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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-08-06
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the tall student.
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CLARA she screamed Wh0n The ola
man came down told him vas mere
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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-08-06
Carthage PeafOM DIes From Grief.

Carthage, Mo-: An unusual attach
ment between peafowls has been
SOund to exist in the poultry yard Of
J. d. Kelly In this city, who owned
two fowls Of beautiful plumAge Upon
the death Of it's mats the hen showed
signs OF grief. sulklng with lowered
head and dropped feathers and ref'us-
ing absolutely to take food until 1t.
too. was found dead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
Much Business Is Unaudited.
DENIES RUMOR BEARING
ON THE EXPRESS STRIKE

st. Louis. oct. 21.-William Cotter,
general manager of the Missouri Pa
cifc railroad, denies the rumor that
the grievance committee of the Broth
erhood of Railway Trainmen was in
the city TO protest against the railroad
company compelling its trainmen to
handle Pacific Express matter.
THE Missouri Pacific railroad is not
compelling its trainmen 10 do the work
of the Pacific Express company's
striking employees, nor is it affected in
any way by the strike" said Cotter.
I'VE have heard of no such intention
on the part of the grievance commit
tee. and should the question come up
at any conference they will be in
formed that the Missouri Pacific rail-
road does not intend to become in
volved in the strike in any way"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
PROBABLY HAVE
THE RIGHT MAN
Arrest Made in Connection With
Northern Pacific Dynamite
Outrages.

st. Paul, Oct. 21.-General Manager
Thomas Cooper, of the Northern Paci-
fic, is still more impressed with the be-
lief that Isaac GraveIle is the chief
conspirator in the Montana dynamite
outra sc. Gravelle was arrested soon aft
er he was seen placing dynamite on
the tracks.
Cooper said: "Gravelle has been pos
itively identified as the man who was
seen caching fifty pounds of dynamite
under hay stack. There is no doubt
that the identification is complete.
When the last dynamite was found on
the tracks a few days ago and the
posse took up the trail they fOun- a
single brass spur on the track which
had been dropped by ahorseman. When
arrested Gravelle was wearing a spur
exactly similar TO the one found.
Gravelle was released from the Deer
lodge prison last July
Cooper also said that no further out
RACES have been committed since Gra-
velle was arrested.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
DEPUTIES HELD
TO AN ACCOUNTING
Escape of SwindIer Bell to be In
vestigated by the Gov
ernment.

Philadelphia, Oct. 21.-United States
District Attorney Holland is not sat
isfied with the story of the escape of
Albert E. Bell. alias Crosby. the con
fessed mail pouch thief and swindler
WHO was being brought from Denver
to Philadelphia. The district attorney
has learned direct from Deputies Ba-
ker and Davis. who had charge of Bell.
the circumstances of the escape. At
ter hearing the statements of the two
men Mr.. Holland said:
Il can hardly credit the stories told
by the two deputies; L can scarcely
believe that such was the case" The
district attorney refused, however. to
discuss what flaws appeared 10 him
in the statements of the deputies. In
his statement to the district attorney
Deputy Davis said neither he nor
Deputy Baker had ever been in Phila-
delphia before, which proves untrue.
Bell is still at large, no trace Of his
whereabouts having been discovered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21

tween them. The Canadian cOnten-
tiOn was that the northern channel
should be adopted. The United States
contended for the southern channel.
On the result of the decision depend
Kannaghnut, Sitklan, Wales and
Pearse. When the tribunal met after
the argument and considered this
question the view of the three Brit
ish commissioners was that the Ca
madam contention was absolutely I'M
answerable. a memorandum was
prepared and read to the commission
ers embodying our views and showing
it to be beyond dispute that tine Ca
madam contention in this branch of the
case should prevail and that the boun-
dairy should run to the northward of
the four islands named, thus giving
them to Canada.
Notwithstanding these facts the
members of the tribunal other than
ourselves have now signed an award
giving two of the islands, Kannaghu-
nut and Sitklan, to the United States
These two islands are the outermOst of
the four They command the entrance
the EOTIidnu anu Tie OCedu
passage to Port Simpson. Their loss
wholly destroys the strategic value to
Canada of the Wales and Pearse
islands.
There is, in our opinion, no process
Of reasoning whereby the line thus de-
eided upon by the tribunal can be just
ifed. 1t was never suggested by coun-
sci in the course of argument that
such a line was possible. Either the
four islands belong to Canada or be-
long to the United States. IN the
award Lord Alverstone agrees with
the United States commissioners that
the islands should be divided, giving
the two which possess strategic value
to the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21

