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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-16
SEVERAL COUPLES ARE
JOINED IN WEDLOCK

William Matthey and Miss Margaret
Raithel were married last evening at
the German Lutheran church, Rev. c.
A. Mennicke officiating. They will
make their home for the present with
the parents of the bride. Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Raithel, in South Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-16
YOUR UNCLE SIEGEL

great
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-16

J. W. Dautremont, of this city. and
Miss Lovina Thomann, of Davenport,
were married yesterday morning at
the Sacred Heart cathedral, Daven-
port, Very Rev. James Davis officia-
ting. The couple will live in this city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-16
Gaines Tomorrow.

Cedar Rapids at Rock Island.
Davenport at Decatur.
Dubuque at Springfield.
Rockford at Bloomington.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-16

evening at his home ofiiciated ut the
wedding of William f. Warner, of
Morris. Iowa. and Mrs. Jessie May
MyenhuiS, of Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-16

All the news all the time ~ The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-16
Springfield 4, Dubuque 2.

Dubuque, July 1G.-Errors on the
part of Dubuque at critical stages
lost the game for the home team.
Both pitchers did well, but Hager-
man was more effective with men on
bases. Score:
Springfield 20 300 2O2 90 6
Dubuque .........O oOO02 00--2 8 ,
Batteries-Hagerm and Reading;
Isbell and Smith.
Chance to Soc New Players.
In the coming home series the fans
will have chance to see all the new
players on the home grounds. includ-
ing Infielders Beatty and German,
Catcher Nieman and Pitchers Martin,
LaKaff and Arthurs, the latter being
from Aledo, and whom Rock Island
has had under contract for some time.
Notes of the Diamond.
Tomorrow the scene changes and
the southern towns of the league will
be at home with the northern teams
visiting. Rock Island viii entertain
Cedar Rapids for three-garne series.
Pollock, the Henry county lad re-
Gently released by Rockford, is hold
ing down second for Springfield.
"Scrap Iron Beecher is now man
aging the Terre Haute team in the
Central leaugue.
The Davenport management seems
to be up against the same sort of
proposition that the Rock Island
management was last year. Last ev-
ening Aid. Lunger, of the Davenport
cityrcouneil. introduced resolution
requiring the baseball management
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-07-23

ion for his daily walks and rides, and
the two may frequently be seen trudging
off through the rain together or canter-
ing across country on the outskirts of
the city.
It was always said when Jimmie"
Garfield was boy that his fathers like
ness could be traced in his face; and
this likeness has become emphasized
with the passing years. Those who
served with James A. Garfield in con-
gress are invariably struck with the re-
semblance and usually remark upon it.
There is the same finely poised head,
the same easy, athletic figure, the same
deep and musical voice, and the same
attractive and engaging face.
Young Garfield is a hard worker. He
is devoting all his energies to putting on
its feet the new bureau which has been
entrusted to him for guidance and de-
velopment. He is steady-going, thor
ough in his methods and honest in his
determination to succeed. He has a
manner which inspires confidence. 1t
would have been hard to find another
who could have worked in so easily with
Secretary Cortelyou in organizing and
developing the department of commerce,
of which the bureau of corporations
forms so large part. The position has
almost the Importance of cabinet Of
flee, and will become more and more i'm
portant as time goes by.
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Fish worth a Hundred Dollars.

The Delaware river offers in stur-
geon fishing the most unique and one
of the most valuable fishing indus
tries in the world, not in size, for the
catch is small compared with others,
but in the great value of the fish. 1t is
no uncommon thing for single stur-
geon to net the lucky fisherman as
much as $500. In 1885, before there
was much demand in this country at
least, for caviar, and when the fish
were plentiful, a key of this delicacy
could be purchased for about nine dol
lars. From that date 1t began to rise
in value, and by 1894 about $40 a key
was demanded and obtained for it.
Since then the price has considerably
more than doubled. The fishing season
usually begins the early part of April
and closes about the last of June, de-
pending on the run of the fish-some-
times closing earlier, and again, If
fish are plentiful, continuing until the
end of the legal season, June 30. For
the capture of sturgeon, gill nets are
used exclusively. These usually aver
age about $50 fathoms in length.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
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KNAPP is FOUND GUILTY.
The Jury Returns "a Verdict of Murder
in the First Degree in the Case of
the Ohio Wife-SIayer.

