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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-06
MOST UNKINDLY CUT or ALL.
Lonney's Affected Throst ut Kennedy When
Latter n Slain,

But for the flct that four-fiushing
i 50 marked a characteristic of John
Looney. the rot that he INDUCES in
through his mouthpiece, the Union.
this morning. in which he affects that
any degree of satisfaction can come
To him in Kennedy's defeat. might Oc-
casion some comment 4 citizen who
understands the political bond be
tween Locney and the combine that
Kennedy represents, quite as well
perhaps a. anybody in town,
aptly expressed the emotions that
must have seized possession of Ken
nedy's heart when in the hour of bit
ter remorse and anguish he read in
his own organ and likewise Looney's
organ. the pretended Repatriation by
his most energetic lieutenant. 1t
brought to- my mind said the citizen.
the words of Caesar when struck
down to death i'm the house of his sup
posed friends. he turned to Brutus.
the last person ON earth he expected
to strike at him. and said And you.
too. Brutus.' The turning of Looney
on Kennedy in the hour of his adyer-
sity is surely the most unkindly cut
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-06
COMPLETE ROUT AT POLLS
FOR POLITICAL COMBINE
William Kennedy, Representative of Looney-Re-
publican Crowd, Defeated for Supervisor
by M. w. Batt1es---Democrats Win
in Fourth and Fifth Wards.

was defeated by J. F. Moeller, repub-
lican, 1,4S4 to 1881, the latter having
plurality of Az. The socialist nom
inee. y. r.. l.. Bohman, received 2S4
votes. j. {. Aud, the democratic
nominee for collector. was defeated
by vote of 1851 to 1.s72 for VI. T.
Rudgren, republican. who had a plu-
rality of 321. +. J. Thompson, social
ist, received Pr votes.
In AIdermanIc Contests.
In the aldermanic contest. William
Wilkens. republican. in the First, won
by a plurality of 112; Charles Oberg,
republican, in the Second. by -; John
O'COnnor. in the Third. by 1876; John
p. Sexton. democrat. i'm the Fourth,
by g: William Trefz (reelectiOn). dem
ocrat. in the Fifth. by 1s6; Andrew
Christensen. republican, in the Sixth.
by 10. and \. 6. Anderson (reelec-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-06

of all If it were not politics, 1T would
indeed be pathetic
And this citizen expresses the sit
uation most admirably 1t Is hardly
necessary to go much further into
the inconsistency of the attitude in
which Looney Is now posing.
The public l. quite familiar with
the desperate efforts that were made
by this self-same always-On-tOp indi-
viduaI to keep the ticket that bore
the name of Battles off the official
ballot. even to the resort to applica-
ton for Injunction proceedings at
Geneseo, and mandamus in the Rock
Island circuit court - after he had
failed in turn to bulldoze City Clerk
Schaffer and the Rock Island town
board. All this. of course, was I'M
dertaken with the single design to
beat his "oId enemy" Kennedy.
The fact that Eooney went into the
lower wards and worked just before
election. urging his handful of fol
lowers to sacrifice anything for Ken
nedy. and work with an eye single to
the interests of Kennedy is another
proof of how bitter he ielt toward
his "old enemy"
The fact that NJ. w. Battles was not
only on the ticket that LoOney sought
TO keep off the official ballot. but was
the nominee of the convention that
was driven from Turner hall by Loon
ey's hoodlum tactics, would no doubt
encourage LOoney TO work for him
against his "old enemy"
The fact that Mr.. Battles did not
hesitate to denounce Looney through
out the campaign, that he stood at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-06
;upervisor-M w. BATTLES. ID.

Supervisory W. BATTLES. ID.
Assistant SuPerVisOrs-EZRA WILL
CHER, H., l.. {. PFOH, r., Il. Il.
LYNN, Il.
Assessor. f. MOELLER. Il.
COllector-M. Il. RUDGREN, Il.
ALDERMEN.
First WILLIAM WILKENS, L..
Second ward-CHARLES OBERG. Il.
Third ward-JOHN O'CONNOR, II.
Fourth ward-JOHN =. SEXTON. ID.
Fifth ward-WILLIAM TREFZ, ID.
Sixth ward-ANDREW CHRISTEN-
sen, II.
Seventh ward-A. Il. ANDERSON, II.
The returns from the election in
the city of Rock Island yesterday
show complete rOut Of the Looncy-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-06
One Ticket In AndaIusis.