BRUTE CHASED
BY ANGRY MOB
Crime of Rape at Rosedale, Ind .
May be Followed by
LynChing.

ROsedaIe. Ind. Oct. 21.-Twenty en-.
ragged farmers, are on the trail of an
unknown man who brutally Outra ged
Lena Alkire, 10-year-old daughter of
William Alkire. The rape was COM
mited in the road as the little girl and
her 4-year-Old brother were returning
from an errand at Atherton. The man
was riding bicycle and threatened to
kill the children if they told of his
deed. The child was able to describe
the man to her father.
Allkire came to ROSedale to call a
physician and ask for support in run
ming down the assailant \ man an
swering the description given by the
girl was seen passing ROsedale. A
posse was soon organized and took the
road followed by the wheelman. Ex-
citement is intense and it is doubtful if
a lynching can be prevented if the
guilty man is caught
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
ADVICE FOR LIBERALS BY
THE DUKE OF DEvONsHIRE

Lendon, Oct .21-The Duke of
Devonshire, until recently lord presi-
dent of the council. in published let
ter, while acknowledging that the
fiscal question may require a reconsid-
Grafton of the Liberal Unionist atti-
tude towards the government, advises
the Liberal Unionists at present to re-
main loyal to the government, "espe-
cially as precautions against home rule
proposals in parliament are still nee
essary'
An attempt to draw an expression Of
opinion frCn King Edward on the fis-
cal controversy by letter asking for
the truth of a statement published to
the effect that the king was a free
trader, and had said that he would re-
gard with great dislike any proposal
for taxing food, has elicted a curt re-
ply from buckingham palace, saying:
The private secretary is commanded
TO say that the king never expresses
any political matters except on the adj
vice of his responsible ministers, and
therefore the statement must be mac
curate."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
Talk of Russo Japanese
HOstiIities is Re-
Sumed.
SITUATION is GRAVE
Report That Negotia-
tons Have Been
Broken Off.

Yokohama. Oct. 21.-Ministerial con-
ferences and naval preparations, no
tably the appointment of Vice Admir-
al Toga, known as the fighting ad-
miral.' to command the standing
squadron, have led to Il renewal of
anticipations of trouble. Some decid-
ed development in the crisis is expect
ed shortly. Steamship and railroad
companies are reported to have been
notified to be in readiness for emer-
gencies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
A Hen GniIIntine.

Gothenburg, in Germany, has a soci-
ETY. for the prevention of cruelty to an
imals which has of late extended its
protection over domestic fowls former
ly beheaded in rude manner with a
cleaver in the market place. Now they
are decapftated with a new bright red
guillotine, working so smoothly and
swiftly that it's operation may be re-
garded by the fowls as a pastime, if
there were any way of finding out The
hints which GOthenburg gives ought
not to be thrown away on our own
S. p G. A, and hen guillotines in the
markets, hitherto scarcer than hens
teeth, should become as plentiful as the
business cut out for them requires.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
PLAN TO BUILD CAPITAL
FOR STATE OF WYOMING

build a city which will be the capital
of the state. A state house, universi-
ty, penitentiary, insane asylum and
other state buildings will be built and
donated to the state in return for the
location of the state capital at the
new point. The laws of the state re-
quire that the state capital be located
next year by popular vote. A cam
paign will be entered upon at once by
the syndicate to insure the vote in
favor of the project.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
FALLS TO DEATH
s. e. Morss, Well Known News
paper Man Killed at In
dianapoIis.
DRoPPEDFRoM OFFICE WINDOW
Supposed to Have Been Accidental
Was Prominent in
Politics.

