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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-14

sert,t of Rock Island, George S. John
son, c. f. Francis and Oswald Schmidt.
\ deed given by F. o. Hougen to
w Y. Linwell, conveying acreage in
Princeton township, comprehends l.
600 acres of Wapsie land. and is a
portion of the 7,OOO-acre tract pur-
chased by Waterloo investment
company some time ago. Mr.. Hougen
is a North Dakota banker. The two
deeds recorded aggregate $4,000 in
value.
J. b. Meyer, cashier of the Farm
ers' d Mechanics Savings bank, was
hurriedly called home about midnight
Thursday past, from the golden we'd
ding observance at the Turner hall.
He was summoned because burglars
had effected an entrance there and
ransacked the house at 1903 Brady
street. The burglary was discovered
by the police, and they notified Mr..
Meyer, who FASTENED home and made
an examination. He found every
thing intact. Nothing whatever was
missing. and no clues to the identity
of the trespassers were available.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-14

Spencer, the friend from Louisville,
is working hard to free his friend
and keep him from prison, and appii-
cation has been made to a bonding
company for a bond of the amount
needed, $4,000. Mr.. War; is still III
bed at his home and is guarded bS
James Mill during the day and for
mer Policeman Herman &Ghlstrand
at night Mr.. Spencer is firm in his
belief that the people of Moline are
wrong in their judgment and that his
friend viii yet show that things can
be made right. He believes that Nr.
War; has done mere for the town
than any other citizen and is pnsiiiyc
in saying it to these whom he meets.
Since his illness and troubles SIR.
Warr's hair has turned perfectly
white.
In a few weeks a district school e
instruction for the Knights of P&:h-
las will be held in this city. Grand
Chancellor. VIM Edens. of Galesburg.
will he here to have charge of the
school and members Of the order IN
this senatorial district are invited 10
attend. At the meeting of the grand
lodge motion was passed providing
for these district schools to he held
regularly every year throughout the
country. and this meeting will be the
first in this district.
Miss Frances Cayerly and Arthur
Danielson left Friday noon for Chi
cago to represent the Moline high
school in the declamatory contest It
the University CT Chicago. They viii
be the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. II.
Hell, superintendent Of schools at
Morgan park.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-14

not unexpected, as Mrs. Price had
been a sufferer for some time with
chronic ailment which medical treat
ment could not overcome. \ husband,
daughter and son are bereaved.
The funeral will be held tomorrow af-
ternoon at , o'clock from the family
home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-14

The Tri-City Credit Mems associa-
tion, including most Of the wholesal-
ers of the three cities, are planning to
banquet at the Outing club the 18th
of this month, at 1880 o'clock. The
committee on arrangements is com
posed of George w. Moth, w. l.. Gan
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-14

In the case of Lily Arenschield vs..
the c., II. l. & p, which IS "a damage
suit growing out of the death of the
plaintiffs husband, the plaintiff has
amended her petition by stating that
the fireman was running the engine
at. the time; that he was not pro-
ficient, and that the defendant com
pany was negligent in thus placing
him at the throttle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-14

j. z. Calkins, the well-known city
editor. of the Democrat, has temper
arily severed his connection with that
paper and will leave next week for
California, where he expects to spend
the winter. Mr.. Calkins makes the
trip for the benefit of his health, and
his hundreds of friends viii sincerely
trust that he will return fully re-
stored in this respect. During Mr..
Calkins' absence the city editors
chair will be filed by Ralph w. Cram.
for several years the obliging and
popular assistant city editor upon
that paper.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-14

The death of Mrs. Nathaniel Price
occurred Thursday night at the fam
lily home in Jersey Ridge. Death was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-14

Efforts are being directed toward
securing Il bond for j. W. War; under
his arrest for cmbezzlement Enos
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-04

People who used to visit West Point
in gala week twenty years ago will note
significant changes in the programme
for this weeks exercises. The exhibition
of military calisthenics on the plain the
firing of machine guns on the target range
the rife practice, the drill with pack train
and mountain guns and the exercise OF
the entire battalion in minor tactical prob
lem. involving an attack on the post are
all features not found in the programmes
of the commencement weeks Of q score OF
years ago. On the other hand, visitors who
admired the show in those days will miss the
interesting but not exciting fireworks of the
mortar battery, the gentle and methodical
building of pontoon bridges by the first class,
and the spectacular bombardment Of Crow s
Nest by the seacoast battery Of antiquated
guns at the waters edge, Many thump
have the rock ribs OF Crows Nest received
without discomfort from those old smooth
bores. The modern high-powered rifles
might shoot all the way through and pepper
Newburgh.
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i've Biddsrs foP the Censt ructton Of Three
l6,OOO-Ton Vessels.

