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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
DECLARED SHE WAS INNOCENT
But the Judge Did Not Deliver Her and
Sent Her to Prison for Seven
Years.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Jan. IA. -
Before God and man, 1 am an inno-
cent woman! L am at the mercy of this
court, an innocent woman This was
the exclamation of DR." CalifOrnelia
Smith, convicted of manslaughter in
the superior court as she stood before
Judge Newnham for sentence Satur-
day morning, with her head buried in
the folds of her cape and weeping bit
terly.
The woman caused the death of a
young girl whom she attended. Judge
Newnham replied that he was sorry
he could not believe her, and after
scoring her severely on her career and
practice which he said she had fol-
lowed her entire life, she was SEN
fenced to seven years in the Detroit
house of correction. She is 81 years of
age, and her age and gray hairs, said
the judge, was his only excuse for
clemency
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14

confusing. Miners weight''-and at
all colleries payment is by this method
has Il definite and fixed meaning in
law and practice. l think we shall
be able to satisfy the commission that
the present method of payment by min
ers' eight is eminently fair to all con-
cerned."
Captain W. \. May, of Scranton,
the general superintendent of the two
companies. was the first witness. He
told of the improvements made in and
about the collierieS during the last
twenty-three years which tended to
make the occupation of the miner more
healthful; of the efforts of the COM
pany TO improve the condition of its
employees in other directions. He said
the contract miners averaged about
six hours a day, leaving the mines
anywhere from $50 n. III. to > p. IN.
Speaking of the steam men, who work
twelve hours Il day. he said the pump
runners do not have to work hard /;
that some hosting engineers have a
hard task, and that the firemen's du-
ties are not onerous. The night en-
gineers have easy work.
In answer to questions put by coun-
sci he said there was no reason for a
miner who Is industrious to send his
boy to work in the mines, and if he
had his way he would make the age
limit for boys in the mines 10 years
and outside ,he mine IA. The law now
is II and II. He described the dock
ing system, and said it is principally
left to the Judgment of the docking
boss. He was opposed to a check
docking boss. The average dOckage
from April. 1901, to April. 1902, at
Hillside mines was 31s per cent, and
at the Pennsylvania mines 1.O5 per
cent.
Captain May further stated that
most accidents in mines are due to
falls of roof Many of the accidents,
he said, were due to carelessness of
the men. They are anxious to get out
of the mines, and familiarity breeds
contempt" he said. While May was
on the stand the court adjourned for
the day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
INVENTED COW.CATCHERs
0Ian of S3 Years Who Has Had a Long
Experience with the Iron
HorHa.

Alto Pass. Ills, Jan. IA. - H. 7.
Eastman, the inventor of the lOcomo-
tive pilot that succeeded what was
known as the Cow bumper" is living
in this county and is S3 years old.
He helped to build the first railroad in
Ohio, which was known as the Mad
River and Lake Erie and connected
Sandusky with Dayton. 1t is now a
part of the Big Four system. The
first locomotives on that road were
fitted with COW catchers," consisting
of two long curved iron rods that
picked up COW or other large object
and carried it along.
The first Improvement on the Cow
catcher" was the COW bumper" which
resembled the pilot now in use, but it
proved unsatisfactory, and one day while
Eastman was at work in the shops at
SandusEy an engineer entered and told
the master mechanic that unless an i'm
proVement over the Cow bumper"
could be had he would resign. East
man was asked if he could improve on
the device. Eastman replied in the af-
firmative. went to work and the loco
motive pilot practically as it is now
was given TO the world
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
COMBINE ON THE OTHER SIDE
Operators Will boycott a Coal Dealerwho
Charges More Than S3 a ron to
Purchasers.

Des Moines. Ia, Jan. 14.-The Soft
Coal Operators associstion. of the Des
AIoines district, held a meeting here
and decided TO refuse TO sell coal to
Des Moines retail dealers and team
sters who have i'll the past, or may in
the future, sell coal 10 consumers for
more than S3 n ton, the retail price
fixed by the association. The demand
for coal has been so great that deal
ers have had difficulty in filling their
orders.
Because of the demand some of the
retailers have advanced the price to as
high as $50 n ton. Teamsters also
have bought coal at the mines in the
outskirts of tie city, and sold it for as
high as they could secure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
Base Ran Pitcher suicides.

San Francisco, Jan. 14.-Winnie D.
Mercer, a pitcher of the American Base
Ball League, registered at the Occiden-
tai hotel Monday evening and was
found asphyXiated in his room yester-
day morning. Mercer was registered
under the name of George Murray, and
gave his residence as Philadelphia.
MERGERS Identity was established by
papers found among his effects, one
of which read: 'Tell Mr.. Van Horn,
of the Langham hotel. that Winnie
Mercer has taken his life" No one
knows any reason for the suicide.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
DISCLOSURES
ARE STARTLING
Those Made in Case Where a VIII
is Being Con-
tested.