Hamilton, O., July 17.-Alfred A.
Knapp was convicted of murder in the
first degree for the murder of his wife,
Hannah Goddard Knapp, by Judge Bel
denis jury here Thursday. The verdict
was reached at 1880 o'clock, the jury
having been out since 7:30 o'clock
Wednesday night. To the surprise of
everybody there was no recommends
ton of mercy and the famous criminal
must go to the electric chair 1t was
thought that the long elaboration ar
gued that the degree of the crime would
be reduced. The jury stood ten for con-
viction without mercy and two for con-
viction with mercy, being unanimously
for guilt.
The case will be carried higher on the
usual appeals, but it is generally be-
lieved that Knapp will now be electro
cuted
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RAILWAY DISASTERS.
Several Lives Are Lost as . Result
of Train Wrecks mt Vari-
GUS Points.

Des Moines, Ia, July ia head-on
collision on the Great Western near
Savannah, Mo-, early Tuesday, resulted
in the death of one person and the in
jury of several others.
South-bound passenger train No. 8
crashed into a freight train at full speed.
A terrible smash-up resulted. The
dead: Fireman Stewart, Des Moines.
Seriously injured: Engineer Brown
field, Des Moines; Fireman Tom How
ard, Des Moines.
st. Louis, July ia special to the
Post-Dispatch from Poplar Bluff, Mo-,
says: A freight wreck occurred on the
Iron Mountain railroad Tuesday be-
tween Bouden and Gurdon, Ark, south
of this city. Two brakemen, a negro
tramp and 35 car loads of horses and
mules were killed.
A box car jumped the track just as the
train ran on the Little Missouri river
bridge, with such force as to wreck the
bridge and allow the 35 cars of stock and
the men killed to fall into the stream
below, distance of 40 feet.
Greenburg, Pa, July 15.-One boy
was killed and four injured in freight
wreck on the Pennsylvania railroad
near Bolivar, Pa, Monday night. Will
liam Ross (colored), of Pittsburg, was
killed instantly.
Chicago, July 15.-Engineer Joseph
Waters was fatally hurt in collision
near Hammond, Ind, of Wabash rail-
road eastbound freight and westbound
passenger train.
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United States and Russia Come to an
Agreement Regarding Man
churian Question.

Washington, July 17,-The Man
churian~ question has been settled sat-
isfactorily to this government. AS
surances have been received from the
Chinese government that it will, in the
near future, open as treaty ports sew
eral ports now closed to the worlds
trade The Russian government has
conveyed formal assurance to the
United States government that it will
not, in any way, oppose such opening
While the ports to be opened are not yet
specified it is gathered from the COM
munications received that they are
Moukden, the principal inland port of
Manchuria, and Ia Tung Kao, at the
mouth of Yalu river. The state depart
ment is highly gratified at this outcome,
feeling that it has secured not only for
American commerce but for the COM
merce of the world at large very sub
stantial gain.
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VOICES HER REFUSAL.
Russia Informs the State Departm en1
That She VIII Not Consider Petit
ton of American Jews.

Washington, July lit was learned
Thursday night that the state depart
ment had received reply from Russia
stating that it neither would receive
nor consider the matter of the Jewish
petition on the subject of the Kishineff
incident. This information came in the
form of cablegram from Mr.. Riddle,
the American charge at St. Petersburg,
to whom was committed the delicate
task of inquiring of the Russian gov
eminent as to it's attitude with respect
to the presentation of the petition.
1t is believed that this will end the
matter and that no further steps will
be taken by this government to bring
the views of the petitioners to the at
tention of Russia, although as yet no
consideration has been given by the
president to the course to be pursued
in the light of Russia's response to our
inquiry.
The reply that Russia would make
to all suggestions on the subject of
the Kishineff massacre was forecasted
very clearly some weeks ago in an
authorized statement when the pub
lie was definitely informed that Rus
STA regarded the affair as an internal
matter as to which she in the exercise
of her own sovereignty must refuse to
receive suggestions from any other
government or outside sources.
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TO Celebrate CENTENNIAL.
Uumdredth Anniversary of Building
OF Fort Dearborn to Be Conn
memorated at Chicago.