WARRINGTON. June 3.-Bids for the con-
struction Of the le,OOO-ton battleships YER
mont, Minnesota and Kansas, sisters OF
the Connecticut and the Louisiana and the
largest vessels ever projected for the United
States Navy, were opened at the Navy
Department to-day in the presence OF a
and naval officers.
These vessels were appropriated for in
the naval act Of March 8. 1908, the amount
OF cost. exclusive Of the cost Of armor
and armament. being fixed at s4.2l2 900
ment for the bids the time allowed
for completion will be limited to forty
two months. and no bids which ex-
coed that limit would be considered; The
vessels are to have a speed OF Is knots,
Knots the the Navy Department ps win accept,
deducting 80 900 a quarter knot for def
cheney from Is to M and 500, 600 quarter
knot deficiency from l7s+ to l7I, II the
speed should fall below M knots the Score
These vessels are to have length on the
load water line Of $50 feet, breadth on
the same line of 10 feet 10 inches, a mean
trial draught Of "a feet inches, and coal
capacity Of 900 tons. The battery is to
consist Of four pinch, eight s,inch, and
lMCiNO S-llCu IllcS, anu ~ oth2'
The vessels are to be heavily armored.
There were Ave bidders, all Atlantic
coast concerns. The Union Iron Works
of San Francisco, which built the Oregon,
the Olympia and other notable vessels,
did not compete The bidders and their
bids follow:
Newport News Shipbuding and Dry
Dock Company OF Newport News, Va. one
vessel In forty-two months, Navy Depart
ment's plans, A,iloOoo; New York Ship
building Company OF Camden, N. j., one
vessel In forty-two months. Department.
plans, -, 1876 900; Fore River Ship and En-,
CINE Company of Quincy. Mass, one vessc!
N,i7e go; William Cramp ( SONG ship and
Engine Company of Philadelphia, one vessel
in forty-two months, Departments plans,
S4.l90 900, or two vessels in the same time,
at 81 ISL 900 each; Eastern Shipbuilding
Company Of Groton, New London, Conn,
one vessel in forty-two months, Depart
nent's plans, 81, 1902 600.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-04

90 oonspicuously by tho passage OF min
isters of each to and fro between those
churches. With the Baptists, a STUN
bling block to union with the rest OF Prot
estantism Is their radical opposition to
infant baptism. The prelatical organ
ization of Methodism stands in the way,
but In these days OF revision OF the West
minister Confession for the purpose OF
giving it an Arminian varnish the Ar
minianism Of the Methodists cannot be
erected into an insuperable obstacle to
union, and 30 far as concerns the Eplsco-
pal Church it constitutes bond OF union.
The tendency at this time seems to be
toward Protestant unity rather than
any Catholic unity which does not consist
In defnitive and complete submission
to Rome. On the one side is the asser-
ton of private judgment, on the other
the demand for the absolute surrender
Of private judgment to the supreme au-
thority Of the Pope. The Catholic party
in Anglicanism protests against Prot
estantism with violence which is not
misrepresented by Friar PAUL, the Epis-
copal monk at Garrson's, when he calls
the Reformation that greatest victory
of the gates of hell against the Church
Of CHRIST u; but where shall they go?
Rome has served notice on them that they
cannot be admitted to its fold except as
individual converts, and, practically,
even if Rome consented to let them in as
a party, they would have to go as indi-
viduals, on their own private judgment,
for they would have no authority to drive
anybody along with them. AS the Jesuit
we have quoted argues, it is impossible
that the Anglican Church should pass
over to Rome as an organized body at
the command of Bishops and other
clergy who have no authority over
the faith Of their followers. NEWMAN
found that out more than half a century
ago.
Necessarily. il there is movement TO
Rome it will be movement of individ-
uals, the same in the future az in the past
Even if DR.. RITCHIE and DR.. CHRISTIAN
decided to go over it is not probable that
they could carry with them even their
own Rtualistic congregations. Even
Rtualists look askance at Friar PAUL of
Garrison's, the Rev. SPENCER JONES of
England and the Rev. Mr.. LLOYD of ia
pan, the outspoken advocates of "resub-
mission to Rome.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-04
A Growl From Staten Island.

