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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14

Frederick DriscoII's Arraignment
of Printers
Strike.
SPOKANE AND SEATTLE
Talks Out in Meeting During the
Session In WASH
ington.

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE feature
of the session of the International
Typographical union convention was
the speech of Frederick DrlScoll, COM
missioner of the Publishers associa-
ton. who attacked the course of the
local union and also the International
officers in the matter of the strike of
printers at Spokane and Seattle He
said these strikes were ineNcuSable and
i'll violation of the agreement the pub
fishers, which requires all disputes be
settled by. arbitration. and provides
for an arbitration board
President Lynch's Position.
President Lynch, in reply. said he
would have something to say when
the matter was reported on. and that
he hoped to be able to show that the
merits of the case We're not all on one
side. y report was made favoring the
creation of memorial in honor of the
late Amos Cummings to be located on
the grounds of the Printers Home at
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
BATTLEsHIP HITS A ROCK
HIassachusetts Has q Big Crack In Her
Bow for Going Wrong In
Dense Fog.

Bar Harbor, Me-, Aug. 1.-THE first
accident in the summer war game hap
pened when in a dense fog the battle
ship massachusetts ran into Dry Ledge,
the most southwesterly point of Egg
Rock. The mishap occurred as the
North Atlantic feet was leaving for
Oyster Bay, where President Roose-
welt will review the ships Monday.
The battleship has a crack in her
port bow large enough to allow 40
tons of water to enter the hold and fill
two of the compartments. The acci-
dent is believed to have been caused
by a miscalculation of position on the
part of the navigation officer of the
Massachusetts,, for had the boat passed
fifty feet more to the westward the offi-
GERS say she would have cleared the
ledge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
FIGHTING THE FEDERATION
Western Mine Owners Demand That the
Strikers Who Return to Work Must
Leave the Union.

Colorado Springs. Colo. Aug. Ii
AT the meeting of the mine owners of
the Cripple Creek district a date was
fixed on or before which the miners
who are now out on a strike may re-
turn to work at the union scale OF
wages. providing they withdraw from
the Federation. The time set has not
been made public and Will not be until
the official notice of the action Of the
mine owners is sent tc the unions.
Following the announcement that
the mills of the United States Reduc-
tiOn and Refining company at Colorado
City and Florence will be closed with
in ten days comes the announcements
that the Telluride and Portland mills
at Colorado City will close down as
soon as their present supply of ore
shall be treated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
LONG LOST RING RETURNED
Married Woman Receives Her Engage
ment Ring in n Letter from
an Unknown.

Belvidere. ILL.,, Aug. 1.-THE return
of her diamond engagement ring in Il
manner quite as mysterious as the cir
cumstances surrounding its disappear
ance was the experience of Mrs. Ar
thur +. Wheeler. the wife of leading
business man. When the letter carrier
delivered her mail. opening a small
package, Mrs. Wheeler was greatly
surprised to find the long-lOst ring
From whence it came she does not
know as the postmark was illegible.
Over seven years ago one afternoon
Mrs. Wheeler went to receive a caller.
leaving her rings on the dressr. Upon
her return to the room the engagement
ring had disappeared. 1t is believed
by the family that a conscience-strick-
en- thief returned the ring.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
How to "Refreshv bread.

How many housekeepers are aware of
the economic art of refreshing" bread
and cake that are a bit stale and hard
by the simple device of baking a sec
ond timeG Ends of lOaves, bakers rolls
that have been left over for couple Of
days and pound or cup cake that has
lost its first pristine excellence should
he passed with the swiftest movement
through a pail of pure cold water and
then put in the oven 10 recuperate. And
these odds and ends will recuperate in
most wonderful fashion and be twice
as digestible for their rejuvenating eX-
perience When not dipped in water
it is almost as effective to sprinkle the
cake or bread before setting it in to
bake second time
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
RURAL FREE DELIVERY
tem-Three Thousand Routes Estab-
Iished During July.

