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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-15
PREACHER A WONDER
INPSYCHOLOGICALLINE
Talks in His Sleep and Continues
Discourse for Three Hours
Occasionally.

Nashville. Ind, June ia psyche
logical wonder in the person of Rev.
John Cauffman has appeared in Ham
blen township, this county. Cauffman
is an Amish preacher and he halls
from Elkhart county. The remarka-
bic thing about him is that he can
not preach unless he is sound asleep.
Cauffman goes TO the church at t
O'Clock in the afternoon and there,
upon cot. he will lie in a sound
slumber until o'clock, when he arises
and enters the pulpit, the congregation
meanwhile having filed the church.
Then he delivers a sermon, eXpound-
ing the Scripture in well-chosen words
and, to the edihcation and wonder OF
his hearers, often continuing his dis
course for two and half and even
three hours. He uses both the Eng
lish and German language in his
preaching.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-15
GOOD FORTUNE FOR
A FORMER SLAVE
Gets a Piece OF Land and Invites
Halt-Brother to Share En-
.joyment.

Omaha, Neb., June 15.-Judge Dick
inson, of the district court, has decided
that John Flannigan's title to the val
liable tract Of land in a northern sub
urb of Omaha, which the aged eX-
slave has been fighting for during the
last twenty years, is clear. Flan-
nigan was the son of a rich Virginia
planter, his mother being black slave.
His father promised to free him, bat
was murdered before accomplishing his
purpose and the slave became the prop
erty of his half brother, John Bowles
Flanagan. a son of the planter by his
white wife, who sold him to slave
trader
"Old John" has invited his half
brother to come TO Omaha and share
with him the fortune of which he
expects to become possessed, and 1t is
understood he will do so. The half
brother was here several weeks ago to
visit ''Old john but returned home
to await settlement of the litigation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-15
DEFENSE is MADE BY
JUSTICE MAGRUDER
SAYS He Had a Perfect Right to File
His Dissenting Opinion on
Gerrymander.

Springfield, June 15.@Judge Magru-
der has made a statement to a State
Register representative regarding the
order of the supreme court. He said:
The order of the court was sur
prise to me, and 1 did not know it had
been made until | read the article in
the evening paper, as | was not in
court when it was made. l knew that
such an order was to be made, but
supposed it would be made in open
court. / had written dissenting
opinion to the order, in which l held
that | had a perfect right to file a dis
senting opinion at any time. and that
such course was perfectly proper.
When the court had taken its recess
at noon until o'clock in the after
noon nothing was said about the or
der, and when they reassembled in
the afternoon nothing was said about
it, The dissenting opinion l will read
from the bench when court opens to-
morrow morning"
Judge Magruder thought it strange
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-15
FLOOD STILL EXISTS
AT EAST ST. LOUIS
Much of the City Continues Under
Water-The General
Situation.

East st. Louis, ILL.,, June 15.-Wuh
10000 refugees to shelter and feed
East st. Louis is still battling against
the flood, which by seepage and addi-
tional enCroachment through minor
levees that have at last given way
is now an island. The city is entirely
surrounded by water, and two-thirds
of it's territory is under water. The
river stage continues to fall.
Various estimates have been made
regarding the property loss in East St
Louis, but the estimated loss most
generally accepted by the real estate
men is S3,000,OO0. This includes dam
age to railroads, streets, buildings and
private property generally. No further
loss of life is reported.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-15
DARKow's STARTLING WORDS
Tells n Judge That He VIII Advise Strik-
ers to Ignore an Injunction.

Chicago, June 10. When Judge
HOldom fined sixteen union pickets SO
and costs each for violating the Kel-
logg Switchboard company injunction
he was defied by Clarence S. DarrOw,
attorney for the pickets. II will let
this court know that its action now
will have no effect on the conduct OF
my clients in the future" said Oar
row. Were every union man placed
in Jail for the same cause and there
were no one else to do this work, l
would do it myself. These men were
engaged in peaceful picketing of the
plant in which they had declared a
strike. Their actions were within the
law"
Judge Holdom did not appear to re-
sent the attorneys defiance of the
court. In giving his judgment he said:
''It is slavery for a cooperation to be
compelled to contract with q union
to employ only union men," said the
judge. Taere is liberty for ALL A un-
ion man can quit employment if he
desires, or union man can 90 into n
place and take the position of a non
union man if the other person leaves
the position and he secures the posi-
ton. All have the right to work The
right of peaceable persuasion is a
right existing to every man. A per-
son has the right to persuade to that
which he thinks advantageous, but
calling man 'scab' is not peaceable
persuasion, nor has a man the right
to do it. 1t is unlawful"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-15
FIRST APPEARANCE AT DIES MONIES
Wandering I'm the Streets and Apparently
Demented-Taksn in and Cured.