There was but one ticket in Anda
Iusia. nominated by a union caucus
and headed by James G. BTitton. dem
ocrat, for supervisor, with Charles A.
Hayes for town clerk: George Bur
goyne. assessor: Milton Buffum, col
lector; VI. VI. BOney and c. {. Kenne-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-06

Continued on Page Eight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-06
Yuma Goes Republican.

Town William Filbert. d..
80; y. l.. Mead, r.. II.
Seth Head, d., "a; Frank
TauIhee, r.. -.
Collector Bert Schafer, d.. 30;
Omer Karr. r.. -.
Road Commissioners William
Schwenecker. D., 80; Fred Behrendt,
d.. "a: Henry Weideman. H.. -;
Frank Wainwright. r.. -.
School Trustec-F NJ. Walker. d.,
80; ID. S. Adams, r., -.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-06
SEVENTH WARD

p. 2P. l..
Anderson. R...147 116 H. 375-27
NerhaIe. So. IS 10 p 0S
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-06
Notice.

The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Rock Island Saw
ings bank for the election of nine di-
rectors for one year will be held at
the Office of said bank, in Rock ISL
and. Monday, April II, 1904. Polls
will be open ut 10 a. IN. and closed at
Il noon of said day.
p. GREENAWALT, Cashier.
Rock Island, April /, 1904.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-06

dy, road commissioners; {. y. Hayes,
justice of the peace; John Kane ana
Ira johnson. conStableS. and y. II.
Phillips and Elmer NanGcrvccr, school
trustees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-06

republican combine. The fight, of
course. was on the head of the town
ship ticket. William Kennedy, the rep
rcSentatiNc of the influences seeking
domination of the political affairs of
Rock Island, city and county, aided by
Holm T. Luuney and Phil Miller. Ken
nedy not only received an orerwhelm-
ing defeat. put Il good clean one, at
the hands of the democratic nominee,
NJ. w BATTLES.
Another Vindicatiun of the anti
Luoney sentiment. "a far as the dem
OCratic party i concerned, il found i'm
the election for alderman of John +.
Sexton in the Fourth and William
Trcfz i'm the Fifth wards. Both gen
tlemcn owe their success at the polls
not alone To the democrats. but To
the decent, thinking republicans of
their wards.
While in the Fourth ward there was
a large representation of republicans
who seemed inclined to support the
socialist i'm preference to the demo-
crut. and who demonstrated that they
were awake to the influence of the
LouncN Miller crowd in the nomina
tion of Tom Jenkins. the candidate of
their party. Yet Mr.. Sexton was given
aNute by many republicans of standing
i'm his ward that he should feel proud
Of
Much of MIsrepress NATION.
Seldom in campaign has there
been so much misrepresentation in
the cunning desire To defeat the men
inimical To LOCucN. The Argus had
no more doubt "a To the position of
Mcssrs Sexton and Trefz with refer
cuce to Looncy than il has had of MIR.
Battles. aud il therefore just as much
gratificd over their victory as his.
The one regret il has now il that the
other nominees on the aldermanic and
township tickets. all clean men and
deserving Of success, should not have
Won. too.
The failure. through the scandaluus
conduct of Looney. of the democrats
to have Il candidate in the First wnrd.
deprived them of another representa-
tive in the council. and this. rs did
the neglect of the party To have Il
candidate i'm the Seventh took from the
town ticket of some strength that it
should have had.
Vote on the Town Ticket.
Inc compete vote ny precincts l.
given in tables on this page on both
the town and aldermanic tickets. NJ
W. Battles. for supervisor, won over
William Kennedy. republican. by 80
votes. The socialist candidate. II. c.
Glenn. received 299 votes. The vote
ON assistant supervisors was 1855 for
J.. y. Bourdeau. 1.52O for J. II. Lamont
and LISA for Edwin Ward. the demo-
cratic nominees: 1916 for Ezra Which,
er, 1897 for l.. {. Pfoh and l.SS5 for Il.
X. Lynn. the republican candidates.
and go for r. L. Henneberg. pa for
Anthony FiNaris and 80 for \. Van
Dazzle. the socialist nominees. For
assessor, George W. Henry, democrat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-06

