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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
Alderman Under Indictment.

Joliet. Ills. Jan. Il. = Alderman
Frank Budnik. of Lemont. was indict-
ed by the grand jury in VIII county.
which reported Wednesday. 1t is
charged thar Budnik in November last
attempted TO wreck a Chicago and JO-
liet trolley car near Lemont because
the conductor had failed to stop in ac-
cordance with Budnik's wish on a
prior trip. The LemOnt alderman with
three companions piled trees on the
track near a deep quarry hole and en-
dangered the lives of fifty passengers,
most of them Chicageans. The 9th
ers indicted with him are: Stanistaw
Nowakowski, Michael Nowacki and v.
SlAboszewski. all of Lemont.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
A TRAGIC END
Of a Young Couples
Buggy Ride at Cof-
feen, iii.
GIRL Is SHOT DEAD
While Companion At
ternptS SuiCide--A
Mystery.
GIRL is SHOT DEAD

COffeen, H.. Jan. 17,-Last eveuing
horse and buggy stopped at liv-
cry barn without driver. The
buggy was found TO contain the dead
body of Gerty Clifford. aged %.
member of n highly respectable fam
lily living near Donnelson, and Fred
Brockman, aged 20, son of Hiram
Brockman. of COffeen, almost dead.
Girl Shot Through Temple.
The young lady's death was caus-
ed by a bullet wound through the
temple. Brockman had shot himself
twice in the head.
1t is doubtful whether he will live.
When asked about the affair he re-
fused to say anything except that Il
letter in the buggy explained mat
ters.
Letter Not Yet Made Public. q
The coroner has rot yet arrived.
Officers decline to make public the
contents of the letter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
o1EN ARE LIKEWISE DEFIANT
They Say They Can't BE StOPped-Talk il
Union Labor Circles.

They Say They Can't BE StOPped-Talk in
Union Labor Circles.
Official representatives of the organ
iZation say that no attention will be
paid to the order of the chief for men,
bers of the police department to get
out of the association. They declare
that the $500 members of the prOtec-
tive associa ton will stand on their
rights as citizens and refuse to give
UP theiT. organization. They believe
that if Chief O'Neill and Mayor Har-
Tison carry their fight to the extent of
diScharging policemen who refuse to
quit the organization they will be de-
feated in the courts.
The statement of the policemen,
briefly, is that they are acting entirely
within their constitutional rights; that
the main object of the association is
and to keep the members of the police
department doing police duty rather
than politics for the man who happens
to be mayoT-tO do what the police
men say the civil service law and the
promises of mayors when they are can
didateS fails to do, and that the ques-
tiOn of salaries is a secondary object
of the association; that it is not an
"Gath-bound'' organization. and that
the aSSOCldtlOu IL Oll llle bdslS
as the school teachers organization,
and those of the patrol drivers. police
operators and firemen. who made a
fight for increased salaries without the
opposition of the mayor.
Labor men, most of whom call the
policemen'S organization labor union.
denounce the chiefs position. James
Payne. a member of the legislative
committee of the Chicago Federation
of Labor. said: Il consider the stand
taken by Chief O'Neill and others
against the Policemen'S Protective as
sociation an outrage and will favor ac-
ton on the part of the Chicago Fed
GRAFTON of Labor looking to the sup
port of the association. The police
men have IL right to organize"
c. F., Fieldstack, also n member of
the legislative committee of the Chi
cago Federation of Labor. said: THE
policemen of Chicago have right to
organize for the purpose of bettering
their conditions. and l do not favor any
attempt on the part of the authorities
to destroy the Policemen's Protective
association. Organized labor in Chi
cagO will not tolerate any attempt to
disrupt the association if it can be
shown that the men composing it are
seeking to secure better conditions and
higher wages"
Other labor men We're of the same
opinion, but if the matter should be
brought before the Chicago Federation
of Labor supporters of the administra-
ton will undoubtedly be heard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
CHAMBERLAIN IN A MILITANT MOOD
Doesn't Care Rap for Legal Opinions
When Theae Is an Emergency.

