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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-25
Hired Man Burned to Death.

Oak, Neb., April 25.--P. Sosberg was
milking in cow shed and tipped a
lantern over. The barn and contents,
inclding four horses, burned quickly.
Abner Weberg, a hired man, was in
the loft and burned to death.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-25
ARE Welded IN
ALONDON CHURCH
Ceremony Uniting Willing X. Van
derbilt and Mrs. Anna
Rutherford.

London, April 25.-William X Van
derbiIt and Mrs. Anna Rutherford
were married today at st. Marks
church by Rev. Il. II. Hadden.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-25
suprestion bv LnFoIIet,s.

Madison, Wis, April Ex-Governor
LaFollette has sent a message to the
assembly recommending that power be
given to the bank examiner to examine
into the books and records of the rail-
road companies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-25
Negro Lynched in Arkansas.

Gurdon, Ark, April 25.-Alexander
Thompson. a negro. was lynched for
seriously cutting DIR. j. II. Guffman,
a physician, in an alteration arising
from the negro's refusal to pay bill
for services.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-25
Ends the smurrItnr Cases.

San Juan, Z. r., April "a settle
ment of the smuggling cases has been
effected by Treasurer Nilloughby; he
has recommended to Attorney General
Harlan that the cases be dismissed
from the district court. This has been
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-25
FOREIGNERS ARE WARNED
TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT

Madrid. April 25.-Advices from
Morocco say the consuls at Tetuan
and Ceuta have warned the foreign
residents to be ready to leave at a
moments notice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-25
GUARDIAN Is APPOINTED
FOR MOSES FOWLER CHASE

Cincinnati, April 25.--Judge Nippert
today appointed George Headly as
guardian of the person and estate of
Moses Fowler Chase.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-25
RICH MEN SET SAIL
Morgan and Carnegie Are Off
On a Voyage to
Europe.
BOTH ARE IN HIGH GLEE
Solemn Warning Sounds in Their
Ears as They De-
part.

New York, April 25.-J. Pierpont
Morgan and Andrew Carnegie sailed
for Europe yesterday on the Cedric,
Mr.. Morgan was like a schoolboy go
ing away for holiday and as the big
ship backed out he told with roars of
laughter how he had stolen u march
on the reporters and camera men by
getting on board by the steerage
gang plank with some poor people go
ing back home for a visit. Hand in
hand with his little 7-year-old daugh-
ter, strolling to and fro on the deck
like two children, Andrew Carnegie
was also seen bubbling over with hap
pineSS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-25
Cbinnmen Catch1 r. Too.

Butte. Mont, April 25.-Three hun
dred Cinnamon employed in the laun-
dries of this city have struck for high
er wages. They demand 81 a day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-25
with warning In Their Ears.

Mr.. Morgan and Mr.. Carnegie sailed
with a warning ringing i'll their ears.
"A white-haired man who had come
to the ship especially to see them off
delivered the harangue. He warned
all present in loud voice to prepare
for the early coming of the Savior
and quoted long string of scriptural
verses relating to the second advent
and then turned to the vanity of rich
es. What shall it profit a man if he
gain the whole world and lose his
own soul?" he shouted. Then with
sweeping gesture toward the upper
deck he added: go below now, We
rich men-weep and howl for the mis-
cries which will come upon YOU
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-25
state runeral Cor Ramsey.

St Paul, April 25-It has been de-
cided that the late Governor Ramsey
will have a state funeral.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-25
The Christening.

Miss Cora May Peabody, daughter
of Gov. Peabody, of Colorado, broke
the bottle Of wine on the Prov of the
cruiser as she glided down the ways
at 1875 into the Delaware river.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-25
BAER UTTERS DEFY
Challenges the Accusers of the
Railway Company to Meet
Him in Court.
DENIES ANY VIOLATIONS OF Law
Expresses Doubt of the Veracity or
OfThose Who Are After the
Coal Roads.

New York, April 23.-The interstate
commerce commission continued its in
yestigation of the question whether the
coal roads are violating the laws and
the principal witness was President
George L. Baer, of the Reading COM
pany, Philadelphia Coal company, Cen
trail of New Jersey railroad, and Tenn
pie Iron company. He said he was
president of so many companies he
could not remember the names of them
all. The annual report of the Read
ing company, Baer said, will show all
the properties controlled by that hold
ing company. Some of the companies
whose stock is so controlled he said,
mine coal. Some carry coal. Some deal
in coal, and some mine and operate
in iron
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-25
Does Not Violate the Law.