Wandering I'm the Streets and Apparently
Decentralization in and Cured.
He appeared in this city in May.
1899, wandering in the streets and ap-
parently demented. He was examined
by the insanity commission and COM
mitted to the hospital at Mount Pleas
ant. His trouble was a nervous dis
order caused by insomnia. He dis
played great learning, and talked free
ly, except as to his identity, of which
he would say nothing. He was com
mitted under the name of Carl
Schwartz. Leaving the institution
cured in three months, he assumed the
name of Hoffman,, under this name
the state board of control employed
him as state bacteriologist at the insti-
tuition at Mount Pleasant.
From this he entered the faculty of
Drake university. When he resigned
from the faculty of the university the
mystery in his life became common
gossip. and he was appealed to to tell
his story. This he declined to do or any
part of il. 1t has been learned. how
ever, that he had worked in the Car
negie mills in Pittsburg and was in
jured in Il dynamite explosion in
smelter III Butte. Mont.
He had been confined at st. Peters
hospital in Minnesota and also there
had been employed, after being cured,
as a bacteriOlogist. He and his friends
have constantly insisted that there
were no blots on his history, and now
his friends denied emphatically that
he was Crown Prince Rudolph of Aus
tria. He is SO years of age. and mar
ried and has a child. He is said to be
in Marshalltown.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-15
$1,000 FOR AFLOWER
OF BIG DIAMETER
New York Mans Price for a Peony
to Which He Took
Fancy.

Detroit. Mich, June 15.-One thou
sand dollars was paid in the Hotel
Cadillac for Il peony. which would
appear to bear out the contention of
the peony growers that this hardy
flower will soon be the popular thing
in the spring time. as is the chrys-
anthemum in the fall of the year.
The man who sold the plant is G.
Betscher. of Canal Dover. o.. the buy
er c. w. Ward. of Queen, y. Y, who
is firmly convinced that he secured
bargain. This $1,000 peony, which
brought the record price. is named aft
er the Swedish Nightingale, Jenny
Lind. blossoms early and is about eight
inches in diameter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-15
new KING is CHOSEN
FOR SERvIAN THRONE
Prince Peter KarageOrgeVitch Unanimously
BY BOTH THE LEGISLATIVE HOUSES
Acceptance of the Crown is TeIegaphed From
Geneva.
KarageOrgeVitch
Elected
Unanimously
THE LEGISLATIVE

that the court would take such an
action as it had, after taking Il recess,
and not announcing the order.
Springfield. ILL.,. June 15.-Justice
Magruder has announced that he
would have nothing to file in the su-
preme court in reply to the criticism
which was made part of the records
of the court last Tuesday. Further
than this he declined to talk. 1T
would not be proper for me TO express
an opinion on the action of the men,
bers of this court" We're the words
with which the offending justice dis
missed the subject.
Other members of the court remain
ed reticent on the subject. SO far as
they are concerned, they say, the incl
dent already is closed. y Genial of all
knowledge of any talk of Impeachment
was made by Justice MagrudPr. If the
matter was mentioned" he said, 1T
was at a time when 1 was not pres
ent in the court"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-15
SECURES REVENGE
Firebug Gets Even with a Man
Who Told Who 1t was That
Murdered Marcun1.
HOTEL OWNED BY EVEN Is BURNED
State OF Things Appears to Exist in
Old KentucIxy-Alsoa State
of Terror.