Doesn't Care Rap for Legal Opinions
When Theae Is an Emergency.
After the speech from the throne
had been formally read in the house
OF commons and the address in reply
had been moved and seconded. ehe
Liberal leader, Sir Henry Campbell
Bannerman, spoke in general terms
against the course of the government
in South Africa, urging conciliatiOn in
place of brute force. He said the same
to n large measure was true of Irelands
where the government ut present was
''fiOundering between concession and
coercion and urged the adoption of
the mist liberal programme toward Ire
land.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt. by at
tacking the institution of martial law
i'll the Cape Colony. and by accusing
the government. of grossly uncOnstitu-
tional conduct in advising the minis
tiers of the Cape Colony not to summon
the Cape parliament, brought up Cham
berlain, the colonial secretary. who
was in n most militant mood. Cham
berlain declared that Sir William Yer
non Harcourt ought to have placed
question of such vast Importance in
the form of an amendment. He pro-
ceeded to Justify absolutely the action
of the Cape government. He said he
did not care a ray for legal opinions
on one side or the other; that the gov
ernment had to deal with an emergen-
cy. and that it had followed the uni
versal practice of all countries. He
said also that the government of the
Cape Colony should ask parliament to
indemnify it for its acts.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt asked:
''When will that be doneI" Chamber
lain retorted: when is the war going
to endI" Laughter and cheers.l
John Redmond chairman of the
Irish parliamentary party: by the
next general election
In the course of his speech Chamber
lain was protesting against the sugges-
tion that he should Overrule the privy
council when Redmond interjected:
Hear. hear! You ought to he king"
/. Amid laughter Chamberlain replied:
THAT is very good of the honorable
gentleman. but that is not my ambi-
ton The house of commons then ad-
iouimed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
POLICE VS.. CHIEF
And Also VS.. the Mayor, Is the
Situation at the Windy
City.
COPS HAVE ORGANIZED A UNION
Which the City Authorities Say Must
~ GO-Fight Likely to Include
Organized Labor.

Chicago, Jan. lift every man in
the police department should go on
strike today | could fill all the places
and have a reasonably efficient police
force inside of five days. There are
plenty of men in Chicago who are
willing and anxious to have an oppOr-
tunity to serve as patrOlmen at the
present salary" This was the state
ment of Mayor Harrison yesterday in
talking of the action of Chief O'Neill
in issuing the general order placing 4
metn of Mayor Harrison yesterday in
sociation. While admitting that he
would gladly aid the policemen in get
ting more salary on Il graded basis if
the city was in a financial position to
Permit of the increase, he said he
could see no excuse for the formation
of an oath-bound organization to bring
about this end.
Organized to "DO" Opponents.
He says that he has it from reliable
sources that the motto of the organ
iZation is do any man who trys to do
u.s." and adds that members of the as
sOciation who have been urging patrol
men to join have been bOasting that
it was to the policemen that Julius
Goldzier owes his defeat for the states
increase in the policemen's salaries as
a member of the council. Harrison
says that they have gone further and
stated that they would not only defeat
any member of the council who dared
to oppose the increase pay proposition.
but that they would make fight
against the chief executive. He detied
the association.
How 1t Is Viewed by the Chief.
But it is Chief O'Neill who is most
incenSed at the organization. He says
that when it was first organized he
thought it was not Objectionable, but
later. when it was desired to levy the
assessment of $50 on each member, he
says the organization was turned into
an oath-bound society. This was done
TO prevent those at the head of the de-
partment knowing what was being
done. 1t leaked out, and the chief
says that he has been importuned by
business men. by clergymen and priests
and by patrolmen to break up the or
ganiZatiOn on the ground that it was
practically nothing more than a black
mailing organization and was coercing
members of the police department into
Joining it and paying into the treasury
$50 each.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
WITNESS A METEOR
Nebraskans See One That Strikes
the Earth Like
Thunder.

Beaver City. Neb. Jan. 1T.-Parts of
two states We're thrown into commo-
ton Tuesday night by the appearance
of Il brilliant meteor. The phenomenon
caused an illumination of the sky at
this place for many seconds. The me-
teor crossed the heavens in Il south
westerly direction. When III struck the
earth there was a report like peal of
thunder.
Many persons who were in their
homes or business places and did not
see its passage thought the concuSSion
to be n slight earthquake shock. Rail
road men on trains from the west re-
port that the meteor struck the earth
near Atwood, Kan, and that the resi-
dents in that vicinity were panic
stricken by its appearance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
WENT DOWN DEEP
For a Red Hot Battle Between
Officers and Are
Thieves,
IN WHICH THE LATTER ESCAPE
Skirmish In Which Many Shots Are
Exchanged 400 Feet
Under Ground.