1.-The Philadelphia Coal and Iron
company exists under the statutes Of
the state of pennsylvania" said Baer.
1T does not evade any laws of the
state nor of the United States. l shall
be glad to have the question tested in
any form you may select. There is no
application of that provision of the
Pennsylvania constitution to our char
ter. That question has been decided
in various courts. The corporate fran
chises were granted prior to the adop-
ton of the new constitution and the
courts have decided that those charters
are inviolable" This was in reply to
the question whether the Reading COM
pany was not violating the Pennsyl-
vania constitution.
Challenges All Who Are "Kicking."
Witness said in reply as to the con-
solidatiOn of the companies, that if like
conditions arose again he would advise
his stockholders to do again as they
had done.
Even it be in violation of the law"
asked Shearn. Il welcome you to pro-
ceed in any court of the United States"
said Baer, rising and facing the law
yer. land If you can show we nave
violated any law we will undo it. If
we are guilty go to the proper forum
and prove it, I'm tired of YOU people
who dream you represent the people,
lying to make out that all business
men are trying to evade the law"
Not Criticising the President.
Does your statement include the
president of the United States?" inter
rupted Shearn. Il have no criticism
to make of the president of the United
States said Baer.
Baer said he could not recall details
of the contracts with the coal COM
panies. and that if his counsel de-
clined to produce the contracts he
would abide by his decision. Further
examination was postponed to Wednes-
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-09

as were your fathers and grandfathera
and great-grandparents? Have you
right TO expect the child ofsan Aztec
sun worshiper, within the first year OF
his conversion, to have as beautiful a
conception Of the cross as the child OF
that Indian missionary who last year
gave I'D his life for Christ wlthih
sight of a horrible CHAT burning upon
the banks Of the Ganges? Have you
fright to expect that young boy whom
Won took from a founding home ana
ndopted to have as easy a time living
the Christian life as your own nesh
and blood? Perhaps that boy is the
son of two thieves, while your child IS
the son Of a good mother. Remember
IVA spiritual oculist, you cannot IN
day omen the visual windows OF one
horn blind. Remember, it is a greater
triumph to teach the deaf and the
dumb TO correctly proneunce the hve
vowel letters. a, e, /. o, u, than 1t Is TO
teach n well schoolboy the whole OF
Webster's famous reply to Senator
Havne. Oh my brother, do not tre'
and worry and lose your patience III
vour dealings with those Of bad spir-
final ancestry. Be gentle! Be for
hearing, Be forglving! BE kind. BE
morcifull Be moderate in all things
Forgive not only seven times, but sew
enty times seven.
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-09

had. which can be found in the zen
talent men on a big scale can also pe
found in the one talent men on u siiiaH
scale In the ordinary walks Of Ire
everywhere are people cursed or marred
with various imperfections. They are
good people in one sense, but pau Il,
another. We define them as peculiar
neonle. We call them peculiar De-
cause through each runs mehtal VI
phvsical weakness, as a mineral VEN
rms through the rocks Of might!
mountain. We say: Il like So-anu-so'
mt he has one fearfully irritating char-
,cteristic. He will muss up room eV-
.rv time he enters it," Or you say: i
ike Mrs. So-and-so, but every time sne
calls she makes some nettlesome re-
mark that stings like a brier Dusn'
Whom she comes TO visit me l am al
vovs clad TO welcome her. When she
leaves l am always gladder to see her
90 She is never with me ten minutes
without making me unhappy. she says
something disagreeable about my dress
nv house, my children or my husDahu'
Yes. l feel and know that Mrs So-ahu-
so is a good woman and that she loves
me but she has the tantalizing faculty
of always unintentionally saying some
thing mean"
All YES. All of us have had such
bitter experiences as these from
the irritating peculiarities OF our
friends. So Paul comes to us today IN
the words of my text. He says; MY
brother, you must be lenient and gen.
tie in your dealings with the faults anu
failings Of others. You must be yield
ing. as the wave of an incoming tide
is Welding. 1t first breaks itself into
pieces and then crawls up and hts II
self into all the nooks and crannies OF
the seashore. You must be yielding IL
the nonessentials, so that you car
cause your life to be successfully htteC
into the pecullarities Of others, as on'
factory wheel will fit into the cogs o.
another wheel"
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-09

as that OF the old black woman, who
never had a days schooling in all her
life? Who is hardest upon the young
girl or boy who has gone astrayf The ola
Christian man and woman who from
their very earliest days have prayerful-
" followed Christ? Oh. no! The per
sons who will be most apt to pass the
hardest criticism against the fallen
are the men and the women who dare
not have the search light Of investlga-
ton turned upon their own lives. So
some Of US can well make the asser-
ton: 1--WE despise sin, but we despise
worse the sinner who is criticising sin
when he himself is guilty of the same
or even worse sins"
49, Hr# -
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-09

