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The Lamar register., 1903-05-20

The Atlanta bank clerk who filched
$4,000 drew a salary of $50 per
month. Yet he was what may be
termed high-priced man.
The Lamar register., 1903-05-20

Many a man has gained reputation
for wisdom by just looking wise when
everyone else was acting the fool.
The Lamar register., 1903-05-20

Mr.. Edison has invented process
for getting gold from the deserts. Save
your deserts.
The Lamar register., 1903-05-20

Canada has prohibited the use of
cigarettes. This should effectually
screen out an undesirable class OF i'm
migrants from this country.
The Lamar register., 1903-05-20
Washington Monumen. for Hungary.

Washington Monument for Hungary.
The Szabadsag tmeaning liberty.
which is published in Cleveland. Ohio.
and claims to be the oldest, biggest
and best Hungarian newspaper in the
United States. devotes Us Christmas
number in great part to advancing the
movement of the erection of monu-
ment to George Washington in Buda-
Pesth as an indication of the friendly
feeling of Hungarians residing here
and of appreciation of the recent erec-
ton of a monument to Louis Kossuth
in Cleveland. 1t publishes letters
from many prominent Americans favs
oring the project.
The Lamar register., 1903-05-20

In the death of Harry Merrick of
the Washington Post every newspaper
man in America suffers n personal
loss.
The Lamar register., 1903-05-20

At any rate Sir Thomas Upton can
always build Shamrock that will out
sail the previous Shamrocks.
The Lamar register., 1903-05-20

The first rule to be observed by a
young man who has determined to
have money is to get the money to
save.
The Lamar register., 1903-05-20
The irrigation question has sent
many good man to the devil.

Swearing is seldom a convincing ar
gument except to the man who does it.
The Lamar register., 1903-05-20

Soaking ones overcoat doesn't nee
essarily mean that the garment will
suffer from dampness.
The Lamar register., 1903-05-20

1t is the consensus of opinion at
Buffalo that death killed Burdick and
Pennell.
The Lamar register., 1903-05-20

Old wine and young women are a
hard combination to beat.
The Lamar register., 1903-05-20

81 see n Jersey man is complaining be-
cause his wife thought more of the dog
than she did of him. well. perhaps
the dog growled less"
The Lamar register., 1903-05-20

she never kisses met Never mind.
Your turn will come in due time. You
know every dog has his day.
The Lamar register., 1903-05-20

The secret of the popularity of Baxter's
"Bullhead" b.cent cigar is revealed in one
word-"Quality."
The Lamar register., 1903-05-20

He who has known love can never
know poverty.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-10-17
MAY GUST MAYOR
OF KANSAS CITY
Citizens Committee Proposes to See
Whether Oath is of Any
Use.

Kansas City, Oct 17--Mayor #. Il.
Gilbert ard County Attorney james S.
Gibson. of Kansas City, Kan. may be
oused from office if the plans of the
citizens committee now investigating
charges of alleged corruption are car
ried out NJ. y. Waterman. chairman
of the Mercantile club and
citizens COMMITTEES which first
divulged the charges of bOod-
ling made against the board of educa-
ton, and later started fight on gam
bling and licensing of joints or illicit
saloons. said:
Il have no hesitation in saying that
for making the statement Mayor Gill
bert did before the Mercantile club
when he said he knew of the existence
of gambling and of joints and permit
ted them to run in violation of law
because public sentimentfavored them
action will be instituted to remove him
from office. The same applies to
County Attorney James S. Gibson"
Rock Island Argus., 1903-10-17
KING WINS POINT
Edward VII Dead in Earnest About
improvement in the Brit.
ish Army.
MATTER CLOSE TO HIS HEART
Will Be Considered by a Royal Com
mission of Men Who Are
Competent.

