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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
COOKS AND WATERS STRIKE
Because the Restaurant Supplies Food TO
Non-Strikers on n struck
Job at Chicago.

Chicago, April 10. = Two hundred
union cooks and walters struck at
Kinsley's restaurant because rations
were furnished for the garrisons OF
non-union gas workers who are quar-
tered in the various plants of the Peo
pies Gas company. Twelve policemen
We're sent to the restaurant to escort
a wagon load of cooked ratiOns to the
gas plant at Twenty-second street and
Center avenue.
Arrangements had been made in ad-
vance, however, for this move, and
when the wagon arrived at the restau-
rant it was found impossible to get
any provisions. the cooks refusing to
furnish anything. The strike did not
occur until after noon. which saved
many patrons of the place the incOn-
venience that would otherwise have
arisen had it occurred before the lunch
hour.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
MISSOURI PRISONER
HEIR TO LARGE FORTUNE

Jefferson City. Mo-. April 15.-S. f.
CHASER, serving a term in the peni-
tentiary, has fallen heir to 100000
through the death of his father in
Germany.
County Clerk f. w. Roer has re-
ceived letter from II. Markworth,
a Cincinnati lawyer, making inquiries
about CHASER, who had written him
that he was in rather straitened cir
cumstances, and was. therefore, una
BILE to go to Germany to look after
his good fortune.
The county clerk made an investi-
CATION and found that CHASER was in
rather tight quarters, having yet 20
months to serve for forgery commit
ted in Buchanan county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
sLEUTHs LACK THE PROOF
After Tearing Up a Mans Office He Is Re-
IeRsed-They Have Hopes in
Another Case.

Chicago, April I'LL. c. AltiZer, the
attorney who was arrested by detec-
tives during raids on alleged gambling
enterprises, was discharged by JUS
tice PrindiviIle. Detective Woodbridge,
who conducted the raids, asked the
court to enter nOn-Suit and said he
had no evidence against the defendant.
Altizer is manager of the Chicago
Crescent company and occupied an Of
flee at 30 Dearborn street. where the
police confiscated Il pile of stationery
connected with the Star Distributors
union and other concerns.
The case against w. J. GrOskluas
and ]. Il. Cuttings, arrested in the raid
on offices of the Montana Mining, Loan
and Investment comPaay, 225 Dearborn
street. were confines until April 21.
BY that time the polio, expect to find
J. Jacobs, said to be the manager of
the concern, which is claimed to be q
lottery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
Tried to XIII His Wife.

st. Joseph, Mich, April 15.-Geo-ge
Smith. living in the village of Water
vliet. was lodged in the county jail in
this city. charged with attempted MUIR
der of his wife and 19-year-old son.
Smith visited st. Joseph and returned
to his home during the night in an
ugly mood over the failure of a busi-
ness transaction. 1t is alleged he went
to the woodshed. secured a hatchet.
and returned to his wife's bedroom
and attempted to assault her with the
hatchet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
FALLS $50 FEET AND
ESCAPES INSTANT DEATH

st. Louis. April 15.-Louis Helfrich.
a carpenter, of No. 721O Minnesota
avenue. lived three hours at the city
hospital yesterday after falling 125
feet from the tenth story of the
Chemical building annex. in course of
construction at Eighth and Olive
streets.
Physicians at the city dispensary
and city hospital regard the ease of
Helfrich as remarkable. DIR. Oatman,
at the city dispensary. stated that in
most eases where a person falls such
a distance life is extinct before the
body strikes the ground.
Internal injuries caused Helfrich's
death. Both legs were broken be-
tween the knees and ankles and his
right arm was fractured.
No one saw Helfrich fall He was
seen to start up ladder carrying n
carpenters sawhorse. The rain mades
the ladder slippery. and it is believed
that this caused him to lose his hold
as he was ascending.
Near where the body was found lay
fragments of the sawhorse. Other
workmen found Helfrich in the alley.
An ambulance was summoned. The
driver did not believe Helfrich would
live until the hospital was reached,
but lashed his horses into a gallop.
The hospital doctors were surpris-
ed when told that Helfrich had fallen
125 feet. They set to work immedi-
ately to do what they could for him,
without hope. however. that they
would be able to save his life. As the
minutes passed and breath remained
in the crushed body, wonder grew in
the minds of the men of medicine.
He fingered three hours.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
NEwLABOR ORGANIZATIONS WANTED
BY a Battle Creek Man Who Says He Fa-
vOrs UnIonism.

