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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-29
American Consul Report
ed Dead is
Alive.
BULLETS WENT WILD
Orders to Fleet We're
Not Countermand-
ed, However.

Colstantinople, Aug. 29-It trans
pires that the report that Vice Consul
Magelssen was killed is incorrect. An
unknown individual fired at him, and
the bullets passed close to the vice
consul, but did not touch him. The
vail of Beirut afterwards visited Vice
Consul Magelssen. expressed his re-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-29
RaiIwar snld for sauo. .ooo.

Detroit. Aug %. - The Lansing,
3Iieh.. street railway was sold here to
Nelson Mills. of Marysville, Mich. and
his associates for 100000 cash. The
line was the property of j. ID. Hawks
and S. f. Angus. The purchasers were
givenimmediatepO of the prop
nPfu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-29
Three Die in the Waters.

Three deaths are reported as a re-
suit of the high water. Two of them
were Jefferson Keep and Edgar Ham,
iltOn, aged 10 and IL, in South Omaha
They were swimming in some back
water, and got beyond their depth,
and were drowned before assistance
reached them. The third was lille
Paulsen. who lost his life in the flooded
cellar of his home in Council Bluffs.
Railroads are still sufferers, although
a few trains have been started. All
caStbOund t>atfic on the Burlington,
going via st. Joseph. Other roads are
sending their passengers by circuitous
routes. Today is expected TO bring re-
lief, however, as all the roads have
large gangs at work on their damaged
tracks
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-29
NEW YORK HOUSEWIVES
ADJUST A DIFFICULTY

New York, Aug. 29.-Plans are
adopted by the United Housesmiths'
and Bridgemen's union which enable
Sam Parks to continue the work as
business agent of the union from Sing
Sing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-29
Printer. Take Oath ofAlIegtance.

Washington, Aug. 29.-Printers in
the government office in Washington
took the oath of allegiance to the
United States, the action creating a
stir in union circles. Public Printer
Palmer denies that the oder is the re-
suit of the controversy over the Miller
case
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-29
BALL PLAYERS INJURED
INA WRECK ON WABASH

Peru, Ind, Aug. 29.-A Wabash
train carrying the St. Louis and Cleve-
land American league teams was
wrecked this morning at Napoleon,
Ohio. Several players were injured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-29
POWERS RECEIVES
DEATH SENTENCE
Kentuckian Implicated in Goebel
Murder is Found
Guilty.

Georgetown, Ky, Aug. 2o.-The jury
in the case of Caleb Powers, on trial
for completely in the murder of Goe-
bel, this morning returned verdict
of guilty and fixed the death SEN
tence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-29

have been assassinated last Sunday,
developed when it became known that
the report was incorrect, and that al
though AIagelssen had been shot at he
had not even been injured. This in
formation came to the state depart
ment tonight in dispatch, the sub
stance cf which is given above. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-29
Many Involved in Labor
Dispute in
Wales.
PLATE WORKS CLOSE
Sympathetic Strike A
mong Steel Workers
Looked For.

Swansea. Wales, Aug. 29.-All of the
South Wales tin plate works controll-
ed by the Employers association clos
ed today for an indefinite period in
consequence of a wage dispute. From
O.OOO to 10000 worl1men are affected.
May Strike in Sympathy.
1t is anticipated the steel workers
of the district will strike in sympa-
thy with the tin workers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-29
CHANGES THE FACE OF THINGS
Relieves the Station of Tension and Opens
the Way for Adjustment.

Washington. Aug. pa decidedly
new turn in the case of United States
Vice Consul William G. Magelssen, at
Beirut. Syria, who was reported to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-29

-,LINISIER LEIioI1 49,.
grets for the outrage, and ordered
measures for the arrest of the perpe-
traitor. The error in stating that Vice
Consul Ma gelssen had been killed
arose from mistake in a cipher teie-
gram.
Good News Is Confirmed.
New York, Aug. 26.-In response to
q telegram of inquiry regarding the
reported assassination of Vice Consul
Magelssen at Beirut, Syria, Freyer,
treasurer of the board of the Presby-
terian mission at Beirut, has cabled
to the Associated Press as follows,
from Beirut, Syria, Aug 2S: although
the attack made on Vice Consul Ma
gelssen was evidently premeditated the
bullets missed him and he escaped un-
injured"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-29
Council Bluffs stin Worry Wet.