London, Oct. 17.-Authentic infor-
nation has been obtained to the effect
that King Edward has triumphed over
all opposition in the matter of war Of
fee reform. In the first pace, his ma
jesty's determined advocacy of what
he deemed vital to the interests of the
country resulted in the removal of St
John BrOdrick from the war ministry.
In the second place, although the king
failed to induce Lord ESher to become
Brodrick'S successor, he pressed for
ward in the direction of military re
form until now he has brought about
the appointment of Il special commits
sion with powers to thoroughly inVes-
tigate the war office and formulate n
system of revolutionary changes.
Thinks Highly of Lord Esher.
Moreover, his majesty, who could not
prevail on Lord Esher to accept u port
folio in BalfOurs cabinet. has succeed
cd in obtaining the consent of his lord
ship to serve as president of the new
commission. Lord Esher's acceptance
of this highly difficult and important
post has greatly gratified the king, who
considers Esher as having emerged
from the recent inquiry into the con-
duct of the war with signal distinction
and AS havngShOwn himself the broad
est. most discerning and ableSt student
of militaryproblems of whom the coun-
try can boast.
Other Members of the Commission.
St. John Fisher and Sir John Ardagh
are the other members of the commits
sion. Admiral Fisher is Great Brit
aims most noted seaman; Major Gen
eral Ardagh is q famous diplomatist
and soldier, who as director of military
intelligence during the BOer war was
one of the few responsible men who
came out of that conflict with laurels
unsullied. Ardagh's evidence before
the war commission, the inquiries of
which developed so amazing a chaos Of
incompetence, marked him as man OF
extraordinary military capacity and ac-
counts largely for his selection as the
colleague of Esher and Fisher.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-10-17
SOME CONTRACTION IN TRADE
But There Is "a Fairly Wen Maintained
Volume of Trade, According te
Dun & Co.

New York, Oct. 17.-R. G. Dun Il
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
While contraction in trade and indus
try has undoubtedly taken place it is
not in proportion to the reduction of
20 per cent in pig iron output or the
reaction in prices of securities, al
though in normal years these have US
ually proved fairly reliable barOmeters.
Many branches of manufacture, how
ever are working full force. with large
orders still untitled. while the latest re-
turns of the crops are NEST encourag-
ing.
Finance and labor are the disturbing
elements this year. neutraliZed very
largely by favorable commercial and
agricultural conditions. The net re-
suit is Il fairly well maintained vol
ume of trade. offset by conservatism
in carrying out protected new under
takinGS and proposed extensions of
facilities. Railway earnings thus far
available for October are GO per cent.
larger than last year and 12.7 per cent.
above 1901.
Failures this week number POS in
the United States, against 2O6 last
year, and in Canada %, compared
with 24 a year ago.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-10-17

Washington, Oct. 17.-Congress will
be asked to appropriate more than
$10O,OOO,OOO this year for the navy de-
partment. The amount asked for last
year was $79.OOO.OOO Representative
Dayton, of West Virginia, second
member of the house naval commit
tee, who is said to be Mr.. Cannon's
choice to succeed Chairman Foss,
called at the navy department yes
terday and had long conference
with Assistant Secretary Darling
concerning naval appropriations and
improvements.
Mr.. Dayton has just returned from
Europe, where he Investigated the
British, FrenRh and German navies.
He is in favor of increasing the Amer
lean navy Immediately and hopes to
have at least four or five additional
battleships provided for at the com
ing session of congress.
New battleships should be 10000
ton vessels" said Mr.. Dayton. "The
13.OOO-ton battleships are a mistake
and as yet it has not been demonstra-
Rock Island Argus., 1903-10-17
PERJURY CHARGE
AGAINST CHASE
Commander of Colorado National
Guard is in
Trouble.

Denver. Colo. oct. lit was def
nitely learned that the charges on
which Brigadier General John Chase,
of the Colorado National Guard, has
been summoned before military court
next Monday are perjury and dis
obedience of orders. The perjury is
in connection with the Imprisonment
of Davis. one of the strike leaders at
Cripple Creek. General Chase signed
court papers which stated that Davis
had been Telea Sed.
His friends say he did not read the
papers carefully and committed the
act inadvertently. His enemies say
that is no excuse for the act. Charges
against Colonel Frederick Cross and
Colonel Frank Kimball have been
formulated by Major Arthur II. Will
Jams and General Chase. They allege
that loaded weapons were drawn by
Cross and Kimball on Major Williams
and two Orderlies.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-10-17
MILLION DOLLAR
LOSS AT ABERDEEN
Ten Business Blocks Wiped Out and
Four Lives
Lost.

