davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
SEEK REFORMS IN
INDIANA JAILS
Orders an Investigation
of the Conditions in Five
Counties.

indianapolis, July 20. Governor
Durbin has ordered Warden Reid,
chairman of the prison reform board,
to make an immediate investigation of
the conditions prevailing in the jails
in Floyd, Lawrence, Clinton and Della
ware counties. The state board of
charities and corrections strongly con-
demned the immoral conditions exist
ing in the jails in the counties men,
toned and laid the evidence of the
conditions before the governor.
In addition to the sweeping condem-
nation of the jails mentioned 'NnfuvOr-
able reports" were made on the condi-
tiOns in the jails of Henry. Jefferson,
Wabash and EOsoiusko counties. The
reports to the state board of charities
and corrections are not given out for
publication. Secretary Butler, of the
board. believing that no good purpose
would be served by the publication of
the particulars of the reprehensible in
cidents that have come under the no.
tice of the board.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
Thought of killing Them First,
LYNCHERs TO BE PROSECUTED
Sheriff Whitlock. of DanvIIIe, Says He
Knows the Leaders.

Danville, ILL.,, July 29.-Fifty leaders
TO the sheriff, and will be arrested
within a few days on warrants Sher-
iff Whitlock declares he will proceed
with the arrests as rapidly as pOsSi-
BILE. The charge will be rioting. the
punishment for which is an indeter-
inmate sentence to the penitentiary.
Sheriff Whitlock, talking of tie lynch
ing. said: when ] raised my hand
to take the oath to serve as sheriff l
meant it. Some say l am killed poiit-
| ically by stopping the mob. What do
care whether l am killed polit-
| ically? l tried to do my duty. and
would rather have the good opinion of
Il few good citizens than the backing
of thousand of the rabble. l don't
think there will be any more trou-
| ble. but | promise to give double
dose the next time.
About the lynchers l mean to do
my duty as l see it. 1 know the lead
ers. My duty is to have them arrest
ed and held to the grand jury and L
am going to do it, l shall swear out
the warrants before five justices of the
peace as soon as possible. The wound
cd will be arrested. the evidence being
on them. There are others whom 1
and other reputable citizens, who stood
by me, can identify TO the number of
fifty. 1 snail devote the remainder of
the week to getting the evidence into
shape"
Sheriff Whitlock two years ago was
cab driver and he sang himself into
office as a member of the Hungry
Holler Glee club" Now he is the idol
of che town.
The true story of the start of the
riot is as follows. showing that the
attempted lynching of Wilson, in Jail
for alleged attempted rape, was an aft
erthought: Metcalf, the negro who
was killed and burned, became in
volved in quarrel over the race
problem with Henry GatteTman. Aft
er a brief alteration in saloon in
the railroad district of the city Met
calf shot Gatterman twice. The ne
gro started to run to his home, block
distant. but was caught by Policeman
Joseph Folhrer. He was put in a pa
troll wagon. The streets were full OF
people and the news got around among
them and instantly the mob was
formed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
TRAIN OVERTAKEN
BY NOVEL MISHAP
End of Guard Rail Forced Through
Floor ofa Passenger
Coach.

Michigan City, Mich, July 29.-Four
persons were hurt here on a west
bound Grand Rapids and Indiana train.
As the train was approaching the city
the tire of one of the engine drivers
dropped off and tore up guard rail,
one end of which was caught by Il
brake beam and rammed through the
floor of one of the coaches, wrecking
two seats, in which sat Justice Friesle-
ben, Chicago; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ga
ble. of New York, and Miss Frances
Foskow. Chicago.
Panic ensued in the crowded car as
the four passengers We're hurled vi v
lently from their positions. Injuries
comprised cuts and sprains.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
Two Girls Taken From
Their Escorts and
Outraged.
BY LOT OF BRUTES
Citizens Arm to Hunt
Out the MiSCre-
ants.

