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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
SHE SUES An UNDERTAKEN
Says He Did Not Do an Up-to-Date job
in the Case of Her
Brother.

Sioux City, Ia. Nov. 1S.-Miss Jane
Cunningham, of Chicago. has sued Geo.
]. Kidd. an undertaken of Sioux City,
for $1,000 damages because he buried
her brother nude in an old pine box,
instead of clothing the remains prop
erly and inclOSing them in Il good
coffin. Her brother was John Cunning
ham, who resided at Olivet, S. ID. He
came to the city last July with Il con-
signment of live stock, was taken sick
and died in local hospital.
Kidd inferred the remains and sent a
bill of SD to the supervisors of Hutch
inson county. s. ID. Miss Cunningham
finally learned of her brothers death
and last week she came here to inves-
tigate. She had the body exhumed,
discovering then that the body was
wholly nude.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
FEDERATION PROCEEDINGS:
CHARGES AGAINST GOMPERs

New Orleans. Nov. 1S.-The Ameri-
can Federation of Labor today pass
ed resolutions protesting against the
bill now pending in the United States
senate requiring the government to
cease issuing revenue stamps on pack
ages of malt or brewed liquor of the
denomination of one-eighth; pledg
ing the Federation to use every effort
to defeat legislation against the rail-
road ticket brokers and anti-scalping
bill; pledging aid in securing an in
crease of pay for letter carriers; re-
questing the good offices of the ma
tional administration in securing re-
lief and protection for labor organ
izers in Porto Rica.
New Orleans. Nov. 1S.-The dispute
Association in 1901. which the associa-
ton lost, cropped up in the Fedora
ton of Labor national conventional
yesterday in the shape of charges made
by President Shaffer. of the Amalga-
mated. against Gompers to the effect
that he had refused TO lend a helping
hand to the strikers. and had neglect
ed business which he had undertaken
for the benefit of the strikers. such as
interviewing ]. Pierpont Morgan on
their behalf.
The charges are printed in a circu-
lar and they We're printed at length
in these dispatches when they first
came out last fall. Gompers yesterday
left the chair and moved the appoint
ment of a committee to investigate the
matter and put the blame where it be-
longs. He says the charges cannot be
proved because they are false. The
committee was appointed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
LEGISLATION FOR CHANGERS
What They Would Like According to the
Report Made to the National
Body.

Lansing, Mich, Nov. 1S.-The COM
mittee on legislation reported yester-
day to the national grange, which is in
annual session here. The report favors
cXtention of the rural mail system;
postal savings banks; early completion
of the Nicaragua canal; the building of
Il canal to connect the Mississippi,
great lakes and Atlantic: the election
of United States senators by popular
vote; improved pure food laws.
Next il demands Il constitutional
amendment giving congress the power
to regulate and control all corporations
and combinations of capital of Il mo-
nopolistic nature, thus preventing the
use of their corporate power to re-
strain trade or arbitrarily fix prices;
additional powers for the interstate
commerce commission. The passage of
the ship subsidy bin is opposed The
report of Grand rIsecteurer Bachelder
favors the teaching of agriculture in
rural schools.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18

skillfully he was questioned, could not
he, as president of the union, approved
of the boycotts complained of by the
companies. He had his personal opin-
ions of some phases of the boycott,
but would not express them as being
the sentiment or policy of his organiZa-
ton. Once Mitchell showed signs of
irritability. This was when MacNeagh,
reading the long list of acts of viO-
lence, would take Mitchell to task for
some particular vicious act, and say,
sharply: You could have prevented
this
In the course of the forenoon Ses-
sion MacVeagh examined Mitchell re-
garding the eight-hOur demand. and
referred to the fact that Abraham Lin
coin. james A. Garfield and William
Mckinley worked more than eight
hours day and were thus enabled to
climb the ladder to The presidency.
MacVeagh grew eloquent in the course
of putting one of his questions to
Mitchell regarding the martyred presi-
dents. and added: Il only mention
these because they are the three vic
tins of the spirit CT anarchy. which
is the course of this country today and
the only serious curse affecting it."
The miners president quickly repudi-
ated anarchy for trade unions and
MacVeagh disclaimed any imputation
if that kind ON them.
There were several scenes that might
be called dramatic. AT one time, rails
ing his voice to Il pitch and speaking
with great fervOr, MacVeagh asked the
witness: Don't you know as well as
you know your name is John Mitchell
that in spite of the authorities of the
city, of this county an of this state
this whole region has been treated for
five months TO a veritable foretaste of
help
Mitchell calmly replied: 81 don't
know anything of the kind" ''Well,
you will before we are through with
you," was MacVeagh's retOrt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
ROCK ISLAND COUPLE
MARRIED IN CHICAGO