Council Bluffs. Ia, Aug 29.-AH the
lower portions of the city are still un-
der water. that has reached the lower
floors of many homes. Rowboats We're
being used in several of the downtown
districts, and that portion of the coun-
try between here and Lake Manawa,
five miles south, is solid lake. Street
cars have been abandoned on the line
to Manawa. and launches are being
used instead. The lake itself, partly
artificial, overflOwed and extensive
damage was done. But one railroad
had clear tracks out of the city today.
Eastern mails are forty-eight hours
late.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-29
HAMBURG BELLE WINNER
OF THE FUTURITY RACE

New York. Aug. 20 Hamburg
Belle won the Futurity race today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-29
Today's Race Postponed.

New York. Aug. 29.-The yacht race
between the Reliance and Shamrock
III. was postponed this morning on
account OF the high wind and the
heavy sea outside of Sandy Hook.
The committee of the New York
Yacht club named Monday as the day
for the next race aIfd also decided to
hold races every day thereafter until
the international contest i decided.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-29

dispatch from thJ minister was COM
muni"atrd TO ;he president at once at
Oyster Bay. but up to this writing
nothing has been heard from him on
the subject az tie state department.
It's contsnts were extremely gratify-
Ing 20 The officials of the government
here. as it relieves the situation of its
extreme tension and leaves the way
open foT an amicahle ana peaceful ad-
iustlncnt Of the incident. Whether or
not orders will b given calling off
the proposed cruise OF the European
squadron to Turkish waters is mat
Ter for future determination.
The minister's dispatch also said
t!.at Consul Rayendal Lad reported to
him that some of the foreign cOnsuls
located at Beirut had reported to their
governments shat the situation at that
place had become exceedingly unsafe,
tl.at this condition of affairs had eX-
iSt"d for some time. and that some
thing ought to lie done to relieve the
tension. The opinion was expressed
that the attempted assassination of
zIagclsscu probably would bring mat.
tcrs to 4 focu~. the attention of the
/
the matter i'm this forcihle way ard
some effort thus lie made to avoid fur
thcr trouble.
Not as Bad as Reported.
Washington, Aug. 29.-The state de
partment today received a cablegram
from Leishman, in which he stated
that advices from the American con
suls at Harpoot and Beirut were to
the effect that while the Americans
in those places are in danger of suf-
fering from the uprising at any time
the situation was not at the time OF
sending the dispatches as grave as
earlier reports Indicate.
Leisbman was instructed to notify
the Turkish government that it must
keep peace, and that it will be held tc
strict accountability for any lawless
act toward American citizens.
Washington, Aug. 29.-Hay return
ed to his desk at the state department
this morning. He said his arrival al
Washington was not due to occur
rences in Turkey. The navy depart
ment was notified by Cotton of the ar
rival of the Brooklyn and San Fran
ciso at Genoa. When finished coal
ing they will sail for Beirut under
present orders.
Genoa, Aug. 2o.-The United States
gunboat Machias left today for Bel
rut. She was saluted by the Italian
warships, whose crews wished he
good luck.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-29
Proposition to Again
Match Reliance and
Shamrock Ill.
FIVE RACES DESIRED
London Parties Cable
Offer to Guarantee
the Expenses.

London. Aug. pa cable dispatch
was sent to Upton today offering to
guarantee expenses if he would ar
range series of five races between
the Reliance and Shamrock with
crews exchanged.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-29

st. Louis. Aug. 29.-Dr. Robert C.
Faris, for many years editor of the
St. Louis Presbyterian. is dead of
stomach trouble.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-29
OLDEST MAN IN
STATE is DEAD
Francis Anthony, Aged 1O3, Passes
Away at Bloom
ingtOn.