Omaha, Neb., July 29.-Alice Gard
and Dora Osborne, each 16 years, We're
taken from their escorts near Benson
and brutally beaten and attacked by a
crowd of men and boys. They were
not rescued for three hours. The Os-
borne girl was repeatedly raped and
Is now in a serious condition. By q
heroic fight the Gard girl was able to
beat off her asSailants, though she was
terribly bruised and beaten, and her
back, face and arms show the effects
of the fight She attributes her escape
to the drunken condition of the men
and the fact that she was attired in
black and escaped in the darkness.
Two Arrests Made.
Six men have been charged with the
crime and two arrested. They have
been identified by the Osborne girl,
who says she knows them. Soon after
the girls were rescued posse of Ben
son citizens armed with rifles set out
in search of the asSailants. Feeling
runs high and talk of lynching has
been freely INDUCED in.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
Been Going Too Far and Fast.
INEVITABLE IS SURE TO OCCUR
Pressure Has Forced Inflated Securities to
the Investment Point.

Proceeding. Hepburn said: The
public and banking interests general
ly became sceptical, credit was with
drawn and liquidation became inevita-
BILE As is always the case under sim
liar conditions people sold their best
securities when the crash came, be-
cause their others were unmarketable.
They did this to meet commitments on
what has been characterized as lin
digestible securities" Under this pres
sure railway shares-some of them
have deprecated to a point were as
an investment, they are attractive.
Doubtless other securities on the list
will be subjected to pressure. receding
in value until they reach the investors
point.
Later the commercial and indus
trial interests of the country will doubt
less undergo a similar experience.
Those who have made mistakes tinan-
cially must suffer financially. People
who are too much extended will very
likely come to grief. General bnsi-
ness conditions, however, are in excel
lent shape; the crops are so munificent
that it will be impossible to produce
anything like a financial or commercial
crisis, and people will have ample OPP
portunity to put their houses in order.
Those who fail to heed the warn
ing with which the atmosphere is sur
charged a. this time will surely come
to grief. The stock market has fallen
fifty points without serious panic OF
complications, and the business inter
ests of the country will have equal
opportunity to conform to any fall in
price or any reduction in the volume of
trade"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
MANY DEATHS FROM
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
Dynamite Jared By WOrkmen Blows Up
Cartridge Factory.
Dynamite
SHOCKING DISASTER OCCURS AT LOWELL
Conclusion Felt in Boston and Exeter, Forty
Miles Distant---Dead and Wounded.

Lowell, Mass. July 2o.-An eXplos-
ion. believed to have been caused by
the iarring of dynamite by worllmen
laying a new floor. destroyed the
magazine of the United States Cart
ridge company. located just outside
of Lowell, today. causing the death of
probably p persons, injuring more
than so others. set fire to number
of buildings in the vicinity and caus-
ed a general wreck Of houses within
a radius of half a mile.
Felt Forty Miles Away.
The conclusion was felt in Boston.
ard in Exeter, y. H.. over 10 miles
away, and at many points. a score of
miles distant, windows were shattered
and other damage done. The city
was thrown into panic and it be-
came necessary TO summon four com
panies of state militia to maintain
anything like order.
The following are among the dead:
MRS. WILLIAM RIGGS, Riverside
Park.
WILLIAM GALLOWAY.
AN UNKNOWN MAN.
JAMES GALLOWAY.
WILLIAM T. FILM.
WILLIAM M'DERMOTT.
MICHAEL ROGERS.
The last four were boys. who were
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
Blows Up

swimming in the Concord river.
The bodies of six men working near
the powder storehouse were unidenti-
fed
Wreckage Covers Three Acres.
The wreckage caused by the eNplos-
ion covers an extent of three acres.
Houses, barns and outbuildings lay in
a ruined state. The prompt response
of the fire department enabled them
to quench the flames which followed
the explosion before they had extend
ed beyond the buildings affected by
the shock
Lowell, July 29.-At > this afternoon
the number of dead stood at 13, with
nine missing and the number serious
Iy injured placed at 80. Many others
were slightly bruised or cut by flying
glass. The financial loss is $4,000.
Sixteen in Hospital.
Reports received by the police in
dicate that the 16 victims taken to
St. Luke's hospital probably compose
all the most seriously injured. Sew
eraI of these it is thought are fatally
hurt. 1t is believed, however. that
many who were in the works at the
time of the explosion have been kill
ed. Four local companies of state
militia have been ordered out TO as
sist in maintaining order and pro-
tecting property.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
HAWAIIANS DESIRE
THEIR INDEPENDENCE
Move to Obtain for the Islands the
Autonomy Granted
Cuba.

