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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-09

WANTED-Several bright young men be
tween ages of Is and %. Ones willing to
work. Good wages. Inquire at Harper
house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-09

WANTED-To loan money on diamonds,
watches, jewelry, hardware, musical in
struments, bicycles. clothing dry goods,
furniture, etc. Highest cash prices paid
for second hand goods of all kinds also:
The above goods for sale at half the usual
strictly confidential His new number and
location, 1923 Second avenue Don't forget
tt Jones secondhand store Two rings
1347
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-09

JACKSON, HURST & STAFFORD-Attorneys
at law. once in Rock Island National
bank building
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
PASTOR POINTS TO PENNELL
AS MURDERER OF BURDICK

months Mr.. Pennell hires detectives
to follow Mr.. Burdick. No evidence
is obtained
"As a last resort he makes per-
sonal appeal, promises Mr.. Burdick
he will do anything. 1t is too late.
He had promised before. Then he
threatened, He will kill Allie and
himself He has threatened before.
Mr.. Burdick does not believe him.
1.-THE thing is done. Mr.. Burdick's
power to injure the reputation of Ar
thur Pennen is taken away. In Mr..
Burdicks house, a home which Mr..
Pennen knew as we'll as he knew his
own, a house in the dining room Of
which he had often eaten. whose side
boards and pantry were familiar to
him, and in the bedroom of which he
had often slept as Mr.. Burdick's
guest.
Friday morning before any one in
Buffalo but the family and the Off
Gals knew of Mr.. Burdick's death Mr..
Pennell goes to Niagara Falls. There
are some moods which make Niagara
Falls attractive The water looks
cold. 1t is a cold day in February.
He phones to his wife to meet him at
the falls and bring the Buffalo pa
pers.
why so anxious about the papers?
How does Mr.. Pennell know that any
thing interesting has happened in
Buffalo? The papers are brought;
the ruse apparently worked.
HE decides to live. He is inter
viewed by the police. Says he has
no theory. Yet writes to friends that
Burdick is seeking revenge because
/ he befriended his wife; that Burdick
| is loose with women and has been
killed by some unknown woman.
Strange words, surely-one part a lie!
one a SANDER. as the friends Of Bur-
dick believe; the other advancing q
theory the police had not yet been
bold enough to advance.
"Once more the scent leads back to
Mr.. Pennell. Once more fear returns.
The man of gloomy poetry, the man
who visits the falls, who ISLANDERS the
friend he has wronged. who has
broken his promises, who has more
than once threatened suicide, decides
to end all.
But even in death he plans to save
that precious reputation. A bullet in
the brain, a jump over the falls, is
confessionI
"a wife left behind may clear some
mysteries!
"And an accident! And there is at
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
Of THE P|TTSBURG Strike.
Enough Men At Work To Prevent
Damage BY Delay.
MEN GIVEN ST A DAY BONUS.

Pittsburg, Kans., Mar. 21.-There is
nothing new in the strike situation at
the Kansas City Southern shops. The
company officials announce that the
shops are running as if no strike was
on and that the men who have been
shipped in are doing the work in the
mechanical department. The machine
department, blacksmith shop and
boiler shop are all in operation and
men have taken the places of nearly all
of the strikers. A number of men ar
rived on a special train from Kansas
City, swelling the number of import
ed" mechanics who are being cared for
at the shops to nearly 125.
The train which brought the first
body of imported men in brought 200
cots and bed clothing so that the COM
pany is prepared to accommodate that
many workmen. There has been no
trouble from the strikers as the latter
have remained away from the shops
and not attempted to cause any dis
turbance.
The picket line and armed guards are
more for the purpose of preventing the
strikers from talking with the import
ed men and urging them to quit work
than to protect them, as the latter is
considered unnecessary, no threats
having been made.
Every effort is being made, however,
/
by the company and the deputies to
prevent the strikers from talking with
the men who are working, and in this
they are successful. The men remain
on the compaI J grounds and while
they have liberty to leave the premises
| if they desire, they do not do so.
A barber shop has been established
on the grounds and everything that
the men need is provided for them in
the commissary.
The company purchased working
clothing and provided the men. with
jumpers and tools. Every inducement
is offered the men to remain on the
grounds at work and the company
claims that they are doing so.
The contracts which the company
required the imported men to sign pro-
vide that the men shall receive the
scale of wages paid by the company
before the strike was inaugurated and
that at the end of thirty working days
the company shall pay bonus of 81
for each days work.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
Landscape Gardeners, Work.

