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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-10
San Francisco Ships
Cannot Anchor in
Her Harbor
BECAUSE OF PLAGUE
Fear 1t Still Exists
There Despite Re-
peated Denia1S.

Washington. March 1O.-The MeNi-
can government has declared quar-
antine for the whole republic against
San Francisco. and vessels from that
port will not be allowed 10 land pas
sengers or cargo At any Mexican port
until further notice. This action has
been reported by Consul General Bar
low at Mexico City to this govern
ment.
The minister of government who or
dered the general quarantine said
that he had information which salts
fed him that bubonic plague existed
in San Francisco as late as January
last. The marine hospital service of
the United States and the health au-
thorities of San Francisco report that
there has been no case of plague in
that city since December last. al
though there had been an average of
one case every week for three years
Immediately prior to that time.
The Mexican government evidently
attaches great significance to the
fact that the health officers of the
city Of San Francisco and of the state
Of California have been employing ev-
plague on the Pacific coast.
Traced to San Francisco.
The outbreak of plague at MaZat-
Ian. Mexico, two months ago. is gen
orally believed to have been the result
of infection brought from San Fran
cisco. and that port has been in
quarantine for some time. The latest
report from Mazatlan received by the
marine hospital service is for the
week ended Feb. 25. The report gives
the number of deaths in that week at
six, and the number of new cases of
plague as -.
President Palma. of Cuba, has is
sued a decree declaring quarantine
against certain Mexican ports, and
prohibiting the importation of GER
tain animals and merchandise from
Mexico. on account of the danger of
transmitting plague germs. which
came originally from San Francisco.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-10
QUIGLEY's PARTY
DELAYED REACHING CHICAGO

Chicago, March 1O.-Five hundred
Catholic laymen left Chicago this
morning by a special train over the
Lake Shore for La Porte, where they
met Archbishop Quigley and party.
Upon arrival the reception commit
tee entered the archbishop's car and
presented ans address OF welcome.
The archbishop's train was two hours
late and the party did not reach Chr
cago until late in the afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-10
HE is NOT IN POLITICS
And Is "out for Good" Is What Ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland Says.

New York. March 10.-Former Pres
ident Grover Cleveland denied yester
day that he had come to New York
city for any political purpose as was
rumored Sunday. He said: Il came
solely for the purpose of attending the
Beecher memorial meeting in Brooklyn
last night. The reports that 1 had
political talk with Edward n. Shepard,
William c. Whitney and others are
untrue.
Il am not in politics. / am out for
for good l only saw Mr.. Shepard
last night for two minutes, and poll
ties did not figure in our conversation.
Politics is furthest from my thoughts
at present although L am always
ready to act in an advisory capacity
if so desired. AS for taking any ac-
tive part in politics, that is not to be
considered"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-10
IDA BINENFELD."
Pearl Has a Part.

Pearl Alexander is pretty girl, tall
and blonde. Her mother is dead, and
her father, it is said. left Chicago sew
eral years ago. The girl spent five
years as Il pupil at the Evanston In
dustrial School, then was paroled. She
left the family to which she was
parOled, it is charged, and later was
arrested in 4 saloon 1t is said she
will be sentenced to the state industrial
home at Geneva. Dora Meyers was
arrested, in 4 house in West Lake
street on complain of her mother. Ida
Binenfeld is said to be the daughter OF
well-to-do parents on the west side.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-10
ARGUMENTS NEXT
Wabash Preparing Reply to Mo-
ton of En-
ployes.
NERs OF KENTUCKY ACT
Adopt a Resolution COndemning
"GOvernment by In
junction"