Washington, Aug. II. - POstmas-
ter General Payne has had prepared
statement showing the status of the
rural free delivery service throughout
the country. 1t shows that during the
month of July, the first month of the
present fiscal year, almost 1900 new
routes have been established.
The appropriation made for the en-
tire service for the year WAS $4,000.
600. or a little less than $3,0OO,OOO
more than necessary to maintain the
existing service. This is only suffi-
cient to justify the establishment of
about 5000 new routes. There are
now on file petitions for about 1000
more routes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
GOV. YATES ENTERTAINS
GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN

Springfield. Ill. Aug 14.-Governor
LaFollette. of Wisconsin. arrived in
the city en- route to Petersburg. where
he lectured yesterday afternoon at the
old Salem Chautauqua. Governor
Yates. on learning of the presence of
Governor LaFOllette. directly sent to
his hotel and invited him to be his
guest overnight. The Wisconsin eX-
ecutive accepted the invitation and as
sisted in the reception which Govern
or and Mrs. Yates gave to the officers
of the Sixth infantry, 1. n. G..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14

If the twentieth century woman has
become a distinctive type apart from
her type in all ages it is simply as
real thing. slowly taking shape and
form out of the half limited features
of an ideal. What poets and painters
have dreamed and sung about her the
woman herself has brought into living,
breathing existence. She is neither
better nor worse than of old. She is
more developed, more rounded. more
complete, but only because she knows
more Of the art of rightly putting her
self together and of making perfect
and beautiful whole out of the parts OF
her nature which up to the present
seem somehow to have eluded her
grasp.-New York World.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
Deplores the Attack on Wnsl
LOSES CONTROL OF SELF
WHILE IN A TEMPLE

Battle Greek, Mich, Aug. 14.-Infu-
rated bya dispute over horses that had
strayed on his property, John Bauman
assaulted Henry BOrdell with ham
mer at st. Mary's lake. four miles
north of this city. BOrdel has sworn
out warrant for Bauman's arrest,
charging assault with intent to Kill.
After asSaulting Bordell Bauman made
a fierce attack on John Blumenthal,
who owns a resort at st. AIary's lake,
but Mrs. Blumenthal, 1t is said, went
to her husbands aid with u pitchfork.
Officers are after Bauman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
SAYS HE WAS STOLEN
ON EVE OF WEDDING
Alexander Franz Claims Tramps
Spirited Him
Away.

Olivet. Mich, Aug. 14.-AleXander
Franz. who was forcibly detained from
attending his own wedding and whose
disappearance has been n mystery, has
returned safe and sound to the home
of his fancee. He tells II story of being
captured and robbed by tramps. taken
in a cCIl car to Goshen, Ind, and there
held captive for five days.
On Monday the tramps attempted
to remove him to another place and he
made mis- escape. He says he succeed
ed in recovering part of his money, and
with that he started for home. He says
that he and Miss Patten will be mar
ried at once.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
RUSSIANS LATEST MOVE
New Vice Royalty Established Which Ft
Is Said VIII Not Affect Man
churla Evacuation.

st. Petersburg, Aug. IA new vice
royalty, consisting Of the Amur dis
trict ana the Kwan-Tung province, ere
ated in August, 1899, has been estab-
lished. Heretofore the Amur district
has been controlled by governor gem
eraI. a ukase signed by the czar and
promulgated appoints Vice Admiral
Alexieff, aid-de-camp general to the
czar, as vicerOy of this far-eastern ter
ritory. He will be vested with su-
preme authority in all the branches of
the civil administration, the direction
of which no longr will be in the hands
of the ministers.
London, Aug. 1.-THE Associated
Press correspondent learns on high
Russian authority that the establish
ment of a vice royalty for the Amur
district and Kwan-Tung province will
not affect the evacuation of Manchuria
in October
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
HE MAKES RESTITUTION
Veteran of the Civil War Who Considers
That He Was Not Entitled to
Extra Bounty.

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE secre-
tary of the treasury has received a
check for 500 from a firm of attor-
neys in Philadelphia with the follow
ing explanations: Enclosed please find
$100, being the amount of money which
was paid on the 10th day of December,
1868. by the Unitel States government
as additional bounty to a soldier"
He considers that he waS not en-
titled to this money by reason of an
act of July %, 1866 which debarred
all men from participating i'll this boun-
ty who had re-enlisted, which he had
done He wishes to make restitution
of this amount.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
omoers ef Iowa Pythinas.