Topeka, Mar. 23.-Two years ago G.
G. Gage bequeathed beautiful park
to Topeka. The city employed an
Eastern landscape gardener to come
and beautify it. Mrs. Gage now
charges that the gardener has ruined
the park by cutting down or trans
planting hundreds of trees. Most of
the trees have died. Some years ago
Governor Morrill, sent East for land
scape gardener TO fix up the state
house grounds. The gardener cut
down lot of fine shade trees and did
more damage than good. Now the
state is trying to grow more trees on
the grounds.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
CANAL treaty RATIFIED.
After a Day Of Dbeate And Voting
On Amendments.
FINAL VOTE WAS rs TO FIVE.

Washington, Mar. 19.-The senate
met at IL o'clock and went into execu-
tive session after the journal was read
and approved.
Immediately after the doors were
closed the Panama Canal treaty was
laid before the senate. There was
again good attendance of senator's in
anticipation of the final vote on the
treaty. The proceedings opened with
speech by Senator Morgan, devoted
especially to the question of the de-
tense of the canal. He criticised
sharply the action of the senate in
refusing to so amend the treaty as to
insure American control
Following Senator Morgan, Senator
Money offered an amendment and made
a speech. His amendment was support
ed by Senators Bacon, Teller, Morgan,
Bailey and others, but it was defeated,
81 to 81.
Then came Is minute speeches by
several senator's. Senator Platt, of
Connecticut, was one of the very few
senator's, if not the only senator to
announce his entire satisfaction with
the treaty. He referred to the fact
that number of republican senators
had said if that they had the making of
the treaty they would have changed
some of the features of it and declared
that no considers the treaty the best
that could have been made and said
that so far as he was concerned he
would not have changed it in any
respect. He criticised the democratic
senator's for using undue minuteness
in their efforts to find defects in the
agreement. When, at 4:45 p. IN, it
became apparent that the fifteen min
ute speeches had been concluded, SEN
ator Morgan surprised the senate by
refraining from prese nting any more
individual amendments and by pre-
senting ell of the fifty which he had
prepared in one block, submitting
them as a substitute for the whole
agreement. He did not demand a roll
call, and the substitute was voted
down viva voce, almost unanimously.
Voting on amendments being finished,
and as per agreement, Senators
Morgan and Cullom closed the debate,
the former speaking one hour and the
latter As minutes. Then came the vote
which was rs for ratification of the
treaty to five against it.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26

superintendent of Police OF Buffalo)
dick to become reconciled to his wife
and containing the statement: DO
you want to put an end to all our
lives?" are missing.
DR.. Powers said In his statement
concerning Pennells part in the af-
fair:
Il am as anxious as any one can be
to have this mystery solved.
Il am sorry that the one person of
sufficient motive is dead.
''Mr. Pennell is dead. 1 should keep
silence If I could. Justice to the liv-
ing no longer permits it. His con-
duct in life and death does not merit
silence.
HE was the betrayer of an I'M
usual friendship. Mr. Burdick named
him as guardian of his children in a
will made some years ago. Mr.. Bur-
dicks children called him Uncle Ar
thur.
HE robbed his friend of his wife
He ruined her reputation. He brought
shame to his children and now by a
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
New H,mnsbire For Iicsnsa-

Concord, N. H., Mar. 23.-By Il vote
of PA to LOT the house of representa-
tives put itself on record as in favor of
a license law in preference to the ex-
isting prohibitory system, which has
been in force since 1S4S. The bill re-
ported by the majority was given the
first reading. The opponents of the
bill will endeavor to amend the meas
ure in several important sections.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
18TH DAY.
Kansas Banner Counties.