"Your wife is something Of a social
Ist, isn't sheT'
II should say So" answered Mr..
Meekton absentmindedly. "Our church
never thinks OF giving a social unless
yhs runs it."-WaShlngton Star.
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-09
Avoid Harsh Criticisms.

But, steady, my brother BE patient
also with those who are harsh III ther
criticisms Of others. Remember that
for them a day of reckoning is coming
or perhaps has come. Who among your
brothers and sisters today is having
the hardest times? Is it not the sister
who never had in her heart any love
for the common people2 Is it not the
sister who felt she was socially ana
mentally a little higher than any one
else? Who today is most merclleSSly
laid upon the dissecting table OF crltl-
cism and having his whole life cut 10
pieces? Is it not the man who himsef
once most vigorously welded the cen
serious scalpel? Do not worry that
these sinners who are so harsh in their
criticisms against the sins of others
will not have their just rewards. Yer
ily. verify. l say unto you, their CON
demnation will come from God 1t IS
better for us not to try to snatch the
divine thunderbolts out of Gods hand.
Be patient even in your criticisms
against those unjust critics. Let your
moderation be known unto all men.
But there is still another class OF ng-
gressive critics against which l would
plead with you to apply the teachings
| Of my text They are those who have
no sympathy with you in your work.
/ 60 not mean those who are maliciously
falsifying, but those who honestly.
truthfully and positively do not like
your way of doing things. Now, my
brother, the best way for you to over
come such criticism is not by going out
and trying to destroy your neighbor
influence for good, but simply by being
patient; by simply saying nothing
against your honest though antag
onistic neighbors. but by going ahead
and doing your own work in your OWL
way and proving beyond all peradven
ture that God has blessed you and vii
continue to bless you in what you ar'
doing in his name.
Let me suggest one other overmas
tering consideration which ought t
control all your impatience with 9th
ers: How much does God bear Will
from you? When he who IS so wis'
and pure looks upon you and sees yo'
more clearly with all your faults thai
You can see yourself. is it not surpris
ing that he does not give you up: Ne
he bears with you and loves you still
Cannot you who owe so much to God
forbearnnce bear with the faults o
YOUR fellow men?
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-09
It Will Ony
Cost One Cent.

to buy postal card and send to The New
York Tribune Farmer, New-York Clty'ior a
free specimen copy. NJ
The New-York Tribune Farmer is Ma
tional illustrated Agricultural Weekly IoT
Farmers and their families, and EVEN4
issue contains matter instrutive ana en-
tertaining to EVERY member OF the family MI,
The price is SIooper year, but II you .dlits IKE
it you can secure it with your own iavoIile 3I
local newspaper, The Milford Chronicle,
Milford, Del, at a bargain. Both papers
one year only SI.25. go,
Send your orderand money to The Milford
Chronicle.
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-09
The HarbOr Of SAFETY.