Louisville, June 15.-The city hotel
at Jackson, KY, a three-story build
ing owned by Captain b. ]. Even,
the principal witness against Jett and
White, now on trial there for the as
SaSsination of Lawyer ]. Il. Marcum,
has been burned to the ground. There
were fifteen guests in the hotel, but all
escaped without injury. There was no
insurance on the structure. and the
hotel, together with its furnishings and
the effects Of the guests, is total
loss. The origin of the fire is un-
known, but the belief is general that
the fire was of incendiary origin.
Significance of the Fire.
Jackson, Ky. June 15.-The burning
of Ewen's hotel is not only considered
incendiary, but also as accessory to
the other acts of intimidation in con-
nection with the pending trial of those
accused of the murder of ]. B. Mar
cum. 1t has been openly predicted that
there would be the flashing of incen-
diary warnings; that arson would go
along with assassination as disciplin-
airy measures might be needed in
bTediHlIJ county. II Is now stated tnaI
other witnesses for the commonwealth
were not property owners. but that
the jurors, who are farmers. and wit
nesses who could not be found when
detachments of troops were trying to
bring them into court, are property
owners.
The burning of Ewens' property has
not only caused renewed fear for both
life and property, but also increased
the general doubt of conviction in eth
er of the pending cases. Captain Il. ].
Even was the chief witness for the
prosecution in the pending trials of
Curtis Jett and Tom White. Even is
the deputy sheriff who testified that
he saw Jet as he advanced with pis-
tOl in hand to fire the last shot into
Marcum's PROSTATE body as it lay in
the court house doorway. Through
fears for his own safety he testified
that he did not dare to allow Sheriff
Callahan and County Judge HarGis to
know what he had seen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-15
What Postmaster Payne
Finds in Depart
ment.
TULLOCH'S CHARGES
Seem to Be Given
BaCking--M Light
on Methods.

Washington, June 15.-Washington
is commenting upon the extent to
which the report of Civil Service Com
missioner Proctor sustains the
charges made by Seymour ". Tulloch.
eX-cashier of the local postoffice, of
irregularities in that office and the
postoffice department. When Tul-
loch's charges were made both for
mally and informally Postmaster Gen
eraI Payne treated them with con-
tempt. He was full of wrath in his
denunciation of Tulloch. For days af-
ter the ex-cashier filed his charges
Mr.. Payne made sport of them during
the regular afternoon audiences
which he accorded newspaper corre-
spondents. He appeared to regard it
as great concession on his part to
consent to refer the charges to the
respective bureauN of the depart
ments to which they related.
The replies of former First Assis-
tant Postmaster General Perry S.
Heath, Comptroller of the Treasury
Tracewell, eX-Postmaster General
Charles Emory Smith, Auditor Castle
and Postmaster Merritt filled Mr..
Payne with glee. lie considered that
his Judgment of Tulloch and his
charges were justified. in view of the
denials made by all these officials.
Mr. Payne's Attitude.
Later on, however. Mr. Payne evil
IDENTIFY began to receive intimations
from Fourth Assistant Postmaster
Bristow and the civil service commits
sion that the Tulloch charges had at
least some foundation in fact. His
attitude on the question underwent
a change ard inquiries regarding the
charges of Mr.. Tulloch met with SER
ious replies.
The opinion OF Mr.. Tulloch's friends
that investigation of his charges
would prove that he knew whereof
he spoke, at least so far as the Wash
ington postoffice was CONCERNED. was
justified by Commissioner Procter's
report. 1t is now an accepted fact
that the local office has been mere
bureau of the department.; that it has
been a dumping ground upon which
politicians unloaded numerous con-
stituents who were clamoring for
jobs. and that irregularities in the
matter of paying salaries TO persons
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-15
Happner, Ore., Destroyed
By a Flood of Will
lows Creek.
AND HUNDREDS DROWN
According to the Infor-
nation That is So
Far Received.

Spokane, June 15.-Reports from
Arlington, Ore. state that the town
of Hoppner, Ore, was destroyed by Il
great flood Of water that rushed down
Willows creek last night 1t is report
ed $50 people were drowned, and 105
bodies have already been recovered.
Town is Cut OF.
Wires are down and only meagre
reports of the disaster are obtained.
which were brought out by messen-
ger. Happner has about 1,20O inhab-
itants and is the seat of Morrow coun-
~, Ore.
Came I'm Mighty Torrents.
Arlington, Ore, June ia mes
sage direct from Heppner says 300
were drowned in the cloudburst yes
terday. The water ran an hour and
half, and came down in mighty tor
rents, sweeping everything before it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-15
FLOOD SUFFERERS IN
DISTRESSED STATE
Condition at Kansas City, Kan.
Worse Than at JohnstOwn
or Galveston.

