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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
SITUATION IN TRADE
Less Than the Customary Summer Dull
ness IL Noted and Collections More
Promptly Met Than Usual.

New York, July pr. q. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade today
says: The tenor of dispatches from
nearly every section of the country in
dicateS that there is less than the Gus
tOmary midsummer dullneSS in busi-
ness. and collections are more prompt
ly met than usual. A large proper
ton of the unions have signed a work
ing agreement with the employers in
the building trades of this city, and
fully one-half the men have returned
to work. Earnings of railways report
ed for July exceed last years by 1919
per cent. Farm work still retardS re-
tail distribution of merchandise in
western sections.
Footwear factories have much work
in sight. buyers having placed orders
freely.
In the market for wOolens the
American WOOlen company has re-
duced prices. Domestic mills are stead
lily curtailing production of cotton
goods
Failures this week numbered 191 in
the United States, against POS year
ago. and 10 in Canada, compared with
IL last year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
Probable Cause of the Trouble.

Such operations have suffered from
increasing difficulties with the growth
in the stringency of money. the Solici-
tude of bankers over loans employed
in such projects and the jaded ap-
petite of the public for securities. The
failure of Talbot j. Taylor x Co. will
inevitably be connected with the great
market operations of James X. Keene
by reason of his family connection
with and frequent employment of the
firm. Keene's operations in stocks are
too numerous to detail and much mys-
terry usually attaches to them, neces-
sariIy, from their nature.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
DANGER THREATENS
SULPHUR SPRINGS
French Lick Supply May BE Cur
staiIed-Hence In
junction.

Paoli. July 25.-Injunction proceed
ings We're filed before Judge Ruskirk
by French Lick citizens seeking to re-
strain outside persons fIom operating
pumps and other devices calculated
10 destroy the sulphur springs at
French Lick. Azor c. Smith. Miles
Boland. Elber Pruitt. Will w. Caves
and the French Lick Springs Hotel
company are the cOmplainants.
They allege that John L. Howard,
George b. GagnOn and the Baden Lick
Sulphur Springs company conspil ed to-
gether and partially destroyed the sui
phur springs at French Lick by the
use of engines. pumps and machinery.
thereby controlling the streams and
water currents which connect aAd
freed the sulphur springs.
Ii is further alleged that by thus
procuring water from drilled wells.
some distance from the springs. the
flow from the springs las been de-
creased. Judgs Buskirk glanted a tenn
pOrary restraining order.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
wbore Just,ce Made a MIstake.

DeS Moines. Ia. July 25.-MinaId L.
Haulenbeck. has returned TO Des
NIofnes to see his aged mother. but
she had died two weeks before his
arrival. He was pardOned from the
Colorado state prison July s. Paul Mil
Ter Cook, whom he was found guilty
of having murdered in 1888, having
been found to be alive. He was inn
prisoned in 1856 and served seventeen
years for crime which he did not
commit. and was pardoned too late to
see his mother.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
STATESMAN IN THE FIELD
Not the Political Field, However, but
Emulating the Example OF An
other Statesman.

Kenosha. Wis, July %. - Isaac
Stephenson. eX-representative, who has
been prominently mentioned as the
half breed candidate for the seat of
]. V. Quarles in the United States
senate. refuses to allow the action of
Senator Quarles working in the har-
vest field to 20 unnoticed.
Stephenson donned brOad-rimmed
straw hat and went out into the fields
of his own farm near here and assist
ed the men in putting up hay and
other crops. The appearance of the
two distinguished politicians in the
farming districts at the same time has
caused no end of comment among
farmers. He says. however. that he
is not candidate for any office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
THREE STRIKERS SENTENCED
Fines and ImprisOnment Imposed for Ex-
hibIting COntompt OF Court.

Syracuse, n. Y, July 25.-Kiram
Powers, John Lillis and Otto Benz,
striking moulders from the Stearns'
shop, have been found guilty of con-
tempt of court by Justice William C.
Andrews. Powers was fined $T5 and
sentenced to serve thirty days; Lillis,
$50 and thirty days, and Benz was
fined $50. Justice Andrews said: "As
to the merits of the original dispute
between the parties 1 have no knowl-
edge Certain truths, however, we all
hold to be self-evident. With or with
out reason, alone or together, work
men may leave their employers.
by argument or persuasion, by ap-
peals to sympathy or prejudice, they
may lead others not to take their va
cant places. But here they must stop.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
WAS JAS. r. KEENE 1NvoLvED7
General Opinion Is That He Is Not, Which
Il Based on q Story.