Nine-tcnths Of all the criticisms made
against us would soon die If we our
selves did not 90 forth to fight those
criticisms and thus make matters
worse. Hugh Clifford, the old jungle
traveller. once vividly described a
startling experience he had when tray-
cling in the Malay peninsula. He and
his men were attacked by huge swarm
Of angry. revengeful bees. Immediate
ly the party swung their blankets
around their heads and tried to fight
them of, but it was useless. They
were stung on head. arms and legs;
they were stung everywhere. Take
TO the water" Clifford cried to his men.
The Malays ran for their lives. The
bees not only drove them into the wa
ter, but continued singing them there.
The furious insects threatened to XIII
them while they were in the river IT.
self, with hands like boxing gloves
and heads like inflated footballs from
the awful stinging." wrote Clifford
my suffering party then limped away
TO the next village. Half an hour later
one Of my rlen came into the village
uniniured. He had seen the bees COM
ing and had sat down and awaited the
assault. They covered him from head
/ to foot. but as he offered no opposition
/ they did not sting him." What is true
of the Malay bees 4s true also of the
/ human bees. With buzz and threat
enings in great swarms they may light
upon you. They may crawl all over you
and aggravatingly tickle your face ana
/ hands and heart, but If you will not
/ fight them, but simply 20 on doing the
work that God has given you to do,
YOUR assailants will become harmless.
and after awhile they will leave you
in peace and in ease.
Thus. my friends. the whole teach
ing of this text is this: Drop your bat
tleax and as a Christian farmer SO
TO gospel seed planting. Drop your
war clubs and go to driving an ambu'
lance. Do not boast Of how many enc
mics you have killed, but speak rather
of how many friendsyou have been able
e. win through gospel love. This text
las in it the language Of pardon, moi
the hiss of hate. 1t is a flower garden
whose most fragrant blossoms grow
best upon the grave hillOcks under
which are buried the hideous cOrpse'
Of bitter strife. 1t is a lighthouse tC
warn voyagers Of the dangerous rock
and to guide them into the harbOr o.
safety and not the search light Of al
invader ready to single out for de
struction a hiding foe. oh, my brothe
and sister. will you not try to practio
PauPs moderation? VIII you not lie
your forbearance and gentleness ant
Christian forgiveness be known unit
all men?
. tcopyright, 1903. by Louis Klopsch.l
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-09
A Socialist.

Copyright. 1893, BY IouI. KloDsch.l
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-23
Too Much Talk Of Birth.

When the Society Of the Cincinnati
was formed there was the most
vehement opposition to the principles
of founding here an hereditary order
There is less danger to-day of an aris-
tocracy of birth winning any real as
tendency in this land than there was
when the nation was just breaking
away from the Engnsh tradition. But
there is to-day in some quarters an
unmistakable development OF snob-
berry which lays an absurd emphasis
on the circumstance of birth. A line
of worthy ancestors is an excellent
thing-il any ancient virtues have
been transmitted to the children. An
honored name Is an enviable posses
sion-when its living owner bears
himself worthily. Membership in an
hereditary patriotic order is possibly
an advantages long as 1t inspires
the member to serve his country to-
day in causes no less holy, though
maybe less heroic, than those which
his order commemorative. other All.
vantages than these birth does not
confer.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-23
Old Tower Of Punishment.

Henry Norman, the traveller, says:
High above everything else in Box.
hara towers the Miner Kalan, the
great tower of punishment. 1t is
built of fiat red br' ks and its grace.
full proportions have not suffered at
all from the effects Of time. At the
top 1t widens into a kind of campar-
lie. set with oblong windows, and at
its foot there is a depression which
looks as II it had been scraped out
of the ground. From one of these
windows condemned criminals.
trussed like fowls. were pushed out.
and this depression is where genera.
tons of them fell" This practice
has now been prohibited by the Rus
SLAMS who rule the country.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-23

| presence, the authority of your en-.
inence," and Israel let his sword drop
and leaned upon it, gazing steadfastly
the while into the face of the car
dinal. The twelve troopers with him,
followed as one man, his attitude,
and even Mazarin's carefully tutored
composure could not long endure this
| silent battery of determined hearts
and fixed eyes. He gave the neces.
Cluny Neville,-"if such a prisoner
was really in the Bastile. and send.
ing body of his own musketeers
with it, directed Israel to accompany
them.
The Governor of the Bastile had so
forgotten Cluny, that his name called
up no recollection. He did not know
whether he was in the prison or not.
He did not know whether he was
alive or dead. The very books of the
prison had forgotten Cluny. Their
keeper grew cross, and positive of
Nevilles non-entering, as volume
after volume refused to give up his
name. But Israel and his men. stand
ing there so determined and so silent,
forced him to go back and back, un.
til he came to that fateful day when.
before the dawning, the young man
had been driven within those terrible
gates.
ION whose order?" asked Israel,
speaking with sharp authority.
ION the order of his eminence. Car
dinal Mazarin," was the answer.
81 thought so;" then turning to the
head gaoler he added. you have the
order for release. We are in haste. :"
Time is not counted here. We
know not haste" was the answer.
Then said Israel. flaming into
passion, you must learn how to
hasten. give you ten minutes to
produce Lord Neville. After that
time, | shall return to his eminence
and report your refusal to obey him.
The gaoler had never before been
accosted in such language. As word
by word was translated to his intel
ligence, he manifested an unspeakable
terror. He left the chamber at once,
and within the time named there were
sounds heard which made all hearts
stand still,-the slow movement of
feet hardly able to walk.-the dismal
clangor of iron. and anon the mourn
full sound Of a human voice. But
nothing could have prepared Clunys
comrades for the sight OF their old
companion. His tall form was attenu-
ated to the last point; his eyes, un-
accustomed to much light. would not
at once respond, they looked as If
they had lost vision; his hair
struggled unkempt over his shoulders.
and the awful pallor Of the prison
on his face and neck and hands was
more CHASTITY than the pallor OF death
His clothing had decayed; 1t hung in
shreds about his limbs; but there was
a glimmer OF his old self In the pitiful
sffort he made, as soon as conscious
OF human presence, to lift up his head
and carry himself without fear.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-23
UNITED STATES JUDGE
DEFENDS INJUNCTION
Supreme Justice Brewer Predicts En-.
Iarged Scope In Use Of Writ to
Prevent Wronr.

