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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
FIFTY YEARS PUBLIC SERVICE
FITst a Member OF the Commons and Reck-
less of Speech Then.

less OF speech Then.
Lord Salisbury was born in 1880 at
Hatfield, and served in parliament and
the government for fifty years, enter
ing the house of commons as Lord
Robert Cecil in 1853. He held his seat
in the commons until the death of his
father and his eldest brother elevated
him to the peerage. Lord Salisbury
has been described as a big English
man. both mentally and physically, by
some, and by other in less cOmpli-
mentary terms.
His early career in parliament while
he was still Viscount Cranbourne was
marked by a recklessness of speech
that promised to wreck his career be-
fore many years, but just at critical
moment Lord Derby appointed him
secretary for India The responsible
ties of office wrought a complete change
in his character No man ever dis
played in so short n time greater apti-
tude for the duties of the office he had
undertaken, or a lOftier sense of its
tremendous moral and political respon-
sibility than did Lord CranbOrne dur
ing his too brief tenure of the Indian
secretaryship.
The cynic had become q statesman.
the intellectual gladiator an earnest
champion of exalted political principle.
The license of tongue, in which Lord
Cranborne had reveled while yet free
lane, he absolutely renounced when
he became a responsible minister He
compelled the respect and admiration
of Gladstone and Bright, and indeed of
every one who took the slightest inter
est i'm the condition and the future of
India. That was the real beginning
of his career and it was to be fol
lowed by twenty years as cabinet
minister and thirteen years as premier,
during which time he made four cab
inets and held the premiership longer
than any man during the Victorian
era.
In1S96, after he resumed theDriemer-
ship that had been Isjrd Rosebery's
for a time. Lord Salisbury was chal-
lenged on the Venezuelan boundary
question by the historic message to con-
Eress from President Cleveland. Pub
lie opinion in England was in an in
famed state, and the question of war
or peace hung in the balance. Lord
Salisbury was extremely cautious, and
finally yielded to the demands of the
United States and agreed to arbitra-
ton.
Lord Salisbury began his career as a
writer In the newspapers, having mar
ried against his fathers will, and at
that time was a poor man and had TO
Eve very economically.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
Con. Lonrstrsst at Chicago.

Chicago. Aug. 24.-General James
Longstreet. one of the most distin-
guished officers of the Confederate
army and veteran also of the MeXi-
can and Indian wars. has arrived in
Chicago and is at the Palmer House.
General Longstrcet. whose home is in
Gainesville. Ga. is United States COM
missioner of Pacific railroads. During
the civil war he was wounded sever
nj times. and as result of one of these
wounds he has come to Chicago to un-
dergo an operation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
INTERURBAN SERVICE
ESTABLISHED AT KEWANEE

Kewanee. the hustling little manu-
featuring city in Henry county. has
street car service, the Galesburg d
Kewanee interurban having overcome
n great amount of opposition, includ-
ing one or two injunctions, and estab-
lished traffic between Kewanee and
the New Lake grounds rear there. As
may be imagined, the opening of the
line was considered a matter of no
little significance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
Six FIreman Injured.

st. Louis. Aug. 24.-SiX firemen were
buried under falling wall during "a
fire that destroyed the hay store of
the Luehrmann Hay and Grain COM
pany In North St Louis All were res
cued, but two suffered severe injuries.
The injured are Richard O'Neil, Her
man Mcbride. JosepA O'Harra, David
Obelmser, Dan Iea3lon and Michael
Hanlon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
POLICE SUSPECT
IN DETROIT MURDER
Send Out Circulars Seeking the
Arrest OF Charles Price Alias
Waltz.

Detroit, Aug. 24.-The police today
issued circular, which they are
sending broadcast, asking for the ar
rest of Charles Price, alias Emil
Waltz. molder, on suspicion of be-
ing the murderer of little Alphonse
Wilmes, whose mutilated body was
found last Tuesday near the Michigan
Stove company's works.
Price was former convict and was
charged with manSlaughter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
FRANK MEENAN HURT
WHILE SWITCHING CARS

Frank y. Mecnan, 2536 Eighth ave
nue.. while switching in the upper
Rock Island yard last night, got his
left foot caught in frog and sus-
tanned spra1n of the ankle and Il
four-inch laeeratigf just above the
ankle, the latter caused by contact
with the truck of passing passen-
ger coach. The young man was tax
en- to st. AHthOny's hospital, where
DR.. s. B. Hall cared for him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
sites for Public nulrdinSs s. Accepted.

