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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15

the committee two weeks ago he re-
ferred to two orders, one issued by
the war department and the Otler by
himself to carry the first into effect,
which he was unable at that time to
furnish. He went on the stand to
present the orders and undergo an eX-
animation concerning them. The or
der issued by the war department di-
rected that all funds collected in the
provinces of Cuba should be sent TO
the military auditor at Havana. The
charge was made that the order had
been issued by direction of General
Brooke for the purpose of getting hold
of the funds collected ut Santiago and
to deprive that province of its own
revenues.
The newspapers at Santiago were
particularly bitter. General Brooke
told the military affairs committee
that the order was issued at a time
when he was sick in bed and that he
had had 10 previous knowledge con-
cerning it. The other order filed with
The committee was one witness issued
after his recovery. 1t directed Gener-
al Wood, in command of the province
of Santiago. not to make expenditures
for public purposes in excess of $1O,-
coo a month without first submitting
the question to the military governor.
General Brooke said that General
Wood had ignored that order and had
gone on spending public money with
out authority from the military gov
ernOr General Brooke was asked
whether he had withdrawn the rev
enues from Santiago for expenses else
where. He answered that Santiago
had received all its own revenues and
NOR than 100000 additional.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15

room. there to give information upon
which to base indictments to take the
place of the invalid infOrmatiOns. The
case against L. j. Arnold. charged with
grand larceny. was one of those af-
fected. Eight larceny. burglary and
assault cases were similarly treated.
The decision is that reversing the
case of the state VS.. William Bonner,
which holds that an information IS
sued by the circuit attorneys Office
must he sworn TO by prosecuting wit
neSses in the case and that circuit at
torneys or prosecuting attorneys can
only swear to information from per
sonal knowledge of the facts. For two
years under former decision of the
supreme court. and under the constitu-
tiOnal amendment of 1900 and the act
of 1901. prosecuting attorneys and cir
cult attorneys have been giving in
formations under their official oaths.
In St Louis alone. it is stated. fully
1000 cases have been tried on such
information and convictions resulted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOLK SETS ABOUT REPAIRING HAVOC
MISSOURI SUPREME COURT HAS WROUGHT
IN HIS CAUSE

st. Louis. Dec. Notification OF
a decision of the Missouri supreme
rourt which brings into question the
legality of hundreds of arrests and
convictions recently made on informa-
tiOns in st. Louis, and which opens
the doors of the penitentiary through
writs of habeas corpus to many others,
has been received here In tie list
of cases which under the ruling of the
court could be affected if the plea of
illegal arrest We're raised. are the ma
jority of the Suburban franchise doodle
convictions. 1t was stated by a we'll
known lawyer that the statute of linn
itations in these cases expired last No
vember, and that If the present charges
against the accused men should lie
found defective it would be impossi-
bic to bring new indictments against
them.
All of the cases are before the SUI
preme court on appeal, and the rec
ords show that each case was tried
on information furnished by the cir
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
POSTOFFICES THAT WILL BE
IN PRESIDENTIAL CLASS

Washington. Dec. l3-The pOstOtfice
department announces among others
that the following f0urth-claSS post
offices will he advanced to the preSi-
Dental grade Jan. ! next: Illinois-Ar-
lington Heights. Athens. Byron. Clay
City. Grant Park. Louisville. Mans
field. Potomac Saint Elmo. Sidell Ia
maroa. TampicO TolOnO. Indiana-At-
lanta. Fremont Indiana HarbOr. Lima,
Montezuma. Shoals. WindfalI. Iowa
Brighton. Central City. Cumberland
Gilmore City. DuSsel. Wyoming. Mich
igan-Almont. Hermansville, Milling
ton. StOckbridgc. WiScOnsin-Cadotta.
Colby. lola, Markesan. Mellen, Palmyra.
WauSaukee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
KILLS HIS KEEPER
Supt. Mayne, of Wisconsin Asy-
Ium, Murdered by
Patient.
HAD ENTERED MANS ROOM
Assaulted From Behind and Skull
Crushed With a
Poker.