Victor. Colo, Jan. IA desperate
battle 400 feet under ground between
ore thieves and officers and trusted EN-
ployes occJ4red in the Independence
mine on Battle Mountain yesterday
morning. Between fifty and seventy.
five shots We're exchanged between the
opposing parties. Lee GlOcker Il mem
Der Of the company's forces. was shot
twice, but not seriously injured. The
fight was most determined. but the pi-
rates finally gained the upper hand
and forced the company men to re-
treat toward the big shaft, giving the
thieves au opportunity tO-escane-
Systematic Robbery Discovered.
The management Or Str9tton : inde-
pendence company. of Londan, which
OWNS the Independence mine, has been
aware for IL long time that rich depOs-
it's of sylvanite in the mine were being
systematically robbed. the stealings
amounting to thousands of dollars Il
month. Detectives were employed, and
it is said the thieves were detected in
the act of looting Il rich seam of ore.
workings connected with the adjoining
property.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
ASTO RECIPROCITY
Witnesses SayVery Badly Needed
by Cuban Sugar and To-
bacco Growers.
BEET SUGAR MEN ARE TO BE HEARD
Demand for the Testimony in the
SchIey Case-Status of the
Bills in His Favor.

Washington, Jan. 17.-Before tile
ways and means committee yesterday
Charles Rabidan and c. Z. Armstrong
or the produce exchange-spoke in far
vor of reciprocity with Cuba, and were
examined at length by Chairman
Payne and members of the committee
on the details of the export trade to
the island and the effect of reciprocity
ON various sugar interests. Repre-
sentative Robertson, of Louisiana,
asked a series of questions tending to
show that the Cuban people had not
spoken for reciprocity and that the
movement was directed by ''the sugar
people interested in the trade. Mr.
Armstrong answered that the inter
csts of all the Cuban people were
bound up with sugar production and
must stand or fall with it.
Cuban Tariff Too Low Now.
Louis Place. head of the Cuban
delegation, was heard as to the tariff
reductions Cuba was likely to make
TO give the United States control of the
market He said that the Cuban tar
if was low now and should be raised
80 TO 40 per cent. and that after this n
differential should be granted to the
United States sufficient TO. control free
trade both ways, which. he said. was
the only solution of Cuba's CONNER
cial problem. When Representative
Long. of Kansas, brought out that
Place had fought free trade Mt Hav-
ana, the Cuban spokesman explained
amid laughter that he had yielded to
the majority and that by asking much
it was hoped to get as near that as
possible. He gave 20 to 60 per cent
as the lowest concession which would
grant relief.
What Richardson Has Noticed.
AS the hearing closed Representative
Richardson, of Tennessee. the ranking
Democrat on the committee. said: Il
notice that 4 prominent United States
senator is quoted in tOday's paper as
saying the senate will settle this whole
question by making a treaty and that
we viii have nothing to do with it,"
He will find out differently before he
gets through answered DalZen of
Pennsylvania. Chairman Payne stat
ed that the tobacco men would be
heard on the 21St and the beet sugar
interests on the 22d, and thai General
Wood was expected up frSh Cuba.
The committee then adjourned subject
to the call of the chairman
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
GOT BARGAINS" IN FURs
Buyers of SmuggIed Goods Find Them
selves Badly Buncoed.

Cleveland, o., Jan. 1.-THE resi-
dents of northern Ohio who bought
imitation seal and sable furs from 4
Montreal firm under the impression
that they were getting expensive fur
garments at q low price by having
them smuggled into this country will
try to get their property from the gov
ernment that recently cOnfiscated it.
The department has ruled that the
furs may be returned if payment is
made Of the invoice price and the duty.
As the owners have already paid the
Montreal firm a. good price. thinking
til v were getting the real article. the
garments will be rather expensive be
fore the owners get them again. A
decision in a test case brought by q
Youngstown, o., woman will apply to
all the others. Suits against the Mont
real firm are also cOntemnlnted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
LAKE STEAMER GOES ASHORE
Passengers and Crew of Vessel Rescued.
But Boat is In Peril.

Ludington, Mich, Jan. 17.-The
Pere Marquette steamer No. ) went
on bar at the mouth of the harbor
early this morning during a heavy
gale. Nine passengers and 80 of the
crew were all safely landed by the
life saving crew with the breeches
buoy apparatus. Tugs are engaged
in an attempt to release the vessel,
but there is great danger that\ she
will go to pieces unless the sea sub
sides.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
Tarrant Gets the Judgeship.

Milwaukee. Jan. 1T.-Warren d.
Tarrant, of this city, has been appoint
ed Judge of the circuit court by Cover
nor LaFOllette, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Judge Elliott.
The appointment il Tarrant was ex-
pected, all the straws having been
blowing in his direction for some time.
Tarrant said that he would qualify and
take his seat at once.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
MINERS KILLED AND INJURED
AT MILESTONE, TENN.

Chattanooga, Tenn. Jan. 1.-Two
negro miners were killed and eight
others injured in an accident at the
mines at Milestone. They were rid
ing in one of the company's level
cars while going down hill and crash
ed into i train of empties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
WAR IN FRONT
First Thing the British ParIia.
ment Tackles After Hear.
ing the Kings Speech
BoERs NOT ASKING PEACE TERMS
So Lord Salisbury States-Chamber.
lain Replies to His Opponents
in the Commons,

London, Jan. 1T.-Parliament was
opened yesterday by the king. the
queen accompanying him ard sitting
with him on the throne dais in the
house of lords. Their majesties drove
to the parliament building through
streets lined with people who had
stood for hours in the cold in order to
see the pageant The kings speech
contained nothing startling. but closed
with a promise of further legislat alton
for Ireland. After he had read it the
king and queen retired. the two houses,
called together to hear il. separated.
and the real entertainment began. In
both houses the Boer war was the cen
trail subject Ion the carpet" and both
Salisbury and Chamberlain We're heard
thereupOn., to say nothing of the re-
marks of Liberals.
Spencer Attacks in the Lords.
The house of lords was well filed
when business was resumed. The
Prince of Wales occupied the seat for
merly used by his father. The attack
on the government was begun by Earl
Spencer Q4iberaD. who In criticising
the address said that while he recog-
nized the impossibility of granting the
Boer demands for independence he
deprecated insistence on unconditional
surrender. His lOrdship urged the gov
ernment to promise the Beers autOn-
omy similar to that possessed by the
governments of Australia and Canada.
Salisbury Quick in Defense.
The premier Lord Salisbury, whose
entrance into the house was greeted
with hearty applause, said he was glad
to hear Earl Spencer vent an utterance
for which he. the premier, had been
frequently and unsparingly condemned.
1t was quite true that there was no
possibility of granting the Beers indie
pendence. Neither was ii the govern
ment's business, after being gratuitous-
ly attacked to inform the Beers on
what terms they would be forgiven,
especially since the Beers had not yet
expressed wish to be forgiven. Lord
Salisbury reminded the opposition that
wrong settlement now would impose
grave difficulties and embarrassments
upon the nation for many years to
come.
Beers Have Not Suggested Peace.
Replying to the premier Lord Rose
berry said he favored a passive policy
of peace which would receive over
lures when made. and that in this con-
nection he. wished know the truth
of the rumorS concerning the visit TO
London of DR. Kuyper, the premier of
Holland. Had DIR. Kuyper brought
such overtures, he asked.
"Not so far as l know" answered
Lord Salisbury.
Have any overtures been received
from the BOer leaders in EurOpe?"
asked Lord Rosebery.
To this question Lord Salisbury an
swered: NO"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17

LaSalIe. Ills, Jan. 17.-Fire de
stroyed the power house of the City
Electric Railway company here early
Wednesday. But two cars remain of
the once well-equipped plant. The
loss is estimated at 100000. partly
covered by insurance. 1t will be at
least two months before the road will
he again in operation. In the mean
time the residents of the twin cities
are subjected to great Inconvenience.
a temporary carette system may be es-
tablished as n means Of relief.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
Rhodes i'm the Meat Business.

London. Jan. lit is learned by a
representative of the Associated Press
that Cecil Rhodes has secured con-
tracts amounting to several million
pounds sterling for supplying South
Africa, especially the British troops in
that part of the world. with fresh
meat. which will be taken to South
Africa in refrigerator vessels from the
British colonies and, elsewhere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
schley ResoIutions Adopted.

Frankfort, Ky, Jan. 1.-THE house
yesterday after a spirited debate,
adopted the resolution commendatory
of Admiral Schley. The Republicans
opposed that part of the resolution
which condemned the court of inquiry
that sat in the Schley case, and re-
fused to vote when the roll was called
All the seventy Democrats present rbt-
ed for the resolution
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
EARTHQUAKE KILLS
Six Hundred Lives Reported Lost
in the City of
Mexico.

Laredo, Tex. Jan. IA telegram
from the City of Mexico says tele-
gram has reached there announcing
that the city of Chilpancingo, in the
state of Guerrero. is suffering Sc
verely from yesterdays earthquake
shock. and 600 persons were killed.
There are no details.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
HAWKEYE EDITORS
Form a State Association by EIec-
tion of Officers at Dcs
MOines.-

Des Moines, Jan. 1.-THE Iowa
State Editorial association was or
ganized here today with nearly two
score of the best known editors in
the state in attendance. c. NJ. Jun
kin, of Fairfield. was elected presi-
dent. and w. \. Parrott, of Waterloo,
secretary. The meetings will be held
annually.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
Miner, Ask Better Wages.

Joliet. Ills. ain. 1T.-An Increase of
10 cents Il ton for mining coal is asked
by the miners Of the BraidwOod and
Coal City field. The present scale will
expire April I. The men are getting
81 cents ton. mine run. for their
work The minimum paid on top is
81 80 for eight hours work. with cor
responding increases for skilled labor.
In the mine the minimum as $40 for
an eight-hOur day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
Inst Took a Notion to Kill

Wichita. Kan. Jan. 17.-Nellie Cor
nelson. the 11-year-old girl who killed
her baby sister with a razor and
charged her 5-year-old brother with the
crime, confessed Wednesday that she
did it. but was unable to assign any
reason for the act. She said the notion
to kill her sister came into her head,
and that she could not resist her sud-
den passion for blood.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
erecrIon or 1ne congressman nprary
Springer Speaks for OIeo.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE hearings
on the interchangeable bills were
continued before the house cOmmittee
on agriculture yesterday, and eX-Rep'
resentative Springer. for the National
Live Stock association, spoke i'm OPP
position to the large tax proposed to
be put uDon artificial butter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
Of the British Concentra-
tion Camps in South
Africa.
SHOWN BY BLUE BOOK
Despite Denia1S of Mil
ner and Kitchener,
Statistics Talk.

London. Jan. 1.-THE Blue book.
issued this morning, on the subject
of concentration camps in South
Africa, contains further detailed ex-
plantations from Lords Miner and
Kitchener as to the causes of the
excessive death rate in the camps
and refutatiOns of the charges of
cruelty.
Some Emphatic DenIals-
Kitchener emphatically denies
COmmandant Schlakenburger's allie
cations of the forcible removal and
exposure of pregnant women and of
rough and cruel treatment of
women and children.
Shocking Death Roll Continues.
The Blue Book gives also
statistics for the month of Decem-
Der last when there were 117.O17 in
mates in the camps and 2.3s9 deaths,
of which 1.767 were children.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
AGED MAN SUFFOCATED:
FOUND DEAD IN BED

Council Bluffs, Jan. 17.-George f.
Smith. father of Congressman Smith,
of this city, was found dead early to-
day in n room. at the Ogden hotel.
He is supposed to have been acci-
dentalIy suffocated by gas. He was
aged "A.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
Connrmed ny une senate,

Washington. Jan. 1.-THE senate
yesterday confirmed the following
nominations: Archibald A. Young,
surveyor Of customs, indianapolis.
Pension aGcnts-E. ID. COe. Milwaukee,
Wis: Oscar y. Jones. Detroit. Mich.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
FAVOR THE SUBSIDY
Senate Committee Gives COunte-
nance to $4,7OO,OOO Ship
Scheme.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE senate
committee on commerce today au-
thorized Frye. its chairman, to make
a favorable report on his ship sub
siGy bill, which places the cost of
subsidy at S4.7OO,OOO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
ALBANY BANK CLOSES
Commercial institution With Heavy
Liabilities and Assets
Suspends.

Albany, Ga, Jan. 1.-THE CONNER
cial bank closed its doors today.
The liabilities are S125,OOO, assets
S191, 900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
BETTER Paw for Lire Savers.

Washington, Jan. 17.-The bill I'm
creasing the salaries of superintend-
ents of life saving stations to $1,000
per year and making the salaries of
all such officers uniform at that rate
was ordered favOrably reported by the
senate committee ON commerce yester-
daU
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-17
Hes GInd Hes AlIve.

Picking, Jan. 17.-The emperor went
from the Forbidden City to the Tenn
pie of Heaven before daylight yester-
day. offered sacrifices and gave thanks
for his safe retrun to Peling.