ST. Louis, March 1O.-Judge Adams
in the federal court announced today
that he will on March II hear the ar
guments on the motion to dissolve the
temporary injunction restraining the
officials of the Brotherhood of Fire
men and Trainmen and members of
the grievance committees from order
ing a strike on the Wabash railroad.
st. Louis. March 1O.-A sweeping
denial of all the charges made by the
Wabash Railway company in its bill
Of complaint upon which was issued
the injunction to prevent Il strike
among its employees, was contained in
the answer TO the injunction suit filed
yesterday in the United States district
court by the counsel for the Wabash
firemen and trainmen. In support of
the answer were filed the affidavitS
of all those named in the injunction.
At 10 a. III. today Federal Judge Adams
will set q date for the hearing of the
arguments for and against the an
Swer.
Synopsis of the Motion.
The motion to dissolve the injune-
ton, briefly stated, is based on the
grounds that the writ of injunction
was improvidently granted; that
charges of illegal conspiracy contained
in the bill of complaint are unfound-
ed and disproved; that there is no
equity in the bill of complaint; that
the injunction was issued without no
tice; and that ali the material charges
in the bill are fully denied.
Company Prepares for the Argument.
President Ramsey, of the Wabash,
and the company'S legal counsel began
the preparation of their arguments
against the answer Immediately after
it was filed at 10:O5 n. NJ. yesterday,
and continued buSily mt work all day
and into the night. The counsel tOr
the Wabash employees spent the day
in looking about the city and will COR
tinue to leisurely spend the time lit
tervening until the hearing of the ar
gumentS. None of the brotherhood
officials has left the city, and all eX-
press themselves as well satisfied with
the answer as filed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-10
He nInde sure of fDenth.

Port Huron, Mich. March 10.--Will-
lam Moneypenny, while alone, put two
3S-caliber bullets into his body near
the heart. Then he took large dose
of laudanum. He returned the re-
volver to a drawer and hid the empty
Iaudanum bottle in a coal stove. He
was conscious when discovered by his
wife, and said he had poisoned him-
self, but said nothing about the shoot
ing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-10
Tank Car in Collision in
Yards Near OIean,
N. Y.
SCENE is AWFUL
Volumes of Burning
Liquid Thrown
Over Crowd.

Olean, \. Y, March 10.-From Is to
90 lives were lost, and fully twice
that number of people burned or
bruised by an explosion late last night
following a wreck on the Erie rail
road, north of this city.
Owing to the fact that some of the
bodies were incinerated in the fierce
flames or blown into the creek by the
fierce explosion, the exact number of
dead will probably not be known for
several days.
The number of injured. too, is I'M
certain, as many of them were able
to reach their homes, and received
treatment there. The majority of
the victims were boys of about 16
years of age.
The two sections of the train came
together with a crash and one of the
oil tanks was demolished. Fire broke
out almost instantly and the sky was
lighted up for miles. \ large crowd
of people left this city for the scene
of the fire.
While they were lined up along the
tracks a terrific explosion occurred.
The flames communicated quickly
with the other tank cars and a second
and third explosion followed each
other in rapid succession. Sheets of
flame shot out in all directions.
RIM Screaming From Blaze.
Scores of persons were caught with
in the zone of the fire and enveloped
in flames. Men and boys ran scream
ing down the tracks with their cloth
ing Il mass of flames. Others fell
where they stood, overcome by the
awful heat
Sydney Fish. a prominent business
man. on returning from the scene
of the fire. said: II was at
tracted to the scene of the fire be-
tween $3.50 and 10 o'clock. When l
was within a quarter of a mile of the
wrecked train there was a terrific ex-
plosion. Flames shot outward and
upward for a great distance. | saw
several persons, who started to run
away, drop on the tracks and they
never moved again.
Hurled Hundreds OF Feet.
"Others who had been standing
close to the wreckage were hurled
through the air for hundreds of feet.
The scene was awful. Half Il dozen
young boys ran down the tracks with
their clothing on fire. They resem-
bed human torches. | could hear
their agOnized screams distinctly
from where l stood. They ran some
distance down the track and then
threw themselves to the ground,
groyeling in the bitches in their fran
tic efforts to eXtinguish the flames.
Then they lay still. some of them un-
conscious, others dead. | do not know
how many were killed, but l counted
20 bodies before l came away"
Word was sent at once to Olean po-
lice headquarters by telephone. Ev-
cry doctor and ambulance in the city
were summoned. Grocery wagons
and carriages of all kinds were press
ed into service and everything posi-
bic was done to bring the injured
without delay to the hospitals for
treatment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-10
On Reef Three Weeks.
BIG INCREASE IN CAPITAL
VOTED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA

Philadelphia, March 1O.-The stock
holders of the Pennsylvania Railroad
company in annual meeting today vot-
ed to increase the capital stock by
$15O,OO0, 900, making the total author
lied capital OOOO0OO0.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-10
WORKMAN PREFERS
DEATH to- RIDICULE
Kokomo, Ind, Man Drinks Carbolic
Acid Because He is Made
Fun of.

Kokomo. Ind, March 10.-Because
he thought his fellow worllmen at
the. nail mill were guying him VIII
liam Brooks, recently of Sterling, ILL.,,
arose from the supper table and
swallowed three ounces of carbolic
acid. He cannot recover.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-10
The Town of townsville,
North Queensland, is
Laid Waste.
HOMES BLOWN AWAY
And Many of the Resi-
dents Killed or
Injured.

Brisbane, Queensland. March 10
The town of Townsville. North
Queensland, has been visited by a.
terrific cyclone. Many persons were
killed and injured. Schools. churches
and residences We're destroyed, and
many inhabitants have been rendered
homeless.
The wind blew fierce gale, uproot-
ing trees and blowing houses from
their foundations.
Details UnobtaInabIe.
y great extent of country was en-
tirely laid waste, but details of the
fatalities are as yet unObtainabIe.
Relief is being provided for the peo-
pie who have been rendered homeless
by the terrible storm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-10
NEW ASSISTANT TREASURER
AT NEW YORK APPOINTED

washington, March 10.-The presi-
dent today appointed William PIim-
ley, of New York, to be assistant
treasurer of the United States at New
York, to succeed the late Conrad Jor-
dan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-10
ANOTHER COMMISSION HOUSE
CLOSED IN CHICAGO TODAY

Chicago. March 1O.-Owing to insult
ficient capital. the Karrick, Grey q
Williams commission firm today
transferred all their open trades to
the Peavey Grain company, who as
sumo all liability.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-10
HUNDREDS FROZEN
In RUSSIA BLIZZARD
Terrible Snowstorm Reported Rag
ing For Over
Week.

St. Petersburg, March 1O.-Terrible
snow storms the last week in Samara
have caused hundreds of deaths.
Horses drawing sIedges have returned
to the villages with the passengers
frozen to death. Many persons have
been frozen to death within the vii
lagos while searching for the doors
of their own homes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-10
MINISTER BOWEN SIGNS
ANOTHER PROTOCOL NEXT

Washington, March 10.-Atinisters
Grip and Bowen this afternoon sign
ed a protocol providing for the set
tlement of the claims of Sweden and
Norway against Venezuela.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-10

New York. March 1O.-The general
manager of the Daily Gold Lining Den
tai company. which corporation has
aimed to control the profession of
dentistry throughout the country,
admits that his company is bankrupt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-10
Morgan at Jelsyl Island.

Brunswick, Ga, March 10.-J. Pier
pont Morgan, accompanied by a par
ty of friends, arrived here yesterday
morning in his special car and left for
Jekyl island to spend several days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-10
Page morris i. Confirmed.

Washington. March 1O.-The senate
has confirmed Page Morris, of Min
nesota, to be United States district
judge for the district of Minnesota.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-10
Idea to Get ChIoroform
to Put MatrOn
Asleep.
BUT MEET FAILURE
Woman They Depend
On Has Other
Views.