A great deal of interest was mani
tested as to T. j. Taylor & Co., and
to what extent if at all James r.
Keene was involved in it. The gener-
al belief in the street was that Keene
had no connection. but that he re-
fused to come to the relieH of his SON
in-law. There was no confirmation of
this notion, but it is based ON the fol
lowing story:
Last summer Talbot ]. Taylor was
reported to have had falling out with
his father-in-law, arising out of re-
ported purchases of Southern Pacific
by Taylor on his own account, indie
pendently of the pool which Keene was
running in that stock. According to
the story Keene was angry when he
discovered the fact. With the break
in the stock market last October
Southern Pacific declined severely, and
it was asserted in some quarters that
Taylor was EmOng the losers. Since
that time Keene has not been much
in the office of T. J. Taylor X Co,
but this was probably due to the fact
that he was i'll at his hotel. and could
months.
1t was alleged that Keene had
stopped giving any orders TO the firm
of his son-in-law for execution on the
stock exchange, and that he was us
ing the firm of Samuel Babcock for
the largest number of his transactions.
But many doubted that there was any
truth in this story because the veter-
an operator since his return to Wall
street several weeks ago has continued
to make his headquarters in his old
office, immediately adjoining those Of
T. ]. Taylor & Co, and connecting
with them.
Keene is believed TO be man of
wealth, and Wall street holds to the
opinion that If he had suffered any
losses in the decline he was well able
to stand them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
CONDITIONS IDEAL
FOR TENNIS PLAY
Western Championship COmpeti-
tiOn Opens In
Chicago.

Chicago, July 25.-With ideal wealth
er and court conditions the Western
tennis championship competition be
gan today on the Kenwood Country
clubs course in this city. Among the
stars entered are Colloins, Waidner.
Snow, Aspcraft, Peters, Hunt. of Cal
ifornia, Emerson and Diepl. of Gin
cinnati, and Holmes. Bingham. Gar
nett. McKeever. McMasters and Peter
son. from Canada. and Belden broth
ers, of Minneapolis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
is KEENE IN 1T?
That Furry on Wall Street That
Caused the Failure of
Two Firms?
OPINION IS THAT he WAS NOT
His Son-in-Law's, However. Was One
OF the Firms That Went
to the Wall.

New York, July 25.-The announce
ment on the stock exchange of the sus-
pension of the firms of Talbot ]. Tay-
lor x Co. and of w. L. Stow & Co,
was the sequel to a period of excited
selling of stocks and wide cuts in
prices which has not been equalled be-
fore since the present movement to
liquidate set in. There is nothing in
either failure that can be traced to
business or Industrial conditions out
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
HAS GRIT OF AHERO
Boy of Ten PIunges into River
and Rescues Com
panion.
GRAsPs VICTIM BY THE HAIR
And Pulls Him to Place of Safety
Despite His Strug-
giles.

Logansport Ind, July 25.-Hastily
pullingoff hisclOthesand jumping from
the Wabash railroad bridge in this
city into the water twenty feet below,
Ray Kienly, aged 10, saved his little
playmate. Elmer Fawcett, from drown
ing. Young Fawcett, who is also 10
years old, was bathing. and thinking
he could swim, ventured into the deep
water. He sank to the bottom, and
when he came to the surface he cried
for help.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
1orber, Don't Like the Law.

Milwaukee. July 25.-The BARRIERS
Of the city are concerned in a move
ment to make a concerted fight on the
law requiring BARRIERS to take out Il
license and creating a BARRIERS board.
William Schailler, who has a shop on
Wisconsin street, says the law is a
farce and that the BARRIERS Benevolent
association will take action looking to-
ward making a legal contest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
Ms.t. a, Manitowoo Next Year.

Superior. Wis. July 25.-The twen-
ty-third annual convention of the Wis
consin Dental association closed a
three days session here, after elect
ing the following officers: President,
DIR. A. G.. Fee. of Superior; secretary,
DR.. W. II. Mueller. of Madison. Mani
towoc was chosen as the place for
holding the next meeting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
PIunges After Companion.