Honolulu. July 29.-At the session
of the home rule convention ex-Dele-
gate Wilcox urged that congress be
memOrialiZed to grant Hawaiian indie
pendence. He also strongly favored
the establishment of a government for
the islands similar to that of Cuba.
His remarks We're received with
much applause. 1t is probable that a
petition embOdying the views expressed
by Wilcox will be prepared for pres
entatiOn to congress by Delegate Ka-
Ianianole. Such an appeal would doubt
less receive the signature of many ma
tives.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
Priz. Fight stopped at brooklyn.

New York. July 29.-An attempt to
hold i prize fight in n stove foundry
in the Williamsburg district Of Brook
lyn was prevented by the police. Fifty
seven arrests were made. William
Cantlin. the aged watchman at the
foundry. alleges that he was overpOw-
cred and ndcompelled to permit the crowd
tO use the Dlace
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
Payne to- YIslt the Presldent.

Oyster Bay. y. Y, July 29.-Post-
master General Payne, who is cruis-
ing along the North Atlantic coast in
the revenue cutter Onondaga, will Wis
it the president probably tomorrow or
Friday He will return to Washington
from here and will resume his duties
in the department next Monday. 1t is
understood that Payne's health has i'm
proved materially.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
Believes He Is Bewitohed.

Lacrosse, Wis, July 29.-Charles
Yost, a farmer residing near West Sa-
lem, has gone insane as the result of Il
belief that the vicinity of his house
is haunted by witches. Yost grew vio-
lent, and after creating terror among
the neighbors disappeared. He was
captured twenty miles from his home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
FIVE YEAR OLD BOY
is LOST In WOODS
Goes Out to Pick Berries and That is
the Last Seen of
Him.

Duluth, July 29.-Albert Swenson, 8
years old, son of a hOmesteader, wan
dered away from his home near Go
wan, Mimi, and IN spite of djligent
search by Indian guides and a crowd
of settlers no trace of him has been
found. The boy had been picking ber-
ries, and it is thought that lie entered
an immense swamp close by and has
perished.
1t is feared that it may have been
devoured by wolves. The grief-strick-
en- parents have requested that 1OO
men go out from Duluth to assist in
securing the vicinity of where the boy
vas last seen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
nIinnr. Ranch . Waco Arreement.

indianapolis. July 29.-At the head
quarters of the United Mine Workers in
this city it is announced that the min
ers and operators at Pittsburg. Kan.
have reached wage agreement for
one year The settlement which grants
an advance of cents on the ton, run
of mine, affects 10000 miners directly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
nhann. in naaa RnII ownerahip.

Detroit, July 29.-The News says:
"within a day or two Fred Postal, of
this city, will go TO Washington and
probably sell out his interests in the
American League base ball club there.
Upon his return here, and when 5. f..
Angus gets back from Turtle lake, the
two will form a partnership and 1t is
likely that each will own half of the
Detroit cab" Postal confirms the
foregoing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
Rov Drowned While Bathing.

Hampton. Ia, July 29.-Allen An
drews. aged 10. was drowned while
bathing iu Beed's lake. He and a
friend had started to swim to some
boats anchored about fifteen rods from
shore To Il query whether he was
'all right" fell behind. and was not
seen again until his body was fished
from the lake an hour afterward.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
DETROIT STREET CARS
INVOLVED IN STRIKE

Detroit, July 29.-All the street car
lines were tied up for more than two
hours this morning by strike of 35
firemen at the power house to enforce
the demand for an S-hour day. The
street cars are now running by the
aid of outside help.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
Iudre Gray and the Alabama Miners.

Wilmington, Del, July %. - Judge
George Gray, who was president of the
anthracite coal strike commission, says
that he has not yet been officially ap-
preached to act as arbitrator in the
matter of existing disputes between
the mine workers and operators in Ala
bama.- He had received numerous tel
egrams on the subject, unofficial he
would not say what he would do.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
Iyif. Dead and Lipbts RurnInp.

Lansing. Mich. July 29-Captain
Fred Miles. of the police force, return
ing home from a nights duty found
the house locked and the lights still
burning. His wife had been dead since
early evening. Heart disease was the
cause. She was 46 years old
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
Tb-s. Mon Hurt In wreck.

Kenosha. Wis. July 29.-Tn a head
on collision on the Northwestern, four
miles south of KenOsha. three men
seriously injured and thousands OF
dollars worth OF property destroyed
Engineer Webb; Fireman Lush, of Chi
cago. and Brakeman Mangan were
buried under the wreck and terribly
bruised
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
Iinnor Given to the Cutters.