Des Moines, Iowa, July 2o.-Justice
David ]. Brewer of the United States
supreme court, addressing the Iowa
State Bar association here, defended
the power of equitable Injunction and
its exercise by the federal courts. and
predicted and advocated wider
scope for it. He said:
UNLESS the law is to place itself out
of harmony with the advancing civil
cation, the right to prevent wrong
should have an enlarged rather than
a restricted scope. The cry of govern.
ment by injunction will eventually die
out, and it will be felt by all that the
power is exercised only when neces-
sity arises and when equity and JUS
uce demand"
"The diplomacy of the government
is now on the highest plane" contin.
ued Justice Brewer. mot the Machi.
ayelli and Tallyrand type. but the
John Hay type, marks this govern.
ment among the most unselfish and
most honest Of the nations of the
world"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-23

unjustly deprived. 1t cannot be be-
lieved tnat your eminency has had
anything to do with this deed of sheer
wickedness, yet ] must make mention
Of the jewels which disappeared with
Lord Neville, and the money, and the
papers. | have some reluctance to
write further about them, believing
that you will look more particularly
than L can direct, into this matter.
BY the hand of my personal friend,
General Swaffham. send this; and
in all requisites he will stand for
"Sir,
'Your Eminency's
Most Humble Servant,
OLIVER p
When this letter was sealed. he sent
for Israel, and telling him all that he
had heard, babe him take twelve of
their own troop, go to Paris, and
bring back Cluny with them.
Cromwell's summons affected Ma.
zarin like thunder out of clear sky.
He had forgotten Lord Neville.
81 will make inquiries" he said to
ASidNi. AZ WV VI udy q
week."
Il must be on my way back to Lon
don. sir, in two or three days"
Il cannot be hurried,-I have much
other business. You must wait"
Waiting is not in my commission,
sir. am to work, or to return to Lon
don without an hours delay Lord
Neville Is particularly dear to his
highness; and if my inquiries meet
not with attention,--on the moment
| am instructed to waste no time. We
must then conclude the envoy of the
Commonwealth of England has been
robbed and slain, and it will be the
duty of England to take redress at
once"
you talk beyond your commits
sion"
Within it, sir"
Retire to the anteroom. They will
serve you with bread and wine while
make some inquiries"
1T is beyond my commission to eat
or drink until have had speech with
Lord Neville. | will wait in this
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-23
ADvGNTlsTs ARE TO GO EAST
Headquarters to be Changed From
Battle Creek to Washington.

Washington. July 2O-It is stated
on good authority that the headquar-
ters of the Seventh Day Adventist
church will shortly be removed from
Battle Creek. Mich. to Washington.
Members of the executive committee
of the church have been in Washing
ton looking over the ground with a
siew to locating the permanent offices
OF the church and its publishing house
here. 1t is not believed that the large
sanitarium now conducted by the de
nomination at Battle Creek will be re.
moved here, as new building recent.
ly was built for the use of that enter.
prise. The purpose of the removal Of
the Adventists hero is said to be the
larger field for religious work that the
east affords. II the headquarters OF
the church are brought here it is prob
able that a number of the families affil.
lated with the denomination will move
from Battle Creek to Washington.