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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-23
Politics a Consideration.

Mr.. Maucker was given an oppor-
tunity to be heard after the thing
was virtually settled, and in review
of the case he brought the charge
that politics had more to do with the
action of the republican members
at the time the original bids were
submitted when his was the lowest
than Il desire to further the best in
terests of the city. Aids. Kennedy
and Eckhart took exception to some
of the points and there were some
heated passes in which Aid. Birkel
stood up as Il witness to the veracity
of Mr.. Maucker. Mayor Knox's gavel
beat tattoo on his desk the greater
part of the time, the while he told the
speakers to go on, he admonished
them not to be too personal.
Finally the wordy session cooled
somewhat and Mr.. Smith, of Daven-
port. was heard. He told of the grow
ing business of his company on this
side of the river and of the desire en-
tertained of establishing a branch
factory here, preferably at some
point near the piece of property in
question, which the firm rented last
year, to use as a point at which the
| farmers raising pickles could deliver
them. He stated that he had already
the promise of so acres of pickles this
year on this side of the river and that
when $50 acres were secured branch
! factory would be established here,
provided that an offer from Fulton is
not accepted. Mr.. Smith acknowledge
ed that he had arranged with Mr..
Maucker to cooperate in the erection
of building in the event that the
city sold the latter the piece of prop
erty in question. In concluding he
stated that he would give the city as
annual rental for the tract 6 per cent
of the amount offered by the highest
bidder, for two years, with privilege
of five, the purpose being to erect a
building suitable to the needs of the
company and in which, if a branch
factory were established, some fifty
or more hands would be employed
during the busy season of the year.
Would Foot Up Nice Sum
During his talk Mr.. Smith was fire.
quently interrupted by Mr.. Kennedy,
but preserved his equanimity to the
end. No consideration was accorded
L. -. I2f hn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
DENIED BY MR.. MacVEAGH.
Report That He Wrote Letter to Hague
Council.

NEW YORK, October 17.-Wayne Mac
Veagh, senior counsel for the United States
in the Venezuelan arbitration, returned
from Europe on the steamer st. Louis to-
day.
Mr.. MacVeagh replied in part to pub
lished dispatch from Washington alleging
that while at The Hague he wrote a letter
to the executive council Of the tribunal,
in which he said that If the members of
the court had been lawyers instead Of dip
lomats they would have been better quail
fed to decide the question on it's merits
Mr.. MacVeagh said: '"There is no truth in
the story that there was friction. While 1
will not go into the question now, l will
say that the sitting of the tribunal was
agreeable throughout, and the arbitrators
were most courteous. That dispatch from
Washington Is most misleading and incor-
rect The members Of the administrative
council Of The Hague tribunal are diplo-
mats, accredited there. We differed before
the meeting Of the tribunal as to some mat
ters of procedure, but there was no un-
pleasantnesS.'
Mr. MacVeagh admitted that letter had
been written on the subject but of that he
said: "Send copy of that Washington dis
patch to my home at Bryn Mawr, Pa, and
will go into the matter later.''
Speaking of the sessions of the tribunal
he said: mot only were the members kind
and courteous in their trea tment, but the
same can be said of counsel. 1t Is impossi-
BILE to predict what will be the outcome.
The counsel for the other nations will make
their arguments for the blockading nations
Great Britain, Germany and Italy-and
after that six more arguments will be made
for our side. hope that Judge Penfield,
the solicitor for the State Department, will
have chance to argue. After all have
been heard the tribunal will consider the
case"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
NAVAL ESTIMATES.
recommendations of Bureau Chiefs
Approved by the Secretary.