Ardmore, 1. T., July %. = United
States officers seized large quantity
of whisky and beer before it had been
removed from the train which brought
it here and spilled it in the street.
United States Marshal Colbert has is
sued an order prohibiting the intro
duction of liquor into the Indian ter
ritory. Substitutes can no longer be
sold In the nation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
CLOSE ON TRAIL
Of the ConVicts Who Did Murder
in Escaping from the Fol-
som Prison.
ONE OF THEM KILLED IN A FIGHT
Others. Making for the Mountains
DanViIIe Sheriff to Make 1t
Hot for Rioters.

Placerville, Cal, July 29.-Of the
state penitentiary at Folsom twelve are
still at large. Joe Murphy, who was
serving a fourteen years sentence for
robbery, was shot dead in the fight
Monday night at Pilot Hill. S. NJ.
Gordon, the reported leader of the
gang, who had been sentenced to for
ty-fiye years for robbery, deserted his
followers soon after they left the pris-
on. He was heavily armed, and it is
not known in which direction he
Seavis, who was reported wounded in
an encounter with the officers, appears
not to have been injured.
FugitIves Are Closely Pursued.
The eleven outlaws who remain to-
gether are making for the Sierra Neva-
da mountains. They are closely pur-
sued by the sheriffs of Sacramento,
EldOrado and Placer counties, each
backed by numerous deputies and as
sisted by a company of militia. About
twenty guards from the Folsom prison
are also engaged in the chase. 1t is
believed that the fugitiveS will soon
be surrounded. and desperate battle
is anticipated, as all are heavily armed.
They Set Free Their Hostages.
The work of the pursuing posses has
been rendered less difficult than was
anticipated by the unexpected action
of the convicts, who have released all
of the free men they held as hostages.
1t is thought that this course was
prompted by lack of food and ammuni-
tiOn. The eleven are now believed to
be near Placerville, in Eldorado coun-
~, in rough country and not far
from the mountains which they evi-
! IDENTITY expect TO safely hide them from
their purSuers.
Thought of Killing Them First,
The hostages had most remarka-
BILE escape. Three of them have bull
let scratches and abraSions. The CON
victs debated as to whether TO kill
| their hostages or turn them loose.
| There was Il difference of opinion
| among them as to what was best 10
do, but they finally decided to let their
captives go unharmed. About 1OO
shots were exchanged in the battle at
| Pilot Hill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
REQUIEM MASSES
ARE CELEBRATED
simultaneously In
Rome.

Rome, July 30 Two requiem
masses were celebrated simultaneous
ly here today, one at Sistine chapel
for the repose of the soul of Pope
Leo, the other in the magnificent pan
theon for the late King Humbert.
King Victor Emanuel and the dowa-
ger queen, Margaret, came here on
purpose to attend the latter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
another Dies Of a Broken Heart.

South Bend, Ind, July 29.-Theodore
Latin, of this county, is dead of a
broken heart because a book written
by him, entitled The Lost Children
of Israel Found Beyond the Arctic
Seas" and upon which he put twenty
years effort failed to meet the popu-
lar fancy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
Indiana's Corn Show as St. Louis.

Richmond, Ind. July 29.-It has been
decided by the Indiana Worlds fair
commission that Messrs. Glove and
Overstreet, who carry on farming near
Franklin, shall have charge of the Indi-
ana corn show at the st. Louis fair.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
OPTIMISTIC VIEWS
Relative to the Financial Condi.
tions Now Obtaining in the
United States.
VIEWS OF SOME NEW YORK MEN
Inevitable Has Happened and the At.
mosphere Is Clear After
the UpheavaI.