Chicago, July 1S.-This city is maxi
ing most elaborate prepare
tions for the coming centennial
celebration, which is to partake
of the nature of an immense carnival,
This is to occur in the fall, September &c
to October /. 1t was just 100 years ago
that Fort Dearborn, the first white
mans structure on the present site OF
the city, was built by the United States
government The principal features OF
the celebration will be military and
civic parades Tin one of which the city's
commercial progress will be shown at
night by artistic Illuminated fioats),
field and aquatic sports, and great fire.
works display. An interesting feature
will be camp representing the
aborigines who used to frequent the
woods that aforetime fringed all the
lower end of the lake. 1t is expected
that President Roosevelt and other
notables will visit the city to participate
in the celebration.
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END COMES SUDDENLY.
p. Nj. Arthur, Grand Chief Engineer of
Locomotive Broth erhOOd, Drops
Dead at Winnipeg, Man.

Winnipeg, Man, July 17.-P. M. Ar
thur, grand chief engineer of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers,
dropped dead at midnight while speak
ing at the banquet closing the annual
union convention of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers which has been
in session for the past few days. Mr..
Arthur had just arisen to respond to a
toast and repeated the words: "It may
be my parting words to many of you,' .
when he fell backwards and expired a
few minutes afterwards.
He was born in Scotland in 1884. He
came to America when he was six
years old with his mother. Within a
year both his parents died and he made
his home afterward with an uncle. His
school education covered a period of six
weeks. He ran an engine on the New
York Central for 20 years.
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MET DEATH In FLAMES.
Four Persons Lose Their Lives I'm Fire
Which Destroys Bonner Springs,
Kan, Sanitnrium.

Bonner Springs, Kan, July 17.-Four
persons lost their lives in fire early
Thursday morning which destroyed
Bonner Springs sanitarium at Bonner
Springs, Kan, IL miles west of Kansas
City.
The dead are: Capt. J. A. Mcclure,
Junction City, Kan, former attorney
for the Union Pacific railroad; Miss
jamie Campbell, patient, lola, Kan;
Mrs. A. A. Cook, patient, Lawrence,
Kan; DR.. A. E. Rogers, the steward.
The fire was first discovered at two
o'clock. Thirty minutes later there was
nothing except the foundation standing.
The building was three stories high and
contained 60 rooms. Loss 10000.
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MRS. JAMES G. BLAINE.

maiden name was Harriet Stanwood,
the daughter of a leading citizen of the
state of Maine. She met her husband
while both of them were teachers in a
school at Kentucky. They were mar
ried at Pittsburg and later came to Au-
gusta, where Mr. Blaine became editor
of the Kennebec Journal. She leaves
one son, James G. Blaine, two daughters,
Mrs. Harriet Beale and Mrs. Walter
Damrosch, of New York, who were at
her bedside during her last sickness.
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'. ~ Legef' n5 Fdyuoh WOuld not tuluh VI
Minister uttering word of
criticism if this other negro were to SIT
down with the Roosevelt family.
The difference all comes from the TACT
that Mr. Leger-for that is the negro
name-happens to be member OF the
diplomatic corps. He represents the d.
minutive and turbulent republic OF
Hayti, and he has been it's representa-
live here for seven years.
It is a curious commentary on the
WASHINGTON prejudice against the nego
that it should halt before the sacred uni
form of an insignificant negro republic.
But there is no such thing as argument
with the feeling of caste.
Mr.. Leger is really a very accom-
plished and charming gentleman. He IS
rather small of stature with finely CHS
eled. delicate face, and manner sug-
gestive of refinement. There is not
feature of his face that batrays his Atri~
can ancestry, and his complexion is
hardly dark enough to distinguish him
from any one of the Central or South
American diplomats. But there are
scores Of negroes in Washington, fully
as accomplished, with greater share
of Caucasian blood and in no respect
his inferior, who would be refused q
seat in the dining-roOm of any hotel
in the city.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-07-23
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Elect Officers.