Young KienIy, who was watching
him from the bridge overhead, realized
that his playmate was drowning and
quickly disrobing. plunged into the
water below. He succeeded I'm catch
ing hold of Fawcett's hair as he was
going down for the last time. Kienly
is remarkably strong for his age, and
despite the struggles of the drowning
boy, he kept his head above the water
until assistance arrived, and the boys
were both taken ashore.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
nieaInnDenti.t,. Chair.

Hastings, Neb., July 25.-While sit
ting in a dentists chair and having
teeth extracted Mrs. Nora Blue, of
Juniata. Neb., died in this city from
the effects of chloroform. Before the
drug was administered to alleviate the
pain Mrs. Blue was examined and
pronounced able to take the necessary
uuantify
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
wild Beast Grabs a child.

Lawrenceburg, Ind, July 25.-About
midnight Frank Sedler, who with his
family was camping on the Ohio riv-
er above this city, was awakened by
the screams of child, and found his
babe struggling in the clutches of a
creature apparently half human and
half beast. The animal dropped the
child and disappeared.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
Elsven Bodies recovered .. Hanna.

Hanna. WyO., July 25.-Eleven more
bodies of victims of the Union Pa
cific mine explosion have been recov-
cred. Although they are badly man
gled and decomposed they have been
identified as follows: James Wilde,
Jr., Uriah Davis, James Watson, Thos.
Manti. Henry Lindi. Robert Tinsley,
Clay Tinsley. John Malberg, Mat NAL
berg. Files Nicholson and Nick La
minen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
HEAVY FINE IMPOSED
IN PEONAGE CASE
II. N. Franklin of Montgomery, Ala,
Is Found
Guilty.

Montgomery, Ala. JULY 20 The
jury in the case of the United States
against Il. y. Franklin. charged with
causing Pat Hill, negro, to be held
in a condition of peonage. brought in
verdict of guilty this morning. \
fine of 81 900 was imposed, which was
Immediately paid.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
shamrook. Have a Good Race.

Atlantic Highlands. y. j., July %.
- The Shamrock III, sailing over
twenty-nine-mile course, beat the
Shamrock | s minutes. IL seconds.
running ten miles to leeward > min
utes, 10 seconds in reach of nine
miles. 20 minutes. 40 seconds in all.
The wind was about five miles an
hOur
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
stsnm Yacht K.nawh. Wins.

Newport. r. l.. July 25.-The steam
yacht Kanawha. owned by II. II:
Rogers. Won the race for the Lysistra-
ia cup. offered by james Gordon Ben
nett, over siXty-mile course. finish
ing minutes. 4S seconds ahead of
the Norma.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
Negro Appointed ouartsrma.ter.

Chicago. July 25.-Major Franklin
\. DeniSon formerly of the Eighth
Illinois Volunteer infantry. has been
appointed quartermaSter with the rank
of major on the staff of General Jas.
b. Smith. of the Third brigade. 1.
y. G.. This is the first time that
colored man has received such an ap-
pointment in the history of the I'LL
noiS National Guard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
Dairy and Fsod Men Adjourn.

st. Paul. July 25.-The national con-
vention of dairy and food commission
ers has closed with the election of Of
ficers for the ensuing year, as follows:
President, j. W. Bailey. of Oregon;
SeCretary-treaSurer. X. NJ Allen. of
Kentucky. Preservation in food were
condemned and coloring matter was
also condemned, except that known
to be harmless.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
rItE ee,s a Marriage License.

San Francisco. July %. - Robert
Fitzsimmons, actor and pugilist, has
been granted a license to marry Julia
May Clifford, the actress. The Gee
mony will take place today at Miss
Gifford's hotel Fitzsimmons gave his
age as Al and that of the prospective
bride as %.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
nrlIuankee Hor.. SHOW : succe...

Milwaukee, July 25.-So much sue
cess has attended the Milwaukee horse
show that it has been decided to make
1t a fixture for the summer months.
Another one will be given In 1904. The
management is assured of coming out
with balance on the right side Of the
ledger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
KING AND QUEEN LEAVE
THE IRISH CAPITAL

Dublin, July 25.-King Edward and
Queen Alexandra left Dublin at noon
today accompanied by Princess Vic
toria on their way to Ncwtownards,
where they visit the Marquis of Lon
donderry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
Arres,ed ON !. se.iou. Charce.