Chauncy B. Sears and Miss Matte
Blanche Gruwell, both of this city,
were united in marriage last evening
in Chicago. Those from here who
were in attendance at the wedding
were Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Gruwell, Fred
Gruwell and Ben Sears. The groom
is a native of Sears He was a MEM
Der of Company \ at the beginning
of the Spanish-American war, later
entering the signal corps and leaving
the service with the rank of sergeant.
The bride has lived in this city and
Davenport for a number of years. Mr..
and Mrs. Sears will reside in Chicago,
where the former is engaged in elec
tricaI construction work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
Could Not Find such Authority.
VIOLATED THE FIRST ARTICLE
of the Agreement, Says Oscar of Us and
John Bull.

1t is held that the British-American
military action had the character of
n serious control over the Samoan isl
ands and the government thereof"
which was prohibited by article one
of the general act. The arbitrator in
SistS that the Berlin conference aimed
to establish a principle that in their
dealings with Samoa the powers could
proceed only by common accord. and
that as the consular representatives of
three powers by proclamation had rec
OgniZed the provisional government of
Mataafa the powers themselves were
bound on principles of international
good faith to maintain the situation,
until by common accord they decided
to change it.
The action of the British and Unit
ed States authorities tending to over
throw the provisional government
thereby established" it is held twas
contrary to the aforesaid obligation
and cannot be justified either OH the
plea of the validity ab initio of the
said provision of the government nor
its establishment under species of
force majeure." Touching the British
the German consul for his refusal to
sustain the decision of the chief JUS
tfce, the arbitrator holds that lit cam
not be considered to have been the
duty of the German consul to take
part in the issuance of said proclama-
ton, and it has not been proved that
with regard TO said decision any steps
were taken by him contrary to the gen.
eral act, and therefore no responsibility
attaches for the attitude taken by him
in this respect"
The arbitrator meets the British
United States contention that their
military action was warranted because
necessary for the protection of lives
and property which it was their duty
to safeguard, by the fat statement that
"we have found nothing in the evil
dence before to show that the general
conditions of affairs was such as to
render the military action necessary
for the protection of lives and prop
erty," and then goes on to show that
Mataafa never intended to cross the
bay at that time and make an attack
on the consulates. and on account of
the state of the tide could not possibly
have done so at that time.
Continuing, the decision recites that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
FaII Creat Meteor.

Springfield. Ills, Nov. IS. = Early
Saturday night meteor fell in the
barn lot of w. c. Murphy. who re-
sides half mile east of Rochester. a
village six miles east of Springfield.
The aerolite'S brilliancy Illuminated the
country for considerable distance as
it flashed to the ground. Where it
struck is hole in the ground two or
three feet deep. Early Sunday morn
ing Murphy heard of the meteor, and
many people focked to the farm to see
it. 1t is as large as an ordinary bar
rel 1t was yet warm Sunday after
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
Civil service E,nminations.

Washington. Nov. lS.-The annual
report of A. II. Serven. chief examiner
of the civil service commission, shows
that during the last fiscal year there
were 60,55S persons examined in and
for the classified service, of whom 4O,-
300 passed, and Is, POS were appointed,
promoted or transferred.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
Found a skeleton in the Woods.

Marquette. Mich. Nov. 1S.-A hunt
er has sent word to the authorities
here that he had run across a skeleton
in the woods in the Big Bay district
and that a rope fastened to a tree was
still supporting the neck and head. 1t
is believed the bones are those of Geo.
Pryor. n lighthouse keeper, who disap-
peared from the Big Bay station a year
and half ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
sho,aDeer Near MuncIe.

Muncie, Ind, Nov. 1S.-For the first
time in many years deer was killed
in Delaware county Sunday morning
in one of the most thickly populated
sections of the county. The deer was
shot after an exciting chase. 1t was
brought to bay on the farm of ID. NJ.
Taylor. seven miles east of Muncie. +.
Westerfield, an old West Virginia hunt
er, who is visiting in the neighborhood,
fired the shot.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
ALDERMEN ARRESTED FOR
DENVER TRACTION DEAL

Denver. Now 1S.-District Judge
Mullins today ordered the arrest of
II aldermen who voted for the ordi-
nance granting a new franchise TO
the Denver City Tramway company,
after they had been served with an
Injunction which forbade the passage
of the ordinance as drawn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
St. Louis TO See a sultan.