Milwaukee, Jan. 14.-Philadelphia
heirs of Mrs. Matilda Abbey, wealthy
widow who died in September, 1898,
are cOntesting the disposition of her
property. Three days before her death
she decided much real estate TO her
companion, Miss Anna Itzel. The heirs
are attempting to prove that her stew
ard, Carl Braunschweiger, and Miss
ItZel unduly Influenced her and that
she was in no mental condition to con-
vey property
The stewards wife testified that she
left her husband and the Abbey house
because her husband was too intimate
with his employer. Ida Bolt, who sue
ceeded her as housekeeper, testified
that the steward and Miss Itzel seemed
TO have Mrs. Abbey entirely under their
control. She said the steward gave her
drugs to make her sleep, locked her in
her room and beat her with a carpet
sweeper. She said Mrs. Abbey was out
of her mind the last few days of her
life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
FOUND A HOLE IN HIS TESTIMONY
Man Who Tells of Property the Miners
Own-As to HeaIthfuIness.


W. L. Lawrence, of Scranton, as
sistant real estate agent of the Della
ware and Hudson company. testified
that 1.039 of the company's 1851 min
ers owned property valued at S1.322.-
161. On croSS-eXaminatiOn he could
not tell how much of the property was
mortgaged. Counsel for the miners
disputed his method in reaching the
valuation.
DIR. w. q. Fulton. surgeon in
Lackawanna hospital at Scranton, and
DIR. w. L. Keller, of Scranton. who
has had special experience as a medi-
cal examiner for insurance compaies,
testified that the occupation of a min
er compared favorably with that OF
most other occupations, so far as
healthfulness is concerned. Both ply
sicians named occupations which they
thought We're unhealthier. but they
admitted that it was healthier to live
above the ground than in it. DIR. Fulton
said that miners asthma was not a
true asthma, and was not peculiar to
miners alone, but could be found in
other dusty occupations.
He also said there was little rheu-
matism among the mine workers. This
testimony is in direct contradiction to
evidence given by several physicians
called by the miners at Scranton. The
witness admitted on crOss-eXamina-
tion that the anthracite mines are more
dangerous than any other mines in the
world. with a very few exceptions in
the far west, where new mines are be-
ing opened. DIR. Keller said he had
made 1913 examinations of persons
above the age of 13 years. OF these
794 were mine workers, and only one
for rheumatism.
This concluded the Delaware and
Hudson's case and the Erie company
then opened its side by having Major
Everett Warren read n brief opening
statement of what the company in
tended to prove.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
"sTRATToN'S MILLIONS"
BY the Time This Case Is Worked Out
ThereI1 BE Few Millions on
Hand.

Denver, Jan. 1.-THE Stratton Inde-
pendence company Qimited) has filed
in the United States court suit for
$6,O0OOO0 against the executors anc
trustees of the Stra tton estate. and also
against 1. Harry Stratton, heir-at-law.
The complaint alleges that at the
time the mine was sampled, prepara-
tory to concluding the sale, which had
been negotiated through the Venture
Corporation of London. the samples
were "salted,'' so that the amount of
ore, according to those samples, was
valued at S7.OO0,OOO. when in reality
the ore in sight was worth only $1,000
600 or less.
1t is alleged that the sacks of sam
pies were opened and quietly but thor
oughly sprinkled with rich ground-up
silvanite.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
DURBIN TO CONFER ON COAL
Calls Railway Managers to Come to See
Him and Discuss the Fuel
Situation.

indianapolis, Jan. IA. = Governor
Durbin has sent letters to the manage
ment of the railroads crossing Indiana,
calling a conference for tomorrow aft
ernoOn at the state house to deal with
the coal situation in this state. The eX-
ecutive believes that a discussion of
the situation may develop some mode
of action for the relief of the public
from the menacing features of the coal
shortage.
The conference was called after the
governor had talked with prominent
railroad officials here, Receiver MalOtt,
of the Vandalia, and General Superin-
tendent Van Wrinkle. of the Big Four,
said that they had given orders to rush
coal from the fields here with all pos
sible dispatch. The men are working
overtime
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
BERESFORD TALKS
His Lordship Turns Himself Loose
to Reporters on Arrival at
New York.
BELIEVES IN MoNRoE's DOCTRINE
Thinks John Bull Is in Poor Busi-
ness with Germany Down
at La Guayra.