Council Bluffs. Ia. Aug. 14.-These
officers were elected by the Iowa Pyth-
ians: Grand chancellor, +. NJ. Molsber-
ry, Columbus Junction; grand keeper
of records. II. d. Walker, Mount Pleas
ant. Waterloo was chosen for next
years grand lodge meeting. Mrs.
Belle Quinlan, of GaleSburg, ILL.,. su-
preme chief of the RathbOne Sisters,
stated at the convention that negOtia-
tions were in progress for the con-
solidationof that body and the Pythian
SiSterhood.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
Fatal ExpIosIon In . MING.

Birmingham, Ala, Aug. 1.-Two
white miners are dead and three in
jured as result of fatal explosion
of powder at the entrance to a mine
of the North Alabama Coal and Iron
company at Coal City The dead are
Austin Davis and Sam Scrogins. Fatal
ly injured: August Scrogins. John
Dickens and John Kitchen were seri-
ously wounded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
Attacked bv Rattlesnakes.

Columbus, Ind, Aug. 14.-Judge w.
c. Duncan, of this city, went to Brown
county to look after his farming inter
ests at Nashville he hired Samuel
Gott, young man about 10 years Of
age to help him. While Gott was
Strengthening some wheat shocks he
was attacked by two rattlesnakes, each
five feet long. one yellow spotted, the
other black. After a fifteen-minute bat
tie the judge and Colt succeeded in
killing both snakes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
NTarrIes a New York Duchess.
Goes West to Grow Up.

After the death of his aged wife
Dwyer went all over the west organ
izing mining and land companies, many
of which are said to have returned
vast sums OF money to the investors.
of which he says he has received lit
tie or nothing. In 1900 Dwyer en-
listed In the marine corps in the Brook
lyn navy yard for II term of three
years. and was sent to Manila. where
he was known as the millionaire Ma
rine." After one years service. how
ever, on the APPLICATION of friends he
received an honorable discharge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
Death Roll win Contain Three Names.

Asheville, y. c., Aug. IA train
of thirteen loaded freight cars got be
yond the control of the engineer on the
Southern railway and dashing wildly
down steep grade on Saluda noun
tain, was wrecked at a turn in the
road near Melrose. The dead are: En-
gineer ]. H. Averill, Jr., and Fireman
William Hair both of Asheville, n. G..
Brakeman w. b. Sheriff., of Swannoa,
n. c.. was fatally hurt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14

A toast to the true woman. whether
the new woman" or the old love: Be
true to her; life be dear TO her; health
stay close to her; joy draw near to her;
fortune find what you can do for her;
follow her footsteps the wide world
over, and keep her husband always her
lover. The woman is what the man
makes her. Let the man learn the art
Of molding.-Mrs. Burton Kingsland
in New York World.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
EDWARDS SPEECH
MADE IN PARLIAMENT
Which Body is Prorogued Until
November 2-TelIs of Re
ceptiOn.

London. Aug. 14.-Parliament was
prorogued today until Nov. ,. The
kings speech was of little general or
international interest. 1t alluded to
the cordiality of the kings reception
in Portugal, Italy and France, and
expressed the deepest satisfaction at
the manifestations of good Will and
the cordial reception on his recent
visit to Ireland.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
N.br..ka Man for Organizer.

Bloomington, ILL.,, Aug. 14.-At a
meeting of the executive council of the
Modern Woodmcn of America Ralph
Johnson, of Lincoln, Neb., was appoint
ed supreme organizer and given charge
of state deputies and lecturers and su-
Servision of deputies and in Chicago
and those cities that were admitted to
membership at the indianapolis con-
VPnfinn-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
BROODING OVER WIFE:
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
Decatur SaIoonkeeper Destroys Him
selfin a Fit of Mel
ancholy.

Springfield, ILL.,. Aug. 14.-Brooding
over a quarrel with his wife. who had
gone to Tayloryille yesterday to at
tend the street fair {. spite his pro-
testations, Edward Kolchenska, sa-
lOonkeeper of Decatur. committed
suicide early today by blowing his
head to pieces with shotgun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
OFFICIAL ADVICES IN
AS TO HURRICANE LOSS

Washington, Aug. 14.-The state de
partment has received the following
cablegram from Kingston. Jamaica:
Port Antonio is greatly damaged by
the hurricane. Many dead and seri-
ously injured are constantly reported
to the consulate."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
death of george ID. woodin.