New York, July %. While still
averse TO placing their opinions on rec
ord the conservative banking interests
of this city practically agree that
events of the past fortnight have done
much to clear the atmosphere. n few
express further apprehension as to the
| stock markets action, and there are
intimations in other quarters of u
money Stringency when crop moving
time comes. Jacob H. Schiff, of Kuhn,
Loeb Il Co, said: THE time is hard
ly ripe for Il full and free discussion
of the financial situation. l think,
however, that matters are gradually
readjustinS themselves. In fact, so
confident am 1 that all serious danger
is at an end that 1 have arranged to
leave town for Il stay of thirty days at
Bar Harbor."
Opinion of A. Barton Hepburn.
A. Barton Hepburn, former comp
| trOller OF the currency, at Washington,
and now vice president of the Chase
National bank, which has several thou
sand correspondents scattered all over
the country, said of the situation: THE
country undergone an area of great
and genuine prosperity. As is always
the case advantage is taken of such
conditions to promote great many Sc
curities ut greatly inflated values. That
has been the experience of Il great
many people III the last three or four
years.
Been Going Too Far and Fast.
I'VE have gone too far and too fast.
Credit has been too much extended.
We have been doing too much business
| for our capital. y hardening process,
| which subjected securities TO a level
| that would determine their proper
value. was bound to ensue, and is now
in progress throughout the country"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
NEW RING ORDERED
Celebrated "Fisherman's Ring"
Worn by Popes, Has Not
Yet Been Found.
THREAT OF A FOREIGN PoNT1FF
Factions of Cardinals DO Not Har-
mOnize Yet-Requiem Mass
for Leo XIII.

Rome, July 29-The Tribuna says
that as the "Fisherman's ring" which
could not be found after the death of
the pope, may be discovered in some
drawer which was sealed up and can
not be opened until after the election
of the new pope, the cainerlengO, Car
dinal Oreglia, has ordered new one
for use in the symbolic ceremony which
occurs Immediately after the successor
to Leo XIII is chosen. 1t is officially
announced that in addition to the will
of the late pope, and separate from it,
Leo XIII left triding present to each
of a long list of relatives, members
of the papal household, prelates, doc
tors, cardinals, etc AS many formal
tiles have to be observed it probably
delivered.
Talk of a Foreign Pope.
That there is conviction at the
Vatican that the conclave will be Of
short duration is proved by the fact
that all those who are to enter the
conclave to minister to the wants of
the cardinals have been engaged for
only three days. The two camps into
which the sacred college is divided ap-
pear to be becoming daily more ire
conciIable. and it is said that the anti
Rampolla faction has declared that if
necessary to defeat the opposition it
will even go TO the length OF support
ing n foreign cardinal. The name of
Cardinal Kopp, bishop of Breslau, was
mentioned in this connection. but was
hardly considered seriously. owing to
the belief that under present cOndi-
tions the elevation of a German 10
the papaCy might mean the irrepara-
BILE loss of France to the holy see.
Requiem Mass Celebrated.
Outside of u short meeting of the
conclave business was transacted, the
feature of interest at Rome was the
requiem was for the repose Of the
pope's soul. which was the first of
three ceremonies which when com
pleted will end the funeral obSquieS
of Leo XIII. The mass was said in
| the Sistine chapel, in which a mag
| niticent catafalque had been erected
| The feature of the service was the
! singing of the "Dies Irae" and the
'Sanctus' by the Sistine choir. Ev.
cry one present sat spellbound as the
music swelled through the chapel. AL
the cardinals at Rome attended. with
| fifty conclavists. the diplomatic corps
Roman nobility and otherdistinguiShed cd
| people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
Causes.

Success" 1 asserted sagely, ''is due
10 our accurate judgment of human ma
ture."
"And," retorted the man who always
carries things to extremes. Ito its mac
curate judgment of us."-Brooklyn Life
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
JUDGE HAS FEELINGS.
Shows That He is no More Than Human
and Preacher Rebukes Him.

Shows That He is More Than Human
and Preacher Rebukes Him.
Elgin, ILL.,. July 29.-JOhn Barrett,
Il years old, former member of the
board of trade. had his hearing before
Judge Becker. charged by Martin
Johnson with an attack on his 10-year-
old daughter. Barretts attorneys en-
tered plea of not guilty. Then the
little girl took the stand. She was sob
bing aloud. but little by little told her
story. The Defendants attorneys Of
fered no evidence, and after the child'S
testimony had been taken, asked to
have the case dismissed. Judge Beck
or said:
Would Shoot Him Down.
IF l was the father of this child
and was sure Barrett was guilty, l
would shoot him in his tracks, but in
the case at bar the evidence is not
sufficient to sustain the charge, and l
must do my duty. l therefore dismiss
it," Rev. +. +. FarmelOe, pastor of
the Grace Methodist Episcopal church.
was present, and at the conclusion of
the trial reprimanded Judge Becker for
his remarks, saying that murder was
never justifable, and intimating that
such words were suggestive of lynch
law.