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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
EMPLOYEES WILL
SHARE PROFITS
Mccormick Harvester Company to
Operate Under Liberal
Plan.

Chicago, Nov. 2O.-Faithful employees
Of the Mccormick Harvesting Machine
company, which sold out 10 the Inter
national Harvester company in 1902,
lre to have a share in the profits of the
new company. according to an official
announcement. Employees who have
worked five years or more with the
Mccormick company viii receive GER
titicateS of stock. par value S100, to
the extent of 3 per cent. of the salaries
they have earned during their connec-
ton with the company.
Should any recipient of these shares
desire to convert the same into cash it
is provided that he may DO so between
Jan. 1, 1907, and Jan. 1. 1909. payment
of 500 per share being guaranteed. It
is stated that this action of the Nc
Cormick company is taken as recogni-
ton of the cooperation which is uni
formly rendered by the employees to the
management
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
DEATH MAY BE IN
STORE FOR THEM
Three Men Held in Colorado for
Attempt to Wreck
Train,

Denver, Colo, Nov. 20. = Should
Charles Mckinney, Patrick Mullaney
and Thomas Foster be convicted on the
charge of attempted train wrecking on
which they have been arrested at Grip
pie Creek they will be liable to the
death penalty under tn Colorado stat
ut.
Adjutant General Sherman Bell says
that these men, with others. were
shadOwed by soldiers in citizens
Clothes, who saw them in the act of re-
moving spikes and fish plates from a
railroad on the Florence and Cripple
Greek railroad, the apparent object be-
ing to wreck train carrying hundreds
of miners home from work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
Westerners Taking the Lead
in Gotham Society Ma tiers

New York, Nov. 2O.-The horse show
has now progressed sufficiently to en-
able some idea to be obtained of its
social atmosphere. From this may be
deduced the probable character of the
winter season which the show opens
1t would seem that the winter is to be
what may best be called a Vanderbilt
and western one. or, in other words.
one in which the members of the Van
derbilt connection and certain new
western families will be to the fore
in entertaining. The Thaws, of Pitts
burg, the SpreekIes, of San Francisco,
the Leeds, of Chicago, and other west
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20

stop they threw on the emergency
brakes, whistled twice. and then leaped
from their cabs.
One of the last bodies recovered was
that of William Bailey, of Mackinaw,
who had been thrust thirty feet into
the air and held in place by two steel
rails which had been pushed up be-
tween the engine and the tender of the
work train. The workmen had been
engaged in laying steel rails at differ
ent points along the track, and three
of the freight cars We're heavily load
ed. Brakeman J. n. Hice, of the work
train, was thrown seventy-five feet
away from the track, and when picked
up had his right leg broken.
The dead men are residents of neigh.
boring towns, and the scenes about the
wreck were beyond description. Wives
and children of men who were miss
ing thronged around, asking if their
husbands and fathers had been killed.
Out of thirty-fi men WHO constituted
the crew of the work train only four
are living, and two of these are seri-
ously injured. Wreckage is strewn
along the track for a distance of near
ly 200 feet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
COMMON LAW WIFE
LOSES HER SUIT
Miss Pierce Gets No Part of Estate
of Late Col. Luther +.
Imboden.

St Louis. Nov. 20. - Lille Belle
Pierce has lost her suit against the
estate of the late Colonel Luther f.
Imboden, the sealed verdict opened III
the circuit court declaring that she
was not the wife of Colonel Imboden
at the time of his death and was not
entitled TO the benefits she claimed.
Miss Pierce sought to establish her
claim as the common law widow of
ImbOden. BY this suit she asked for
the granting of a $500 annuity, intend
ing, if successful. to bring suit to secure
the widows share of the estate which
is estimated to be worth about $780,
600
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
LIST OF THE DEAD AND INJURED
Twenty of the Killed So Mangled Thai
They Cannot Be Identified.