Washington. Aug 2+.-Acting Secre-
tary of the Treasury Taylor has accept
ed sites for public buildings as follows:
Webster City, Ia, price, $1,000; Mason
City, Ia. price. $4,000; Ann Arbor
Mich. price. $4,000; Dixon, Ill. price,
$4,000; Marion. Ind, price, $2O,OoO;
Chippewa Falls. Wis. price, $4,000;
Bedford, Ind, price, $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
SHAMROCK HIS
AGAIN MEASURED
But Sir Thomas is Informed Racing
Risk is I'm
changed.

New York. Aug. 24.-Shamrock III.
was remeasured ut the dry dock at
the Erie basin early today after hav-
ing taken on board her cable and
anchor as required by the rules af-
fecting the mea arurement of cup
yachts.
Sir Thomas Upton was on board.
When the measurement was conclud-
ed Sir Thomas said he was informed
that the ShamI ocks racing rank
would he unchanged.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
owner OF .ne no.. nu..ls !. ps.a.

Olathe. Kan, Aug 24-Mrs. Mary
Van Herckes, who recently lost her
hustle containing $500 near st. Paul,
Mimi, was found dead at her home
near Shawnee. Kan. Secreted about
the house $1,575 in gold was dis
covered, but the hustle containing the
$1,000 is sttll missing, and search is
being made for it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
WALTERS AND COOKS
ARE AGAIN CALLED OUT

Chicago, Aug. 24.-The walters and
cooks employed in several down town
lunch rooms were called out on a strike
early today. The number Of men re-
spending was small owing to the
small forces ON duty at the time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
JeaIousv over His wife.

Racine. Wis. Aug. 24.-Because of
jealousy over his wife Hans Rubjarg,
a contra ctor. has'cOmmitted suicide by
taking morphine. Once before he had
attempted to end his life. by shooting
himself. but the weapon was knocked
from his hand by his wife. He and
his wife were separated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
Turks SIay Women and
Children of 22 VIII
lagos.
THEN SACK THE TOWNS
ButChery By the Insur-
gents Fighting in
Adrianop1e.

Con>tantinople, Aug. 24.-Accord-
ing to Turkish adviceS. when the in
surgents captured NasiIike, in the
eastern part of Vnayet, Adrianople,
they killed the garrison. consisting of
80 soldiers, and about 100 inhS bitants.
The insurgents are now threatening
Midia, 90 miles northwest of Constan-
tinople, on the Black sea. and are re-
ported also to he attacking the i'm
portant town of Kirk Kilioseh. b
miles from Adrianople.
Sofia. Aug. 24.-Turks are reported
to have massacred all the women and
children in - villages and districts of
Florina and Monastir and afterwards
burned the villages. They also are
alleged to. have killed a number of
prisoners. Following a proclamation
of revolution throughout Villayet the
Adrianople insurgents cut all tele-
graph lines connecting the city of
Adrianople with the eastern parts of
Nillayet. 1t is reported fighting and
massacres are proceeding in the
streets of Adrianople.
Reports from MonaSIir. authenti-
Gated by the Russian and Austrian
consulS. give horrifying details of
massacres and atrocities at the VIII
Iage of ArmonSko The Turks de-
Str0ycd $50 houses out OF total OF
157 and masSacred every man. woman
and child. The women were subject
eAl to the most terrible atrocities by
the soldiers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
COLORED DEACON
UNDER A CHARGE
Treasurer of Church Arraigned for
$4,000 EmbezzIe-
ment.

Chicago, Aug. 24.-Henry T. Elby.
treasurer of the Olivet Baptist church
(colored), Of this city, was arrested
and arraigned before Justice Bradwell
today On the charge of having embez-
zled church funds to the extent of
S2l 900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
Saws She Owns Dubuuue.

Dubuque. la. Aug. 24.-In a letter
to Mayor Berg Mime. o. Provencher
Di Valerie. of Pepperell. Mass. claims
that she legally owns the land on
which Dubuque is located and that she
will push her claim in the courts. Ac-
cording to her story the king of France
granted the land to NJ. Bolvert, her
grandfather's brother. as a reward for
serving twenty years in the army.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
Young Theodore Out in Dakota.