Singapore. Nov. 1S.-At a recent au-
dience the king of Siam expressed to
Commissioner Barrett, of the St Louis
exposition, his great pleasure over the
reception accorded the crown prince,
Chowfa Maha Vajiravudh, in the Unit
ed States. The sultan of Johore, Ma
lay peninsula, viii make a tour OF
America and will visit the st. Louis
exposition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
Bahcock Did Not say It.

Necedah, Wis. Nov. 1S.-A dispatch
printed in Chicago paper Sunday
quoted Representative Babcock as say
ing that the president would call an
extra session of the Fifty-fifth con-
gresS for the purpose of enacting tar
iff legislation, and that he had mOdi-
fed his ideas of a tariff commission.
This, Babcock says. is a mistake. He
says he is not authorized to speak for
the president.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
IOWA CONGREssMEN WILL
CAUCUS THIS EVENING

Des Moines, Nov. 1S.-The majority
of the members of the Iowa delega-
tion in congress will hold a caucus
here this evening and decide where
their support will go in the speaker
ship contest. The delegation will
probably be solid for Cannon, of Hi
noiS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
Finish For oak wood.

Oak that is neither polished nor var
nished is a little troublesome to keep
clean A mixture of equal parts Of
spirits of wine and glycerin will give
a surface that will not easily soil and
will not change the appearance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
ODD FELLOWS ENCAMPMENT
ASSEMBLIES AT SPRINGFIELD

Springfield. Nov. 1S.-The grand en-
campment of Odd Fellows of Illinois
convened here today. The officers
reports show the encampment in a
healthy financial condition. Thomas
+. Wood, of Princeton. was elected
grand patriarch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
ANDREW CARNEGIE is
TAKEN ILL IN LONDON

London, Nov. 1S.-Mr. and Mrs. An
drew Carnegie have been obliged To
abandon the voyage to the United
States for the present because Mr..
Carnegie is indisposed.
Inc whole family is affected by
something they ate on the continent,
and while all have quite recovered,
the physician thinks it imprudent for
Mr. Carnegie to start now.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
ROBBERS GET 300 CASH
FROM AN IOWA TOWN BANK

Sioux City. Iowa, Nov. 1S.-Robbers
cracked the safe in the Farmers Loan
d Trust company's bank at Arthur.
Iowa, this morning and secured $1,000
in cash.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
wiIi Build a Finer Plant.

Kansas City Nov. 1S.-C. w. Ar
mour, of the Armour Packing company,
states that the plant at Sioux City de-
stroyed by fire Sunday night will be
rebuilt at once. Th enew plant will
be much larger and finer than the one
burned. The company will in the mean
time remain in the market, the cattle
purchased to be distributed between
Omaha, Kansas City and Chicago
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
ONE WOMAN SLABS
ANOTHER TO DEATH
Mrs. Lulu Young, of Rochester, Un-
der Arrest for Killing Miss
Florence McFarlin.

Rochester, \. Y, Nov. 1S.-Miss
Florence McFarlin, aged 21, music
teacher, was stabbed to death in her
fathers home here today by another
woman. An hour later Mrs. Lulu
Young, wife of Frank Young, former
ly city purchasing agent, was arrest
ed as being the supposed murderer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
THE W|NDUP
Of THE HUNT
President Must Get That
Bear This Afternoon
If at All.
LAST DAY In CAMP
Expedition is to Leave
Mississippi
Tonight.

Smedes, Miss, Nov. 1S.-This was
the last day of the presidents hunt
ing expedition in Mississippi. The
party got an early start. The wealth
have been any day of the hunting.
Camp Breaks Tonight.
The party Will break camp late this
afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
Patrick Want, a New Trial.

New York. Nov. 1S.-Papers will be
filed by counsel for Albert I. Patrick,
the lawyer now in Sing Sing under
sentence of death for the murder of
William NJ. Rice, the old millionaire,
asking Il new trial on the ground of re-
Gently discovered evidence. Recorder
Goff sentenced Patrick to death.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
Two Paper nIilIs burned.