Dubuque, Dec. 15.-ThOmas Fox. an
inmate of the insane hospital at Lam
caster. Wis, yesterday afternoon kill
ed William Mayne, the superintend-
ent. by beating out his brains with a
heavy iron stove poker. The superin-
tendent was visiting the patients
room and had no chance for his life.
Fox was not considered a violent
patient and had never exhibited any
dangerous tendencies. The superin-
tendent entered the room. therefore.
without thought of danger. While
his back was turned Fox seized a
heavy poker that had been left in the
room. and slipping up behind the SUI
perintendent, brought it down upon
his head with terrific force. Mayne
sank to the floor. and while he lay
insensible the insane man beat his
head to Jelly.
Well known In State.
superintendent Mayne was resi-
dent of Beetovn. Wis. where he had
wife and several children. and where
the body will be taken for interment.
He was well known throughout south
ern Wisconsin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15

cult attorney on his official oath.
They follow: Charles +. Kelly, ex-
speaker of the house of delegates, con-
victed of perjury in connection with
the Suburban franchise Doodle deal
and sentenced TO two years in the
penitentiary; John II. Schnettler. brib-
cry. Suburban franhcise. five years;
John 4. Sheridan, bribery. Suburban
franchise. five years: T. Edward Al
bright. bribery. Suburban franchise,
five years; Charles A Gutke. bribery,
Suburban franchise. five years: Ed
mund Bersch, bribery. Suburban fran
chise, five years; Charles J. Denny,
bribery, Suburban franchise. five
years: Louis Becker. perjury. Sub
urban franchise, four years; Harry A.
Faulkner, perjury, Suburban franchise,
three years.
Circuit Attorney Folk notified Judge
Mcdonald. of the criminal division of
the circuit court, and proceedings were
stopped in all cases affected. Nine
cases were wiped off the docket, and
the witnesses sent to theS grara +:=::S
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
ZIMMERMAN DISAPPEARS.
AIsD His Nurse, a Quantity of Baggage and
Large Sum of
Money.

Cincinnati. Dee. 15.-The strange
disappearance of Alpheus Young. aged
60. wealthy lumberman of Kansas
City. who WINS large timber tracts in
Texas. has alarmed his relatives.
Young has been suffering from de-
m2ntia and recently started from
southern California to visit relatives
at Milford. q. He left California in
charge of a nurse. but when he arrived
here neither the nurse nor any of his
large quantity of baggage could be
found.
No trace has been found of the miss
ing nurse and baggage. On last Tues
day he visited relatives at Manches-
ter, o., and ona Wednesday he disap-
peared in Cincinnati. He is known to
have had a large sum in cash when he
was last seen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
QUEEN SAID TO BE MAR
RIED TO ENGINEER.

King Humbert, of Italy, who was as
sassinated July %. 1900, by the an
archist, Bressi. She was before her
marriage to the king princess of Sa-
voy, and the kings cousin. She was
the most popular princess in the king
dom and was universally known as the
Angel of Italy"
For many years Queen Margherita
has been recognized as one of the
most intellectual and highly cultiva-
ted noblewomen in all Europe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
ANALYZES THE GERM OF
SCARLET FEVER.

Boston, Mass. Dec. 15.-Dr. Frank
Burr Mallory, of the Harvard Medical
school, will tonight at the Boston So
ciety of Medical Science. give a dem
onstration of the cause of scarlet fe-
yer. He has conducted an investiga-
tion along lines not before followed
by scientists. and has definitely deter
mined the organism which produces
the infection of scarlet fever
The result of years work by DR..
Mallory shows that infection in scar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
CITY FORCES ORGANIZED
Union Labor in the Chicago City Fire De-
partment Mayor Harrison
Puts in Objections.

Chicago, Dec. 1J.-The invasion of
the municipal service by labor unions
has been ordered brought to a halt by
Mayor Harrison. In the mechanical
branches of the city service" said the
mayor. where the emplOye is simply
workingman. it is all right for him to
belong to a union; but where the man
belongs to a department, like fiTemen
or policemen. he has no right to have a
divided allegiance. He must have al
legiance. to only one master. the city of
Chicago
Thevoicing of the mayors sentiments
along this line was Occasioned by the
receipt of an appeal from engineers of
the fire department asking for increased
wages. The men seeking the increase
are members of the union.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15

Bologna, Italy, Dec. IA monarch
ical paper published here, which is
to be generally well in
formed. says that it has received
news from trustworthy source that
the dowager Queen Margherita, dur
ing a recent journey to Norway, con-
tracted morganatic marriage with
an engineer 80 years old. The queen
dowager is 50 years of age.
Queen Margherita is the widow of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
HAYAsHI SEES PEACE AHEAD
Through a Proposed Agreement Which
May BE Kept Entirely Secret.