Secretary Moody has approved estimates
for the support of the navy for the next
fiscal year. as recommended by the chiefs
of bureaus amounting to $102 SG6,4 as
against the sum of $40, SIG, 791 appropriated
for 1904. The summary of the estimates
is as follows: 8
Pay of the navy. S19,s2 Oa3.
Pay, miscellaneous, $1,000
r Contingent, navy, $4,000.
Emergency fund.- $4,000.
Bureau of navigation, 81 ,383, $50.
Bureau of ordnance, $3,776, 7O6.
Bureau of equipment, So, 491 SOB.
Bureau Of yards and docks, $922, ,SS4.
Public works, bureau of yards and docks,
$S.1G4,S74.
Public works, bureau Of navigation
Naval Academy, $3,000OOO; naval training
station, Rhode Island. $4,000; Naval War
College, So. naval station. Great Lakes,
$3.50. 600
Public works, bureau OF ordnance. $24s.-
800.
Public works, bureau of equipment, 81 800
Public works, bureau Of medicine and
surgery, $780, 600.
Bureau of medicine and surgery, $500, O,O00
Bureau Of supplies and accounts, $5.203,-
952.
Bureau of construction and repair. $S.-
595. .s24.
Bureau Of steam engineering 50, 572, 800
Naval Academy, 1914 ,5SS
Marine corpS-Paymaster, 81 49, $40;
quartermaster, 81. 800, $780,
Increase of the navyTConStruction and
machinery, s23, 500; armor and arma-
ment. $12OO0,0OO; equipment. 100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
TO GATHER INFORMATION.
Army Officers to Be Detailed as Mill
tary Attaches.

The army general staff has mapped out
plan for the gathering of military infor-
nation abroad, which involves the detail
of an army officer as military attache at
the capital of every country of any i'm
portance. In very short time four ofti-
GERS Of the general staff, who have been
on temporary duty in the military informa-
ton division for the purpose of receiving
special instructions in the duties of mill
tary attaches. will leave for their new as
signments as attaches abroad. These Off
GERS are: Capt. Sydney A. Colman, 23d In
fantry, detailed as military attache to the
United States legation at Bogota, Colon
bia Capt. William G. Ham Artillery
Corps; Capt. Horace NJ. Reeve, Sd Infantry,
and Capt. Dennis e. Nolan, 30th Infantry
Although the assignments of the last
named three officers have not yet been an
nounced, they will probably go to Central
and South American countries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
NoN-UNIoN MAN BEATEN.
Three Men Arrested In Chicago for
Violating Strike Injunction.

CHICAGO, October IA savage street
fight, in which one workman was badly
beaten, occurred last night as a result of
the strike of the Franklin Union of Press
Feeders. The assault was the elimination
of several days of disorder. A gang Of
men, declared to be Franklin Union pick
cts, attacked a number of employees of the
R. R. Donnelley G Sons Company. In the
fight which followed Frank Lahew was so
badly beaten that the police took him to
the County Hospital. A number Of other
Donnelley employees were struck, but not
severely hurt.
The police arrested three men-Frank
Ketchum, John Mucher and Charles Smith,
With a number of their fellows they will be
taken before Judge HOldon today for vio-
lating the injunction which prohibits all
interference with the men who have taken
the places vacated by the Franklin Union
members.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
coNN1vED AT BY SULTAN.
The Recent Atrocities of the Moslems
at Beirut.

BEIRUT, Syria, Wednesday, October IA
The apparent indifference of the European
powers to the recent outbreak of Moham-
medan fanaticism here has deeply i'm
pressed the Christians The Moslems. on
the other hand, are elafed and scott at
the idea of the European intervention The
attack on the Christians was planned weeks
before the arrival of the American war
ships at Beirut. The then governor, Rechid
Bey. telegraphed the details to Constanti-
nople and asked for instruction. None,
however reached him. That his policy Of
non-interference was approved at the Yil-
diz Kiosk was apparent from telegram,
signed by the sultan's chamberlain, which
was handed to him on the eve of his de-
parture after his dismissal from the govern
orship on the demand of the United States.
The telegam foliows:
"Your excellencys fidelity being we'll es-
tablished in the eyes of his most sacred
majesty, the kaliph, you should not allow
yourself to be in the least affected by the
fact of your dismissal. 1t is his majesty's
imperial will that you return at once to
Constantinople in order to be the recipient
of imperial favors. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17