Bloomington. Aug. 29.-Francis An
thony. the Oldest man in Illinois. died
this morning. He was born in Ire
land in 1900.
The Jasper news., 1903-10-08
School Notes.

Pursuant te an act of the last General
Assembly, all Of the schools Of Jasper
County will be closed on October s and 8.
This gives the teachers opportunity to
confer on matters that are of vital inter
est to the schools 10 which they work.
1t is not best to admit town students
TO the school premises before $50 each
morning. However. it may be worse for
them to linger on the streets awaiting
the $50 bell. 1t is hoped that parents
will detain their children until proper
time to start to school. Teachers can
not see all over the district at one time,
and therefore they think parents should
prevent disorders by keeping children at
home till PROPER time to start them.
tt te teachers may and generally does
The Jasper news., 1903-10-08

schools where boys spend intermissions
teasing each other, using foul or pro-
fame language, telling smutty stories,
smoking cigareths, or plotting against
teachers; also that he would rather his
own boy would play footballsall his boy
hood days than TO take greater risks of
mental debility and moral corruption;
or in his last college yeer to be
sent home in box for want Of
appropriate exercise. j. j. ROWE.
The Jasper news., 1903-10-08
Webb Brothers.

do all in his power to induce the young
TO look to their future good and happi
ness by being at school every day it is in
session and devoting themselves to their
studies while there. In the very nature
of things, this grows old TO some pupils
who are prone to carelessness. Now
comes the opportunity to parents and
grownup brothers and sisters to confess
their own regrets that they did not get
more schooling in their youth and pre-
pare themselves to make better
living. Some men who suffer from the
want of education some tobacco user
who realizes that he is damaged by his
habit; some drunkard whom all pity
they can and should influence the
young.
In the contest between the three
lower rooms, Miss Emma Hendricks
room won the quarter holiday. The
pupils and teachers went 10 body to
Miss Houcks room to attend the literary
exercises there.
The Jasper news., 1903-10-08
AS TO FOOT BALL.
Prof. Rowe has A Good Word For
The Game.

Last year s glorious victory won DIV JAS
per High School foot bail team over the
Golden City aggregation, was Offset by
Golden's winning in game played on
their home ground by the two teams,
Saturday. Last year score stood Jasper
II, Golden CITY 3; this years Jasper 0,
Golden City IL; totals Jasper 2l, Golden
City 10, Favor Jasper .. Both games
have been clean, and the conduct OF
players and officers perfectly satisfactory
to all interested parties. IT. is generally
admitted that the few criC,s by officers
and players were not more numerous
than are commonly committed 10y tho
beet Of teams Not player Of either
side sustained al. injury, .oey yond some
bump OF bruiss that is easily forgotten
and there was not boy engaged that
could not have gone right into arother
game after an hours rest. The writer
is firm b lieyer in college athletics, for
the reason that they furnish needed OK
ercise and mental pleasure to the stud
ent who sits in regulation seat hour
after hour and day after day. 1t is con
ceded that games Ilay6d by printed
rules, train players to respect the rights
of others and TO Insist ON their own.
This is training the boys to become
lawabiding citizens. However the
writer and the Board do not favor Sat
urday games for the reason that even
boys should be raised tuat, AS rule ur-
gent business affairs, auu necessary
labor should not TOO aften give way To
pleasures. Therefore the principal Of
this school will not arrange, participate
in or be present at any games played
this season by a jasper team. This
statement is made because il is under
stood that town team, which will in
clude some school boys, may be or
ganized. Most of the authorities OF this
school heartily approve of the game.
At school work is better with than with
out it. The writer desires to say, for
himself that several years experience
with many kinds Of school games salts
lies him that considering the large mum
Der participating, and the exercise to it
it is much less dangerous than "shinny
on your own side" "old SOW" whip
cracker, black-man, dare base, bull-pen,
base ball; aud that the manly character
that it promotes is 10 striking contrast
to the vicious practices in boys sorle
The Jasper news., 1903-10-08

Those knowing themselves en-.
debted to us, please call and settle
ON or before ithe 10th of October
X. l.. ROBERTS a. SoN.
The Jasper news., 1903-10-08

Corn chop at j. P. Leiss Grain
elevator.
The Jasper news., 1903-10-08

,oayipg scar rs D9 -, . many
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-31
RAILROAD NOTES.