New York, Jan. 14.-Denying that
a responsible position with the Inter-
national Mercantile Marine company
and censuring England for her action
in the Venezuelan imbroglio, Lord
Beresford arrived here yesterday in
the kaiserin Maria Theresa. There
was delegation of reporters to meet
him down the bay, and the moment he
saw them he said: Now, before L say
word, l want you to tell me how is
my dear old friend, Abe Hewitt. L am
going straight from the ship to his
home. He is a grand. unselfish, noble
old man. 1 have known him great
many years, and always stopped at his
house when here in the past
Some Comments of His Lordship.
What is your opinion of the Vene-
zuelan situatiOn?'
1t is stupid piece of business. to
say the least. Here are two great ma
tions, each knowing its own affair best
England and Germany should have
acted independently. But what wor-
ried me was not so much that England
and Germany should join hands in this
matter as that the pair should worry
the United States England and Ger
many had an idea they had Il grievance
against Venezuela. No doubt they had.
1 am not disputing that. l claim that
when any power in Europe has any
thing to do in America it should come
to America with it. The whole situa-
ton was extremely absurd.
Doesn't Want to Criticise the aiser.
Remember, do not wish to appear
as criticising Germany, but in my
opinion England made a mess in this
alliance in the Venezuelan matter, and
am inclined to the belief that if the
question ever arises again England
will surely support the Monroe doc
trine. If I were an American / GER
tainly would fight for the Monroe doc
trine, and as an Englishman 1 would
object to the grabbing of territory by
my country had that been her pur-
pose. First of all, would have OPP
posed any grabbing on the ground that
I am strongly opposed to Eng
lands adding more to the British
empire. Our colonial responsibilities
today exceed our resources for
defense. England cannot longer afford
to lie idle and let things shape their
own course.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
FIRST SHOTS ARE FIRED
In the Venezuela Blockade, but They Are
BIanks-Russian Bark Has to
HeaVe To.

La Guayra, Venezuela, Jan. ii. -
The Russian bark FeOdor, from Card
iff, with cargo of coal for the La
Guayra-Caracas railroad. arrived of
this port yesterday morning and was
notified to heave to. The bark, how
ever, continued heading for the port
until the British cruiser Tribune ar
rived, fired two blank shots. and sig
nailed TO the British dispatch boat Co
lumbine to approach.
The FeodOr then anchored outside
the port and her captain was allowed
to land and communicate with the
conSignees of the vessels cargo. The
FeodOr can only remain here five days,
after which she must leave.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
KICKING IS A GOOD TEACHER
Did Johnny Bull a Lot of Good in '76, Says
Beresford.

"The fact is that you Americans
taught us most valuable les
son when you kicked us out of your
country If history does not lie, and
l am inclined to the belief that it has
that redeeming. feature at least, the
English at that time were fond of
their own prowess, imaginary or 9th
erwise, and they naturally thought
that the Americans were behaving out
rageously. The lesson of the episode
is Just this: We now treat our col
onies as men and brothers. They rank
in Importance with those at home, and
we no longer maui and haul them just
to show our authority.
1.-The bombardment of Puerto Ca
bello and the sinking of the NeneZue-
Ian ships were outrageous affairs.
A stupid piece of play acting is what
it might be called. The two incidents
showed Il deplOrable want of fore
sight L do not wish to appear as be
ing a fortune teller. But mark my
words, Britain will in the future sup
port America in her defense of the
Monroe doctrine. and when l say sup
port. 1 mean fight to help America de-
fend it
1.-The Irish question, too, is an Illus
tration of England's former inability
to run her colonies. The Irish were
undoubtedly badly treated. and their
vindictiveness has lived down TO the
present day. 1t was bred into them,
but now it is different England is
treating Ireland better. l am an Irish
man. but loyal one. Yet l have
great sympathy for those of my coun-
trymen who are not
Lord Charles was asked about the
ship trust 1t is not always good to
speak ones mind plainly" he said.
'.and it is probably due to my saying
too much and saying that too much too
pointedly that has got me into trOu-
BILE in my own country. l have mod
ern ideas, like many men, and l ex-
press my opihoin of them like many
men. That is why they sometimes say
at home, Here is Charlie Beresford
getting himself into q hole again.
For this reason 1 wish to say that,
while 1 think that the ship combina-
ton is a wonderful thing for cement
ing not only this country and Eng
land, but the other European nations
as well. 1 still believe that public men
should have nothing whatever to do
with such thing as a trust"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
Costly Fire for a Small Town.

Lacrosse, Wis, Jan. 14.-Onalaska,
a suburb of this city, had n $4,000
fire early yesterday morning, and the
fact that all the hydrants were frozen
made it look for time as though the
business district of the town would
be destroyed. The fire communicated
to Hartley's livery stable, the city
hall, WOOdman hall, Masonic hall and
two residences. The latter with the
store and stock were totally destroyed
and the other buildings badly burned.
All carried heavy insurance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
POINTS FROM THE ERIE STATEMENT
Defends "AIiners Weight Is the Best
Means of Gauging Coal.