either for stock market effect or by some
enc with a personal aninus.'
He stated that both Mr.. Murray and him
self We're very well satisfied with their
jobs and with each other, and with their
associates" and they both knew positively
this was the feeling of the board of di-
rectors, and that no changes were in con-
temptation or would be made.
a dispatch from New York last night
says:
According to rumors now floating about
Wall street George F. Baer is to be forced
cut of the presidency of the Reading road.
This, it is expected will be accomplished
at a meeting of the stockholders Of the Bal
tmore and Ohio, or, at least, the prelimi-
nary moves toward that end will be accom-
plished at this meeting. which is to be held
in this city on November 10.
According to the rumors L. F. Loree,
present president of the Baltimore and
Ohio. will be deposed and wilt be given
the presidency of the Reading, succeeding
Mr.. Baer. -s
First Vice President Oscar G. Murray
OF the Baltimore and Ohio is slated for the
presidency of that road, and Mr.. Baer may
be elected head of the board of directors.
Third Vice President Potter of the Balti-
more and Ohio will be made general mana
ger.
ut is said these changes are due to fric-
ton which has existed for some time among
the officials Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
Lunched With the President.
BEHIND LOCKED DOORS.
Long and Important Conference at the
Navy Department.

There was long conference at the Navy
Department this morning between Secre-
tary Moody and Rear Admiral Taylor.
chief of the bureau Of navigation, on the
one side and Capt. Humphrey. Sd Infantry,
and Lieut.. Murphy, 9th Infantry. on the
other side. The two army officers named
have just returned from an inspection of
the military and political conditions In
Venezuela and the Isthmus Of Panama, and
II Is fair assumption that they made GER
tain discoveries which it was advisable
should be Immediately impaired to the
naval authorities. The conference was
held behind locked doors. and there was
general air OF mystery over the proceed
ingS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
TO CLEAR JONES' CHARACTER.
Mrs. Leslie Trying to Establish Dea
Convict's Innocence.

OAKLAND, Cal, October 17.-Mrs E G.
Leslie, missionary, Is now working in
New York in an effort to establish the in
nocence of George Jones, the convicted
murderer. who died of old age recently in
the Alameda Jail, after an incarceration Of
nineteen years awaiting q new trial, by re-
viving the old story Of a confession made
by a dying man in a New York hospital
that he was the guilty party. Mrs. Leslie
has just written to the jail officials that
she still believes Jones was a victim of
circumstances.
Unfortunately for Jones, he never could
explain the possession of articles of jewelry
belonging to Lorenzo Dutil, the murdered
man. He claimed to have bought them
from a stranger on a ferry boat coming
from San Francisco, but it was proved that
Jones was not on the boat as he claimed
to have been. The story of the alleged con-
fession dates back to 1896
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
REPORTED UNSATISFACTORY.
Five Vessels Built for This Government
by a japanese Company.

It is reported that the five small vessels
built by the Uraga Dock Company of Japan
for the United States for service in carry
ing the mails in the Philippine Islands have
proved unsatisfactory, on account of the
use of inferior material, and have been re-
tected. AS a result of this action the ship
building company is reported to have failed.
These ships were to cost $4,000 each and
to have a speed Of ten knots an hour. In
addition to carrying the mails they were TO
be used for the transportation of the Phil
ippine constabulary and civil government
supplies. Fifteen similar ships built at
Shanghai on the same plans were accepted
as satisfactory.
1t is reported that Henry D. Rose, the
United States inspector of the work on the
ships built by the Uraga Company, has
been dismissed for allowing the use of the
inferior material in the work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
Opposed to Site Of Prison.

On behalf of certain residents in the
vicinity Of the navy yard Portsmouth, N.
H, Capt c. F. Goodrich, commandant of
the yard, has forwarded to the Navy De-
partment a protest against the proposed
location of a naval prison at that yard,
and the matter is now under consideration
at the department. Bids for the construc-
ton of the prison have been invited, and
will be opened at the department November
81, but they will all have to be rejected, of
course, and new bids invited, If the depart
ment decides to change the location of the
prison
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
Bids for File boards Opened.

Bids were opened in the Office Of the
chief clerk of the Interior Department to-
day at noon for supplying the department
with 500 file boards. But two bids were
received. These were: Richard Bankmann.
81 80; the Woodruff Manufacturing Com
pany, $40. The file boards are to be used
in connection with the fling of papers in
cases where the correspondence, evidence,
briefs, etc, are of a voluminous nature and
require stiff boarding to preserve them for
record
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
GUARDING TIE BORDER.
Vigilance Of the Marine Hospital Ser
vice in Texas.