"A call has been issued for "a mass meeting
of negroes to he held in st. Louis on Feb. I
to protest against the passage by the legis-
1ature , Of bill to require the of Jim
Il. ". HILL, assistant to, President Hill of
the Great NortheH;5 j. = W. Babon, fourth vice
president, and ]. G. Eden, western traffic man.
!ager of the Great Northern railway. are making
q! tour of the iron range north Of Duluth.
The Burlington has notified Its men in the
Dayton Bluf. shops in st. Paul. that their
wages have been Increased from Z to 10 per
cent. The increase. is the second within six
The annual report Of the pension department
of the: Pennsylvania system shows that in 1902
fthe~th1rd year OF its existence) sS2s, 4os was
paid to retired employees in the form of pen
sions. The amount paid the previous year was
1922, 800. and ID q 900 $244, O19, making q total
Of $S64.713 disbursed in three years. All OF
this pension money Is furnished by the com.
pany. Since Jan. 1, 1900, 1851 employees have
been retired, :: on pensions, and of this number
ISL died last !, ear ,,..H
Officers of the Rock Island have returned
compliment airy. sannuals sent to them by the
Pennsylvania company and by! the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad. These passes are good only
over. the lines west of Pittsburg. No passes fol
The lines Of these typ systems east of Pittsb,,re
have been sent :ogf.s because of the antipass
agreement, ~, sagItsdpy The ' Trunk Line asso
the: Chicago Milwaukee, g. St Paul railroad.
Ohio passes, and sent inS return passes over Ger
tain portions Of Gtbefrt own systems The Lake
the western 70 ads, but sthe NevvsYork Central
which owns the Lake Shore, gives no passes
| to the western reads M I9 ~,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-31
Student Debaters or Live Topic

/. fsyr u
abroad In other respects noslack 81 PREP
arationland Of. thought was appa rent. ex-
|cept n;sthe qnaint comparisons between
certain senators of the past and their
presumed competitors to-day.
Agreeable aag,ify Of what woman might
become in politics was afforded by Miss
Laura Campbell. a little Portia whose
'woman's wit and we'll formulated reasons
probably, wen the. contest for: her triple
alliance.
+ Each side appeared alternately. and
each debater spoke ten minutes After
wards each member of the sextet was al :
lowed five minutes OF logic and sarcasm
in rebuttal. ,,e ~ a.. e~S7s,s.,.
While the judges. silent and isolated,
were addressing prayers to Then1ls, the
East Side Glee club, a score of boys melo-
dious. sang and sang again.
Professor McDermott. announcing the
decision. acknowledged the uncommon
talent of the debaters. He felt sure that
the judges had divided the apple as
evenly as any three, men could.
|, The East Side then expressed it's salts
faction. 60 i. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-31
Railroads.
A SHOT AT MERGER
Wall Street Journal Thinks securi-
ties Company Should Publish
Earnings Periodically.
Says Statement of Gross and Net
Earnings Should Be Published
S., Each Month. ..