Deadwood. $. D.. Aug. 24.-Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Jr., and cousin,
George Roosevelt are here. the guests
of Captain Seth Bullock, the personal
friend of the president. The captain
has planned a unique trip by camp
wagon of about month, the journey
to be through the Black Hills forest
roSprVa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
GIGANTIC RAILROAD
AGAIN TO FRONT
Articles OF Incorporation For $3.50
100000 are Once More on
Record.

Guthrie, Okla, Aug. 24.-Plans for
gigantic railroad with a trunk line
connecting Hudson Bay with British
Columbia and BuenoS Ayres, South
America. and having a network of
branches. were disclosed today when
articles of incorporation for the Pan
American Railroad company with
capital stock Of S25o.50O.0O0 were filed
here with the secretary of the terri
tory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
MISS HENDERSON ILL
BUT POSSIBLY NOT SERIOUSLY

Gloucester, Mass, Aug. 24.-David
b. Henderson, former speaker, wife
and daughter, who have been spend
ing the summer at Brookbank, left
there owing to the illness of Miss
Henderson. 1t is understood her con-
Clition is not serious.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
Rocs,ver for an Iron Companv.

Wabash, Ind, Aug. 24. Judge
ShiveIy, of the Wabash circuit court,
has appointed Charles S. Haas receiver
of the Wabash Bridge and Iron COM
pany. The liabilities as reported to the
court are S2SO.O00. The estimated
value of the assets is $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
CnnsuIs Lodged in Hi. Throat.

South Bend, Ind, Aug. 24.-William
b. Mckinney, of Vineennes, local
a gent of the Terre Haute Brewing
company, checked to death in a room
at the Hotel Nickel 1t is supposed
that he arose to take a tablet or cap
Sule and that It lodged in his throat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
Death OF q Pioneer Chicago Merchant.

Chicago. Aug. 24.-RObert Steven
son, head of the firm of Robert Steven
son x Co. 90 Lake street, died Of
heart failure while visiting G.. l.. Col
well. Stevenson had been in the whole>
sale business in Chicago for many
years. He was born in Scotland TO
years ago. and left two adult sons and
dn11r-htnr
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
Damaged BattIeshIp a. New York.

New York. Aug n. - The United
States battleship Massachusetts. which
was damaged on Aug. u by striking
ON a ledge of rock during a fog while
off the Maine coast. has reached New
York harbor. and will go into dry dock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
BuIrarians ATTACH Town.

Vienna. Aug. 24.-The Neu Freie
Presses Constantinople correspond
ent teiegraphs that q band Of Bulgar-
iaus attacked the Turkish town of
Urgas. south If India. ON the east
coast of Turkey, and blew up the gov
ernment building with dynamite. Two
hundred persons are reported killed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
MoxIOan MilIIOnaire Not Dead.

City of Mexico, Aug. 24.-Pedro AL
varado, the famous mining magnate OF
PARA, is not dead, as has been gen
orally reported, but is in good health.
1t is not known how the report of his
death originated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
GETS OVER MILE TN
TWO MINUTES FLAT
Lou Dillon Lowers Worlds TrOttinR
Record at ReadviIle,
Mass.

ReatbvilIc. Mass, Aug. 24.-Lou Dill
Ion broke the worlds trottiug record
at the mile track here today, going
in minutes fiat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
Inspector General ReprImended.

"HusSein Hilmi. inspector general OF
Macedonia, is reprimanded. The chiefs
of gen d'armerie and police at Salonica
are replaced The porte has ordered
the appointment to the gen d'armerie
of several foreign officers. whose
names will be announced later. and
finally all the military, civil and ju-
dicial authorities have received the
Strictest orders to take measures to
secure order and tranquility"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
CZAR WILL PAY VISIT
TO FRANCIS JOSEPH

Vienna, Aug. 24.--It is announced as
definitely settled that the czar Will
pay a five days visit to Emperor
Francis Joseph here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
Insurgents are Active.

Christian. Greek and Musselman ref
ugees have arrived at the mouth of
the Bosphorus from the neighborhood
of Nlidia, fearing a massacre there.
They have been sheltered at Anadol-
KAYAK and are being fed by the au-
thorities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24

You travel toward the grave fast
enough at best. Don't take fast train.
--Atchison Globe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
Twenty -Four OmciaIs Removed.