The marine hospital service IS guarding
from yellow fever the Texas border. The
disease continues to make headway at La
redo, where the reports show from twenty
to forty new cases each day; with numer-
Gus deaths. The disease has not spread to
any appreciable degree outside of Laredo.
Surgeons Of the marine hospital service
have been sent to Eel Paso to be on the
lookout. A rigid inspection of trains and
quarantine continues at Laredo. and houses
are fumigated with great care. An in
spection at Eagle Pass. Tex, showed some
malarial fever at Quemado. but no yellow
fever. All places are being watched.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
until the close of the war and taking part
in the great parade in Washington.
Presidents "Open Shop" Policy.

Mr.. C. w. Post, president of the Associa
ton Of American Advertisers and a men,
Der of the National Association of Manu-
facturers. was one of the Presidents callers
today. He assured the President that the
latter's position in the matter of the ''open
Shop and his evident determination to up
hold the law for the benefit of all the people
met with the hearty approval of the pa
triotic citizens.
Lunched With the President.
At luncheon with the President this after
noon were Gen. John G. Black, commander
in-chief of the G. A. r., and Mrs. Black;
Mrs. John A. Logan and General Brooke,
L. S. A., retired.
Lieut.. B. B. Woog Of the marine corps
saw the President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
Capt. Lemly Exonerated.

In the Hughes divorce case in New York,
in which there were eight correspondents.
the jury disagreed but they were unani-
mously of opinion that Capt. H. r. Lemly
of the army retired. had nothing to do
with the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
The Dolphin at the Navy Yard.

The Dispatch boat Dolphin arrived at
the Washington navy yard yesterday and
will remain on this station throughout the
winter. The naval yachts Mayflower and
Sylph are also at the Washington navy
yard. subject to the orders Of the Presi-
dent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
Texas Oil Fields.

BEAUMONT Texas, October 17.-Careful
estimates of the amount of oil in storage
In the Beaumont, Sour Lake and Saratoga
fields show $1,000 900 barrels In these and
intervening sections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17

An advertisement in the
evening newspaper presents
its proposition to prospec-
tive customers when they
are in the mood to be in
terested and enlightened.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
King Leopold in Vienna.

VIENNA, October liking Leopold ar
rived here today on a brief visit to EN-
peror Francis Joseph, who met the Belgian
king at the railroad station. The two rulers
subsequently drove to the Hofburg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
Commissioner Aliens Departure.

Mr.. Frederick I. Allen, commissioner Of
patents, has gone to Auburn. N. Y, to reg
lister in order that he might vote in the
coming election. Mr.. Allen believes 1t to
be the duty of every citizen of the United
States to exercise the franchise. and he
makes pilgrimages to his old home every
year for the purpose OF registering and
voting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
ARMY ESTIMATES.
Acting Secretary Oliver Confers With
Heads Of Bureaus.

Acting Secretary Oliver Of the War De-
partment was in conference today with the
heads Of the various military bureaus with
a view to the reduction OF the estimates
for the support of the army during the
next fiscal year to the lowest possible limit
consistent with efficiency. The estimates
will be finally considered next week and
sent to the Secretary of the Treasury for
transmission to Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
ALASKAN BO j \ DAIRY
All American Contentious
Save One Granted.
COMMISSION INFORMED
EXCEPTION rs THAT OF THE
PORTLAND CANAL.
Points Covered by INSTRUMENTATION
Contentious Summarized - Formal
Agreement Expected Monday.
COM MISSION INFORMED

. LONDON, October 1.-THE Alaskan
boundary commission has verbally agreed
to grant all the American contentious ex-
cept that for the Portland canal, which
goes to Canada. The formal agreement is
being drawn up and viii be rendered Mon
day.
The successful termination of the Alaskan
boundary arbitration this afternoon came az
complete surprise to al interested in tho
case, except, perhaps, the commissioners
themselves. When tie tribunal adjourned
dt $3.50 p. m. it was understood that no de-
cision had been reached. Indeed. gem
eral was the impression that no decision
would be reached till next week that several
of counsel and others employed in the case
left London soon after the adjournment.
However, the Associated Press learned
that vote had been taken, and that the
decision to grant all the American con-
tentions except that for the Portland
canal, which goes to Canada, had been
arrived at But, as c1bled yesterday,
while the Amer leans throughout have been
very confident, no vote had previously been
taken, and no one could before this after
noon say that the United States mad won
her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
DENIED By MR. LoREE.
Rumor That He Would Leave the B.
and o.