The Erie's statement was a gener-
al indictment of Mitchell's position
and a declination that the miners tes-
timony did not sustain their cOnten-
tions. 1t declares that the men do not
now work eight hours a day and
therefore the eight-hour demand is use
less. 1t has this to say of the weight
question: The third demand involves
not merely the question of payment
by weight. but payment for each ton
of 2.240 pounds as it comes from the
mine. This is impracticable, as we
shall show, and manifestly unfair
Miners ton" is a misnoper. and is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
Hevburn Gets Heitfeld.s ropa.

Boise. Ida, Jan. 14.-The legislature
in separate session yesterday elected
Judge Weldon B. Hepburn, of Wal
lace, United States senator, to succeed
Henry Heitfeld. He received the
votes of every Republican in both
houses-50 in all. The II Democrats
voted for James B. Hawley.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
Railroad Restrained.

Trenton, \. j.. Jan. 14.-In the fed
eral circuit court a decision was filed
today in favor of the Western Union
Telegraph company restraining the
Pennsylvania railroad from interfer-
ing with the company's lines along
the road. The injunction was made
permanent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
Old Man Freezes to Death.

OwOsso, Mich, Jan. IA. - Charles
Derr, aged 15, was found frozen and
dead in a hovel. where he had been
living alone. The body was huddled
against the stove, as though as the old
mans last act had been an attempt to
kindle Il fire. Derr had once been
wealthy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
Not "stuck" on Miss Graham.

Wheeling, w. Va, Jan. 14.-Prlhce
Kieuwha, heir to the throne of Korea,
denies his reported engagement to Miss
Angie Graham. daughter of Rev. G. B..
Graham, of this city. He declares
that he could not marry her if he
wished, as the laws of Korea forbid ms
marriage to a United States girl. He
denies that he offered to forfeit his
right to succession to the throne If Miss
Graham would marry him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
postoffice will not be re-estabIished un-
til such protection is supplied.
Lease of Nebraska Grazing Lands.

Washington, Jan. Il. = A bill to
authorize the leasing of grazing lands
in Nebraska which is expected by the
administration to settle the trouble
over the unlawful fencing of public
lands in that state was agreed on yes
terday by Secretary Hitchcock, of the
interior department, and Senator Diet
rich, acting for the Nebraska delega-
tion. and was introduced in the SEN
ate later by Dietrich.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
EARLY SETTLEMENT OF
TROUBLE IS EXPECTED

The telephone committee of the Tri-
City Labor Congress met last evening
with representatives of the Central
Union Telephone company and made
arrangements that promise an early
settlement of the difficulties of the
company with the local labor organ
ization. y meeting of the linemen
and operators will be held at Indus
trial hall tomorrow evening for the
purpose of ratifying the terms the
company has agreed to.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
cnhan Rscinrncitv Treaty.

Washington. Jan. 1.-THE senate
committee on foreign relations agreed
to the adoption of the amendment to
the Cuban reciprocity treaty prOvid-
ing the reduction of 90 cent on
Cuban sugar shall not be further re-
duced by any preferential rate given
TO another country. The action was
taker. at the instance of the beet SUI
gar men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
VIII Appoint Day.

Washington. Jan. 14.-It can be
stated by authority that Judge Viii
liam II. Day, former secretary of
state, will probably be appointed as
sociate Justice of the United States
supreme court to Succeed Justice
Shiras. but the president has not yet
offered the position to Day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
Countess penies separatIan.

Vienna. Jan. 14.-COuntess Lonyay,
former Crown Princess Stephanle or
Austria hungary. who, it has been as
serted in the newspapers, had been de-
serted by her husband, Count Elemer
Lonyay, has telegraphed to the Neues
weiner Journal from Cape Martin,
near Mentone, France, as follows:
Stories untrue Count here. Deny i'm
pertinent rumors."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
One Rnrned tnDeatf,.

Pensacola, Fla, Jan. 14.-Ffre early
this morning totally destroyed the
large three-story Browns infirmary.
A patient named Blockton was burned
to death. The fire was not discovered
until the entire building was in flames.
Then the 25 patients in the building
had q narroW escape.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
What Ohio Miners Want.

Columbus, o., Jan. 14.-Ohio mine
workers, in annual session, decided to
present two propositions before the ma
tional convention at indianapolis on
Jan. 10: An increase of % per cent.
in wages and the abolition of the
screen system, with a determination
to fight to q finish.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
husband and yyife Die Toge.her.

Bloomington, Ills, Jan. 14.-Mr. and
Mrs. ]. b. Jackson. prominent octoge-
narians of Dawson township, died
Sunday night few hours apart after
a ten days illness with pneumonia.
Jackson was 30 years old and his wife
81 years. Both We're pioneer residents
of central Illinois.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-14
ORVILLE II. PLATT IS
NOMINATED FOR SENATOR

Hartford. Conn, Jan. 14.-The re-
publican caucus today nominated Or
vile II. Platt for senator in a caucus
lasting three minutes.