''All the officials. .twenty-fOur in num-
ber. whose names were handed to the
porte as objects Of unfavorable COM
ment by the Russian ambassador are
relieved of their posts and handed over
TO justice. All private persons men,
toned in the same list as guilty of
various offenseS will likewise he tried
Ismal Haki Pasha. the chief of police
at Palanka. province of Uskub. is re-
stored to his post. The persons undeT
arrest for accusing Mussulmans of out
rage and abuse are liberated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
SALISBURYS END.
Distinguished English States
man Passes to
Rest.
AFTER LIFES FITFUL FEVER
Career of Fifty Years
Public Ser
vice.

London, Aug. 24. - Lord Salisbury
died peacefully at 9:05 p. IN. Saturday.
During the last fOrty-eight hours of
his life the end was seen to be in
evitable, the great frame of England's
eX-premier being sustained only by the
constant use of oxygen. Even the ad-
ministration of oxygen failed of effect
as the evening advanced, and soon aft
er the shadows had crept up from the
valley and enShrouded the dull rcd
walls of Hatfield House the distin-
guiShed statesman, making the last
efforts of his life. turned slightly to
wards his favOrite daughter. Lady
Gwendoline Cecil, who was kneeling
besides him, and then quietly breathed
his last.
Lord Edward Cecil lin Egypt had
been warned early in the afternoon
by telegraph that the end was near.
All the other members of his lord
ships family had gathered at the bed
side. The village of Hatfield. which
still retains many features of the feud-
al period, was filed with anxious res
identS awaiting the news Of his lord
ships demise. The great Hatfield
House. hidden behind the screen of
pine trees, was lighted at every win
dow. and gave no sign of the approach
ing fatality. Groups of watchers clus-
tered under the Elizabethan arches OF
the lodge gates anXiously questioning
each latest pasSerfrO Hatfield House.
Boil Tolls the Death Knen.
Finally the news came when hat
less servant dashed down the graveled
roadway saying as he passed He has
gone" and then disappeared in the
church. Soon thereafter the bell from
the tower above tOlled slowly. and the
villagers at the street corners uncOv-
cred in acknowledgement to the pass
ing of their neighbor and friend. Eng
lands great statesman. NiscOunt
CranebOurne, who now assumes the
title OF Marquis of Salisbury, imme-
diately notified King Edward amt
Queen Alexandra, the Prince and
Princess of Wales and others. Soon
messages of coincidence began coming
in and the little telegraph office at
Hatfield was swamped with unprece-
dented business.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
Scope of the Turk's Baokdown.

The dispatch received from NJ.
ZinOvioff. Russian ambassador at Con-
stantinople, announcing that the sui
tan had yielded completely TO Russia's
demands, was as follows: THE porte
has taken the following measures to
fulfill the demands of the Russian gov
ernment. In addition to the condemna-
ton and execution of NJ. Rostkowski's
murdererS and the punishment OF their
accOmpliceS those officers who made
disrespectful allusions to NJ. Rostkow-
ski are dismissed from the service. \
careful search is being made for the
persons who fired at the consul's car
riage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-24
DON'TFIREMR. BEAR
Says Turkey, "PII Come Down"
as She Climbs Down Off
Her Perch.
SHE GAN HUSTLE WHEN SHE HAS TO
Russia's Demands All Conceded and
the Cars Warships Leave
Turkish Waters.

s.. Petersburg, Aug. 24.-The Rus
sian Black sea squadron, which was
ordered to Turkish waters, which ar
rived at Iniada, Eastern European
Turkey, on Aug. 10, TO support Rus
sia's demands on the sultan growing
ski, Russian consul at MOnastir, has
been recalled to SevastopoI, the squad
ron's point of departure. The recall
followed a notification from the porte
that the sultan had ordered all the
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-09-03
SOME FARM STATISTICS.
some Figures of Interest. From the
Last Census, to the Farmers
of the South.

According to the last census, there
was cotton grown by 1,41S,5S4 farmers
on 24.278, 101 acres. They obtained a
Weld of 4%.717,172,4 46 pounds, an in
crease in acres of 20.3 per cent and in
production of 26.3 per cent. The total
average value of $13.34 per acre. The
seed sold from crop was reported to be
S1.93 per acre. Hemp was reported as
grown by 964 farmers on 16,042 acres,
the average yield per acre, for he
country as a whole, was 1873 pounds;
and the average value of the crop was
S34 per acre. Sugar beets were raised
on 10, 10 acres by 14,035 farmers; the
average yield was 10 tons and the av-
erage value per ton $4.19. Only IA
states reported sugar beets grown. To-
bacco was grown, for market, on l.
101 ,4S3 acres; an increase in average of
6S.4 per cent and of production IT'S
per cent since 1890. The average
yield per acre was 7SS;; the average
seven cents per pound to the producer.
The total expenditure for labor on
farms in 1899, including value of board
furnished, was 1865, 305 ,921; an average
of S64 per farm. The expenditures of
the different classes of farms above
rated on an averages was as follows:
Bottom farms, s25; tobacco farms, s51;
hemp, S51. And the various fertilizers
purchased, on an average. for sugar
farms, s69: for tobacco farms, S27; for
cotton farms, Sill; for hemp, s5.-Cor.
Epitomist.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-09-03
q LAUNDREss KNOWS.