Topeka, Mar. 23.-Sumner is the
banner wheat county; Nemaha leads
on corn and hogs; Sedgwicls for oats
and horses; Leavenworth for wine and
apples; Shawnee first for butter and
second for apples; Franklin for tobac-
co; MONTGOMERY for cotton; Ellsworth
for buclswheat; Cheyenne for broom
corn; Greenwood for cattle; Butler for
lsatir corn; Brown for honey; Thomas
for barley; Wyandotte for potatoes;
Finney for sweet potatoes; Coffey for
flax; Decatur for rye; Jewell for alfalfa;
Wallace for sheep. All this is CLEANED
from Secretary Coburn's report.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
Dairy Interests of Kansas.

Topeka, Mar. 1.-THE United States
department. of agriculture has inau-
gurated an investigation of the dairy
interests in western Kansas. eastern
Colorado and part of Nebraska for the
purpose of pushing forward that in
dustry. The department believes
that there are immense possibilities
in store for the dairy business in
the parts named. Professor E. H.
Webster, of Manhattan, will take
charge of The work during the coming
summer.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
Grand .Iurv After "Rooa1ers. ,

Guthrie, Okla, Mar. 1s.-The Logan
county grand jury will look into the
council doodle" investigation charges.
The testimony taken at the hearings
of the committee will be presented to
the jury for its consideration. 1t is
probable that many of the legislators
will be summoned to appear before
the jury. Several of the men stated
that they would return without legal
service Subpoenas could not be
served on the legislators until they
returned to their homes
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
The Italian RovaI Famirv

All accounts agree that no royal
family in Europe gets so much sim
pie, democratic fun out of life as the
young king and queen of Italy and
their two baby daughters. Their
eldest child, Princess Yolanda, would
be regarded as terror if she were
OF humble birth. Being a princess.
the worst. ever said of her is that she
is quite vivacious." Yolanda is near
ly two years old and fears no one but
her English governess.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
American Girls Who Have rifles.

Twenty-six German titles are worn
by American girls who have married
abroad and twenty English peerages.
There are three French duchesses and
five French countesses of American
birth. Seventeen Italian noblemen
and six Russians of title" have laid
their coronets at the feet of Ameri-
can brides. Holland has two baron
esses, American born; Bavaria. one
countess, and the sovereign princess
of Monaco closes the list.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
Combine of Electric Lines.

Topeka, Mar. ga deal has prac-
tically been closed whereby the Vine
wood Electric Railway Company
absorbs the old Topeka street railway
system. The Vinewood company got
a franchise last year to build line
from Topeka TO Vinewood park. Later
it got another franchise to run cars
over some of the streets of the city and
built several miles of track. Then it
made proposition to combine with
the old company and after much bar
gaining the deal is practically COM
pleted
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
Farming By Telephone.

Topeka, Mar. 17.-Governor Bailey
will let affairs of state take care of
themselves for four or five days, while
he looks after his farm. 81 have been
farming by telephone during the past
two months" said he. SIT isn't
very satisfactory. L would rather be
on the ground, and, when necessary,
take hand and help the boys From
now on propose to divide my time
between the farm and the governors
office. want to make enough money
farming tekeep me going ~ governor. "
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
Story Hard to Believe.

AS an instance of sheer callousness,
it would be difficult to beat a story
which comes from an up-country dis
trict in New South Wales, Australia.
It seems that two small boys had
gone out with their sister to fish.
While sitting on the river bank with
rods extended, they saw the girl fall
into the river and drown. Making
no effort at rescue. they coolly re-
NAMED fishing until evening, when
they went home and reported the
tragic occurrence.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
Thunder, Wind And Hail.

Chichasha, I. T., Mar. 23.-The
heavy rain which fell here brought
destruction in its wake. The rain fell
in torrents, accompanied with thunder,
wind and hail and the streets of the
town became veritable running rivers.
1t was probably the heaviest rainfall
for the length of time it took, in this
country for many years, and those
who CHANGED to be caught away
from home without rubber boots,
macintosh or an umbrella will not
soon FORGET it.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
what Interested the Bow.