BALTIMORE, October 17-In regard to
the published report that he would short
ly resign his present place to succeed Presi-
dent Baer of the Reading. President l. Fl,
Loree of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
said today that the report was put out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
The Concession to Canada.

1t is understood that the granting of the
Canadian contention about the Portland
canal merely gives Canada control of
Tearse Island at the mouth of the canal.
The latter is divided into two channels by
the island, and Canada formerly had un-
disputed use OF the eastern channel Under
the present decision Canada Will have the
use of the western Ckanu2l 1t is not ur-
derstood that Canada has gained any ma
terial advantage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
School for aunnery sergeants.

A school for gunnery sergeants has been
opened at the marine barracks. In this
city, with Capt. ]. p. Bootes of the Marine
Corps in charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
Is KILLED. 40 INJURED
Gravel Train Crashes Into a
Work Train.
NEAR TRENTON, N. j.
VICTIMS WERE MOSTLY ITALIAN
RAILROAD LABoRERS.
After the Accident the Survivors
Fiercely Attacked the Crew
of the Gravel Train.

TRENTON, N j., October IF. .fteen
persons were killed and about forty more
injured in collision which occurred today
on the Belvidere division of the Pennsyi-
vania Railroad Company near Washing
tons Crossing. The persons killed and in
jured were laborers who We're work
train, and were their way to work al
Wash-nSton's Crossing, to repai- washouts
along the road. Fourteen bodies have been
taken from the wreck, and one more body
is known to be under the debris. Only two
or three of those who injured VIII be
permanently MANNED.
AS soon as the collision occurred a spe-
cal train was sent from Trenton with a
corps of physicians, and the dead and in
jured were brought TO this city.
The injured We're taken to St. Francis
Hospital. The dead men, with one or two
exceptions, are Italian laborers. who re-
SIDED in this city, the others beng coiored
men. Their bodies were taken to the
morgue for identification.
Train of Four Cars.
The train bearing the men who were
killed and injured was made up of four
cars, two coaches, in which the men were
riding and two fat cars in the rear. The
train stopped near Washingtons Cross ng
to receive orders respecting the passing of
the regular passenger train. While the
train was standing on the track it was run
into from the rear by gravel train. The
two fiat cars teles eoped tire two coaches.
There were about 1SD men in the two cars.
AS soon as the accident happened the 1tal-
ians became frantic and made an attempt
to do bodily harm to the crew of the
gravel train. Word was sent to Trenton
for police assistance, but the men were
finally quieted by the foremen.
The railroad authorities here are reticent
as to how the accident occurred, but it is
believed that the gravel train either failed
to see any adverse signal Or that the flag
man of the first train failed to go back a
sufficient distance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17

Cholera Breaks Out at Bethlehem.
JERUSALEM, October 17.-Cholera has
broken out at Bethlehem. The town has
been cordoned by troops.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
THE EVENING STAR.

Nav York Office: fribuns Building.
Chicago Gfi1s: Tribune Building
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03
lemons for rheumatism.

The idea of treating rheumatism
with lemon juice appears to have had
its rise in Germany. The method
consists of swallowing the juice of one
lemon on the first day, and two on the
second day, and so on progressive up
to twenty-five lemons. When this
limit is reached the number of lemons
is progressively diminished.
M. Desplats of Lille, has recently
adopted this treatment with some of
his patients who are suffering from
articular rheumatism. In one case the
patient was able to drop the treatment
at three lemons. In another he sue
ceeded in effecting a cure at twenty.
FIVE lemons so complete and so per-
sistent that at the end of ten months
the patient had not once had an at.
tack, whereas previously he had suf-
fered periodically every month. The
third case was one OF ankylosis. so
bad that the patient could not dress
himself without help. To-day he has
almost entirely recovered the use of
his limbs and is free from pain.