Aberdeen, Wash, Oct. 1.-THE most
destructive fire in the history of this
own has wiped out ten buSinCs; blocks
md many residences, causing Il loss
Of probably S1,CO0U00. Not more than
oue-half of the loss is covered by in
Surance, FIR the reason that the insur-
ance companies have refused to carry
any greater risk on account of infiam-
maE,c material OF which all the build
inGs i'll Aberdeen are constructed. Ev
cry business man in the city is n loser
either by fire. water removal. break
age or loss by theft. Not anticipat-
ing that the flames could get beyond
the fire departments control many
waited until the fire was close upon
hem before starting 10 move out.
The streets were soon strewn and
Uttered with all kinds of material, and
the rush and haste of teams and peO-
pie i'll every direction caused great
confusion. The fire started in the old
Mack building. on Hume street owned
by Oscar Crane. which had been re
carded as fire trap and dangerous
" constructed building. 1t was occu-
pied by numerous single men, who
cooked their own meals chiefly on iol
stoves. 1t was in a room in the third
story where the flames started.
The fire brunCd for five hours and
caused four deaths. The dead are:
Charles Ralfo, Daniel Webster, Calvin
Mckenzie and an unknown man.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-10-17
GRAVE NEWS FROM RUSSIA
Report That a Massacre of Armenians Was
Next on the Programme.

Report That Massacre of Armenians Was
Next on the Programme.
st. Petersburg, Oct 17.-Every town
in Transcaucasia inhabited by Armen-
ianS, including Erivan. KarS, Alex
andropOl Nukha and Nakitchevan, has
been proclaimed in n state of minor
siege. This means the suspension of
the main features of civil adminiStra-
tiOn in order to give a free hand to
the military in Tepressing outbreaks
against the governments SeQueStra-
tion of the property of the Armenian
church.
1t looks as if Won Plehve, the min
lister of the interior, We're paving the
way for a massacre of the ArmenianS,
since the Moscow Gazette. the NovOe
Nremya and especially the BeSsarabetZ
all of which newspapers participated
i'm the crusade which resulted in the
Outrages against the Jews in Kisch-
eneff and GOmel-are now pursuing a
similar course with reference to the
Armeniane. The Armenians are
warned by means of those journals
that persistence i'm opposition to the
policy of the government means that
the Mussulman pOpulationof Transcau-
casia will be turned loose to vent its
racial and religious hatred against the
offending Christian sect.
Such a course would be quite I'M ac-
cord with Won Plehve's latest eXpedi-
ent for preventing a revolution of the
whole people by encouraging one ma
tionality to attack another whenever a
disposition is shown to break the
peace. Fortunately, the .Georgians,
form predominant part of the Trans
caucasian population, sympathize with
the Armenians and have promised to
stand by them against both the gov
ernment and the bloodthirsty Turks,
whom the government has been groom
ing for a campaign ever since the last
massacre.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-10-17

that she was Miss Susie Schaffer, of
Morton, and that she was tired of her
name and desired to change it. Fox
replied that was one of the most
pleasant duties of his office and sug-
gested that they go up on the city
hall, far from the maddening crowd,
and there see the city and be made
one. Both readily agreed and the
party repaired to the dizzy height.
With the smoke from the distiller-
les drifting lazily beneath them, the
carnival decorations Tapping in the
breeze in the distance, and the streets
far below thick with a thrOng of peo-
pie going to their noon meals, the
magistrate feelingIy pronounced the
words that made the pair man and
wife. As he pronounced the last
words of the ceremony the great fire
bell struck one tap-the noon hour
and the party returned to the first
floor of the hall. 1t was the highest
marriage ever contracted in Peoria
without exception and the parties
were high contracting in every sense
of the word. They left the hall with
smiles on their faces and will always
remember their peculiar marriage.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-10-17
MARRIED ON THE
TOPOF PEORIA CITY HALL

Peoria. Oct. Ito be married over
a hundred feet in the air was the hap
py lot of John Habecker and Miss
Susie Schaffer yesterday morning
slightly before the noon hour. The
festive pair hail from Morton and
came to Peoria in the morning for
the express purpose of killing two
birds with one stone. In other words,
they thought that they could see the
carnival and get married on one and
the same day.
As Magistrate Fox was sitting in his
office yesterday morning after the
usual grind over law-breakers in the
police court, thinking how he could
enlarge his personal fortune. the door
opened and in stepped John Habecker.
He made himself and his desires
known to the magistrate and stated
that the young lady was in the city
and very willing. He stated that he
would retire and get the license and
come back to the city hall to be mar
ried at high noon.
Shortly before IL o'clock John re
turned, leading a blushing damsel by
the hand. Another pair followed
them. The lady blushipgly remarked
Rock Island Argus., 1903-10-17
ONE HUNDRED MILLION
WANTED FOR THE NAVY

ted that the 1S,OOO-ton battleships
are a success.
In Germany the word has gone
forth that the fatherland must have,
a navy as strong as any other power
and that colonies must be founded to
drain off the surplus population with
out standardization. My impression
is that Germany is looking to South
America for the establishment of
these colonies and viii not permit the
Monroe doctrine to stand in the way
if it comes to the test.
They viii have 3S modern battle
ships by 1910. More efforts are being
made in Germany today for the up
building of the navy than for any
other service. even the army. The
prevailing idea in Germany is that
the new colonies, deemed so impor-
tant part of the national develop
ment, will have to be protected by
sea power.
Germany is making rapid naval
progress. England is standing still.
France, with poor naval administra-
tion, is induIging in fotsam and jet
sam experiments with torpedo craft
and going backward all the time"
Rock Island Argus., 1903-10-17
OUTLOOK is AGAIN
GLOOMY AT THE 500
Threat That There Will be Trouble
COmpany's Men are
Not Paid.