Niles, Mich, Nov. 1S.-Two of the
Niles Board and Paper company's
large mills were destroyed by fire early
Yesterday. The loss is estimated at
$4,000. with partial insurance. The
fire throws 80 men out of employ
ment. 1t is not known whether the
mills will he rebuilt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
KING OSCARS D|CTUM
On That Little Trouble in Samoa
Sits Down Heavily Upon
Your Uncle.
ALSO UPON THE HON. JOHN BULL
Sustains Germany on Every Point,
at Issue and Condemns Our
Action.

Washington, Nov. 1S.-By previous
arrangement between the principals
there was yesterday published stimuli
taneously in Washington, London and
Berlin the full text of the decision
given by his majesty King Oscar ii,
as arbitrator between the three coun-
tries named, of certain claims owing
Samoa in the year 1899. The decision
is long, and abounds in whereases and
conclusions, and in substance it has
been announced heretofore in the ca
bic dispatches from Stockholm. The
preceding publication, however, did not
convey to the officials here a full real
ization of the complete victory won by
Germany in this arbitration, for it ap-
pears that on every single point the
arbitrator adopted the most extreme
German view. i'll opposition to the Unit
ed States and Great Britain.
Origin of the Issues.
The arbitration grew out of claims
by German or British subjects or
United States citizens for compensation
on account of losses they alleged they
had suffered i'll consequence of unwar-
ranted military action on the part of
German, British or United States Of
ficerS in Samoa. between the 1st of
January, 1899. and the 18th of May fol-
lowing. The question really at issue
was whether or not the British and
the United States government should
be considered responsible for the
losses.
RecItes the Facts the Case.
The arbitrator recites that the Unit
ed States steamship Philadelphia anG
the British ships PorpOise and Royal
list, March 10. 1899. opened fire across
the town of Apia, Samoa, directing the
same against the forces of High Chief
Mataafa; that the same vessels brought
the, newly appointed king of Samoa,
Malietoa. and his forces to NIulinuu
Point, and supplied them with
arms and ammunition for the en-
suing struggle against Mataafa.
In answer to the British and
United States claims that under the
treaty of Berlin any one of the sigma
tory powers was fully authorized to
enforce the decision of the chief jus
tice of Samoa, declaring Malietoa king.
the arbitrator says:
Could Not Find Such Authority.
eve have found nothing in the said
general act or any subsequent agree
ment which authorizes one of the sig
natory powers or Il majority of them
to take action to enforce the conditions
of the act or 10 make the decisions of
the chief justice binding on the pow
ORG
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
CONVICTED TAX DODGER
COMES OUT OF HIDING

Chicago, Nov. 1S.-Capt. Edward
Williams, former manager of the Ma
sonic temple, recently convicted of
conspiracy to defraud the county out
of taxes, who has been in hiding since
his conviction, returned to Chicago
today
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
Assignment of Bonrdman Bros.

Marshalltown. ID, Nov. 1s.-Board-
man Bros, of Nevada, one of the larg-
est commission houses in the state.
have assigned withsliabilities estimated
at SI50,O00 and assets about the same.
The Des Moines Savings bank is the
largest creditor, but is secured by real
estate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
CHOLERA EPIDEMIC SPREADS
IN VICINITY OF JERUSALEM

Jerusalem, Nov. 1s.-Thc cholera
epidemic is spreading rapidly. Peo-
pie in the stricken district are in sad
plight, and relief is needed every
where.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18

Malietoa had been completely defeated
before the arrival of the Philadelphia,
but that the United States admiral and
the British authorities brought back his
warriors and armed and prOvisioDed
them, giving them ammunition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
FRESHMAN is SHOT:
DIES FROM EFFECTS
Carl AImquist, of University of Wis
consin, Killed by Boarding
House Keeper.

Madison, Wis, Nov 1S.-Carl Aim
quist, freshman student of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, who was shot
yesterday by John Davenport, a
boarding house keeper, died today.
Almquist was from Charles City,
Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
UNION LABOR NOT A MONOPOLY

But a Pure Democracy, Mitchell Says
"Reign of Terror Again.
Mitchell declared that a labor union
is not monopoly, and does not de-
sire to be. Its membership, he said,
is voluntary. 1t did not seek to ex-
clude any one.
But doesn't it put halter about
their necks and drag them in?" re-
marked SIacyeagh. mo-" it's a de
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
BISHOP HUGH MILLER
THOMPSON DIES AT JACKSON

Jackson, Miss, Nov. 1s.-Bishop
Hugh Miller Thompson. of the Epis-
copal diocese of Mississippi, died this
morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
NEW SWISS MINISTER
FOR THIS COUNTRY

Berne, Switzerland, Nov. 1s.-The
bundesrath has appointed Bernard du
Martheray Swiss minister to Wash
ington. Du Martheray is now secre-
tary To the legation at Rome.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
Went without Leaving Word.