3 The Wall Street Journal fires a. shot at
the Northern Securities company because
the lines involved do not publish period
ica!s statements of earnings. It says edi-
torially: ,... -..-4. .1-.es, --sc
The Northern Securities company con-
sists. essentially Of the equities in three
great railroad systems. together tota1ing
not far short Of 10000 miles Of road. earn
ing over. $40, 100000 a year. In gross, and
covering an immense territory. or the
| three systems formerly composing the
company, both Burlington and Northern
Pacific were in the habit of reporting net
earnings once month and Northern Pa
c1hc in addition reported gross earnings
weekly. Great Northern reported gross
earnings once a month. Northern Pacific
was the first to discontinue net earnings,
which it did nearly a year ago. n At the
| same time. or later, it discontinued it's
weekly statements Of gross earnings. In
August last, Burlington discontinued it's
| monthly statements, that for August
being the last published. OF the three
| companies, Great Northern alone con
tlnues to make periodical reports Of earn
ings, publishing. as heretofore it's gross
earnings once month.
1--WE are fully aware of the arguments
usually advanced against the value Of
periodical statements of earnings, but we
do not think that the Northern Securities
| management fully appreciates the
desire Of the public for information Of
| this character. Quite apart from the bear
ing of weekly or monthly figures upon the
value Of Northern Securities stock itself,
it is clear that the operations of system
! of 10000 miles covering the territory
served by these three roads, are of great
| value as indicating general conditions. We
see a good deal to be gained by the publ
cation Of periodical statements Of earn
ings and nothing to be lost-that is, moth
| ing that may be considered interesting to
the Northern Securities management. We
can Well imagine group Of spectators in
control of railroad desiring to shut off
| from the public informa ton of this char
|acter, but Northern Securities people are
not in this class. They stand in the pub
lie eye for much that is most enlightened
| in railroad practice so far as the manu-
| facture of transportation is concerned,
and, therefore, we do not think that they
can afford not to stand with those who
believe in the fullest and most frequent
publicity so far as opera tions are con-
cerned: We see no good reason why all
three companies in the Northern Securi-
| ties system cannot publish monthly re-
| turns of gross and net. earnings. The
| figures are unquestionably available to
those who operate the roads. Why should
they not be available to the public?''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-31
AFFECT IMMIGRANTS
New Instructions Given Out by the
-. n Steamship COMPANIES, ~.

The activity Of the treasury DEPART
ment in enforcing government restrictions
as to immigration has resulted in the dis
patch Of special instructions to. steamship
company agents regarding the sale of pre-
paid steamship tickets. The government.
;isANery: LWatchful%a also Of Immigrants who;
become public charges within a year, from
causes existing before their arrival Such
persons are subject TO. eportation: The
instructions sentTout from Minneapolis by
some of the northwestern agents are as
follows:
when parties residing in America buy
prepaid tickets for parents, be sure
to obtain from purchaser of such tickets
an affidavit, properly sworn to before a
notary public, stating purchasers willing
ness and ability to take care Of and sup
port his or her parents during the balance
of their natural life, that they shall not
become a public charge The affidavit
should also state whether purchaser is g.
citizen, how long he has been in the coun-
try what he is worth in property, his
financial standing, etc. Such affidavits
should be certified and sworn to by, two
Well known American citizens (public
Officers banlSers or merchants preferred5
and; should be forwarded together with
the ticket>to the passenger, who upon ar
riVal..fn New York must deliver itSto the
immigration authorities OH Ellis island
Unless" elderly people are in possession of
such an affidavit, they will be detained on
Ellis island until their children or rela-
tives, to whom: they are going; can. be
communicated with and satisfactory at
fldavit from them can be procured. sE:
Similar affidaVits: should always ac-
company prepaid tickets Issued in favor
of women with children, whether they,are
widows going to relatives, or otherwise
women going to husbands or to intended
! husbands :l.l5E
1.-THE correct age OF each passenger
| must always be, filled in on the ticket,
also passengers postoffice address #i1l
Scandinavia. ~ :. ..sSA..E
| I"All alien passengers arriving in Arneri.
ca are Inspected by the United StatesInl-
migration authorities Before they are al
lowed to land. No lunatic, imbecile, deaf,
dumb, blind. crippled or otherwise intirn
person will be permitted to land. nor.any
person who has been an inmate of a pri-
! son, poorhouse or workhouse or any chart
table. institution, Nor will any alien pas
senger coming to America under contrac Ct
or promise to work for any person, firm
or corporation be allowed to land All
such passengers are sent back"