Kansas City, June 15.-Edward T.
Devine, general secretary of the char
ity organization of New York, has
wired Maycr Low that immediate aid
in the largest quantity possible viii
be required to alleviate the distress
of flood sufferers quartered in Kan
sas City, Kans. He describes the con-
ditions at Armourdale as worse than
those of the floods at Johnstown and
Galveston.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-15

who did no work. etc, were frequent.
The report of Fourth Assistant Bris-
tow upon the subject which Mr..
Payne has promised to make public
this week, it is believed, will be de-
cidedly unfavorable to the methods
pursued in the office.
Developments Are Promised.
There can scarcely be any doubt
that the present week will witness
interesting developments in the de-
partment investigation. Rumors of
high officials have been circulated so
freely, backed by such high authority
that the belief is general. that there
will be something doing of an extra
ordinary character before many days.
Investigation of the charges against
George w. Beavers, former chief of
the division of salaries and allow
ances, has been very thorough and is
expected to eliminate shortly The
charge of c6llusion in the purchase
of time clocks for use in the depart
ment at an exorbitant price, also of
cash registers and stamp-canceling
machines. will, it is said, prove disas-
trous in it's denouement to Beavers.
Much evidence of extravaganza and
Irregularities, not to use stronger
terms, has been gathered and the
time to strike has almost arrived.
When it does come the sensation
caused by the arrest of August w.
Maehen probably will be eclipsed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-15

junction, the remaining nine entered a
plea of guilty and threw themselves
upon the mercy of the court.
Fines of 800 and Jail sentences of
five months were assessed against each
of them. The cases growing out of
the Stamford City fight will probably
be taken up this week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-15
TRAINS AGAIN RUNNING
INTO ST. LOUIS STATION

ST. Louis, June 15.-The Baltimore
S5 Ohio. Southwestern Vandalia and
Louisville & Nashville trains are to-
day entering the union station from
East st. Louis, the first since last
Monday. The river declined foot
and three-tenths in the last "a hours.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-15
To Help the Cooks and
Walters Win in
Chicago.
A NOVEL CONDITION
Union PiCketS to Pre-
vent Interference
With Work.

Chicago, June IA number of
union cooks. walters and bartenders
returned to work today at the various
hotels.
Chicago. June 15.-As time passes
in the strike of the hotel and restau-
rant employees in the hotel here de-
Sertions from the ranks of the unions
are reported and increased determina-
ton in the minds of the hotel owners
to ignore what they term the arbi-
trariness of the striking employees.
Vigorous efforts of strike pickets to in
terfere with the delivery of coal, meats
and grocery supplies created some eX-
citement around many of the hotels,
but every such effort was balked by
business agents of the various unions
involved in the attacks. and even the
milk wagon drivers who had declared
in favor of the strike are forced by
officials of the national teamsters' I'M
ion to obey the general laws of the
organization and to refrain from
sympathetic strike.
No Sympathetic Strikes to Assist.
Attempts of the strike leaders 70
enlist the teamSters, engineers and
firemen failed The strike directors
sought first to enlist the sympathy of
the national teamsters' union, and
when no official sympathetic strike or
der could be secured the pickets of
the cooks and walters took the mat
ter in their own hands and tried to
stop the delivery of coal and other
supplies. AS soon as these tactics We're
made known at the teamsters' union
100 rival pickets were scattered
through the downtown district to COM
bat the efforts of the strikers. and to
assure the delivery of hotel supplies
Before the end of the day the cooks
and walters abandoned hope of support
from other unions.
Situation at the Hotels.
A canvass of the hotels where
strikes have occurred shows most OF
them are in fair working condition.
Against total of 2.517 employees who
have gone out the hotels, in the ag-
Gregate, have a working force of l.
752. and are increasing this force by
bringing men from abroad. Some Of
the striking bar-tenders returned to
work, and tore up their union cards.
Striking walters also returned, but
found the doors closed. The hotel mel
seem determined never to concede the
recognition of the union" demanded
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-15
FOUR IN A BALLOON
BLOWN OUT TO SEA
Fate OF Aercnauts at MarseiIIes
Causes AnX-
iety.

Marseilles, France, June IA ball
loon, with four aeronauts, was carried
out to sea yesterday afternoon. Their
fate is unknown.
\ steamer picked up the balloon
and its occupants off Toulon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-15
Prince Peter
BY BOTH