Through Proposed Agreement Which
May BE Kept Entirely Secret.
THE Russian reply Baron Hayashi
said TO representative of the AssO-
ciated Press. lis in the form of an
agreement, which, if satisfactory to ia
pan. can be signed Immediately. In
that event all questions pending would
receive final settlement. l have re-
ceived no indication from my govern
ment regarding its probable action on
the matter. All l can say is that
firmly believe the Russo-Japanese diff
ficulty will be settled practically. Fur
ther pourparlers with the view to mod
ifications on the part of Japan may be
necessary, but this is IN matter which
rests with my government
1T is impossible to give out even
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
WOOD DIDN'T WANT TO Know

Say Fisher and LaFOntisee Anything
Wrong About BeIIairs.
DR.. Fisher testified that he told Gen
erll Wood all he had learned of the
character of BellairS. and that he
had offered to General Wood to pro-
duce witnesses who could prove Bel
lairs' indecent immortality. He said
that General Wood told him he did
not care to know anything about the
stories; that all he asked was that they
not be printed in Havana. In addi-
ton to cOrrobOratiOn of DIR. Fishers
testimony LaFOntiSee told of the man
ner in which he had learnedOf Bellairs'
character and swOre also that General
Wood knew all about it.
He said he learned from persons
who went to Havana from Florida
that Bellairs had served five years in
Florida convict camps-three years in
one and two years in another. The
crime of which he had been convicted
was forgery on branch of the Bank
of England LaFOntiSee said that in
May. 1900. convict from Florida
named Johnson came to him and said
he mad seen BellaiTs and General
Wood together at the races in Havana
and tnat he recognized and spoke to
Bellairs, who mOtioned to him to keep
silent.
After this incident, testified LaFon-
tfsee, General Wood sent for him and
asked what he knew of Bellairs' rec
ord. LaFOntisee said he told Gener-
al Wood of his talk with Johnson and
also what he had learned from other
persons from Florida. That was in
June. 1900. and according to LaFon-
tiSee General Wood then asked him to
see Johnson and ascertain whether he
would leave Cuba and remain away if
his passage we're paid to New York
and money given. Johnson answered: :
''Why. do 1 want to leave? 1 have too
good thing here bleeding Bellairs."
LaFontisee returned to General Wood
and gave him JohnsOn's answer. La
Fontisee said that later Bellairs and
General Wood went to New York.
GEN. BROOKE AGAIN TESTIFIEs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
Hutchinson En- Route to BunaIo.

Detroit, Dec. 1J.-Encrusted with
ice the big freighter ]. r Hutchinson.
which is en- route to Buffalo. after be-
ing wrecked on Keeweenaw Point.
safely accomplished the trip across
Lake st. Clair. from which the light
ship and all channel marks have been
removed. The steamer viii have no
more trouble until the ice fields of
Lake Erie are reached, and it is the
opinion of many local vesselmen that
it will be impossible for the steamer
to force her way through these.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15

let fever is by protozoa, and he traces
the development of the disease
through the successive stages of ami
NAL growth. That this disease is
caused by animal and not vegetable
organism is one of the features of the
discovery. Another is the similarity
of the germ to that which causes ma
laria. DR.. Mallory will tonight. by Il
series of lantern slides. show the de-
velopment of the disease through the
successive stages of animal growth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
DEATH OF DRUCKER
TO BE INVESTIGATED
Ill Treatment in New York Hospital
Has Been AL
legged.

New York. Dec 1J.-luyestigation
into the circumstances surrounding
the death at Bellevue hospital last
week Of Adulphus Drucker. "A former
member of the British parliament.
has been commenced ny the police. 1t
is charged the hospital attendants
dosed Drucker with morphine and
other narcotics. beat him frequently
and unnecessarily. and told Drucker's
friends who inquired after him that
no such person was at the hospital.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
OTTUMWA MACHINIST
HEIR TO LARGE Al CUNT

Ottumwa, Ia, Dec. 15.-Frank Brad
bury, a machinest in the employment
of the Ottumwa Iron works. has fallen
heir to a fortune estimated at 81 ,OO0.-
600. His uncle. Thomas Bradbury. of
New York, piano manufacturer,
named him as direct heir. Bradbury
has left for New York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
Secretary Root Declares
Testimony is Mis-
represented
In SENATE HEARING
Makes Public a Letter
Written by Gen.
Bliss.