"She left ITO word" he said. "and
that is the last we have seen or heard
of her. As to the report that Mrs.
Roland MOlineuX has gone to South
Dakota for the purpose of obtaining 4
divorce. the general said: Il know
that the idea of n divorce did not come
from any member of my family or
household. l expect to obtain more
particulars tomorrow, which l may or
may not communicate to the public"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
COULDN'T PUT HIM DOWN

Mitchell Too shrewd To BE Led Into Ad-
missions-How Big Men Worked.
The miners president, no matter how
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
YET IN THE PUBLIC EYE.
MoIineux Family Not Permitted
to Go into Obscurity After
Their Troubles.
WIFE OF ROLAND NOW PROMINENT
She Goes to South Dakota to Sue for
Divorce ON Statutory
Grounds.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. 1S.-Mrs.
was last week acquitted of murder aft
er two sensational trials. has arrived
here and will seek to procure divorce
on statutory grounds. She has taken
apartments ut the Cataract hotel for
six months, the time necessary to pro-
cure residence in this state sufficient
for divorce proceedings.
New York, Nov. 1S.-The dispatch
from Sioux Falls yesterday announc-
ing Mrs. Roland B. Molineux's arrival
there to take up her residence was
shown to General Molineux, and lie
was asked if his daughter-in-law in
tended to get divorce. Il have moth
ing to say" said the general. Roland
b. MolineuX's counsel, q. q. Battle,
said he knew nothing about Mrs. Mo-
lineuX's reason for going to Sioux
Falls. Ex-Governor Black was in
Troy, y. Y, yesterday.
Forebodings of Some Trouble.
Mrs MoIineuX's absence from court
during her husbands last trial re-
vived rumorS of family differences, but
she went to the MolineuX residence in
Brooklyn a few hours after her hus-
band was acquitted and remained un-
til the next morning, when she re-
turned to New York. where she had
been staying. She was there an hour
or two and then disappeared. She was
not seen in public with her husband
last week. EX-Judge Olcott, of Mo-
IineuX's counsel, said the news from
Sioux Falls was Il surprise to him,
because the differences between Mrs.
Roland Il. MolineuX and her mother
in-law had been settled, and the fami-
ly relations so far as he knew were
amicable.
Faith of Her Father-in-Law.
General MolineuX paid his sons
wife's expenses all the while his son
was in prison, and last week the gen.
eral made public statement about his
daughter-in-law in which he said:
"She is as good and pure woman as
breathes." He said he had traced all
the stories concerning her and found
they We're false. Later in the day
General Molineux said to the Asso-
ciated Press that Mrs. Roland Il. Mo-
IineuX arrived at his house the night
of Thursday. Nov. q. the day of the
acquittal of her husband. leaving there
the ensuing morning. The general had
gone to business earlier in the day, and
did not see her.
Went without Leaving Word.
"She left no word he said, ''an1
that is the last we have seen or heard
of her" As to the report that Mrs.
Roland MolineuX has gone to South
Dakota for the purpose of obtaining Il
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-22

A trip that is always fascinating anG
never grows tiresome is visit to Lake
Sunapee, \. H. We all know of the
qualities which have endeared this
lake to every soiourner in New Hamp-
shire. It's beautiful situation sheltered
by the neighboring hills and the sail
over its grand and glorious waters have
made it very popular resort for one
in search of day S rest.
The low rates and special service
offered by the Boston n Maine rail
road on Sunday Aug. "a, will no doubt
be taken advantage of by great many
people.
On this date the Boston Il Maine
railroad will run an excursion from
Brattleboro and intermediate stations
as far north as Charlestown. \. H., also
from Windsor. Vt. at reduced rates
A special train will leave Brattleboro
at a. m, stopping at intermediate
stations, and arriving at Lake Sunapee
at 1870 a. m. Returning leave Lake
Sunapee station at D 10 p. m.
Going. leave Windsor at 9:10 a. M,
returning, leave Lake Sunapee station
at D 10 p. m.