indianapolis, Oct. 21.-S. E. Morss,
owner of the indianapolis Evening
Sentinel, fell from third story win
dow in the Sentinel building this
morning and was instantly killed.
The window from which Morss fell
was in his private office. No one was
with him at the time. He had been in
bad health for some time. and it is an
nounced by his private secretary that
he had probably opened the window
for air and was overcome by heart
trouble Financial troubles had been
worrying him recently. He left a
widow and one daughter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
CLERKS GET HINT
Commissions Ware Tells Them
That Pipe-Laying Has &c:
To Be Stopped.
WILL HAvENO MORE STEERING
OF Congressman Up Against Him by
Employees of the Pension
Office, He Says.

Washington, Oct 21.-AbOut forty
clerks employed in the pension office
have received promotions, and after
the announcement was made Commits
sioner Ware called them into his
Office for a lecture. He told them that
they had been promoted on their re-
spective records and upon the recon-
mendation of their immediate supe-
riors in office only. He advised the
clerks to seek the cOmmendation of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21

Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct. 21.-A pic
turesque scheme of eastern and Lon
don capitalists was unfolded here yes
terday, the consummation of which
entails the building of a city in what
is now the wilds of Wyoming with no
railroad within rs miles of the site.
The syndicate having the matter in
charge has secured possession of
thousands of acres of land in the cen
tral part of the state, and proposes to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
Sherman Family Returns Thanks.

Washington. Oct. 21.-Father ThOm-
as Ewing Sherman. son of the late
General W. r. Sherman. has request
cd The Associated Press to announce
that the family of General Sherman
desires to express its deep gratitude
to the president for all that he said
and did. to congress for its appropri-
atfons. and to all others who cooper
ated in the tribute recently unveiled
at the capital to the memory of the
late General w I. Sherman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
Masked Moh whins a Mnn.

Rochester, Ind, oct. 21. - Five
masked men with their heads covered
with pillowcases dragged Isaac Moore
from his house and gave him severe
beating with switches. He was pulled
up by the hands until his feet cleared
the floor and beaten. He was accused
of abusing his family. which lives near
Athens. five miles from here
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
Texans Frightened at the Fever.

Laredo, Tex. Oct. 21.-Since the APP
pearance of yellow fever at point in
north Texas the people of Fry county
have become so frightened that they
have refused to permit international
and Great Northern trains to run
through the county. In the event of
trains being stopped the food supply
will be cut off
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
FOURTEEN MISSING.
Total List of Drowned in Ore.
gon Wreck Less Than
Feared.
LIFE RAFT SAVES A NUMBER
Boat sStrikes Reef While Travelling
at Rate of Seven
Knots.

Marshfeld, Ore, Oct. 21.-The num-
ber of fatalities through the sinking
OF the steamer South Portland off the
coast here is not as large as was at
first feared, a number having been
saved on the raft that came to shore
yesterday afternoon.
Charles Huzon, the first engineer,
died us they were taking him off the
life raft, of exposure. Fourteen per-
sons are yet missing and are probably
lost Following are the names of The
passengers and officers: Passengers
W. II. Weber, ]. Watson, s. Baker, J.
S. Lakey, Mrs. w. u. Tyrrell, Al. Bal
ley, c. HaIlenbeck, ID. Mckay, f. Nor
inge, Paul Breinmuth, Jocco Wright.
Oficers-Captain J. b. Mcintyre, First
Officer Bruce and Second Officer la
ven. The crew numbered twenty, be-
sides officers.
Little Time to Save Anybody.
The South Portland struck head on,
going at a speed of about seven knots
As soon as she struck she began to
settle astern, and in a minute or two
slid off the reef and began to sink.
Captain Mcintyre. seeing that there
was no hope of saving the ship. speed
lily had the boats lowered. One of the
boats that got away from the ships
side loaded with part of the crew and
some of the passengers was capsized
as soon as it cleared the ship, and
when last seen was floating away in
the fog without a living soul aboard.
Saved the Life Raft.
The captains boat with about eight
cen aboard, succeeded in clearing. but
was also capsiZed, and only seven were
able to get back to the boat. u life
raft on which the following embarked
succeeded in reaching shore: Charles
Bruce, first officer; James Ward. chief
engineer; Il. PiZzOtti, second assistant
engineer; John McKOwn and j. Dris-
coll, oilers; w. Hughes and w. Robert
son, tiremen; james Atwood, H. Weber
and ]. Ii. Johnson, seamen, and ChaS.
Huzon, the first assistant engineer
The survivors suffered much from ex-
poSure and Captain AcIntyre is con-
fined to his bed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
Is LAID TO REST.
Body of Late Archbishop Kain
Inferred at St. Louis
Today.
NOTED CHURCHMEN ATTEND
Buried Beside Archbishop Ken
drick, a Predecessor in
Office.