Two Nebraska schoolboys were
sightseeing with their parents in
Washington and were taken to the
white house. of course. On return
ing to their hotel some one asked the
boys: "Well, did you shake hands
with the PRESIDENT" The younger of
the two answered: az don't remem-
Der, but shook hands with the police
man at the gate. And. say, joe" to
his brother, wasn't he a cracking
big fellow, thought"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
Friar. make Larpe Prices.

Manila, Mar. 1.-THE negotiations
for the purchase of the friars' lands by
the government may fail because of
the excessive prices asked by the relig-
ious orders and commercial corpora
of the estimates of value submitted
show the prices to be double the fig
ures at which the land was offered for
private sale last year. The govern
ment is anxious to purchase the lands
but is not willing to pay excessive
amounts for them.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
Memoirs Should Be Inter.st,,,

Soon after her marriage to Napo-
leon Ill Empress Eugene began to
collect and file important letters from
sovereigns, statesmen, soldiers and
other men of note. She also gath
cred great many souvenirs of Marie
Antoinette. Before the siege of Paris
she had much Of this property sent
out OF France and now has in her
possession materials for many inter-
esting volumes of inside court his
tory.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
Believes Man Murdered Burdlck.

Thomas Byrnes, former superinten-
dent of the New York police depart
ment and probably the most famous
of living detectives, in discussing the
Burdick murder at Buffalo said he be-
lieved the murder was not the crime
of a woman, though a woman was
probably potent factor in the motive
for the crime. The former detective
chief does not for moment entertain
the belief that the tragic death of Pen
nell and his trusting wife was other
than a remarkable coincidence and an
accident.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26

The Rev. Levi NJ. Powers. pastor
If the Church of the Messiah. at Buff
'alo, N. Y, formerly attended by Ed
win L. Burdick and still attended by
Mrs. Hull. the mother of Mrs. Bur
dick, said in a statement that Arthur
Pennell was the murderer and that
lis death was well planned suicide.
Or. Powers argued the entire case at
lone length and accused Pennen in
defending Mrs. Hull
Another friend Of Burdick's made
the statement that letters asking Bur
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
KILLED on Railroad Track.

Philipsdale, R. l., Mar. 23.-Three
women were instantly killed and a
fourth was probably fatally injured
while walking from Pawtuclket to this
place on the tracks of the New York,
The victims in trying to avoid train
were struck by an engine on another
track. The women were all under 20
years of age. They were walking on
the tracks from their homes to the
Glenyon dye works at this place, where
they were emrloved
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
Less Stealing Than Usual

Topeka, Mar. 17.-Less state property
was stolen this time than during any
legislature in the history of the state
Sergeant-at-Arms Cave and Sergeant
alarms Neighbors, of the senate,
were checked out by the state house
custodian and rendered an account of
every typewriter and piece of furniture
turned over to them during the session.
This is record breaker. Usually
half dozen typewriters are stolen dur
ing a session, and other property car
ried Of by the CARLOAD.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
Paris L. pleased.

Paris, Mar. 20.-The announcement
treaty by the United States senate was
received with satisfaction by the Off
Gals and others here who have long
been interested in the project. In gov
eminent circles the senate's action was
considered to be an assurance that the
United States will carry out the work
begun by Frenchmen. Although the
government of France has no connec-
tiof with the Panama Canal company,
it has always taken a deep interest.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
Old Maps May Bother.