Twenty of the Killed So IangIed That
They Cannot BE Identified.
The list of dead follows: Robert
King, Thomas Troy and William EadS
II all of Freeport, ILL.,; Charles E. Mey-
ers, George Smith, George Harmon,
John DOran and John Smith all of
Bloomington, ILL.,; Fred Bachman, of
Danvers; John Shaw. and Stephen Cul-
ter, of Mackinaw; twenty unidentified
dead, bodies mangled beyond recogni-
ton.
The injured: John Ghele, fireman,
Indianapolis, leg broken; A. w. Mas
tings, conductor, badly bruised; Jacob
Reise, brakeman, Roanoke. right arm
broken; w. T. Harlan, brakeman, Indi-
Gnapolis, leg broken; Charles Gennin,
roadmaster, leg broken: Charles Ford,
Farmer City, ankle broken; Herbert
White, Roanoke, leg broken; Harry
White. Woodford Station, arm broken
and bruised; Chris Barr, Danvers, ankle
broken; Gustav Thiebands, DanverS,
right arm broken; John Duvanel, Dan
vers, injured internally, may die.
Conductor John w. Judge, of Indi-
annapolis, who had charge of the freight
train, received orders at Urbana to
wait at Mackinaw for the work train,
which was due there at 2:40 p. m. In
stead of doing this he failed to stop.
The engineer of the work train, George
Becker, had also received orders to
pass the freight at Mackinaw, and was
on the way to that station. The work
1rain HUaS farbanS five minnTpS Iatp and
was running at full speed in order to
make up time. When about two miles
from Minert and entering a cut both
engineers saw the approaching trains,
and realizing that it was impossible to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
But ONE UNITED sTATEsAN THERE

And He the Representative of Roumania
Kings Reply to the Lord Mayor.
No diplomats were invited, with the
and the only United Statesan in the
crowd of upwards of 800 guests was
Reginald Ward, in the full diplomatic
uniform of the consul of Roumania Sir
James II. Richie. the lord mayor, met
the guests at the entrance of the his
toric city hall. and conducted them to
the library, where the corporations ad-
dress was presented in gold casket.
King Victor Emmanuel replied to the
lord mayor, thanking him on behalf OF
himself and the queen for the splendid
hospitality extended to them. He
added:
You thus give me an opportunity of
expressing our grateful acknowledge
ments of our cordial reception by the
inha bitants of London. who understand
the message of sincere affection of
which l am the bearer to your beloved
sovereign and 20 the people of Eng
land. These are sentiments of old
standing between us. You have recall
ed, my lord mayor, words pronounced
in this very place by my august grand
father half century ago. Those were
times of war, when the italian nation
was entering on her struggle for unity
and independence. The sympathetic
support lent to her by this free people
in those days of trial created tradi-
ton Of mutual trust which never has
ceased to animate the relations be-
tween the two countries.
But we are now living under foFtu-
nate conditions of international peace,
in the preservation of which Italy, as
we'll as England, has become herself
willing and active factor. l trust the
two nations always will proceed united
on the path of progress and civiliZa-
ton. With these feelings 1 raise my
glass to you, my lord mayor and dis
tinguished representatives of the city
of London"
The Italian king and queen left
Guild hall amid fanfare from the city
trumpeters and the cheers of the public
crowding the thoroughfares without
The procession everywhere was greet.
ed with great cordiality along the route
followed on it's return to Paddington
station, where the king and queen took
a train for Windsor, which they
reached at 4:35 D. ~, and drove to the
castle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
Operator Wires Message
Telling of His Own Death

ly was the motive, the watch and
money of the operator being missing.
a freight conductor saw a well dress
ed stranger. whom he described as be-
ing about feet inches in height,
with light mustache, lettering near
the tower Is minutes before the muir
der. No trace of the murderer has
been found. Clendenen resided in Jer-
sey Shore. He was 2s years of age
and single He evidently recognized
his assailant, and was about to wire
his name, when he was struck dead at
the key.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
was sane and NIennt No Harm.

Yokohama. Nov. 20. - As the en-
perOr was returning to the palace at
Toxic from the army maneOuvers he
was approached by young Japanese
who. presumably, intended TO present
his majesty with a popular petition.
The man was Immediately arrested by
the guards. The petition besought the
emperor to take decisive action in the
Manchurian question. The incident
caused some excitement. but the peti-
toner proved to he Il sane. calm stu
dent of the Linguistic school.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
SUICIDE CLAUSE BINDING
IN INSURANCE POLICIES