BY Battle Creek Man Who Says He Fa-
vOrs Unionism.
Following the presidents message
Marshall Gushing, national secretary,
made his annual report, showing an
increase in the associations member
ship for the last year of more than 100
per cent After the luncheon recess
Hamilton Carbart, of Michigan, nation
al treasurer, reported a satisfactory
and improved financial condition for
the treasury. c. w. Post, of Battle
Creek, Mich, originator of the Post
check system, delivered an address on
''The Tyranny of Trades Unions." He
said in part: In the gradual solu-
ton of the wage question and the es-
tablishment of the right of both par
ties labor unions became a necessity
in order to curb the selfishnesS and
injustice of some manufacturers, but
such violent and desperate eXcesses
have crept into operation of the labor
unions that common safety demands
a new union eliminating the faults
of the old.
Il protest against unnatural acts
SuCn VI D,y
the manufacturer to force lower wages
on the employees, or by strikes to force
higher wages on the employer. The
conditions must be produced and gov
erned by the natural law of commerce.
1 am decidedly in favor of union, with
all the underbrush. cleared out-a un-
ion that will help the people keep in
work and secure the highest wages
the business will stand. This body
should proceed at once to the work of
organization either by committee or in
general session, select officers and Sc
cure a general manager of high grade
and capable of earning a good-sized
salary Paid delegates should be sent
broadcast to the labor centers, there
to organize local unions, under the
employer and employees union. These
local organizations would draw to
themselves the best workmen in the
land who are now forced too often
from fear and by violence to give over
their liberty to the manipulation and
direction of noisy, turbulent men"
Numerous resolutions were intro
duced and referred to committee with
out debate, among them being one in
dorsing the organization Of non-union
workmen and pledging the association
to their support, and another pledging
the support and assistance of members
20 any member under union boycott.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
MORGAN Is DELAYED
IN GOING ABROAD
nancier's Vacation
Plans.

New York, April 15.-Owing to the
perpleXed state of the stock market
growing out of the Northern Securi-
ties decision, j. Pierpont Morgan did
not sail for Europe today as he had
planned to do. He always goes
abroad in the spring and rarely per-
mits anything to interfere with these
jaunts, but it was said in his office
today that he would remain here un-
til some definite plan had been work
ed out relative to the Northern Secur-
tiles problem. Mr.. Morgan has made
tentative arrangements to sail a
week from today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
NEW GIFT TO POPE
Roosevelt Sends Messages of the
Presidents of the United
States
DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME
Letter Accompanies the
Valuable Remem-
bPance.

Baltimore, April 10. - President
Roosevelt has sent to Cardinal Glib
messenger, to Pope Leo XIII a gift
to be presented to the pope on the
celebration of his Jubilee. The gift
consists of ten handsomely bound vol
umes containing all the messages and
official documents of the presidents
of the United States, from Washington
to Roosevelt
Autograph Letter Accompanies 1t.
The gift was entrusted by Cardinal
Gibbons to clergyman who has sailed
from New York for Naples on the
steamship Liguria. Autograph letters
from the president and Cardinal Glib
bons to the pope accompany the gift.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
BRIDGE WORKERS STRIKE
HAS BEEN DECLARED OFF

New York, April 15.-The Interna-
otional Association of Bridge. and
Structural Iron workers has declar-
ed off the strike involving 5000 men
against the American Bridge com
pany pending a settlement of the diff
ferences by arbitration.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
SUPREME COURT ACTS
In CONTEST CASE
Grants Habeas Corpus in Lorimer-
DurbOrroW Proceed
iDgs.

Springfield, H., April 15.-The SUI
preme court today in the Lorimer-
Duborrow contested election case, in
Chicago, granted a r:otion with ha-
beas corpus made by the clerk of
election and commissioners of cleo
tion who were sentenced to Jail by
Judge Hanecy for refusal to comply
with his injunction restraining them
from producing the ballots for re-
count. The case is set for hearing
the Goth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
pr. Loreuz l. ON rhis Side.