St. Louis, Oct. 21.-At 10 today, in
the old cathedral, funeral services
were conducted over the body of the
late Archbishop John j. Kahn, who
died last week in Baltimore. The fl
nal ceremonies were attended by "a
vast assemblage. Cardinal Gibbons
celebrated pontifical high requiem
mass and five archbishops and bishops
performed the rite of absolution.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
Take Gloomy View.

London, Oct. PA dispatch to the
Reuters from Toxic says: Russian
artillery activity on the Corean from
tiers has enabled important newspa-
pers to take a gloomy view. They
are inclined to believe Russia does
not intend to fulfill her repeated
promises and declarations, in which
case it Will be incumbent upon Japan
to take decisive steps for the sake of
her very existence"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
Lord AIVerSt0ne on the
Alaskan DeCi-
sion.
BRITISH WERE LATE
Did Not Lay Early
Claim to the
Coast.

London, Oct. 21.-The award in the
Alaskan boundary case has been duly
engrossed and signed, the two Cana
dian commissioners refusing to SIN
il. They will, however, sign the maps
which delimitates the line itself
Their feeling is intense on the sub
ject. They feel that they have been
betrayed il the house of their friends.
Lord AlverstOne, whose agreement
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
Born at Fort Wayne.

Samuel +. Morss was born in Fort
Wayne, Ind, Dec. Is, 1852. For years
he was editor and part owner of the
Fort Wayne Sentinel. He was one of
the founders of the Kansas City Star.
In 1892 he was chairman of the In
diana delegation to the national dem
ocratic convention and a member of
the committee on resolutions. From
1898 to 1897 he was United States con-
sui at Paris.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
Indiana Man Missing at detroit.

Detroit. Oct. 21.-Rev. w. 7. Allen,
of Salem. Ind. who is in the city at
tending the conference of the Christian
church. has reported to the police de-
partmcnt the mysterious disappear
ance of Rev. Mr.. Dickey, who is also
from Salem. Rev. Dicky left Salem
early in September on his vacation. and
came to Detroit from Mackinac. He has
not been seen since Oct. 4.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
"sam " Parks Again Indicted.

New York. Oct. 21.-AnOther indict-
ment has been returned against Sam"
Parks. the walking delegate. This
time Parks is indicted for perjury, it
being alleged that he committed the
crime during his own trial, when he
swore that lie did not see JOsephuS
Plenty. the New Jersey contractor,
pay over the 5000 in cash. which it
is alleged Parks received for ending a
strike.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
PRIEST TAKES ADVANCED
GROUND ON TEMPERANCE

Iowa Falls, Oct. 21.-Rev. Father F.
j. Brune, in charge of the Roman
Catholic church at Orange City, has
taken advanced ground on the tenn
perance movement, and is unanimous
ly backed by his congregation. He
announces that he is not prohibit
ZIONIST, but is getting decidedly tired
of being called upon to go out at
night and prevent some drunken hus-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
vlrtne OF rer.e. erance IExempIilied.

blew open the bank at Pleasantdalc.
Neb.. near here. completely wreckins
the building ana badly shattering the
vault. The robbers were evidently
frightened away before they could
make Il search. The bank contained
$4,000 and with a little more work
it would have been easy for the rob
bers to have secrred the entire
n1.nnnt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
storm of Reform in Kansas.