Sault ste. Marie, Mich, Oct. H.
The guards of the power house, head
gates and canal of the Michigan Lake
Superior Power company have been
strengthened nOticeably as the result
of the attitude of the 12O unpaid
workmen on the United States side.
Numbers of the men are seen hanging
around the works every night, and
some are said to have told the watch
men that t&ey would do iTretrievable
damage to the company unless they
were paid. \ letter received by an
evening paper in this city runs thus:
1T seems very odd to lis that they
can and have paid the street car men,
the ferry men and the men on the
Canadian side of the river; in fact,
have paid every man connected with
the company except about 12O Of us
here. 1t seems as if they were but
waiting for us to kick up a row such
as was raised on the Canadian side
of the river to force them to pay.
Some of the men are actually on the
verge of starvation. I have over 500
coming 10 me and yet cannot get food
for my wife and children for l have
not cent in the house. i will soon
be our time to do something desper-
ate"
Rock Island Argus., 1903-10-17
TESTIMONY IS CLOSED
Arguments Begin in the Case Against Mill
Ter, the Ex-POstOfiice EmpIOye, for
Conspiracy, Etc.

Cincinnati, Oct. 17.-The evidences
has been concluded and arguments
have been begun in the trial of Miller
and Johns for alleged conspiracy, etc.
After being on the witness stand three
hours Thursday, Johns was crOSS-eX-
amined for over an hour. His cross
examination brought out nothing new.
Miller was on the witness stand from
11:30 a. IN. until p. IN. and was gen
orally conceded to be an exceptionally
strong witness for himself, both in di-
rect and ton.
He said there was no conspiracy Of
any kind in his connection with Johns,
and that in the holding up of the or
der against Ryan by the department
Christiancy was fully informed and
agreeing, after Ryan accepted certain
stipulatiOnS. He OIiller) had ordered
Ryan's mail held up after the ruling
in favor of Ryan had been mailed be-
cause Ryan had violated the postal
laws. He said relative to the trap
laid for him when Watson, hidden,
took stenographic notes of his mil
ler'Sl examination at Washington, that
WatSOn's notes were not complete and
did not give his answers fully. Those
taken by Tullis he admitted were cor
rect.
Assistant District Attorney Darby
began tho argument for the prosecu-
ton.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-10-17
ARCHIBALD CHARGES TREASON
Says the Expulsion Was for Making Bar.
gain with the Employees.

gain with the Employees.
Wilson refused to tell Hunter why
the organizations had been expelled,
on the ground that he would humiliate
their representatives in the conference,
but Archibald, who was still on the
war path, announced that he proposed
to do So MIR. Wilson," he said, may
have cogent reasons for not answering
the questions, but feel justified in do
ing 3d. The trades were expelled from
the Central Federated union because,
during negotiations with the Metal
Trades association of which Mr.. Hun
ter is a representative, that association,
by some means or other. induced those
trades to make Il bargain with them
that was detrimental to the best in
terests of the general movement.
want to say that l would refuse to
meet the Metal Trades association, of
New York city, simply because of its
duplicity and its smallness in its deal
ings with the men whom it employs"
James p. Moffett then interpOsed
suggestion to the effect that it was
imperative that statements made dur
ing the conference should be based on
the truth. "That basis" he said, look
ing reprovingly at Hunter, ''we have
not had" Hunter, however, declared
that he could prove what he said. with
the exception of the New York Times
article, and as result it was sug-
gested that he and Archibald get to-
gether in New York and have it out.
In the course of his emarks on the
''open shop" Hunter said: Besides
the condition of deliberate and sys-
tematic restricted of output which
prevails, believe, in some trades, and
more in others, there is the loafing
that prevails in some of the large
shops l saw the other day a report
recently made to the Management of
one of the largest shops in the vicinity
of New York by man who had made
a thorough investigation of loafing in
this shop. The report showed men
asleep, others reading newspapers, two
or three men engaged on a piece of
work that one could easily perform,
and other similar acts that are COM
pretended within the meaning of the
word 1oafing'"
Then he spoke of the assaults on
nOn-union men by the pickets of the
strikers and how they endeavor to
persuade them not to work. If they
Rock Island Argus., 1903-10-17
SPICE IN DEBATE
Harmony of the Civic Federation
Conference Has a Lapse
for a Tine.
"LIE DIRECT IS JUST AVOIDED
Union Advocate Declares a Statement
Made by "A Speaker "Untrue"-
Snappy Remarks.