New York, April 10. - DR.. Adolf
Lorenz, who during his last visit to
the United States performed number
of bloodless surgical operations, has
arrived here from Austria. He goes
20 Chicago TO remove the cast from
the hip of Lolita Armour, daughter of
j. Ogden Armour to operate upon
whom he made his first visit to this
country
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
A TRUST INQUIRY
Report on the Tobacco Octopus"
and It's Operations Over
the Rhine.
WANTS TO DO ALL TIE BUSINESS
Buys Pretty Much the Whole Tobacco
Crop to Cover Its Own
Demand.

Berlin, April 15.-The manner in
which the American Tobacco company
cornered the market for cigarette to-
bacco is reported upon by the Berlin
chamber of commerce to the Prussian
commerce minister, Herr Moeller. as
follows: 'The American tobacco trust,
in skillful, well-planned Lianner Sc
cured the output of cigarette tobacco
in order to meet its increased demand
for raw tobacco by buying not only in
the markets of producing countries but
in the chief staple markets The ware
housesare at present empty, and prices
for the cheaper qualities have risen %
to 30 per cent. 1t cannot. however. he
asserted that the American purchases
were made for purposes of speculation
or for controlling the market of the
world.
Only Bought to Cover Demand.
"'They appear. on the other hand,
merely to have been to cover the trusts
enormous demand. So far as the Ger
man product is concerned the cheaper
qualities were bought. but of the
American crop the dearer kinds were
purchased. While it is hardly planned
to make the German raw tobacco mar
ket dependentupon American interests,
still. the domestic industry feels
keenly the deficiency in raw material
and the enhancement of prices. The
market for cigar tobacco has felt the
influence of the trust to q lesser de-
gree. OF course the trust completely
controls the raw tobacco supply for
Havana cigars.
How It Began I'm Germany.
''The trust began operations in the
German cigarette market with the pur-
chase of the factory of George a. Jas
matZi, of Dresden, at the beginning of
1901. Since then it has succeeded in
increasing its business fully 80 per cent.
In order to create a large market for
its product the trust operates with
liberal rebates, but there is nothing
unusual in this method of doing busi-
ness, apart from the fact that rebates
are given even for small quantities. On
the other hand ii appears not to be free
from criticism that the trust delivers
200 Cigarettes whenever n thousand
are ordered.
After tho Whole German Market.
Furthermore, it has developed sys-
tenn of bOunties which is strongly dis
approved in GermaN business circles.
We believe the trust intends to try to
secure control of the entire German
cigarette market, but there is nothing
to indicate that it will soon succeed.
The German cigarette industry is
strong enough in capital and technical
to take up the fight against
the trust"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
LoUBETs GREAT RECEPTION
IN NORTHERN AFRICA

Algiers, April 15.-President Loubet,
the first chief of state since Napoleon
III. to visit the French North African
possessions, was given a magnificent
reception on his arrival here today.
The city is elaborately decorated.
Vast crowds thronged the streets.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
Five Jail-Breakers CAPTURED.

Sibley, Ia. April 15.-W. II. Criss-
man and Charles Dickerson, alias
..Iowa Dick" who broke jail at Esther
vile last week, were captured at San
born. In all five broke jail. The sher-
if of Emmett county caught two and
Sheriff Desmond three.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
SOUND LINE STEAMER
Is CONSIDERABLY OVERDUE

New Haven, Conn, april 15.-The
Sound line steamer John II. Star is
"a hours overdue. Officials of the line
are confident nothing has happened
her.
Later-The missing steamer has
since been reported safe in Hunting
ton bay, Long Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15

Beaumont, Texas. April 15.-Fire on
Spindle Top early today did damage
estimated at 81 100000. Two hundred
and siXty-five derricks were lost. The
fire was started by wheel of an en-
gine the Caldwell Oil company's well
striking lantern and igniting the der
rick. 1t is estimated twO-thirds of
the companies in the burned district
will be unable to recover from the
damage done.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15

Traverse City, Mich. April 15.-Al-
fred Ewing, who recently came here
from Petosky. was taken to the jail,
on the suspicion that he was insane
He has been selling bogus land con-
tracts and making insurance deals He
says his parents live in Detroit. 1t
is said that he has been twice in the
PAINTING aSVInm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
Hon. Delo. :. GrIe.by Dead.