Washington, Dec. u. Secretary
Root has addressed a letter to SEN
ator Proctor, acting chairman of The
committee on military affairs in which
he complains that the press reports
of General Bliss testimony are the
precise contrary of what he in fact
testified" and declares it a fact that
''SOme persons seem to be persistently
furnishing TO the press false state
ments of the testimony taken before
you, the perversiOn of the evidence
being in eve~y case to the prejudice Of
General Wood
Testimony of Gen: Bliss.
The secretary sends a letter from
General Bliss. in which he contradicts
the report that he strongly opposed
the admission without payment of duty
of the silver service purchased in New
York by the Jai Alai, and that he
received mandatory instructions from
General Wood to admit said silver serv-
ice free of duty. He says he testified
most positively under oath exactly the
reverse of what was published as Lis
testimony.
Newspaper Men the Stand.
When the senate committee on mill
tary affairs resumed its investigation
of the Wood charges four witnesses
were waiting to be heard. These were
DR.. c. Z. Fisher. of Chicago. and J.
.. LafOrtisee, city editor of the jack
sOnville H'la.I Times Union, manag ging
editor and city editor respectively of
The Havana Post. published during
United States occupation; l.. II. Nor
TisOn. of New York. and General John
Il. Brooke. retired. Fisher was called
first He told the story of General
Woods intimacy with Bellairs. and de-
clared that General Wood knew of
BellairS' bad record.
Didn't Want the Story Printed.
DIR. Fisher said that in September,
1900. he accompanied General Wood
on trip to the Isle of Pines. and
there told him of an article which he
had ordered printed in the Havana
Post exposing Fellairs. The witness
said that General Wood told him he
did not want the story printed. and it
had not been used on account of that
request.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
He stole Nearly 500 ooo

Trenton. y. j.. Dec. 15.-.Iames NJ.
Edge. the defaulting Paterson bank
teller, pleaded guilty in the United
States district court and will be SEN
fenced next Monday. Edge was recent
ly arrested after an absence from PAT
erson of nearly a year. His pecuIations
amounted to nearly 100000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
peatn nrought Him Home.

Fort Wayne. Ind. Dec. u. John
Rhine has just returned from Kala-
mazOo with the body of his son
James. who died in the asylum in that
city. The young man, disappeared
from this city four years ago. and his
family knew nothing of his where
abouts until notified by the authorities
Of the asylum in Kalamazoo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
uurtinnrroller Collision.

st. Louis. Dec 15.-Slippery rails
caused collision between Olive street
and Grand avenue cars. Ten persons
were injured. Those most seriously
hurt are: William Taylor. mOtorman,
face and arms cut; William Shannon.
conductor. bruised; Bert Burke. right
leg and hip bruised; Peter Gallagher.
left arm dislocated; John Efhe, inter
nalIY injured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
TURCOMANS AND
PERSIANS FIGHT
Trouble Arose over Establishment
Of a Custom
House.

St. Petersburg, Dee. 15.-Sangin-
AIRY conflicts between Persians and
Turcomans are reported to have oc-
Cured on the Russo-Persian frontier
Both sides lost heavily. The Persian
troops were defeated and retired to
Astrabad. The trouble arose from
the establishment of the Persian Gus
tom houses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
DEMOCRATS DECIDE TO
ABIDE BY CAUCUS ACTION

Washington. Dec. 15.-The demo-
cratic caucus today. after cOnsidera-
bic opposition, passed a resolution de-
claring the caucus action of the party
hereafter should be binding and all
members should abide by such action.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
SITUATION IN TaIHET
Dat lama at LIi;l>sa Treats Lord Curzon
with Contempt British Military
EN pedition Concentrating.

I.NptHIIIOn OOlctn.TaEInE.
London, Dec. II.-LettCrS addressed
by LCId Curzon. the viccroy of India.
TO the Dali Lama. Lhassa. have been
British expedition to Th.bet are con-
ccn;"atiug in the Chumi valley, where
CoIOneis Younghusband and MacDon-
ala are awaiting them.
According to the latest information
the monks IT Lhassa completely dom
mate the situation and use all their in
fUence 10 suppress any sentiment fa-
voTablP to granting India Thibetan
trade Facilities. to the abrogatiOn of
which the present expedition is attri-
butCd
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
Well known In State.
CANAL TREATY IS BACK
AT NATIONAL CAPITAL

New York. Dec. 15.-The steamer
City of Washington arrived today from
Colon, bringing the signed copy Of the
canal treaty with the republic of Pan
anna.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
THIRTY THOUSAND COKE
WORKERS CUT II PER CENT

Connelsville. Pa. Dec. IA reduc-
tion in wages averaging Il per cent,
affecting 10000 men i'm the Connels-
vile coke regions. was announced to-
day
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
More Time for enc Canal Case.