the polls yesterday and declared with
i'll the hearing of everybody, whether
LoOney's friends or otherwise. that
it thought that he was elected
through Looney's influence, would
also tend to inspire LoOney TO labor
for him and also to substantiate
Looney's after-election pretension.
The fact that 50 democratic ballots
east in the first precinct of the
Fourth ward-Tep just about
what LOoncy's influence amounts to
among the democrats of that ward
were scratched in favor of Kennedy
and jenkins. would seem to Indicate
to the mind of anyone who stops to
think. how much Looney was antag-
Onistic tn Kennedy, and at the same
time how much he loved Sexton in
yesterdays election.
But then Mr.. Looney must not think
that The Argus is disposed To enter
into an extended controversy with
him on the strength of post-electIon
matters. Rather would this paper be
inclined to express its Willingness that
LooneN may gain all the satisfaction
possible from survey Of the returns.
If he really wants to read the lesson
of the day Alright. however, he will
find that il says the heads-I-win-
taiIs-you-lose" game of John Looney
in Rock Island politics has been "sot
Town upon" once and for all time.
As to the democratic aldermen in
the Fourth and Fifth wards. the ele-
ments that entered into their candi-
dacy, and the Influences to whom
they feel obligated, it may be
just as well to permit the sue
cc>sful candidates to speak for them
selves. Alj.-elect Sexton. of the
Fourth ward. brought The following
To The Argus this morning and asked
its publications:
Aldermen Speak for Themselves.
Rock Island. April editor Ar
gus: In view of the impres sion that
Mr.. Looney seeks To create that he
has source for qualification in my
success in the aldermanic election in
the Fourth ward. or had any infiu
ence i'm my election or will have any
influence over me either in my politi-
cal or public life henceforth, / desire
to say that just as honestly and sin
cerely as / have striVen to show that
Mr.. LOoney had no control over me
during the campaign. will | endeavOr
to show that he will have no control
over my acts AZ alderman. I will seek
TO Vindicate the men who have had
confidence in me by giving a good ac-
count of myself as alderman. l will
do my duty as l see il. unfolding
what seems to be right and opposing
what seems to be wrong. | am in the
control of no man. and Will endeavor
50 to prove before the end of my term
as alderman. JOHN p. SEXTON.
Aid. Trefz, of the Fifth ward. de-
clared: Il am under no obligations
Continued on Page Eight
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-03-18
USED DEADLY FIRESHIPS.
Admiral Gives Details of japanese At
tempt to Bottle UP the Rus
sian Fleet.

st. Petersburg, March 14-AdmiraI
Stark's detailed report of the attempt
to bottle up the Russian fleet at Port
Arthur February "a and the engage
ment of February 25 says:
''The Japanese steamers intended to
be sunk in the fairway We're fireships u
the deadliest sort, being soaked with Pc
troleum and sprinkled with coal dust
A large quantity of calcium carbide on
board the ships prevented the possibility
of quenching the flames. One of the
ships burned for week. The Russians
were also seriously hampered in the pur-
suit with torpedo boats owing to fear of
floating mines among the wreckage.
Charts found on board the hulks
showed the spots where it had been
planned to sink them and also the ex-
act position of the battleship Retvizan.
I'm the action of February 25 the
cruisers Novik, Bayan and Askold had
gone to sea in search of the missing tor
pedo boat destroyers Bezposhtchadni
and Vnushitelni, sent out the previous
evening. The former, during the en-
gagement, managed to run in at full
speed, but the Vnushitelni was cut of
by a division of the enemy's cruisers and
returned to Pigeon bay, where she was
followed by the japanese, fired upon
and considerably damaged. The COM
pressed air reservoir of her torpedo mag
aZine was pierced"
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japanese forces were reported to have
crossed the Yalu and advanced into Man
churia, capturing Fenhuancheng and
having big army seventy miles east Of
Newchwang. The Russians were in
trenched at Lia-Yang anc Hai-Chen,
where a battle was imminent. Small
engagements had been fought, in which
the Russians were repulsed with loss.
The French steamer Cambodge was
wrecked off the coast of Cochin-China
and hundred persons were said to have
persisted.
The Japanese squadron attacked Port
Arthur twice, following an onslaught
in the night with bombardment by
IA warships during the day. The Rus
slams replied. Admiral Kamimura. re-
porting on the bombardment of Vladi-
yostok on March 6, intimates that the
Russian squadron is still inside.
Senior Alvarez, vice president of Uru-
quay, is dead.
Russia has warned China that the pres
ence of Chinese troops north of the
great wall will be held breach of neu-
trality.
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BETTER WEATHER IS A HELP
INCREASED ACTIVITY IN BUSI-
NESS rs REPORTED.
Evidences That Preparations Are Be-
ing Made for Heavy Spring
Trade.