Pittsfield, Ills, April 15.-Hon. Delos
L. Grigsby died at his home in this
city. aged 4S years. He was formerly
a law partner of Colonel \. c. Mat
hews, formerly comptroller of the cur
rency. He was prominent Repub-
lican politician and had served in the
lower house of the Illinois legislature.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
RUMOR OF REMARRIAGE
OF SAXON ROYALTY DENIED

London, April 15.-The report that
the ex-crown Princess Louise and the
crown prince Frederick of Saxony
were to be remarked this week, is
denied.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
WANT AMERICA TO HELP
IN LAND STRUGGLE

Boston, April 15.-The executive Of
ficers of the Ancient Order of Hiber-
mans of Ireland, England and Scot
land have issued an appeal to mem
bers in this country to aid in the
present struggle in Ireland for the
''Iand for the people"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
COWBOY FEAST
FOR THE PRESIDENT
A Novel Manner of Entertaining
Roosevelt Planned at
Hugo, Colo.

Hugo, Colo. April 15.-The sugges-
tion that President Roosevelt be Civ
en- opportunity to partake of genu-
inc cowboy breakfast as feature of
the entertainment during his brief
stop at this place May 1 will be car
ried out. The breakfast will be
spread in true cowboy fashion with
chuck wagon and all the rest of the
paraphernalia common to such a
feast
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
DISASTROUS FIRE
IN OIL LOCALITIES
All But Twenty-three Derricks of
One Company Are De-
strOyed.

st. Louis, April 15.-A Post-Dis-
patch special from Beaumont. Texas.
says a fire beginning at this morn
ing destroyed all but p of the rs
rigs and derricks in the Hogg Swayne
tract on Spindle Top.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
HEAVY snow I'm WISCONSIN.

Plainfield, Wis., April ia heavy
snow storm prevailed throughout CEN
tral Wisconsin. A high northeast wind
blew, drifting the snow badly. About
dix inches of snow fell
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
OFFERED PAY FOR
GOEBEL'S MURDER
Sensational Testimony in the How
ard Trial at Frank
fort.

Frankfort, KY, April 15.-Frank
Cecil. under Indictment as accessory
to the murder of Goebel, today testi-
fled in the trial of James Howard that
Caleb Powers and Gov. Taylor had Of
fered to pay him $500 if he would
fire the shot that would kill Goebel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
TWO TRAGIC INSTANCES
RESULT OF DESPAIR

Mount Clemens, Mich. April 10. -
The body of Mrs. Robert Klagge, Of
Guchow avenue, aged 45, was found
in the Clinton river. She was the eld-
est daughter of the late John Brett
meyer, and twin sister of Albert Brett
meyer, of Detroit. Her husband is a
well-knOwn florist. She arose at 3
o'clock in the morning to get one of
her children drink. and did not re
turn to bed. At , o'clock her family
began searching for her. She had been
suffering from nervous prOstratiOn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
Former President CIeVe-
land on the Negro
Question
IN NORTH AND SOUTH
Coercion of Old Slave
Owners Will Not Set
tie the Question.

New York, April 15.-Ex-President
Grover Cleveland and Booker r. Wash
ngtOn sat side by side on the same
platform and later spoke in behalf of
the negro last night at a great mass
meeting in Madison Square garden.
Mr.. Cleveland in his address analyz-
ed the attitude of the south toward
the negro and in suggesting a meth
cd of solving the negro question said
the south could not be coerced into
cooperation with the north and that
the north should not gratuitously
run counter to fixed southern ideas
or prejudices.
Problem In South.
The great burden of solving the
problem lay on the south; it would
not be accomplished by coercion of
former slave holders; the north could
aid, and at present the speaker could
see no better way of aiding than by
helping TO educate the negro after
the method of the Tuskegee institute.
of which Booker Washington is presi-
dent.
The meeting was held primarily to
secure assistance for the Tuslegee in
stitute. Besides Mr.. Cleveland and
Booker Washington there were sew
eral speakers. One of these was Ed
ward G. Murphy. executive secretary
of the southern education board
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
RECEIVER IS APPOINTED
FOR BIG SHOE CONCERN

Chicago, April ia receiver has
been appointed for the wholesale boot
and shoe house of n. Greenfelder &
Co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
ALBANIAN ASSASSIN
SENTENCED TO DEATH

, Constantinople, April 15.-The Al
bantam soldier who shot the Russian
consul at Mitrovitza has been SEN
fenced to DEATH
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15

Milwaukee. April 15.-NIrs. Anna
Fielder tried to commit suicide by
leaping from the seventh floor of the
city hall to the rotunda. drop of 40
feet Her son. Edward Fielder, was
on trial for attempt to murder and the
woman feared that he would be con-
victed. While waiting in the corridor
with friends she suddenly climbed the
railing and attempted to throw herself
over. but was caught in time. The son
was not convicted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
Judge Instructs Grand
Jury to Ignore Wash
ington Orders
AND PROBE MATTERS
Regardless of the Con-
sequences = Snug
Cling Charges.