Washington, Dec. 15.-The United
States supreme court has extended
the time of taking the testimony in the
case of Missouri VS.. Illinois, involving
the Chicago drainage canal, until April
!. 1904.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
Responsible for the Lat
est SantO Domingo
Revolution.
WHICH is NOW ON
Failure to Recognize
Prevented Securing
a Loan.

Washington. Dec. f5.-United States
Consul Sampson. at Porto Plata. San
Domingo. cabled the state department
today that revolution has broken
out at Santiago. The movement is
extensive and serious. This j. >uppus-
ell to be the result of the failure of
the provisional government to secure
recognition at the hands of the United
States through Minister Powell. which
fact operated to prevent that govern
ment from obtaining money necessary
to maintain itself through a foreign
loan.
Fighting Begun.
San Domingo. Dec IA rUmOr is
i'll circulation here that the troops of
the provisional government have at
tackled the revolutionary troops STA
toned at Monte CriSti The govern
ment troops were repulsed and are
now besiegcd in 4 fcrt in Santiago
City
All Is quiet i'll the neighbOrhood Of
the fort though the situation may be
come serious at any moment. The
United States gunboat Newport has
left here. The revolutionary troops
are for JimineZ for president Marbles
being the candidate of the provisionaI
government.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
TRAIN is WRECKED
Burlington's Denver Limited De-
rallied at Malvern,
Iowa.
KNOX is KILLED
Passengers u Escape With a Terrible
Shaking Up-CIearing
Wreckage.

Malvern, Iowa, Dec. 1j.-Ihe Bur
lingtons Denver limited, westbound,
was wrecked a mile east of here early
today. when the engine and forward
track from an unknown cause. The
engine rolled over and killed Engin-
eer Knox. of Creston. Iowa, and slight
ly injured Fireman Hayes.
Passengers Escape.
The passengers were given a terri
BILE shaking up, but none was seriously
hurt. The Nreckage is being cleared
away rapidly and traffic will be re-
Sumed soon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
GEN. BROOKE AGAIN TEsTIF1Es

Shows Orders He Says Gen. Wood Violated
at Santiago.
When General Brooke was before
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-03
WASHING CLOTHES IN ROME.

In That, as in Everything Else, 1t Is
Advisable to Do as the Natives.
soon found out that in all domestic
affairs I must learn Italian methods;
1t was useless to try and teach Pom.
. pilia and Filamenia our ways. After
the tussle over the washing I gave it
up. Set tubs, washboards, wring1ns
machines? Nothing of that sort. Sun.
day evening the clothes are put in a
large copper vessel, a basketwork COW
er is laid on top, over which layer OF
wood ashes is spread; then boiling wa,
ter is poured on slowly, percolating a
little at time through the clothes,
which are bleached by the lye of the
ashes; this is the bucato. When they
have stood long enough in this witch g
cauldrOn the clothes are carried down
to the basement and washed with
cold water In the vast stone fountains
of the palace, which we have the right
to use one day in the week. The WON.
en- employ stiff brush and the queer
est green soap to scrub the linen. II
We have any tablecloths left at the end
of six months we shall be lucky. The
American clothespins and line l sent
for are neatly displayed in the kitchen
as curiosities. We hang out" on an
iron clothesline to which the linen is
tied by small pieces of Irvine, as it was
in the days of the Empress Faustina.
We are no better than our mothers {!
The clothes are sent out to a stlratrlce
to be ironed.-Lippincott' Magazine.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-03
The Question Answered.

Estell Springs, Tenn, Aug. 24th.-
Many questions are being asked OF
Mr.. C. D. Holt of this place in regard
to his wonderful recovery. For over
two years he has been down with his
back. He was so very bad that ne
could not even lace his shoes, and
from this condition he suddenly ap
peared as we'll and strong as eyer.
1t is no wonder therefore that his
friends are asking him, How did you
do it,"
He tells them all: "Dodd's Kidney
Pills did it," and adds: ''This remedy
is a genuine good medicine and ono
that l can heartily recommend tt
everybody.
: Everyone around here knows how
very bad I was. was so weak il
my back that I couldn't do anything
that needed STOPPING or bending over
and three boxes Of Dodd's Kidney
Pills made me as you see, as we'll as
ever I was.
"They certainly had "a wonderful
effect on my case"