Chicago. March 1O.-Because a wom-
an refused to buy chloroform for them
three young women in the Harrison
street police station annex failed III
their plan to overcome Il matrOn and
escape Sunday night. They cOnsid-
cred turning on the gas throughout the
annex and thus making Mrs. Mary
Eager, the matron. powerless, but We're
prevented in this by one of the plot
ters who feared they themselves would
also be overcome. Ida Rinenfeld, 10
years old, arrested in State street ten
days ago for running away from
home confessed the plot and signed Il
statement charging Pearl Alexander
16 years old, with being the originator
of the scheme. Dora Meyers, another
1G-year-old prisoner. attempted to in
duce relatives. it is said. to buy the
drug intended to overcome the mat
ron.
They Played Their Game Well.
While the girls We're plotting against
the night matron affairs at the an
mex We're moving along as usual. The
girls did not in their actions toward
Mrs. Eager indicate Il dislike and each
evening had gathered around her for
a long talk before retiring. News of
the plot came to the matron's ears as
complete surprise. For a week the
young women planned to regain their
liberty. Then Mrs. Mary Meyers, 800
West Van Buren street. mother OF
Dora Meyers. told Chief MatrOn Kee-
gan of the annex her suspicious. An
investigation was started and the con-
fession followed
Confession of Ida BinenfeId.
The signed statement of Ida Binen-
field. certified before a notary public
and held by Mrs. Keegan, is as fol-
lows: "On March L. Ida Binenfeld.
came to the annex in the evening I
was talking with Pearl Alexander and
Dora Meyers that night. when they
decided to escape from the annex.
Pearl Alexander suggested chlOrofOrm-
ing the night matron and taking the
keys. when we would all escape. We
did not know how to get the drug,
when Dora Meyers said she would
get her sister to buy it. Tuesday
DOra's mother and sister came to the
annex. l gave Dora money to give
her sister to buy the drug. saying l
had toothache and wanted it for use
on the tooth.
Mrs. Meyers Blocked the Game.
Mrs. Meyers spoke up and said oil
of cloves would be as good and re-
fused to buy chloroform. We then
concluded to wait. Later Dora Meyers
and Pearl Alexander suggested turning
on the gas and gaggfng the matron.
l then said it would laIl all if we did
that. even to the mother and baby in
Il cell there. They would smother also.
Then that plan was dropped. This con-
fession is written of my own free will
in order to tell the truth. Dora Mey-
ers. Pearl Alexander and myself con-
spired to chloroform, smother and gag
the night InatrOn.
IDA BINENFELD."
Pearl Has q Part.
Pearl Alexander is a pretty girl, tall
and blonde. Her mother is dead, and
her father, it is said. left Chicago sew
una1.c onn Tho ri fua
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-10

Lincoln, Neb., March 10.-Train ser
vice in Nebraska is paralyzed today
on account of the floods. Bridges on
all the main lines of the Burlington
and Union Pacific were washed out
last night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-10
TO LEAVE TOWN:
GIVE WATER CHANCE
Shawneetown Citizens Have Plan to
Avoid Danger of
Flood!

Evansville, Ind, March 1O.-A re-
port from Shawneetown, ILL.,, this
morning is to the effect that the peO-
pie there are debating the feasibility
of removing their personal property
from the city, then opening the levee,
allowing the river to flood
the town, and thus doing away
with the great danger of a disaster
should the river rise much more.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-14

was being attacked. Our hearts were
indeed heavy, but we prayed unceasing-
~ When the outlook was about as
dark as il could be, another and an
unforeseen cloud appeared upon the
horizon. and the hearts that had been
heavy became heavier still. The skies
were filed with snow-white glllls
Whence came theyY Their origin and
purpose, We knew not. Many believed
that they were another scourge sent TO
deyour what the orickets might leave
WORK OF THE GUILs.
Sorrow" continued President Smith
'rsigned supreme. With the reslgna-
ton OF despair we waited as the white
winged messengers circled about in
mighty phalanxes and then settled up
on the fields, joy unspeakable? We
soon discovered that these strange vis-
itors were not devastating hordes, but
messengers Of mercy and salvation. In
stead OF clearing the fields Of the grain
that the crickets had not time to eat
they popnced upon the crickets and
gorged themselves to the bursting point,
And the really remarkable thing OF It
all was that when they could contain
no more they would disgorge them
selves and renew the attack. The gulls
would come IN the early morning from
over the lake to the west and would re-
main upon the farms all day engaged
In the work | have Just described In
the evening they would disappear again
only to come back on the morrow and
resume where they had left Off the
night before. And thus part Of our
crops was saved and a famine avert
ed. Surely we could not say that God
had forgotten us. DO you wonder that
the people held thanksgiving services
and gave prise to Him who had 80
plainly employed a suspected scourge
to destroy an actual one? Do you Won
der that II is protected by state statutes
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-14