TO THE EDITOR OF TIRE SuN--Sty: Every tims
new man gets on New York daily" said an old :
time Richmond county editor. no writes up
Staten Island, and treats II rs q newly discovered
country new man. evidently. has got thar"
now: for In last sundays edition OF city papcr
there is a reyarnished account of Picturesque
Richmond Borough 'Rediscovered.'"
Poor Aauahongua, The article In question
Is merely real estate boom. polptins out the i'm .
mense advantages 10 be reached Via the trolley
lines.
1t Il a mistake 10 suppose that cheap fares will
beneht the Island. turning all the woodlands into
busy streets and converting shingles into rold.
Cheap fares always bring cheap crowds and cb.ap
crowds are not always desirable. Following tho
trolley lines from st. George TO Cnnon and to Con :
cord. Cherry street" Is gradually crawling along
Tho cheap railroad to Arrocnar and the sea-
shore drove away the rch residents OF Richmond
avenue. who gave plenty OF employment TO the
poor OF the island. who have 10 20 10 New York
to hunt for dollar as the result OF the grand i'm
provement that established South Beach and
put up the signs on the railroad stations giving
the evidence OF energy and advsnce ment In the
kindly ana warning words beware OF PICK :
pockets
But the trolley lines are aiding Immensely in The
development OF the island we are told. Oh YES
forcing pedestrians to take The middle OF The road
ana take their chances among the wagons the au- :
tonobilcs and the bicycle scorchers and compelling
the residents In some localities to send their chill
dreh I" school on the old railroad track for safety.
RICHMOND,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-04
The Sculpture Job Lot.

The transaction by which the archi-
tects HoRGAN 4 SLATTERY turned over
to PHILIP MARTGNY an order to supply
twenty-four statues for the new Hall of
Records for the sum Of $50 900, resembled
the acquisitions of the Fire Depart
ment for SO many feet of hose, from the
general purveyor to the Department,
Mr. MARTINY'S bill for his wares might
appropriately read:
n9o
To dozens OF statuary furnished. a. "a ssj 900
1t was plain business transaction
So much goods wanted at stipulated
price; 80 much ordered, and for conve-
nence sake ordered of one dealer and
stamped rush.
That art is long mattered not neither
that the national organization Of sculp-
tors had urged that the honor of creating
these sculptures be awarded after COM
petition open to the highest ability in the
art. Yet, after all, the official primarily
responsible for this commercalizng Of
art is the former university president
who is now Mayor of New York
DIR, SETH Low is the chairman of the
Board of Estimates committee on deco
ration Of the Hall of Records. The rec
ords of the Art Commission show that the
Mayors committee has been put in pos
session of the expert advice and recon-
mendations of the National Sculpture
Society; but it has ignored them The
artists are Drepared to show that at their
request MORGAN & SLATTERY induced the
contra ctOrs to defer certain work on the
building for a period, in order that the
Mayors committee might secure through
the Art Commission and the Fine Arts
Federation, just this professional opinion
and advice. But the Art Commission
proceeded so leisurely and the Mayors
committee so easily that the time extern
sion granted by the contractors expired;
and then the architects, on the ground
that they could wait no longer, gave
lump order for the statues. 1t might, in
passing be interesting to know whether
this Tammany-awarded contract would
have gone in the same direction had
PHILIP MARTINY, as he is now recorded
in the City Directory been PHILIPPE
MARTIGNY as he used to appear in the
Art Annual.
Mayor Lows committee is proceeding
in the same manner with regard to the
mural decoration of the Hall of Records.
Since last January the National Society
Of Mural Painters has been endeavoring
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-04
The Eorc0tten Malnc.

For more than five years the hull of the
Inflated Maine has lain in the mud and
the slime of the harbor Of Havana, a
menace to shipping and nuisance to
traffic, an unsightly reminder of an inter-
national war. Various proposals have
been made for its removal, and at various
times advertisements have been issued
for bids for the work. These have all
been based upon a strictly commercial
idea that of removing the obstruction
The expense of removal was to be charged
to the Cuban Government.
Anger, passion, indignation and senti-
ment were alike speedily forgotten by
the American people. The cry" Remem-
Der the Maine!' soon became itself little
more than memory, A proposal to
raise the vessel and tow it to Norfolk
harbor met with no response. The bid
submitted on June l, in response to the
Cuban official advertisement for the re-
moval Of harbor obstruction, is made
by Spaniard, and is based upon pur-
pose to tear the hull to pieces and hawk
the fragments for old junk and relics.
The attitude of the American Govern
ment in this matter has not been credit
able. The incident of the destruction
Of the ship has been Of immeasurable
Importance in American history. The
least that could have been done, in both
dignity and decency, was the lifting of
the hull, at whatever cost, and its towage
to sea and burial in the clean waters of
the Florida straits. If the hulk and
those whose mortuary casket it still is
are to be forgotten, let them at least be
decently inferred with naval honors.
The ship is no longer American prop
erty, and, except by Cuban courtesy, the
United States could take no step in it's
disposition. No obstacle need be feared
there, however and it is not yet too late
for the United States to give fit ending
10 the career of the famous hattlashin
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-04
Intent.

The decision OF the Supreme Court IN
the case of the Japanese OsAKI MANKI-
CHI, involving as it did tho issue OF i'm
perialism first decided just two years
ago in the case of DowNEs vs. BIDWELL,
sustained the earlier decision. The
American Constitution does not follow
the flag of its own strength. TO extend
it to any other portion of the globe than
where it fourishes to-day requires an
act OF Congress.
The four dissenting Judges in this case
we're the four dissenters to the Judgment
of the Court in DowNEs vs.. BIDwELL,
namely, Chief Justice FULLER and JUS
tees HARLAN, BREWER and PEcKHAM.
OF the majority, Justices Brown, WHITE
and McKENNA hold their original ground
Justice GRAY S conclusions are reached by
Justice HOLMES and Justice SH1RAs's by
Justice DAY. A striking novelty, though,
in the Aankichi case is tho daring
with which the Court decides that the
intent of Congress. as 1t is dcduced in
the Courts judgment from the attend
ing circumstances, may be permitted to
nulify the plain words Of a Congressional
resolution leading to result no less
momentous than the extension OF the
United States Constitution to the new
American Territory of Hawaii,
The intent of the awmaker ia the
law says Mr.. Justice BROWN, giving the
majority opinion; and the Court con-
cludes that Congress did not intend to
substitute the requirements OF the
American Constitution for the ancient
rules of Hawaii at all points, the words
of the resolution. decreeing on their face
that that should be done, to the contrary
notwithstanding,
On the cast-iron rule of tho decision
in the Trans Missouri Freight Association
case, that the Supreme Court had no
power to read into the Sherman act for
bidding restraint of trade the word = un-
reasonable the Northern Securities
merger has just been unanimously for
hidden by the Circuit Court. Mr.. Justice
BROWN was one of the majority Of five
in that instance. But Mr.. Justice WHITE
delivered the opinion on the other side,
holding that such rigid Interpretation
of statute involving consequences so
serious was not to be thought Of, and that
the Sherman act aimed at unreasonable
restraint of trade only. And Justice
AicKENNA, Justice HOLMES and Justice
DAY, also of the ajority in the Hawaii
case, have come upon the bench since
the Trans Missouri case was decided.
The doctrine of this Hawaii case ap-
piled to the Northern Securities case
when it comes up for hearing in Deem
Der would relieve the United States of the
most dangerous legal burden that legis-
lature and court combined ever put on
any country.
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mind. He nsvsY held o. wanted an pffice
under the Military Government which
should bring him pecuniary return. He
is no dismissed subordinate venting his
spite upon former superior He Is
man of known standing in the commun-
ity and lawyer Of recognized ability
For two years, during the period OF con-
struction, he acted al counsel and at
torney for the Cuba Railway Company,
Of which Sir WILLIAM VAN HORNE is
President. He has been, and, we believe,
still Is, the resident counsel in Havana
Of the Fidelity Guarantee Company OF
Baltimore. He has been, and, We be-
lieve, is yet, a director Of the Banoo
Nacional de Cuba. He is the personal
friend of many officers Of high rank in the
American Army and enjoys the friend
ship and acquaintance Of men prominent
in national affairs. He is West Pointer.
an officer and a gentleman, a man OF
previously unblemished private and pro-
fessional reputation.
AS Lieutenant of the Regular army,
on the retired list, Major JAMES =. Run
Gle is subject to court-martial If he has
borne false witness against Gen. LEONARD
WOOD by declaring. even in private con-
versation not intended for newspaper
publication, on various occasions long
prior to the Evening Post mistaken state
ment about interlineations, that WOOD
was a party to the attack on Gen.
BROOKE in the North American Rerteu
Of February, 1900.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-04
Connecticut. state Police.
I'ro,i the Hartford Jimss.

from inc fnTIO'H fNHN
The act by which d state Police has been created
calls for the appointment by the Judges the Su
pcr1or Court Of a commission OF I'VE members I"
have general charge OF the department. Those
commissioners are TO appoint superintendent ana
an assistant superintendent, and shall also appoint
hut only on the nomination OF the superintendent
no, Less than Ave nor than ;en men 10 he state
policemen.
The State Police Department, IL TO answer to th'
call Of any State of,,cer or prosecuting oihceT 70
assist In the detection and prosecution ofall crnSH
matters within the jurisdiction OF the person making
the request and It's oclsls are 10 have In all paris
OF the State substantially the same power to crm
nal matters as local officers: they shall assist onc'aN
on request and may In turn call on Them Tor hcip
when not specially occupied the State policemen
shall "use their best endeavors TO prevent crime
preserve the peace OF the State and 10 secure zoe
detection, arrest and conviction OF Offenders.
II will be seen that the powers granted are hree
and capable OF being made to cover almost anything
that the State policemen choos, TO undertake ms
department is also saddled with the duties now Do
longing TO the once OF the STATE Fire Marshal.
The salary OF the superintendent Is TO he tso'
that OF the assistant superintendent 4coo and eAeA
Of the State policemen Is to receive netnoU tnAs
day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-04

tho Naval Militia On tho part Of the Nsvy
Department, but to the fact that matters
OF more importance have been before it.
The plans for the coming joint man9u-
vres have occupied much Of the Depart
ment's time and as completed call for
the services OF every vessel in the North
Atlantic feet that can be obtained.
Furthermore. the midshipmen at An
napolis are to receive much practical
training on the vessels OF the fleet, 50
that the ships will be buster this summer
than for some years past.
That the Navy Department has not
neglected the Naval Militia designedly is
shown by the fact that the General Board
has been discussing the formation of a
national naval reserve, which shall bring
the State Naval Militias into the same
relation to the navy that the National
Guard under the new Militia act bears to
the army. Plans have been devised, and
a bill creating such national reserve
will be introduced early in the next
session OF Congress.
Meantime, curious question has been
submitted to the War Department, in
volving the status of the Naval Militia
under the new Militia act 1t is con-
tended that the Naval Militia is part OF
the organized militia of the United States,
and as such liable to the duties imposed
by that law and entitled to the rights
granted by it. The matter has not been
decided by The Secretary of War. but it
is evident that the Naval Militia was only
temporarily overlooked and that it will
occupy the attention Of the military de-
partments OF the Government for some
time to come.
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an Office at 40 Nassau street, Is, he say~
drawing up papers of incorporation for
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newspapers !es.eioay ui''en ny 10 OVID
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is also practising lawyer, II Is the purpose
OF the organization to secure for its mem
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