Sigourney, Ia, Aug. 14.-George ID.
Woodin. T6 years old, president of the
First National bank, of Sigourney, is
dead He was delegate to the ma
tional Republican convention at Chica-
go in 1880.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
Bloody Deed of a NIadman.

Wichita, Kan. Aug. 14.-At Win
field, Kan. Il man with revolver and
a shotgun fired both into the crowd at
tending u band concert. and killed
three people outright and wounded
eight or ten others. He then killed
himself. He is supposed to have been
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
Thuga Rob a Po.toffice.

Sioux Falls, S. D.. Aug. 1.-THE
-postoffice building at Sherman was en-
tered by craftsman who blew open the
safe and carried off the contents. The
robbers excaped and there is no clue.
Notes to the value of $1,000, $500 in
cash and $50 worth of stamps were
carried away. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
.ENGLISHMAN WINS
TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
Ooherty Defeats Larncd on Courts
of Meadow Club i'm South
Hampton.

southampton, Aug. ILL. L. Do
herty, the English tennis champion
defeated William \. Larned, the
American champions. today in final
match singles on enc courts of the
Meadow club.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
Ironaeouoit win. the Cum.

Toronto. Aug. 1.-THE Irondequoit,
the United States challenger for the
Canada cup. won the deciding race of
the series. thus wrestling the trophy
from across the water. 1t will now
rest in the Rochester Yacht club until
some Canadian boat is able to bring il
back. The Irondequoit beat the Strath-
coma ffty-siX seconds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
NOTHING YET KNOWN
OF ROOSEVELT'S PART
Report That President Will Be Asked
to Settle Manchurian
Difficulty.

London. Aug 14-At noon at the
embassies nothing was known regard
ing the statement made in last nights
dispatches from Yokohama that
Prince Ching had secured Russia'S
consent To use President Roosevelt's
good offices in connection with the
Manchurian difficulty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
She win Select a Grave.

Anderson. Ind, Aug. IA. - Mrs.
Frank L. Clifford, of Kokomo, has ad-
vised her relatives that she will come
here during the week and select. a
burial place, as she believes that she
is hopelessIy Ill of cancer. She wishes
to be buried in the new Maplewood
cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
FInats Ont to Sea.

After the lad had been revived some
what he told Captain Prescottthat with
two other boys he was fishing outside
the harbOr of Havana when the boat
broke adrift and they We're unable to
row it ashore. Two of the lads seeing
the land rapidly receding plunged into
the water and swan for shore The
other boy was unable to swim so far
and remained in the boat without food
or water until picked up by the Ell Do
RADIO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
Mabel Mckinley stays on the Stage.

Pittsburg, Aug. IA. - A telegram
from Somerset, Pa, signed by Mabel
Mckinley is as follows: Reports of
my leaving the stage are untrue. On
the contrary am pleased and encour-
aged more than ever"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
FIND A CASTAWAY
Boy Drifting From Cuba to
Georgia in an Open
Boat.
WAS PICKED UP ALMOST DEAL
Floats Out to Sea and is Many
Days Without
Food.

New York, Aug. 1.-THE Morgan
line steamer FL Dorado, which has ar
rived here from Galveston, hadOn board
a 12-yearold boy who was found adrift
in an open boat about 100 miles off
Georgia on Aug. 10. He was naked and
almost dead from exposure when res
cupd
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
Uniform Rank Men Meet.

Springfield, H.. Aug. 1.-THE an
nual assembly of the officers of the
Illinois brigade of the Uniform Rank.
knights of Pythias, was held in this
city. The meeting was for the discus
sion of business of the order and to
prepare for attending the biennial en-
campment of the Uniform Rank to be
held in August, 1904. In Louisville
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
NI,,creant. Use Dynamite Again.

Martinsville. Ind. Aug. II. - c. G.
McMorris' drug store at Hall, this
county, was wrecked by dynamite.
McMorris says he knows of no rea-
son for such treatment, though he ac-
knowledges selling intOxicants. He
claims his stock and building were
damaged about $1,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
sn,nr Four s.loonIseepers

Port Huron. Mich. Aug. 14.-Mrs.
Mary Jones has begun suits against
Edward Stringer. o. +. Brown. Martin
Mcrugh and Edward McGill, saloon
keepers. and their bondsmen for $500
each on the eground that they sold liquor
TO her 1S-year-old son and thereby
Fuined his life
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
more Trouble in San Domingo.