Belgrade June 15.-Prince Peter
Karageorgevitch at 1915 p. IN. was
unanimously elected king of Seryia by
the senate and skupshtina in joint
session. Complete tranquility pre-
walls.
The presiding officer of the joint
session of the Servian parliament pro-
posed the election of Prince Peter as
king Loud cheers greeted the pro-
posal. which was repeated on the an
nouncement that the vote was unani-
nous. The minister of justice has
tened to the balcony and announced
the fact to the waiting crowd. The
people received the notification with
salvos of cheers and Il royal salute of
1O1 guns was fired.
servIa Virtually Republic.
The new constitution is described
as making Seryia virtually a republic
with a king at the head.
Rome. June IA Belgrade dis
patch says the election of King Peter
occurred in a perfectly legal manner.
He was enthusiastically acclaimed by
the people.
Fight Over New King.
Geneva, June liking Peter re-
ceived this afternoon a telegram
from Belgrade announcing that a
sharp fight had taken place in the
streets between partisans of the new
king and those of Milan. legitimate
son of the former King Milan, father
of the murdered King Alexander. Mi
lan's partisans posted a proclamation
on the wall. and it was torn down by
Peters supporters after a free fight.
Geneva. June 15.-Prince Peter Kar-
ageorgevitch has teIegraphed his ac-
ceptance of the Servian throne.
Complete Order in belgrade.
Belgrade. June 15.-Complete order
has prevailed in Belgrade up to II
o'clock last night and absolute quiet
is reported throughout SPrvia. The
military have been withdrawn from
the public offices and only a few SEN
tries are now guarding the royal pal
ace.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-15
DYNAMITE USED AS
A SUICIDE AGENCY
Sensational Method Chosen by JO-
seph Nj. Crone to End His
Troubles.

Chattanooga. Tenn. June 1j.-A tei-
ephOne message received by TheTimes
from Lafayette. Ga. gives the details
of Il sensational suicide which occurred
on the Central of Georgia passenger
train from Rome near that place. The
victim was Joseph NJ. Crane. who is
said to live at ROssville. Ga. Crane
used stick of dynamite. He went
into the toilet room and there the eX-
ploSiOn occurred.
The shock mangled his body fright
fully, and did considerable damage to
the rear-end of the coach. A note was
found in the toilet room in which
Crane stated that he committed suicide
because of Il love affair.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-15
AS TO HOFFMAN
Story That He Is Crown Prince
Rudolph of Austria Seems
To Be Romance.
DIR. LoRENz DENIES IT UTTERLY
Says He Knows the Doctor Who Dis
sected Rudolph-Hoffmann
in Iowa.

Milwaukee, June 10. - DR.. Adolph
Lorenz, the Vienna physician, when
asked regarding a story printed at Ma,
rinette, Wis, to the effect that Profes-
sor Hoffman,, who recently resigned
from the faculty of the University of
Iowa, is Crown Prince Rudolph OF
Austria, who was supposed to have
killed himself fifteen years ago, said;
1T is the worst kind of nonsense.
Prince Rudolph is as dead as any man
could be. l knew intimately the physi-
clan, Professor Kunrath, who dissect.
ed him and embalmed him. l know
nothing of Professor Huffmann."
What the Record Says of Rudolph.
1t is Il matter of historical record
that Crown Prince Rudolph committed
suicide, supposedly while in a state of
mental alienation, and although there
was trouble regarding his burial, his
identification never has been disputed
in Austria. AT the time of his death,
in order to conceal the fact that it
was due to suicide, it was given out
that paralysis of the heart was the
cause The design to hide the suicide
was defeated by the refusal of the
physicians to sign a statement that
death was due to heart failure and not
to n bullet wound.
why Hoffman, Left Iowa Medical.
Des MOines, Ia, June 1J.-Profes-
sOr Charles II. Hoffman, was con-
nected with the faculty of the Iowa
medical college of the medical depart
ment of Drake university in this city
for two years. Dean Lewis Schooler,
who had known that he was living I'M
der an assumed name. desired that he
produce the diplomas and certificates
which would attest his educational
standing. Rather than do this and
divulge his real name DR.. Hoffman,
resigned. He had the support of many
physicians. however. and opened n sue
cessful meteorological laboratory in
DeS MOineS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-15
VIOLATED AN INJUNCTION.
Thirteen Coal Miners, Strikers, Fined and
Given Jail Sentences for Contempt.

Charleston, w. Va, June 15.-Four
of the striking miners having been
found guilty of resisting arrest at At
kinsonville on Feb. 81, when Deputy
Marshal Cunningham attempted to
rverules and attachments upon them
for violating Judge Keller,,s. blanket in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-15

Benton Harbor. Mich, June 15.-Be-
cause her room mate would not change
boarding houses with her, Myrtle Hill,
aged 10, threatened to commit suicide.
She drank large quantity of chloro-
form, and she will not recover.