That unless a wash silk blouse is prop
|eriy washed it's beauty vanishes after
the first fatal laundering. never more to
be seen.
She washes white silk or silk that is
|undyed first in cold water, then lightly
|rubs it about in the water, and washesit
in SOAP lather. She adds a little dis
solved borax to the washing water if the
silk is much soiled or the water hard.
She slightly blues the last rinsing wa
ter for pure white silk, and uses slightly
warm washing water, but for colored
silks never hot water. In the last rims
ing water she adds to every pint of water
Two teaspoonfuls ofprepared gum, which
gives frmness to the silk and a slight
gloss.
She now wraps the shirt in a cloth
and presses dry. and leaves it rolled up
until ready to iron, which should be
soon. She lays the shirt on a table, right
side up, and extremely smooth, to iron
II, covers 1t with a thin cloth. runs the
iron lightly over it until partly dry, then
removes the cloth and irons it COM
pletely. She never brings an iron into
direct contact with damp silk. She waits
until pongee silk, white or ecru, is almost
dry before ironing it, and thus keeps it
from looking greasy.-Chicogo Tribune.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-09-03
Has same Effect as a Weed,

In answering a correspondent as to
the effect of cow-peas on the orn crop
when planted with it, an agricultural
exchange says: "a cow-pear plant in a
hill of CORE is virtually a weed in it's
immediate effect upon its corn neigh
Dor. 1t appropriates moisture and nu-
triment at the expense of the corn"
1t is not the opinion of those who have
grown these two crops together that
the peas interfere with the yield of
corn. Of course the peas consume
much moisture, but they pay for all
the moisture consumed by shading the
soil, and thus preventing the evapora-
ton that would otherwisetake place. 1t
is probable that the saving thus made
equals the amount consumed by the
e Don't be deferred from planting
peas with corn, because the peas con-
sumo moisture, for while consuming
they are also dispensing what is al
most as valuable as moisture, and pre-
venting waste of moisture and fertility.
Farm and Ranch.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-09-03

It is related that a shoemaker
named Kavol Kowstes, an inhabitaD't
of Pesth. Hungary. being n of ma
lures handicraftsmen, had an intui-
tive genius for carving wood and 9TH
er material. This brought him in con-
tact with Count Andrassy, with whom
he became a great fayorite. The
count. on his return from a mission
to Turkey, brought with him a piece
Of whitish clay. which had been pre-
scented to him as a curiosity on ac-
count Of its extraordinary light spe-
cifc gravity. 1t struck the shoemaker
that, being porous, it must be wen
adapted for pipes. as 1t would absorb
the nicotine. The experiment was
tried and Kayol cut a pipe for the
count and one for himself. This first
meerschaum pipe, made and smoked
by Kayol Kowates, has been pre-
served in the museum at Pesth.-
Brooklyn Eagle.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-09-03
Importance of Training.

The Importance of training to gen.
tleness mich COWS is not appreciated
as it should be, for a gentle cow is
worth much more than one that gives
the same amount of milk, but is skit-
fish. The skittish COW would in fact
give more and better milk if she was
gentle. Then the gentle COW is much
more easily handled, and with less
time and less labor, and time and la
Dor, ever in handling cows, are of
some value. The training of the cow
should begin while she is a sucking
calf and should be continued through
out her life. By proper methods a
heifer with her first calf, even if she
has never been handled, can be easily
trained to complete gentleness. When
the first calf is born the young cow
begins a new life, or begins life anew,
and if taken in hand by a judicious
person she can be trained as perfect
ly as if taken when a calf. But if the
process is delayed until she has be-
come familiar with her new condition
as a mother, her old nature returns
and training will be difficult.-Farm
and Ranch.