Paris. Aug. Il. - Dispatches from
Santo Domingo say that plot to mur.
der General Alexandra wos V Gil, the
president. has been discovered and
that there have been many arrests.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
HEARST ENDORSED
FOR PRESIDENCY
National Building Trades Council
BOOmIs Editor for High
Office.

Denver, Aug. 1.-THE National
Building Trades council, in convention
today, after a spirited debate indorsed
Congressman-elect W. Il. Hearst, of
New York, for president OF the United
States by vote of 2S to 10.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
Fighting Continues.

Fighting with the revolutionists is
still proceeding outside of town. Pan
ic continues at Monastir. where the
shops are closed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
Finding of the Jury in
the Jett-White
Case.
GET A LIFE SENTENCE
For Murder of James
B. MarCum---the
Prisoners.

Cynthiana, KY, Aug. 1.-THE jury
in the case of Curtis Jett and Thomas
White, charged with the assassination
of James B. Marcum, this morning re-
turned verdict of guilty, and fixed
the punishment on each at life inn
prisonment. The verdict was return
ed when but two persons were in the
court room.
White In Tears
Jett received the verdict with com
parative Indifference and calmness,
but White flushed up and his eyes
filled with tears. Attorney Golden,
for the defense, stated that a motion
for Il new trial would be made as
soon as possible.
Cynthiana, Ky, Aug. II. - The ar
guments in the Curtis Jett case have
been completed, and the jury has the
case. After it had been out some time
Judge Osborne directed Sheriff Leach
to call it from the room, and asked
it if 1t had reached its verdict. Fore
man ID. E. McCauley said it had not
Judge Osborne then advised the jurors
and put them in charge of the sheriff
and his deputy.
Would Have Held Over Sunday.
Judge Osborne stated that he in
tended keeping it over Sunday if it
did not sooner render Il verdict.
Hanged For Many Murders.
New Orleans. Aug. IA. +. Bet
son was hanged at Lake Charles to-
day for the murder of six members
of the Earle family in February. 1902,
near Welsh. Betson always denied
the crime.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
WHEAT AT A DOLLAR:
BID IN MINNEAPOLIS
For the First Time Since 1898 -
Higher Offers But No
Sales.

Minneapolis, Aug. 14.-Cash wheat
today sold at dollar the first time
since 1898. Later Sl.O2 was asked and
$l.OI bid. with no sales.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-14
TALK WAS FIERY
Boston Woman Uses Hot Lam
guage When She Speaks
About Lynching
HITS AT THE PETITION TO RUSSIA
Intimating That 1t Would Be a Good
Thing for Uncle Sam to Look
at Home.

New Haven, Conn, Aug. II. - Some
&. Cravatt Simpson, of Boston, caused
sensation at the opening of session
of the annual convention of the North
eastern Federation of Women's clubs,
an organization Of cOlOred women. Mrs
Simpsn, who is a member of the Wom-
ems Era club, of Boston. declared there
was no better time than the present
for the convention to put itself on
record regarding lynchings, and she
called for the adoption Of resolutions
to be sent to President Roosevelt. The
resolutions will be drawn up and pre-
scented later.
Sees Beam In Our Own Eye.
Mrs. Simpson said that the club
members should conceive a feasible
plan to suggest the government of the
United States whereby it could chastiSa
its own lawless children, better known
as lynchers, instead of contemplating
sending messages across the water to
its sister countries, instructing them
what they must and shall not do as
regards buteEering human souls. while
# at home encourages barbecues of the
same kind.
Uses Some Very Vigorous Language.
The barbariSm of these so-caIled
civilized lyncherS," said the speaker,
lis analogous to the atrocities of their
forefathers who had ships plying the
African coast laden with thousands OF
human souls to sell into bondage. Their
revolving heartleSsneSs and the crimes
of today might make the devil Won
der and hell recognize its own like
ness"
DeplOres the Attack on Washington.
Miss Elizabeth Carter. of New Bed
ford, Mass, spoke of the recent attack
on Booker Il. Washington in Boston.
and pleaded for an Endorsement of his
work by the convention. She \said:
''When l think of the recent Insult
offered to him l feel that those W ho
are responsible for that affair in Bos-
ton are not our people-not part of the
race that l am in. We ought 20 be
proud TO have such n man one of us"