Montreal, Mar. 23.-Search in the
Chateau de Ramesay by the request of
Jas. Pope, under secretary of state,
and one of the commissioners prepar-
ing the Canadian case for the Alaska
commission, has brought to light two
aliases of 1923 and 1924.
One of these gives a map of Rus
sian America and British America
in which the Lynn canal is shown
clearly within British America. The
maps will be exhibited in the Canadian
case.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
Arrange For President,s yisIt

Washington, Mar. 2O.-Gov. Bailey,
of Kansas, accompanied by Cyrus Le-
land, had a conference with the presi-
dent. Later they took luncheon with
him. After making ID recommendation
for the appointment of Judge VIM.
Hook of Kansas, to a vacancy likely to
soon occur on the bench of the Eighth
judicial circuit, they discussed with
President Roosevelt arrangements for
his visit to Kansas. At Topeka on
May /, the President will be enter
tainen at dinner by Governor Bailey.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
Beef Combine Fined.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Mar. 23.-The
Armour, Cudahy, Swift, Hammond and
Schwartzchild and Sulzberger Packing
Co., in the custer proceedings brought
by the attorney general of Missouri
against the alleged beef combine were
fined $4,000 each in the Missouri SUI
preme court and ordered to pay the
costs of the case which amount to
SIS, 900. Unless the fines and costs are
paid within 80 days the defendants
will be ousted from the state SO the
court orders.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
Cripple Creek Miners.

Colorado Springs, Colo, Mar. 10
The strike is on in the Cripple Creek
district. President Meyer of the West
ern Federation of Miners notified the
miners employed on the mines ship
ping ore to the mills of the United
States Reduction and Refining COM
pany that the mine owners had not
accepted the terms promulgated at the
meeting of the district unions. At 6
o'clock the men coming off shift at the
Independence mine walked out. By
morning 700 men walked out.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
Joplin Men Found Gold.

Joplin, Mo-, Mar. 19.-News of
rich gold strike in the Thunder noun
tain district of Idaho has just been re-
ceived here, in which several Joplin men
are interested. The strike was made
along the Rainbow river in the tunnel
of the Rain bow Mountain Gold Mining
Company, which was organized in this
city when the first strike was reported
in the Thunder mountain district.
Advices say it is one of the richest
strikes ever made in that region of the
state
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
Cuba Ratihes Treaty..

Washington, Mar. 1S.-Senor Quesa-
da, Cuban minister to the United States,
received dispatch from his home gov
eminent saying: 1.-The reciprocity
treaty was approved by the senate by
16 against s." The treaty referred to
is the Cuban reciprocity treaty with
the United States. The treaty was
ratified by q of the vote of the senate.
Fifteen republican conservatives or
administration senators and one ma
tionalist voted in favor of the treaty
and five nationalists against it.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
Coal OIL Exploded.

ChiclSasha, 1. T, Mar. 19.-Mrs. Bur-
ney, wife of E. S. Burney, Chiclzasaw
member of the Dawes commission, met
with quite severe accident at her
bone in this city.
She attempted to light fire with the
aid of oil, which exploded, burning
her badly about the face.
Her face is a solid blister but the
burn is not deep one, and her friends
are thankful that her eyesight is not
likely to be injured. She did not i'll
hale the flame
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
Earthquake And Plague.

London, Mar. 20.-A new volcano is
vomiting large quantities of smoke and
lava on Riri, New Hebrides. Earth
quake shocks are being felt. The resi-
dents believed the volcano to be caused
island. Large bodies of water being
seen to fly upwards at times. The resi-
dents are much alarmed. Plague has
broken out on the French steamer
Hebrides. Four died. She has been
ouarantined
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
A Stringent Iicense Law.

Bismarck, n. D., Mar. 23.-GoveIn nor
White has signed the bill amending
the law relating to druggists permits.
Much pressure was brought to bear
upon the governor to veto it. 1t re-
quires so per cent of the freeholders
and 70 per cent of the women in the
town or the ward where the drug
store is located to sign a petition be-
fore liquor permit can be obtained.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
Senator'S Election Expenses.

The expenses of Senator John c.
Spooner of Wisconsin during his
campaign for reelection, are certified
by him as having amounted to $1,000.
81 900 of which was contributed to the
Republican state central committee,
500 to the Dana county campaign
committee and 5000 expended for rail-
road fares and hotel bills during his
tour of the state.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
May Test The Law.

Topeka, Mar. GA movement is on
among the owners of slot machines
here to test the validity of the law
against their operation which went
into effect last week. Several of the
owners of the machines refused to take
them out and will attack the validity
of the law in the courts if they are mo-
Tested by the authorities