield, Mass, Sept. 3.-The drag
containing the presidents party,
bound from Pittsfeld to Lenox, ac-
cording to a message received by tel
ephone from the Country Club, was
hit by an electric car near there The
horses attached to the carriage were
killed and several of the party in
jured.
The president escaped with few
bruises, his face being badly scratch
ed.
Secret Service Agent Craig is re-
ported killed, and ID. j. Pratt, driver
of the presidents coach, had his
skull fractured.
The injured will be brought to this
city in ambulances.
Later reports from the Country
Club says the motorman of the car is
also dead.