In session in Milwaukee the depart
ment of Wisconsin of the Veterans OF
the Spanish-American War association
elected the following officers: Depart
ment commander, Maj. Thomas j.
George, of Menomonie; senior vice COM
mander, w. f. Bauchle, of Beloit; junior
vice commander, A. j. Baum, of Milwau-
kee; assistant adjutant general, w. A.
Aschmann, of Milwaukee; assistant
quartermaster general, w. A. Marden.
of Oshkosh; inspector general, R. Y.
Hart, of Beloit; assistant surgeon gen.
eraI, Dr. o. B. Book, of Sheboygan;
judge advocate general, Clinton G.
Price, of Milwaukee; chaplain, Charles
Schumacher, of Manitowoc.
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original owner spoke to Warren about
having the president ride him on his
visit to Cheyenne, and Warren asked
to have the horse brought in town to
be looked over. He was so enthusiastic
over him that the owner promptly Of
fered to give the animal to the presi-
dent if Warren would undertake to see
the game through.
Wyoming" is as spirited a horse
as ever submitted to a saddle, and at
the same time he is amenable to dis
cipline as the gentlest creature that
ever breathed. When he was led up
to the president he raised his right
forefoot and placed it in the president 5
hand. Then he gracefully fell on his
knees and made his salutation. But
with the president once on his back,
he sped like the wind. AS single-foot-
er he can hold his own with any other
horse at a canter, and breaking into a
canter he can beat them all.
Mrs. Roosevelt is as fond of ''Wy-
oming" as the president himself, and
she is to appropriate him if she chooses.
The children also have taken a great
fancy to him, and he to them.
Wyoming is American all over. He
is a thoroughbred, and he boasts long
flowing tail. For that matter, the pres
ident will not have a horse with q
locked tail in his stables. That is an
abomination which he has never yet
been willing to tolerate. and he never
will. He has turned away more than
one good bargain for that reason alone.
LOUIS A. COOLIDGE.
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Portsmouth, England, July 15.-Capt
Hemphill, of the United States flagship
Kearsarge, received instructions Tues
day to clean the warship's propellers
fill her bunkers with the best coal and
go at the highest speed with natural
draft to Frenchman's bay, Me. This
is the first occasion in time of peace that
an American battleship has been sub
jected to such severe test. BY the
route that Capt. Hemphill has selected
for the speed trial the Kearsarge must
steam 1852 miles. On her way to South
ampton she made 3,245 miles. She is
thus expected to take less time on her
impending voyage.
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the atmosphere of Inc Van Ness Mansion
college life. Now it's trustees have de-
cided to buy tract of ground down on
the banks of the Potomac, where new
and splendid halls end dormitories will
he built and where there will be a col
lege yard with all that it implies.
The tract of land chosen for this en-
largement is the old Van Ness place, one
of the historic sites of Washington
Eighty years ago the Van Ness mansion
was the fincst house by far in the Dis
tricS of Columbia 1t had just been built
by John Van Ness, once congressman
from New York, who had married Mar
cha, the only daughter of old Davy
Burns, who in the early days was the
wealthiest man in the capital.
DaYy Burns lived in a cottage on the
banks of the Potomac which was an
ambitious residence for those days, and
when it was determined to bring the
capital to this neighborhood he proved
to be a source Of greater trouble in the
laying out of the district than all other
causes combined. George Washington
had hard time of it bringing him to
terms. But the Van Ness mansion
which his son-in-law built, was for
years the center of the social life of the
district. famed for it's hospitality and
elegance.
That was so years ago. Nobody now
living has any recollection of the place
except as deserted mansion, far from
the life of the city, gloomy, haunted and
falling to decay.
There is a legend of six headless
horses dragging huge black hearse
who gallop around the old house on the
anniversary of the death of old Johr
Van Ness.
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WEAVING PERSIAN CARPETS.
3oys work at the Looms and Carry
Out the Patterns with
Great Skill.