Kansas City, Oct. 21.-All saloons
and gambling houses in Kansas City.
Kas.. have been closed tight by Chief
of Police Murray on an order from
Mayer Gilbert. \ week ago a citi-
zens' committee threatened to oust
Mayor Gilbert and other city officials
from office for failure to enforce the
prohibition law and to close the gam
bling houses
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
MORE POSTAL OFFICIALS
LET OUT OF THE SERVICE

Washington, Oct. 21.-The postmas-
ter general has dismissed from office
NJ. \. Louis, superintendent of sup
plies of the postoffice department,
Louis Kempner, chief of the registry
division, and c. B. Perry, clerk of the
supply division, in connection with
the postal investigation just closed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
shaw,s Iowa Campaign in Iowa.

Des Noines. Ia, Oct. 21.-Secretary
Leslie NJ. Shaw has notified the state
central committee that he viii make
but four campaign speeches in Iowa in
stead of fifteen, as was originally
planned This is due to the acceptance
of an invitation to speak at fremont
Temple, Boston, the night of Oct %
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
Action of Iowa odd Fellows.

Sioux City, Ia. Oct. 21.-By unan-
imous vote the grand encampment of
Odd Fellows instructed its delegates
to the sovereign grand lodge at San
Francisco to oppose the effort now be.
ing made to admit members of the sub
ordinate lodges to membership in the
encampment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
President viii Cast His Vote.

Washington. Oct 21.-The president
announces his intention of going to
Oyster Bay to cast his vote on election
day, Tuesday, Nov. 8. He and Secre-
tary Loeb, who also votes in Oyster
Bay, will leave Washington probably
on the morning of Nov. 3.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
WHAT HITS THE CANADIANS

After Getting Portland Canal the United
States Commands the Same.
The Canadians are out of humor
with the whole decision, but that on
the Portland canal is what seems to
hit the hardest. Here they get the
canal. but United States lis given two
islands, situated on the canal, that
command the British town of Port
Simpson. In an official statement
they say of the Portland canal:
There are two channels parallel
with each other. with fCalr. islands be-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
THOUSANDS
IN STAMPS
Taken From Vault of
Superior, Wis,
POstOffice.
NO CLUE WAS LEFT
Door Was Forced With
out Use of EX-
p1oSiVeS.
NO CLUE WAS LEFT

Superior, Wis, Oct. 21.-When the
Superior postoffice was opened for
business today the large vault was
found to have been rifed of practic-
ally the entire supply of stamps,
amounting to between $4,000 and
$15.5OO
Cash Taken Also.
About 800 in silver was also Sc
cured. The vault was forced with
out the use of explosives: There is
no clue to the robbers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
Unconfrmed Report.

London, Oct. 21.-A report was in
curculation on the stock exchange to-
day that negotiations between Russia
and Japan have been Broken off, but
the foreign office officials say they
had not heard anything confirmatory
of the rumor and that the report was
contrary TO the general trend of its
information.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
sermon bY ArchbIshop Keane.

Archbishop Keane, of Dubuque,
Iowa, officiated in delivering the fu-
neral sermon. The body was Inferred
in Calvary cemetery alongside the
grave Of Archbishop Kenrick, who
was at the head of this archdiocese
for many years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
Nnt So Rad ns iIe Looks. He Save.

Fond du Lac, Wis, Oct. 21.-Cash-
ier ]. E. Leimer, of the Princeton
State bank, told the Milwaukee Senti-
mel correspondent over the telephone
that the story of his Irregularities has
been greatly exaggerated and that
facts which viii place him in a less
unenviable light viii soon become
known.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
U. S. Troops at Indianapolis.

Indianapolis, Oct. 21.-TroOp L and
Troop NJ, of the Second United States
cavalry, on their way from West Point,
Ky, TO their barracks at Fort Sheri-
dan, Ills, arrived in this city and went
into camp. They continued their
march today.