Chicago, Oct. 1.-THE speech OF
Henry c. Hunter, commissioner of the
New York Metal Trades association,
started trouble in the conference of
| the National Civic Federation now in
| session here. Hunter spoke On the
'open shop and declared that employ
ers were bounded by labor unions un-
til some of them had become bankrupt.
In describing the alleged rejoicing of
| labor leaders over the downfall of the
Morse Shipbuilding company, Hunter
said: THE placing of this company
under the control of a receiver was
treated as a great victory by labor
leaders. At a meeting of the Central
Federated union George II. Warren,
machiniSt. whose demand for So day
as Il minimum. was the last made,
said of the failure. We are glad of
it The chairman at that gathering
said it was one of the noblest accom-
plishments of labor. They had threat
ness if union demands were not grant
ed and they had done it,
Says Hunter Tells an Untruth.
Trembling with excitement, James
z. Archibald. secretary of the FEEDER
ated union. rose at the conclusion of
Hunters address and said: THE state
ment Mr.. Hunter has just made in re-
gard to what happened at the fedora
tion meeting is absolutely untrue. 1
challenge contradiction of my asSer-
ton. 1 was present at that meeting,
and as close to the chairman as to the
man at my side. No such expressions
were used. l swear that the state
ments never We're uttered by him. Mr..
Hunter is not only speaking to this
audience today, but to millions of peo-
pie. 1 cannot sit here and allow such
falsehoods to go forth uncontradicted,
in the interest of the class l repre-
sent
Gives Newspaper Authority.
1.-THE authority for the statement"
said Hunter. 'was the New York
Times 1 take with q great deal Of
pleasure the correction of Mr.. Archl-
bald, and am more than glad to have
the incident repudiated." AT this juno
ture J. T. Wilson, of the New York
Machinists' union. jumped into the
arena. Il want to contradict Mr..
Hunters statement" he said, 'that
two unions were expelled from the
Federation because they would notcall
Il sympathetic strike to assist other
union employees. He has been gross
ly misled. The Federation never or
dered the unions IN question to strike"
''Then what was the reason they
were expelled from your central
body?" asked Hunter quickly.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-10-17

40 rot turn back Immediately they
threaten them directly or by insinua-
tiOn with bodily harm They follow
all wOrkmen at work in this depart
ment to their homes; and if the op-
portunity to assault them without ar.
rest presents itself, then they assault
them. Their wives and children are
annoyed, and every indignity that can
be heaped upon them is heaped upon
these mechanics"
Rock Island Argus., 1903-10-17
Hanna Hopes for Peace.

Chicago. Oct. 17.-Senator Mark
Hanna presided at tOday's session of
the National Civic Federation confer
ence, and in his address spoke of the
Importance of the work engaged in
and the success in bringing together
capital and labor which at first seem
ed to him impossible.
Much, he said, was due to the con-
servative element in labor organiza-
tions, and he expressed hope for the
future. The future success in the in
dustrial world, the senator said,
would be largely guided by civic fed
GRAFTON movement. The duty of EN-
ployers was greater than that of en-
ployes and the work of Cancellation
was a great work to be done.
In all great difficulties, political and
otherwise, compromise is the only
thing to bring success. The work of
of the federation is the work of edu-
cation. and patience is required in the
work for the good of our fellowmen,
individually. and for society as a
whole.
The future success in the maintain
ing of industrial success was a great
er matter than the question who is to
be the next president. Captains of in
dustry. he said, and the other side
were only too willing to learn from
teachers who have had experience.
Distrust preached by labor leaders he
declared to be an unfair proposition.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-10-17
Peter ELLIOTT Adiudged Insane.

Washington, Oct. 1T.-Peter Elliott,
of Minnesota, who was arrested at the
White House on the 9TH inst, and who
made a violent attack upon the officers
who had him in custody, has been Of
ficially adjudged insane and recOmmit-
ted to st. Elizabeth's insane asylum.