A most interesting sight is the local
manufacture of Persian carpets. Eight
or nine boys, whose ages range from
eight to Il, sit in rows at the looms, . ac-
cording to The Modern Priscilla, ''and
with the wool, which they pull from
reels suspended above them, in their
left hands, and a fiat knife. crooked AT the
point, In their right, dash, with three
movements, the thread through the web
strings, hook it into the desired knot,
md cut off the surplus ends, starting an
other knot before the spectator has real
ICED what has been done. Having been
shown the design and coloring of the
carpet they are to work for the first two
three feet, these boys rely on their
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Washington, July 17.-Entomo1ogist
l.. o. Howard, of the department of agri-
culture, says that the enormous increase
inthe number of mosquitoes in the coun-
try, particularly epidemic along the
north Atlantic coast, is attributable to
the unusually heavy rains of this spring
and summer. He said that as result
of this unusual precipitation there are
surface pools all over the country, which
largely increase the breeding places for
the mosquitoes.
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Found Guilty of Bribery

st. Louis, July 16.-The jury in the
case of julius Lehman, former member
of the house of delegates, charged with
bribery in connection with the passage
of the city lighting bill, returned YER
dict finding the defendant guilty His
punishment was fixed at seven years in
the penitentiary, the longest term yet
inflicted in any Of the Doodle cases. The
sentence is also the maximum punish
ment under the law for the crime of
which he was convicted. 1t took the
jury just seven minutes in which to
reach it's verdict.
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state Emp1oyment Bureau.

The two free state employment bu-
reaus established in accordance with a
law passed in 1901, have been in opera
ton just two years. One of them is To-
Gated in Milwaukee and the other. in SUI
perior. During the period they have
been running they have had IS, 1865 appli-
cations for employment and 1923 for
help, and have filed 17,073 positions. OF
the applicants for employment 16,163
were males and 2,202 females. Two adj
dditional bureaus arc to be established
soon. 1t is expected that one of these viii
be located at Oshkosh and the other at
La Crosse.
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Troops Rescue a Negro.

A negro named Deb Flynn was nearly
killed at the street carnival in Marinette.
A southern man resented his walking
with a white girl, when he talked back,
and large crowd started after him with
hammers. The negro was rescued by
Company I of the Second regiment, W.
N. G., the members of which were at the
carnival in a body. Flynn was in hid
ing all night and was spirited out OF
town in the morning. The incident
created much excitement.
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brother, who came Sii0AlsS - Ooho'@''9'
to Baltimore and married there Miss
Patterson, one of the bellies of that city.
Afterwards Jerome was induced by his
brother to return to France, and he be-
came king of Westphalia. He was
forced to annul his marriage with the
Baltimore beauty. She and her chill
dren remained in Baltimore, and the
family has continued to this day to be
counted among the best of the town.
Charles Bonaparte has some of the
characteristics of his great uncle He
is diminutive in stature and his features
have the Napoleonic cast. He is born
fighter, and since he came to manhood
he has been scrapping continually with
somebody or other. He was gradu-
ated from Harvard in the same class
with Senator Lodge, and is little over
so years of age. He is fine lawyer
and has a record for winning cases. In
politics he calls himself a republican;
but most republicans would probably
call him mugwump, as he votes
against his party as often as for it.
He is conspicuous as a political re-
former He is a hot advocate of civil
service reform, and is SO much of an
anti-imperialist that when it was pro-
posed three years ago to give President
Mckinley an L. L. d. at Harvard, Bona
parte, who is a member of the board
of overseers at Harvard, not only voted
against it, but took pains to denounce
it publicly. There is one quality, how
ever, that fits him especially for the
work assigned to him by the admins
tration-a merciless antipathy to ras-
Gals.
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Reducing the Force.

Washington, July 18.-In carrying
out the programme for the reduction OF
the force in the Philippines the secre-
tary of war has directed that three
regiments of cavalry and three regi-
ments of infantry be returned to the
United States as soon as transporta-
ton is available. The regiments hav-
ing the longest service in the Philip
pines will be selected.