Springfield, H., Nov. 2O.-The appel
late court holds that the suicide
clause in insurance policies is binding
whether the insured was insane OF
not. The decision was in the case OF
the supreme tent, Knights of the Mac
cabees of the World. against Sadie l.
Marshall, in which Mrs. Marshall was
awarded $4,000 in the Cass county cir
cult court. The decision reverses
that of the lower court
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20

erners have taken up, and promise to
soon be prominent in the social life
of the metropolis. The Vanderbilt
elan, and especially the Alfred and
Reginald VanderbiIts. and the Whit
neys are forming almost little set
of their own. and are entertaining
each other and each others friends
informally all the time. This and
kindred subjects formed the chief
topics of discussion at the garden
yesterday, and proved again that the
annual horse show IS. as it were. a.
social clearing house. place where
the winter plans are formulated and
the outlook for gayety predicted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20

Elmira, \. Y, Nov. 2o.-"Send a
switch engine quick to me. l am be-
ing murdered by -" was the un-
finished message received at Oak
Grove. Pa, on the Beach creek divis-
ion of the New York Central from w.
II. Clendenen, the operator at Brown,
Pa. station Is miles from Williams
port. A switch engine was hurried to
Brown station, where Clendenen was
found dead at his table with his head
crushed. A bloody spike maui lay on
the floor beside it. Robbery apparent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
Two Men Freeze to Death.

Appleton MINI. ov. 20.-Two deaths
from freezing are reported from Heg.
bert, north of here. Iver Welden, a
prominent farmer, while driving home
from Appleton fell from his wagon
while benumbed by the cold and was
found in the road near his home so
badly frozen that he died shortly aft
erward. Another man. aged so years,
went out after dark to look after some
cattle and wandered away. He was
found dead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
PANAMA WILL NOT
MAKE CONCESSIONS
CoIOmDians Must Recognize Inde-
pendence or Keep
Away.

Colon. Nov 2O.-The Panamain com
mission conferred at length today
with the Colombian commission which
arrived here yesterday. The Pana-
maians refused every overture, de-
claring their position to be irrevoca-
bic. They declared they would not
receive any further commissions from
Colombia unless they recognized the
republic of Panama.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
Warned to Keep Indoors.
praiuare canal Helps St. Louis.

Chicago, Nov. 20.-Professor A. W,
Palmer. of the University of Illinois,
testifying before United States Com
missioner Bright, declared that the
opening of the drainage canal helped to
purify the Illinois river, and conse-
quently the Mississippi and Missouri
rivers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
FORMER GOVERNOR
DRAKE EXPIRES
at His Home in Center
vile.

CenterviIle. Iowa. Nov 2O.-F. NJ.
Drake, ex-governor of Iowa, died at
10 this morning.
Centerville. Iowa, Nov. 2O.-The con
dition of F. NJ. Drake, former COVER
nor of Iowa and founder OF Drake uni
versity. who is i'll with diabetes. is to-
day critical. His recovery is consid-
cred doubtful. Members of the fam
lily have been summoned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
san Antonio Free ofFever.

San Antonio. Tex, Nov. 20.-The Of
fetal proclamation of Governor Ian.
ham raising the quarantine gainst San
Antonio. which has been on since Oct.
20, has gone into effect and towns ana
counties all over Texas have been lift
ing their local quarantines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
Curzon Visits Muscat.

Muscat, Arabia, Nov. 20.-The vice
roy of India, Lord Curzon. who left
Karachi Nov. 16. escorted by fOu" bat
tleships. on a tour of the Persian gulf.
has arrived here. Visits were ex-
changed between the sultan of Oman
and Lord Curzon. The town enjoyed
holiday. The principal buildings
were profusely decorated and there
was a fine illumination at night afioat
and shore
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
WELCOME IS WARM
King and Queen of Italy Are En-.
Enthusiastically Greeted
at London.
MULTITUDEs CHEER THE COUPLE
Who Visit the Guild Hall, Where They
Are Received by the Lord
Mayor.