San Juan. Porto Rico. April ID
The grand jury is investigating the
so-called smuggling cases in which of
ficers of the United States navy and
other prominent men are involved, not
withstanding the instructions which. it
is stated, District Attorney PettingilI
has received from the department of
Justice at Washington not TO present
information TO the grand jury this
term. The press and the natives have
practically demanded an investigation,
inasmuch as last term a native mer-
chant named Richardo Anado was
sentenced to a years confinement in
the penitentiary and a fine of $500
for having contraband liquor in his
possession.
Grand Jury Asks Instructions.
The grand jury came into court and
asked for information. The foreman
said: 1T has come to our knowledge
that certain cases of smuggling have
occurred. We have asked the district
attorney about the matter, and he re-
fused TO bring up the matter, alleging
that he had received certain instruc-
tions. We now ask the judge if we
have right to information in spite of
the district attorneys refusal
Jurors Bound by Their Oaths.
Judge Holt had prepared written
charge. the reading of which caused
a sensation. He said in part: when
you were empanelled at the beginning
of the term lou swore that you would
al q int
true presentment of fSuch matters
given to you, or which might other
wise come to your knowledge, touch
ing violations of the statutes of the
United States, and that you would
make no presentment through envy,
hatred, favor, affection or reward, or
through hope thereof You could not,
ii you desired, escape from the obliga-
tions of your oath by needing the in
Structions of any one.
President Cannot Interfere.
1.-The honOred president of the Unit
ed States could pardon. but he could
not interfere. If you believe that any
one has given instructions tending to
prevent the fullest investigation into
the commission of a crime in the Unit
ed States and the returning of an in
dictment if the evidence so warrants,
then you should be inspired by an adj |
ditional determination to do your duty. !
The court has knowledge of the in
structions to which the district attor-
ney alludes. 1t is proper to say that |
it is my opinion that there has been |
no intention of encroaching upon your |
sworn duty, or the judicial domain"
Several Officials duplicated.
Thetestimony submitted last Decem- |
her regarding the snInCCIing cases |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
Several OficIals Implicated.

Thetestimony submitted last Decem-
ber regarding the smuggling cases
pointed to a dozen prominent officials
of the macy, army and insular gov
ernment and citizens being implicated
in the charges.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
saws be KNOW but one Law.

Further along he said: Organized
labor knows but one law, and that is.
the law of physical force-the law of
the Huns AMI vandals, the law of the
savage. All its purposes are accom-
plished either by actual force or by
the threat of force. 1t does not place
its reliance in reason and justice. but
in strikes, boycotts and coercion. 1t is,
in all essential features, mob-pow-
er, knowing 10 master except its own
will, and is continually condemning or
defying the constituted authorities"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15

passed unheeded. The voice of pub
lie conscience is hushed from terror
iZation"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-04

w. w. Dickerson and wife, of
Gentry, Arkansas, are in the city Wis
iting at c. F. Diffenbacher's. Mrs.
Dickerson,- a sister of. Mrs. Difen-
bacher, is subject to the asthma, and
they are on their way to Colorado for
the benefit of Mrs. Dickerson.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-04

Rev. Mary T. Williams, county
president of the 3rd district Foreign
Miners Work, of the w. CT u,
has been in the city this week. Her
home is at Cherokee, Kansas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-04

Mrs. C.. E. Castle and Mrs. E. w
Moses spent Saturday in Ellinwood
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-04

An infant babe of Mr.. and Mrs
John Chapman was buried Sunday
last.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-04

Moore & Weltmer have added a
addition to the New
Bakery.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-04
THE DEMOCRAT
December 4, 1908. Twelve Pages.
Ask These People

Who are using the Great Majestic
Malleable Steel Range how they like
ie: