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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
AFTER JUDGE ADAMS
In KANSAS CITY
Dummy Figure Dangling From a
Telegraph
Pole.

Kansas City, March 12.-Early yes
terday morning a dummy figure was
discovered hanging to telephone
pole at the corner of the government
block. 1t was an effigy of Judge FL
mer Il. Adams. of the federal court
of st. Louis. who issued the Wabash
strike injunction. y large placard
fastened to il bore these words,
Poor Judge Adams, his brain is so
small that they hurt his head" The
effigy was cut down at 9:30 o'clock
by two ianitors from the government
building 1t was thrown into the fur
mace.
jefferson City, Mo, March r. y
resolution was adopted by the house
yesterday reproving Judge Adams, of
the United States district court at St.
Louis. for granting the recent Wa
bash injunction. 1t was:
''Resolved. That this house depre-
Gates the tendency of the times to-
ward government by Injunction, as
eHemplified in the recent sweeping or
der of Judge Elmer b. Adams, of the
federal circuit c. -t in st. Louis. who
has restrained by injunction the Off
GERS of the railway unions in the
pending controversy with the Wabash
railway over the wage scale.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
ALLEGED THEY SWINDLED
FARMERS ON SHIPMENTS

Chicago, March 12.-E. y. Bates and
c. II. Sterns, who, it is alleged, have
swindled farmers of the west and
northwest to the extent of $4,000,
were arrested here today. They are
said to have received carloads of
produce to sell on commission and to
have appropriated the proceeds.
The two men are said to have OPP
Grated under the following names:
National Cold Storage company. How
ard Creamery company, Pradford-
Meyer company. The arrest was
made by government officers, who, it
is said, have in. their possession evil
dence showing the men to have con-
Quoted an extensive business under
the various firm names.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
100 PASSENGERS
HAVE CLOSE CALL
Train Load Nearer Deaths and In
Jurics Than They'll Want
to Be Again.

Frankfort, Ind, March 12.-Over 100
passengers and several Of the officials
of the Glover Leaf railroad. including
President Norton in his private car,
had Il marvellous escape Tuesday night
on the Glover Leaf east-bOund fast
express a mile east of this city. AS
the train, going at the rate of forty
miles an hour, rounded Il sharp curve
on a high grade an axle on the engine
broke and one hywheel left the engine.
The side rods also broke. but. as if by
miracle, the engine remained on the
track.
The train was brought to Il standstill
without injury to any of the passen-
gers only a few feet from a high
bridge. There was great excitement
among the officials and passengers
when they learned of their narrow
escape.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
METAL WORKERS
ARE INDORSED
Allied Building Trades Take Action
Regarding Strike
Today.

Chicago, March 12.-The strike of
the sheet metal workers was indors-
ed today by the advisory board of
the building trades council. This is
said to mean a general strike. includ-
ing the members of 30 building crafts,
who will be called out on every con-
tract where non-union men or mem
bers of the rival metal workers union
are employed. The strike of the
structural iron workers against the
American Bridge company. which
started in the east, has extended to
the company's contracts here
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
FIRE BREAKS OUT
IN A POWDER PLANT
Doesn't Reach Explosive and There
Are No Fatalities or
Injuries.

Kenosha. Wis, March II. = The
Latin & Rand Power company's char
coal house at Pleasant Prairie was de-
stroyed by fire. with lossof $1,000. the
lives of several hundred workingmen
being placed in jeopardy.
The house is located some distance
from the mills in which the powder is
made. but when the flames enveloped
the big building the men fled in terror
from the mills. fearing a spark might
cause an explosion which would result
In the entire plant being wrecked. In
their frenzy to get out of the buildings
nany of the men were slightly injured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12

dominions and establishing to some
degree local self government and
making other concessions to the viii
lage committees.
The decree which was issued in
commemoratiOn of the anniversary
of the birthday of &lexander III is
considered to be the most significant
act of state since the emancipation
of the serfs. The public halls it as
n proclamation of a new era opening
up bright prospects of an early i'm
provement of the Russian internal adj
ministra ton.
Although the Jewish faith is not
specifically mentioned in the cars
decree, it is believed that liberty
granted TO ''all creeds' is intended to
include the Jews.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
Mississippi River Con-
tinues On the
Rise.
INSPECTING LEVEES
Large Forces of Men on
Guard in Southern
Districts.

New Orleans, La, March 12.-It is
generally admitted by government,
state and city authorities that the
Mississippi river will in all probable
ity break all records before the pres
ent flood begins to recede. The gauge
here last night showed 1S.5 feet, a rise
of One-tenth of a foot in the past u
hours
This stage is just one foot below
the high water record and every pre-
caution is being taken to prevent SER
iouS damage and to prepare for emer-
gencies. All the levee lines are being
thoroughly inspected and large forces
of men are at work day and night to
strengthen weak places and guard
the banks by night and day.
Though all the authorities admit
that a record stage is probable. they
maintain that the levee system is
higher and stronger than ever before
and that the banks are prepared to
Withstand the extra strain.
Floods in Nebraska.
Lincoln, Mob, March 12.-The food
situation in Nebraska is improved, and
the worst is believed to be over. For
fifteen years railroads have suffered no
such damage as during the past four
days.
Lincoln. Neb.. March 12.-fhe flood
situation in Nebraska is worse. The
wrecking by an ice gorge of the main
line bridge of the Rock Island across
the Platte river at South Eend and
that of the Missouri Pacific near Lou
railroad traffic
The center of food along the Platte
has moved eastward and reached Ere
mont, the bottom lands for miles east
and west of that town being under
water. The point of greatest danger
now is at Plattsmouth, where the
Platte emptieS into the Missouri,
which stream, already high. will be
given an increased and dangerous vol
ume as the mass of ice and water
flows into it
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
HAS HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL
Cuban Reciprocity Not Likely To BE Given
Clear Course.

The agreement made yesterday has
opens the way for its early considera-
ton in the senate The committee on
foreign relations will meet today in or
der to take up the Cuban treaty with
the view of reporting it to the senate.
The Democrats will endeavor to amend
the Cuban treaty, both in committee
and in the senate, so as to require
action by the house. They also threat
en- to anita gonize it with the French
reciprocity treaty. which treaty is quite
Objectionable to many Republican SEN
ators. but the indications are that the
Cuban agreement soon will be report
ed by the committee.
That it will have such smooth sail
ing in the senate is not quite so GER
tain. Four or five Democratic senators
are favorable to it. but while there is
only one Republican senator who has
announced his intention to vote against
it there are a number Indifferent to
in the senate. AS it appears now it
would be difficult to hold a quorum
of the senate in Washington while the
treaty is under consideration. If a
quorum cannot be held it will be i'm
possible to secure its ratification. for
there is sufficient opposition to require
this conformity with the rules of the
senate.
Meantime the Cuban senate has rati-
fed the treaty. Senior Quesada, the
Cuban minister to the United States,
last night received dispatch from
his home government saying: The
reciprocity treaty was approved by the
senate by sixteen votes against five"
The treaty referred to is the Cuban
reciprocity treaty with the United
States
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
SUICIDE OF
A fireman
Milwaukee Acid Victim
Ends Life in
Texas.
HE DID NOT GAIN
Enroute Home After
Trip South for
Health.

Milwaukee, March 12.-Joseph Nun
wash, one of the firemen who were
sent south to recuperate from the
effects of the Schwab fire. commit
ted suicide at Palestine, Texas. Tues
day night. The first known of the
tragedy was a dispatch received by
Chief Meminger from Assistant Chief
Clancy, who is in charge of the party
of sick firemen. 1t appears that Nun
wash. while enroute home, took his
life at Palestine, which is 300 miles
north of San Antonio, where the re-
mainder of the party are stopping.
Had Not Improved.
Nunwash was one of those most
afflicted with the acid fumes and had
not left his home until the day the
party left for the south. He had not
improved, and the bad, damp wea ather
which they met at San Antonio seems
to have increased his melancholia.
He was a truckman on No. > truck.
1t is expected the body will arrive
here Friday. He was unmarried. His
parents. with a brother and sister,
live at Caledonia, Racine county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
Dispute Orer a Corpse.

Monroe, Wis, March 12.-The rela-
tivcs of John Moreland are quarreling
over the die..>asition of his body. He
dropped dead in his garden Monday
The body was taken to the home of
Miss Emma Newman, who has been
Moreland's housekeeper for years. Two
sistersof Moreland demanded the body,
and it was taken to the home of one
of them, Mrs. Thomas McPhillips. An
other sister and an adopted son then
put in d claim and after a long dis
pute County Judge Becker was called
on to appoint special administrators.
He named John H. burst, who had the
body removed to the Presbyterian
church.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
AN AGED MAN EXPIRES
ON ENTERING CHURCH

New Haven, Conn, March 12.-
Alexander Page, one of the leading
members of the Trinity Episcopal
church on the New Haven green, sat
in the vestibule of the church for
some time dead and no one was aware
of the fact. He had come to the ev-
ening service with his daughter and
just as he stepped inside of the
church was taken i'll. He was led to
chair and seated in it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
SAVED FROM LYNCHING
BY A MASONIC CHARM

Dallas, Texas, March 12.-Rev. d. Il.
Stokes, the most prominent negro
preacher of Dallas, has made known
to United States District Attorney w.
ii. Atwell the details of an effort to
lynch him on the night of Feb. 20 in
Gregg county by band of white pro-
because he had made
speeches to the negroes urging them
to vote against prohibition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12

While waiting for the arrival of
the hospital ambulance scores of
worshippers passed into the church,
all taking hasty glance at one they
thought was doing. When they un-
dertook to carry him out to the am
bulance one of the attendants said:
THAT man is dead
Mr.. Page was IS years old and a
well-known citizen. Heart disease
was the cause of death.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12

Just as the party had prepared to
hang him he made the sign of dis
tress of the Masonic order as a last
hope of saving his life. \ leader
among the white men, who had been
as determined as any in advocating
hanging, stepped to his side and beg
ged for his life and saved him on the
promise that Stokes would never
again set his foot in Gregg county
again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
MARY WRIGHT, AGED 10,
HAS. TWO HUSBANDS

st. Louis, March IA girl of 16
years, who has Travelled under many
names, is a prisoner on "A charge of
bigamy. Under the names of Mary
Alton. alias Wright, alias Garrett,
alias MacCash, alias Hermann, she
has had a more varied experience
than falls to the lot of most girls of
her age and opportunities.
Until about eleven months ago she
lived with her mother and stepfather.
Charles Garrett, at 1923 North Sew
enth street. She was employed by
the Globe Pickle company, 1904 Col
lins street While employed there she
meS James MacCash, and after a brief
ceuztship they were married April s,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12

1902. by Rev. II. Magill, of the Biddle
mission.
After a somewhat strenuous matri
monial experience of five months she
left MacCash. Shortly afterward she
became acquainted with Joseph Her
mann and within two weeks after
meeting him, and without the formal
ity of a divorce from MacCash, she
and Hermann were married Nov. %,
1902, by Justice Robert Walker. She
lived with Hermann just two weeks
and left him.
Hermann was less forgiving than
MacCash, and when she refused to
return to him he caused her arrest
on charge of bigamy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
FAST PASSENGER TRAIN
WRECKED ON THE ERIE

New Castle. Pa. March IA fast
passenger train on the Pittsburg d
Lake Erie road was wrecked near
Maboningtown early today by the
splitting of rail which deraiIed the
train while running at a high speed.
\ score or more of passengers were
badly hurt. but none seriously.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
TWO men TRAMP SO
MILES OVER SNOW
Reach ST. Johns, Newfoundland,
After Four Days
Walk.

st. Johns, y. T.. March 12.-Nor-
man Ross and Frank Carter. masters
of two vessels of the American her
ring fleet. which iS frozen in the ice
foes in the Bay of Islands. arrived
yesterday after a 96-mile walk. They
were four days on the march. and
were accompanied by three other
travellers and two guides. who drag
ged a sled with their stock of pro-
visions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
OILED UP
So That the Panama Canal Treaty
Can Work Through to
a Vote.
MAY BE TAKEN NEXT TUESDAY
Morgan Having Agreed to Get Out
of the Way-Cuban Treaty
Faces Trouble.

Washington, March II. - Decided
progress was made yesterday toward
reaching an agreement for a vote on
the Colombian treaty, and when the
senate adjourned there was u general
understanding that today, in all prob
ability, some hour next Tuesday would
be definitely agreed on as the time
when q vote should be taken on the
treaty and All statements
to this effect. however, were accom-
panied by the announcement that
there were yet some details to be ar
ranged. leaving it impossible absolute
ly to conclude the agreement. before
today. There is. however, no doubt in
the minds of leading senators that the
vote will be taken on Tuesday.
Frye Brought 1t All About.
The arrangement was brought about
largely by Frye. who by virtue of long
service with Morgan on the committee
on foreign relations has come to be on
terms of great intimacy with the Ala
bama senator. No other senator thus
far has shown any disposition to delay
the final disposition of the treaty. So
that all that was necessary was to Sc
cure Morgan's assent to the taking OF
the vote. The negotiation was begun
early in the day and after Frye and
Morgan had been closeted for some
time the latter sought German, and
talked over the situation with him,
with the result indicated. Morgan eX-
acted consent to the printing in the
Congressional Record of the remarks
he has prepared giving his best recol-
lection OF the speeches he has made
I'm the executive sessions of the SEN
at on the treaty.
Two Democratic Amendments.
Democratic senators have practical
Iy agreed unanimously to urge an
amendment 20 the twenty-third article
of the treaty relieving it of all ques-
tion as to the right of the United
States to control the canal, and they
express confidence in obtaining some
Republican votes for it. Many sena-
tors also express the conviction that
the clause in the treaty committing
the United States to a policy Of non
acquisition of General American terri
tory should be eliminated as entirely
out of place. The indications are,
however. that the treaty will be rati-
fled without modification in any par
ticular.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
BOY TAKES LIFE
TO AVOID ARREST
Warren Fleming, 8 Years OF Age
Suicides at Belle
Vile, Ill.

Belleville, ILL.,, March 12.-Warren
Fleming, the 9-year-old son of War
rem T. Fleming. business man, com
mitted suicide yesterday by shooting
himself in the head with shotgun.
The boy had fought during the after
noon with Il playmate, who threaten
ed to have him arrested. He went
home, and, securing his fathers shot
gun, shot himself.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12

Springfield. Ohio, March 12.-Joseph
H. Gibbs and wife were found dead in
the main street of ST. Paris, village
west of Urbana, by two boys. Gibbs
started out early in the evening with
the wife of Jim Sheehee. saloon
keeper. Mrs. Gibbs had been jealous
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
Other Reciprocity Treaties Dead.

Washington. March 12.-The under
standing among the members of the
committee on foreign relations is that
none of the reciprocity treaties before
the committee shall be reported for
consideration this session and that the
Cuban treaty will be the last to receive
the attention of the committee for the
present.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
KING EDWARD TO VISIT
KING CHARLES OF BELGIUM

Lisbon, March Fit is officially
announced that King Edward will sail
from England for Lisbon on the Roy
al yacht March 81, and that he will
remain here four days as the guest
of King Charles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
MAN AND WIFE FOUND
DEAD IN VILLAGE STREET

of her husband and recently he shot
at her. While the dead man and Mrs.
Sheehee were on the street Mrs. Gibbs
came upon them. Gibbs drew a revol-
YER and shot his wife, killing her in
stantly. and it is now believed he
tried to kill the Sheehee woman. She
ran away and Gibbs shot himself.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
wouldn.t Sell for That Price.

Detroit, March 12.-Secretary e.
Hance, of the Union Trust company
announces that his company, as re-
ceiver of the Michigan Telephone COM
pany. has declined the offer of $125,000
cash made by the Citizens Telephone
company, of Kalamazoo, for the Bell
plant in that city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
Jim Crow Car Bill Fails.

Jefferson City, Mo-. March 12.-In
the house yesterday by. a vote of 90 to
20 the eseparate-railroad-cOach-fOr-col-
Ored people bill failed of final passage
All the Republicans voted against the
measure, as did several Democrats. !.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
Blow Wa. the Cause of His death.

Rhinelander Wis, March PA
report from Woodboro, a town west of
here, states that Joseph Manger, 20
years of age. became entangled in
controversy regarding land matters
and was struck in the face by Steve
Ketner, a bystander. Manger fell
backwards and struck his head on the
door, injuring the brain, death result
fnO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
WE'RE THE PEOPLE
View of the United States by the
Writer of a New French
Book.
WILL RULE THE WORLD soltE TIME
Before the End of the Century, SAYS
LaZare WeiIler-Yerkes and
His London Tubes.

Paris, March 12.-"Long before the
end of the twentieth century the
United States and the American people
will be the rulers of human affairs"
says LaZare Weller. This prophetic
statement is contained in book about
to be published. entitled Great Ideas
of Great People," embodying his i'm
pressions of the United States formed
during his visit last year. THE Old
World" he continues, might as well
accept the truth of Gladstonc's
prophecy uttered in 1878 regarding the
of America. who with the slightest
effort and by simple, rational develop
ment of their faculties are shortly de-
stined to assume the task of guiding
humanity"
Paul BOurget Is Inaccurate.
Weller condemns the hasty and in
accurate conclusions concerning the
United States contained in "Outre
Mer," the work of Paul Bourget, the
academnician, published in 1895. He
says: No mere psychologist is big
enough TO grasp such Il theme. Bour-
get was Il cruel carica turist whose
work fell fat because the Americans
are still too close to the primitive
sources of social life to appreciate
Latin irony intended for the tender
epidermis of the Paris Salons Well
ler's book is already being translated
for publication in New York.
Yerkes Has Trouble at London.
London, March 12-Active hostility
toward C. 7. Yerkcs' gigantic scheme
for extending and undermining the
transportation of London developed at
a meeting of the county council. The
municipal ownership members declared
that the metropolis was about to fall
into the hands of a traction trust of
immense magnitude and that the gov
ernment seemed pOwerless to avert the
danger. No definite action was taken.
Yerkes' opponents deferring full dis
closure of their programme to a future
date.
He Smiles Mt Fate, However.
Yerkes is encountering petty trou-
bleS without number. He held an
auction sale yesterday afternoon TO
dispose of the fruits of condemnation
proceedings in connection with the
Charing Cross Hampstead line. Those
fruits consist of gas engines. clothing,
cigars and tobacco, Office and shop
fixtures and a stock of boots and
shoes, all of which cost Yerkes E2,000
($10.000). When asked about his trou-
bles he smiled pleasantly and said:
ic 10
nounced that he would open the first
underground railway in London with
in eighteen months.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12

ratified the Guatemala and Mexican
extradition treaties. Morgan occupied
most of the time with his continued
speech against the canal treaty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
Alllson sauints At Closure.

Washington, March u. A reso-
luton offered by Allison in the senate
yesterday authorizes an inquiry into
the question of way to limit debate
In the senate. The executive session
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
SERIOUS CONDITION
OF JUSTICE DAY
His Temperature is Running High
and Friends Fear the
Result.

Washington, March 12.-The condi-
ton of Justice Day, who is i'll from
grip, is said to be critical.
The family and friends have been
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12
LIBERAL SPIRIT Is
SHOWN BY CAR
Decree Issued for Freedom OF Re-
ligion Throughout
Russia.

st. Petersburg, March 12.-The car
has issued decree providing for the
freedom of religion throughout his
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-12

Washington, March 12.-The senate
committee on foreign relations today
authorized Il favorable report on the
Cuban reciprocity treaty with the
amendment providing that the treaty
shall not take effect until approved
by the house of representatives as
well as by the senate.