London, Nov. 20.-The welcome OF
King Victor Emmanuel and Queen
Helena of Italy to London as the guests
of the lord mayor and corporation was
remarkably cordial From the moment
of their arrival at Paddington station,
except when traversing Hyde park, the
royal visitors passed beneath one long
canopy of bright coIOrs, enhanced here
and there by triumphal arches. Each
side Of the route was lined by troops,
behind whom thick masses Of people
gave the guests splendid reception.
Rode in the Diamond Jubilee Train.
The Italian sovereigns, who came
from Windsor in the diamond jubilee
train. were met at Paddington by Lord
Grenfell and the headquarters staff
After Il brief inspection OF the guard
of honor of grenadiers, whose band
welcomed the visitors with the Italian
anthem, the king and queen. attended
by the Duke of Portland. entered King
Edwards state landau, built for the
coronation, and drawn by six horses.
Five foU-horse state carriages CON
tanned the suites. y sovereign'S escort
of the Life Guards attended their ma
jeSties and military contingent
brought up the rear of the royal caval-
cade, which as it left the station was
received with rOusing cheers.
Distinguished Gathering at Guild Hall
Proceeding through Hyde park, the
king and queen reached the Italian EN-
bassy, where was stationed Il guard of
honor of Garibaldian veterans. At the
embassy they held IA reception and re-
ceived addresses from the Italian col
ony. After half an hours procession
through bedecked streets. the visitors
reached the Guild hall without Incl
dent. On entering the library they We're
greeted by a distinguished gathering,
including the Prince and Princess of
Wales, the Duke of COnnaught, the
Duke and Duchess of Argyll and 9th
er members of the royal family. and
many cabinet ministers. peers, mem
bers of the house of commons, etc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
Result Last Night.

Chicago. Nov. 2O.-The first conces-
sion to be granted by the Chicago
City Hallway company since the men
walked out over week ago was made
last night in written statement
submitted to the mayor and alder
manic committee. TIE corporation
agreed to arbitrate the wage ques-
ton. and in respect to the closed shop
and number Of hours each day the
men shall work-the time schedule
question-made courteous but not
conclusive reply.
President Mahon announced that he
would present this proposal to the eN-
ecutive board of the union at 9 o'clock
this morning. He said he believed the
mayor and aldermen would receive
the mems answer before noon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
HELD UP AN
IOWA TOWN
Bold Crime of Robbers
at Green Noun
tain.
PEOPLE WERE AWED
Bank Safe Cracked and
$1,000 Carried
Off.
PEOPLE WERE AWED

MarshalltOwn, Iowa, Nov. 20.-Com-
threat of being shot, residents of the
village of Green Mountain, 10 miles
north of here, heard three explosions
before daylight today. The exPlos-
ions wrecked the Green Mountain
bank building.
Warned to Keep Indoors.
Three robbers ran through the
streets warning the people to keep in
doors. The robbers secured 81 900 and
escaped on a handcar.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
MANGLED
HUMANITY
FrlghtfuI Disaster on
the Big Four Rail-
way.
THIRTY ARE KILLED
Work Train Meets a
Freight Head
on.

Peoria, ILL.,, Nov. 20. - Thirty one
men were killed and at least fifteen
injured in a head-end collision between
a west-bound freight and work train
on the Big Four railroad between
Mackinaw and fremont. At this writ
ing the bodies of twenty-six victims of
the wreck have been taken from the
mass of debris, which is piled thirty
feet high on the tracks, While five yet
remain buried under huge pile of
broken timber and twisted and distort-
ed iron and steel. On a bank at the
side of the track lie the bodies of the
victims, cut. bruised and mangled in
a horrible manner.
COIIided in a Deep Cut.
All the dead and most of the in
Jured were members of the work gang,
the crews on both engines jumping
in time to save their lives. The col
lision occurred in deep cut at the
beginning of a sharp curve neither
train being visible to the crew of the
other until they were within fifty feet.
The engineers set the brakes. sounded
the whistles and then leaped from their
cabs, the two trains striking with such
force that the sound was heard for
miles around.
Farmers Boy Sees the Collision.
The tYTo trains were both heavily
loaded and going at full speed when
they crashed together. The collision
was witnessed by Russell Noonan,e a
farmers boy, II years of age. who
hastened to nearby house and tele-
phoned to fremont. \ second after
the collision the boiler of the work
train exploded with terrific force,
throwing heavy iron bars and splinters
OF wood 10 a distance of 200 feet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
Iowan,s Don,t zion Torether

Washington, Nov 20. The Iowa
delegation in congress caucused to in
dorse candidate for federal judge OF
the northern district of Iowa. Seven
teen ballots were taken without max.
ing choice, when the caucus -ad-
jcurned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
Case Not Reviewed.