Elgin. ILL.,. July 25.-JOhn Barrett,
one of the best-known dairymen in
northern IllioniS and pioneer member
of the Elgin Board of Trade. has been
arrested on warrant sworn out by
Martin johnson. president of the FL
gin Clerks union. who accused Bar
rett OF making overtures to his IL
year-old daughter Barrett says It is
case of blackmail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
Reaction In Favor of the Canal Treaty

Panama. Colombia. July %. - 4
strong reaction in favor of the ratifi-
cation of the canal treaty seems to be
occurring throughout Colombia. From
all the principal cities and from Cau-
ca. the largest department of the re-
public. prominent citizens have tele-
graphed congress requesting that the
treaty be ratified.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
JAMES r. KEFNB-

to a diagnosis of speculative collapse.
Both firms have been largely concerned
in speculative stock market pools,
formed for the purpose of taking on
line of stocks, sustaining their price
ulative, and seeking to realize prof
its by selling out to outsiders mt the
high prices.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
FIRST TURKISH WARSHIP
BUILT HERE IS LAUNCHED

Philadelphia. July 25.-The Turkish
cruiser Mediidia, the first warship
ever built here for the Ottoman en-
pire. was launched at noon today at
the Cramp shipyard in the presence
of a distinguished gathering.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
HEAVY FIRE LOSS
BY WHISKY TRUST

Terre Haute. Ind. July 25.-Fire
broke out at , this afternoon in the
distillery of the whisky trust. y loss
of several hundred thousand dollars
is predicted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
DollIver the Chief SNEAKER.

st. Paul, Mimi, July Ex-senator
bolivar, of Iowa, will deliver the prin-
cipaI address at the convention of the
Army of the Philippines, which will be
held in st. Paul Sept. 20.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
CoNoLAvE TO MEET AUG. 1
According 60 OregIIa's PIAn-GOsSip About
Cardinal Gibbons.

The congregation of cardinals has
not yet decided whether the note
which the sacred college intends to ad-
dress to the powers concerning the
situation of the papacy at Rome shall
be presented when the reception Of
the diplomatic body occurs. The dip
lOmatists accredited to the holy see
will be presented by NJ. Martins
d'Antas, the minister from Portugal,
who is dean of the corps. Mgr. Marry
del Val will reply as acting secretary
of state.
At the meeting of the congregation
Cardinal Satolli asked when the con-
clave would be opened. Cardinal Greg
Continued on Page Eight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
Foreman Miller Reports
For Work at Gov
ernment Shop.
TO GET OLD PLACE
Strikers Heavily Pun
ished For Contempt
Of Court.

Washington, July 25.-The Book
ing the reinstatement of w. y. Mil
Ter, assistant foreman in the govern
ment printing office, who was dis
missed because of his expulsion from
the latter and later ordered reinstated
by President Roosevelt. has abandon
ed any intention of walking out in
case Miller resumes work.
Miller reported for duty at 10 this
morning and was assigned to work,
but remained only few minutes. say
ing he would wait until Monday for
further work. Union officials an
nounce today that there viii be no
action on their part for 80 days.
Washington. July 25.-W. A. Miller,
foreman of IA division in the govern
ment printing office against whose rein
statement the bOokblndeis' S union is
fighting, appeared at the government
printing office and reported for duty
under instructions from Public Print
er Palmer. The bookbinders have an
nounced that they will walk out if
Miller goes to work and that the allied
trades will take sympathetic action.
The civil service commission has is
sued a certificate of reinstatement 10
the public printer, and Palmer an-
nounced positively that in accordance
with the order Miller would return TO
executive order to the contrary.
Union Takes Useless Action.
A committee of the bookbinders' un-
ion has filed with the civil service
commission a copy of the protest
against Miller. This protest is a dup
licate of the one filed with Secretary
Cortelyou and Public Printer Palmer.
Prior to the filing of the protest Com
missioner Proctor said to II reporter
that it was a useless action on the
part Of the men to see the civil Serv-
ice commission and protest to it. The
men. he said, have already proceeded
about the matter in the correct way
by filing with the public printer their
protest, and the matter was now out
of the hands of the civil service com
mission
What Secretary COrteIyOu Said.
Secretary Cortelyou has informed
the boOkbinders' union that the charges
against Miller are matters for the con-
sideration of the public printer, as they
involve an emplOye of the latter's Of
flee. He also has advised them that
the question settled by the presidents
order of reinstatement and the charges
ing, are separate and distinct subjects.
the former being regarded as closed
incident.
BOOkb' 'nders Hold a Meeting.
The local branch of the Internation-
al BoOkbinders' union held a largely
attended meeting at Odd Fellows hall
to consider what action should be
taken on the subject. The meeting
discussed the matter for three hours,
and then adjourned subject to the call
of the arbitration committee of the
union. There were many speeches, and
apparently number of votes. but just
what they were about no one who at
tended the meeting was willing to say.
President Barrett would not give the
least intimation of what was done at
the meeting, saying he believed that
nothing should be said while there was
a possibility of the adjustment of the
differences.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25

Every man may work upon the terms
that seem TO himself best. If he can
not his personal liberty is abridged
1t is his right as a free man. TO
protect him in this right governments
and courts may use their full powers
If they fail TO do so they fail in their
duties. 1t was TO force these every
day rules that the Injunction in this
case was granted. 1t permitted the
use of all peaceful methods.
lit simply prohibited the use of ter
ror or violence. 1t sought to prevent
riot o: disorder, acts made criminal by
our penal code. l find that the three
men deliberately disobeyed the order
of the court"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25

Took Young Corbett Only Two Minutes.
Philadelphia, July %. = Champion
Young Corbett knocked out Billy May
nard after two minutes fighting in the
first round.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
Interment of Pope LeO's
Body to be Made
This Evening.
THE PUBLIC TRIBUTE
Is Over With the Con-
Clusion of the Lying
In State.

Rome. July 25.-The lying in state
of the body of Pope Leo XIII came
quietly to an end at noon today. and
the worlds last farewell to the great
pope was over. Funeral masses were
celebrated in most of the churches of
Rome today. Preparations for the in
terment this evening were immediate
commenced. The most imposing cere-
mony was the reception by the sacred
college in the hall of the consistory
of the whole diplomatic body accred-
ited to the vatican. The Portuguese
ambassador delivered an address ex-
pressing the sorrow of all the powers
at the death of Pope Leo. Cardinal
Oreglia responded, thanking the dip
lomats in the name of the sacred col
lege for the part all governments
have taken in the mourning of the
church.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
Chicago strikers Also runIshed.

Chicago. July 2J.-Strfkers who vto-
lated the Kellogg Switchboard and Sup
ply Co. injunction have been dealtwith
by Judge HOldOm. Fines and jail pun
ishments We're meted out to six men.
Those who received punishment at the
hands of the court were: John O'Brien.
ten days In Jail; \. Mashek. sixty days
in jail; Jacob Christianson, thirty
day I'm jail: Charles Evans, fined $50;
l.. s. Fischer. fined 500; John Brent,
fined $25. They gave bond and ap-
pealed, except those given jail sen.
tences, who were denied that right
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
FIsherman's Ring Lost.

Rome, July 25.-When the time
came 10 take the fisherman's ring
from Pope Leo's finger. it has just
developed. another was found in its
place. This did not surprise anyone,
as generally the pontiff does not wear
il. At the first meeting of the con-
gregation of cardinals after the
pope's death. when the famous ring
should have been broken. the cere-
mony was omitted and it was put on
record that the ring for the moment
could not be found. The ring never
has been seen since September. 1899.
when, having been lost for some time,
il was returned to the pope by an
underservant. and was at that time
privately hidden away by Pope Leo.
So far it has not been discovered, but
the vatican authorities assure the
press the ring will undoubtedly be
fouud
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
ConcIave EnErOsses the Interest

Interest is now largely engrossed
with the coming conclave and its re-
suit The gossip of the day may be
summed up briefly by saying that Car
dinaI Gottis chances of election seem
to have improved in comparison with
those of other cardinals who have been
mentioned as likely to succeed the
Gead pontiff, although there still ex-
lists a strong feeling that some one,
hitherto scarcely talked of. may wear
the tiara.