course. and, besides. that Il was wrong
from the moral standpoint Maybe so,
maybe go murmured Walker, but he
was still unconyinced when the Inter-
view terminated
This conference was az the little
settlement Of Santaquln. We met
there not only Walker but all Of his
main chiefs as well. and Of these there
was quite number among them be-
ing Arapeen, Walkers successor. He
travelled with us as a sort Of guaran-
tee for safety for days going as far
south as Parowan lie entertained an
the grievances OF his race toward the
whites, and through an Interpreter
used to proclaim them when we pitched
our camp at noon and night He main
tained that everything belonged TO the
red man-that It was his land, his
grass. his water, his game-in fact, as
| have said his everything II was use
less 20 attempt 10 make Him believe
that his people were not tlf victims Of
the white mans greed. | wish o. say
that these chiefs we're magnificent
types OF their races They were large
Ia stature and keen and strong In in
,eiect and with q courage as tine as
WV AhtA iNAs NAtuAl ifhfl NAAtN ihN
get how they used To come into our
settlements In their brilliant and yari-
colored war trapplngs. or the eject
that Il had upon me as young man.
They presented an ave-insprng sight
and realized that they were looked up-
on with more or less fear But they
liked the Latter-Day saints in the
main and often made friendly visits
into our midst ! recall a notable Do
stance when We had our first big har.
vest feast In the fan Of 1879 on one cor
ner Of the block where the Temple nov
stands. They were our guests and en-
joyed With US 10 the utmost the prod
ucis OF farm and range,
CAUSE OF TROUBLE.
I'VE never would have had any trou.
bic with the Indians" said Mt Smith.
IL President Youngs advice had been
followed. II we have 10 hight them be
argued. let us fight them with proyi-
sions.' And thus he gained their conf
dence. IL WAS only when some indls-
crete person killed an Indian for real
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-14

ditlons they were most gaudily arrayed
ana STRUCK terror 10 the hearts OF their
unfortunate victims At first Walker
was friendly with the pioneers But as
the great trains If emigrants that took
peopl TO California frequently had in
thelr midst daredevil characters who
gloated over killing an Indian, trouble
came, particularly so as. when hard
pressed, they blamed the 'Mormons1
and the Indian sense Of discrimination
not being fine enough TO distinguish the
dinelenca between the Mormon and
non-Mormon the Mormon was made
the sufferer.
CHIEF WALKERS COURAGE.
president Brigham Youns." contin-
ued MI Smith was so DESTROYS OF
maintaining peace with the Indians
that he often went out TO treat with
them / recall one meeting with
Walker at Chicken Creek 1t hap
pened that was one OF President
Youngs company lie had arranged
FOR q conference for the purpose OF
showing Walker the futillty Of fighting
the whites and had taken large guam
titles Of dour and beer and blankets
and other provisions along as a peace
Offering. Walker was perfectly willing
to eoncade that Brigham was a big
CHIEF but having q very exalted idea
as 70 his own greatness, he wished 1t
distinctly understood that he. too. was
a big chief Walker had been very sick
and he told President Young. Maybe
Walker die; and II Walker die maybe
two white men have to die. too. Hlis.
idea was that II he died two white
men would have to be slain and buried
with him in order to conform TO some
tradition that he entertained
Walker insisted very strongly that
this be done and President Young la
bored diligently with him to show him
that no good could come from such a