The re-eXaminatiOn of the Mile
case is not requested because Miller is
a HOn-uniOnist, Il circumstance former
ly urged as Il reason for his removal.
but because the Federation believes
Miller lis totally unfit to be in charge
of working people,
Resolutions were adopted favOrlng
the construction of the Panama canal
by citizens of the United States. urging
that the Chinese exclusion act be made
to apply in the Philippine and Ha-
waiian islands. and favoring women's
suffrage and the election of the presi-
dent and United States senators by di-
rect vote
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
FOR CLOSED SHOP
IA. F. of L. Adopts Resolutions
Clearly Defining its
Position.
CALLED UP BY MILLER CASE
Open Shop Injurious to Labor in
Government as Well as Pri-
Vate Industries.

Boston, Nov 20-The American
Federation of Labor disposed summari-
ly of the open shop issue, as raised
in the case of William A. Miller, now
employed in the government printing
Office at Washington. and the Miller
case itself, by unanimously declaring
in favor OF the CLOSED shop in gov
ernment as well as private enterprises,
ana by petitioning President Roosevelt
to re-eXamine the evidence offerd
against Miller, and if verified remove
Miller from the service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
STEAMER FROM NOME
Is LONG OVER DUE
Fears Entertained for the Discovery,
Carrying go Per-
sons.

Seattle, Wash, Nov 2O.-The steam
er Discovery, which left Nome Oct.
IA with 80 to 60 persons on board, in
Guiding 81 passengers, has not been
sighted since Oct. IS. Shipping men
believe she will never reach port
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
CANAL MUST BE
RATIFIED FIRST AT PANAMA

Washington, Nov. 2O.-At cabinet
meeting today it was decided to make
no effort to ratify the isthmian canal
treaty here until it is ratified at Pam
amA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
Utah Execution.

Salt Lake City. Nov. 2O.-Peter Nor
tensen. the convicted murderer of
James II. Hay, was shot to death in
the yard of the state prison at 10: so
this morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20

Fort Dodge. Ia. Nov. 20.-Robbers
blew the safe of the Citizens bank at
Yetter and escaped with $1,So0. The
loss caused by the explosion is $500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20
CaII for Conditions of Banks.

Call for Conditions of Banks.
Washington, Nov. 20.-The comp
troller of the currency has issued a
call for the condition of national
banks at the close of business Nov. II.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-20

Geneva. Ill, Nov. 2O.-Antonio Ro-
mano. the Italian who murdered Mich
olas Tomaso at Aurora last Febru-
AIRY. was hanged here today. He
showed signs of weakening and al
most fell upon the scaffold before the
drop was sprung.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27
Have You oneP

Folks Utah state Gazetteer & BUSH
ness Directory. just issued Covers
the entire state. All business and pro-
fessions. Represents over 500 600 peo-
pie. Get a copy. Price. $500 r. L..
Polk & Co, Pubs. 617-619 Do0ly BlGg
d. j. Sharp Coal company. 78 South
Main street. Office telephone, 719.
Yard telephone. 81.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27
Acres Tons OF
Profit Of Reefs

In his statement Of present cOndi-
tons. superintendent Austin SAYS:
During the season Of 1897, the very
low tonnage was due TO a blight on the
beets that year, which we never pre-
viously experienced, nor have we had
any reDetitiOns since.
For the season just passed, we con-
tTacted through the Lehi factory, with
1885 farmers. which IS an average per
contractor Of a fraction less than FIVE
acres. and taking the entire yield it
gives US an average tonnage of a little
less than twelve tons: the farmers re-
ceived $4.75 per ton for all the beets de-
livered into the sheds of the company
with freight allowance in localities
where beets were delivered by rail-
Since the farmers have become ac-
QuaiEted with the methods Of raising
sugar beets they go into the business
scientifically, and IL is very commenda-
bic to note their excellent methods and
the great pride they take in raising the
cree
"Diverting little from the subject.
10 may not be arniss 10 state that Lehi
is almost looked upon as the parent Of
the beet industry. as Il was the first
locality in America to raise beets sue
CCssfully under the system OF irriga-
tiOr. The farmers also have done 50
splendidly, and obtained so thoroughly
the required knowledge in this line
that their services are much sought
after. and today. there are experts from
the vicinity Of the Lehi plant i'm almost
every locality where beets are being
raised"