New York, March AR. G. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of trade says:
More seasonable weather has brought
increased activity in business, normal
conditions existing for the first time
this year at many points, and there is
evidence of an effort to recover lost
ground and prepare for large spring
trade. Collections are also improving
and structural operations revive with
the higher temperature, stimulating
the markets for building materials and
increasing real estate transfers. There
has been great damage from floods. al
though the severe winter had caused
unusual preparation for troubles of
this nature. Manufacturing returns
are favorable as to steel and footwear,
but textile mills are not active, and
further curtailment of cotton spin
ming is probable. Settlement of sew
eral important labor controversies has
been accompanied by new strikes. and
soft coal miners have not yet reached
an agreement with the operators.
Failures this week numbered 259 in
the United States, against 239 last
year, and Is in Canada compared with
% year ago."
Bradstreet's says: Weather condi-
tons have improved. and with them
jobbing trade at leading western
points. Southern spring trade reports
continue good, and recent rain or snow
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RUSSIA makes
reply TO japan
SAYS KOREA HAD DECLARED
NEUTRALITY, BUT WAS
CoERCED BY JAPANESE.
CHARGES MESSAGES
WERE HELD BACK
Declares Japan's Denial Of Malicious
Interference with the Transmits
sion Of Russia's kilograms Cannot
Be Sustained.

st. Petersburg, March 1.-THE fol-
lowing reply, inspired by the foreign Of
fee, to Japan's rejoinder to the Russian
protest against the violation Of Korean
neutrality may be accepted as official:
Japan's argument that she was justi-
fled in landing troops in Korea before
the declaration Of war because she had
Korea's permission, and also that these
troops arrived in Korea after 1.-The ex-
istence of state of war;" is without
value, as Korea in January promulgat-
ed her neutrality to the powers, which
received it warmly, Great Britain even
officially conveying expressions of graf
itude to the Korean government. There
fore, no state of war gave the Japanese
the right to violate her neutrality by
landing troops in her territory. Even
the consent of Korea, though extorted
by the Japanese, is without force, from
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FOREIGN.

The japanese fleet appeared off Vlad-
ivostok and shelled the city and two
japanese cruisers were reported to
have been sunk. Belief was enter
tanned in London that the Russian
squadron was outside Vladivostok har-
Dor, and that the japanese ships had
cut it off from a return.
China is said to be ready to defy
Russia and to send great army to the
frontier to maintain neutrality, fear
ing designs of powers.
A retired German army officer at Ber-
lin, facing ruin, gave banquet in honor
of his daughters nineteenth birthday,
placed poison in the last bumper of
champagne, and all five members of
the family died.
King Alfonso has signed DEGREES rati-
flying arbitration treaties between Spain
and Great Britain and Spain and France.
The Japanese are reported to have en-
gagged the Russian Vladivostok squadron
In the open sea and to have sunk or cap
tured the entire fleet of four warships.
1t is also reported that in an engagement
between Japanese and Russians at a
point 100 miles from Vladivostok the
Russians were defeated.
Archbishop Machray, primate of all
Canada, died at Winnipeg of pneumo-
MIA. aged 73 years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-03-18
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

The Russian Red Cross society has
hospital supplies.
Two colonies of Dunkards are to be
established in Texas by the Santa Fe
railway.
Canada is ready to mobilize big
armv at first sign of international war.
All equipments and munitions have
been supplied.
The United States army board urges
the government to purchase five sub
marine boats for coast defense.
Edmund F. Dixey, a once famous
minstrel, died in Philadelphia. Mr..
Dixey retired from the stage nearly 20
years ago.
The three hundred and third ami
Iversary of the birth of Priscilla Grant
twas, celebrated by the Grant Family
association in New York city.
Lieut.. ]. M. Coward, of the United
Of the last American flag that fioated
over the island of Cuba
Francis Boot, we'll known musical
composer. died at his home in Cam
bridge, Miss, in his ninety-first year.
He was the second oldest graduate of
Harvard university.
| Gen. E. l.. Molineux, in war remin-
Essences address in New York declared
he had been offered a 100000 bride
to delay for one hour Grants order to
permit shipment of cotton.
The governor of Mississippi, with a
company of militia, transferred a negro
murderer to the state capital to protect
him from a mob of a thousand men
who proposed to burn him at the
stake.
Commander Marshall, of the United
States cruiser Vicksburg, reports that
he offered aid to the drowning Rus
sian marines after the Variag had been
sunk.
Booker T. Washington denounces a
iChristian civilization that sends ne
groes to the stake and provides money
and aid for the so-called heather of
foreign lands. He. makes a plea for
reform.
| Taking their terms in the house and
senate together, Senators Frye and
Hale, of Maine, have been each .33
years in congress.
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand re-
nounced his rights to the throne of
Austria to elope with and wed the
pretty daughter of Hungarian res
'taurant keeper.
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the fact that the dispatch of troops was
not only before the war, but before the
breaking off of diplomatic relations, as
clearly established, and, indeed, &C
knowledged by the Japanese themselves,
Japan's contention in defense of the
attack on the Russian ships at Chemul-
pc, that the port was not neutral Feb
ruary 8, is false, again because Korea
had proclaimed her neutrality.
Japans second denial of malicious in
reference with the transmission OF Rus
sian kilograms over the Danish cable
cannot be sustained. A telegram 20
Baron de Rosen, then Russian minister
to Japan, at Toxic, sent from st. Peters
burg February 4, was not delivered till
the morning of February T. That delay
did not occur on the Siberian line, as
shown by the fact that reply to tele-
gram from Viceroy Alexieff, sent at the
same time, was received the same day.
Therefore it is conclusive that the De
Rosen telegram was held by the Japan
csc and not delivered for two days.
Communication with NJ. Pavloff, then
Russian minister to Korea, by Korean
telegraph ceased in the middle of jan
uary AS the Koreans were enjoying
friendly relations with Russia there is
good ground for believing that the in
terruption> was due to the Japanese.
Thereafter M. Pavloff used a mail
steamer or a special warship to COM
municate with Port Arthur. The min
lister of Russia at Seoul February
therefore knew nothing of the diplo-
matte rupture.
Japan pleads that the charge against
her seizure of Russian merchantmen be-
fore the declaration of war cannot lie
after the establishment of prize courts.
Their seizure before the declaration of
war being piracy, is not defensible by
the establishment of prize courts, which
cannot exist before declaration OF
war. The steamer Russia was seized
in the waters of southern Korea even
before M. Kurino had presented his note
here.
The reply concludes: Our informa-
ton regarding Japan's announcement
that in future Korea would be under her
administration came from M. Pavloif
and also from the representative Of a
friendly power at Seoul. Japan's denial.
consequently, is fruitless, as also is the
attempt to refute our statement that
the Russian minister and consul at
Seoul were told to leave. We had con-
elusive proof in ST. Petersburg February
10 that the French minister at Seoul
had officially notified our representa-
tives that the Japanese government had
intimated that they should leave, and
that the Japanese had occupied terri
tory in Korea M. Pavloff was unable
to notify our consul at Fusaa, his tele-
gram being refused at the telegraph Of
fice."
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TO INVESTIGATE CHARGES
SPEAKER CANNON APPOINTS A
SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
The Report Concerning Investigation
of Postal Affairs Arouses
Congressman.

Washington, March 14-When the
house met Saturday Speaker Cannon
announced the special committee pro-
vided for in the Mccall resolution
adopted by the house Friday to inyes-
tigate ''the indictment representing the
post Office department" as follows:
Mccall (rep., Mass.), chairman; Hit
(rep., Ill0, Burton (rep., o., Metcalf
(rep., CALI, McDermott (dem., N. j.,
Bartlett (dem., Ca and Richardson
(dem., Ala).
The house Of representatives in
dulged itself Friday in nearly seven
hours OF explanation, accusation and
vituperative denunciation, and then or
dered, with only two negative votes,
an investigation of postal affairs so
far as members of the house are
concerned, by a special committee of
seven members to be appointed by the
speaker, who likewise are to examine
into the origin of the Bristow report
so far as it concerns members of the
house. The demand of the minority
for sweeping investigation of every
branch of the post Office department
was not granted. The test on this
question came on vote which resulted
l44 to 1875. strict party vote.
The climax of the day was reached
when Representative William Alden
Smith (Mich.) condemned every ex-
ecutive department of the government
for its arrogant treatment of the only
branch of the government in direct
touch with the people of the country
the house of representatives = and
shouted out the name of Speaker Can
non for president of the United States.
The house Numbered it's acquiescence,
members rose to their seats and fairly
shrieked their assent; democrats waved
whatever was in their hands, repub-
licans pounded their desks, and the
packed galleries took up the enthus-
iasm, and echoed the applause
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Utah Non-Mormons Organize.

Salt Lake City, March 14.-Repre-
sentative Gentiles OF this city held a
meeting Friday night and took prelim-
mary steps toward the organization of
a non-Mormon party. A committee
was appointed to formulate plan of
campaign and organization to meet the
conditions now existing in Utah. An
other committee was appointed to pre-
pare and submit to a future mass
meeting of non-Mormons a protest to
congress against the statement of
President Smith, of the Mormon
church, to the effect that the people of
Utah have condoned the offenses
against the laws of the state, forbidding
polygamous living.