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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-27
Engineer Killed in a Collision.

Toronto. Ont, Jan. 27.-The Chicago
express on the Grand Trunk railroad
crashed into two light engines near
London east, killing the engineer of
one of the light engines and probably
fatally injuring the fireman. The peO-
pie in the passenger train were badly
shaken, but none was seriously in
jured. The accident occurred i'll Il
binding snow storm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-27

Decatur. Ind. Jan. "a. - \ dispatch
from Columbus. O.. says: Mrs. Eliza
beth Walter. of Decatur, Ind. who had
been visiting in Columbus. died in Il
cab while on the way to the Union
station to take a train for EdgartOn-
Ind. whittier she had been summoned
on account of the illness OF a rela-
tive
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-27
Completes Financial Program

Toxic, Jan. 27.-It is understood the
cabinet has completed n financial pro-
gram which includes the issuance of
eXchequer bonds to the. amount of
1O0.000,00O yen, increasing taxes to
the extent of 5O,OOO,OOO yen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-27
FAMILY KILLED IN
C. & N. w. WRECK
Rev. j. ii. CalIy, Wife and Two Chill
dreD, of Wheaton, Ill,
the Victims.

Cairo. H.. Jan. 2..-The identity of
the victims of an accident on the
Northwestern road near Crystal Lake
last night has just been learned. The
dead are Rev. J. IL. Cally and wife and
two children. of Wheaton, Du Page
county, Illinois. Two other children
may die.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-27
Bushmen Committing Atrocities.

London, Jan. pa dispatch To the
Central News from Cape Town says
the bushmen with the rebels i'll Ger
man Southwest Africa are committing
atrocities The limbs of the dead are
chopped off and prisoners are said to
have been burned alive.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-27
COMPLIMENTS FOR KAISER
MARK NATAL anniversary

Berlin. Jan. PA great crowd
gathered in front uf the palace today
and saluted Emperor William on his
birthday. The royal family. court and
other officials rendered congratuIa-
tons TO the emperor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-27
Mayor Harrison Will Not
Submit to Find
ing
IN IROQUOIS MATTER
Ordered Released On a
Writ of HabeaS
Corpus.

Chicago. Jan. 27.-Mayor Harrison
today decided to sue out writ of
habeas corpus for his immediate re-
lease from the coroner's jury charge
holding him to the grand jury, in con
nection with the Iroquois fire.
Mayor Harrison was this afternoon
ordered by Judge Tuthill to he imme-
diately discharged from custody in
connection with responsibility for the
loss of life in the Iroquois fire.
Chicago. Jan. 27.-William Sallers,
the Iroquois theatre fireman, surren-
dered himself today. He was out of
rendered.
Indignant at City Hall.
Chicago, Jan. 2T.-FOllOwing the ar
rest of Mayor Harrison and other city
officials on the charge of responsible
ty for the IrOquois disaster the city
hall is ahame with Indignation. w.
j. Roach, chief clerk in office of city
engineer. said: This jury's verdict
is nonsense. The mayor is held for
the alleged shortcomings of Williams
and Musham. Williams is a Rcpub
lican. lie was appointed by tle mayor
on the recommendation of the build
crs and architects of Chicago and
members of the mayors party scored
him for this action. William cannot
he charged as political appointee or
as an incompetent. Musham was ap-
pointed after over forty years of serv-
ice in the department. Surely he was
not II political appointee or an incom-
petent.'
Mayor Harrison's Comments.
The mayor. in his office after his ar
rest. said: There is one thing upon
which | may comment as appealing t.
me most directly. 1t IS in regard To
the appointment of the fire marshal
and the building commissioner. both
of whom are held by the verdict of the
jury. Chief Musham holds his posi-
tion 10y reason of his forty-threc years
service i'll the department, Ee was the
first assistant fire marshal, his record
made him known as Il fireman through
out the country and the appointment if
ever there WAS one WAS made upon
his merit
Charged with Others DereIiction.
commissioner Williams. of the
building department, was appointed to
meet Il condition that existed after Il
careful search for the right man. He
is Republican. an expert builder rec
commended to me by the Builders club
ana appointed upon his merit. Yet it
is through the alleged derelictiOn of
duty on the part of these two ap-
pointees that l am brought into the
findings OF the jury. Those are the
facts and at present l do not care to
make any other comment"
Feels the Bitter Blow.
The assurance of legal counsel thai
the verdict of the jury would have no
effect in court failed tO lift the burden
from his shoulders. lie turned n deaf
ear To the expressions of confidence
and loyalty of intimate friends. His
face was lined with care and his eve
was weary. The executive made 10
attempt to conceal the verdict was 4
bitter blow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-27
NEW REVOLT IN MACEDONIA
PROCLAIMED FOR MARCH %

Belgrade. Servia, Jan. 27.-Sarafoff'5
Macedonia agents have proclaimed Il
fresh revolt for March IS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-27
PROPOSES AN INVESTIGATION
OF IOWA STATE OFFICIAL

Des Moines. Jan. 27.=Representa-
tive Genya today offered resolution
in the house proposing an investiga-
ton of cx-Auditur Mcrriam'~ conduct
i'm office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-27
OSCAR G. MURRAY AT HEAD
OFB. 60. SOUTHWESTERN

New York. Jan. 27.-Oscar 6. Muir
ray was elected president Of the Bal
timore q, Ohio Southwestern railway
at u meeting of the directors today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-27
SENATOR DANIEL AGAIN
REPRESENTS VIRGINIA

Richmond. Va. Jan. g.-The gen
eral assembly today reelected United
States Senator Daniel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-27
Leaves Family PennIless.

Whitaker Wright leaves wife and
three children. Il son just out of Eton
and two girls. They are said to be
practically penniless.
The affair which marked his down
fall ruined Lord Dufferin, and smirch-
ed the names of many men high in
Great Britain. and the London d Globe
Finance corporation. which had at
one time capitalization of $i10,000,-
600
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-27
Whitaker Wright Ended
Life With Cyanide
of Potassium.
POST MORTEM SHOWS
Public Sentiment In
C1ined to Favor Dead
Specu1ator.

London. Jan. 27.-A post mortem
examination shows Whitaker Wright
committed suicide by taking cyanide
of potassium.
In the few minutes that intervened
between the sentence passed upon him
yesterday and the end he gave no in
timatiOn to those about him that he
expected to die. His remains. by vir-
tue of the sentence. belong to the
crown. and lay in the room where he
died till nightfaIl. Public sentiment
here is inclined to favor the dead
speculator. and the sentence, which is
the extreme limit of the law. is round
" criticised.
His Career.
Whitaker Wright's life reads like n
romance. Where he was born. or just
who he was, may always be a 1nys-
terry. In the world of money makers
he had been known for a good many
years, appearing at different times in
Australia. Canada, the United States.
and in London.
Money making by gambling and
speculation was an instinct with him.
and it is known that he made and lost
millions during his career. He had
proSpected in Australia and America.
and always showed fondness for
mining ventures and the promotion of
enterprises of which mines were the
basis. 1t was not until he Hentured
away from his familiar field and
sought to promote AN underground
railway in London that he failed.
During the high tide of his pros
perity he built palace in Surrey that
cost more than millioa dollars. The
palace at Lea Park was a grand af-
fair, and while he was prosperous it
required 500 servants and work peo-
Pile to keep the place in order. Moth
ing that luxury and lavish eNpendi-
ture could suggest was omitted.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-08-18
Principles of Morality.

Possibly there is too little attention Civ.
en- by the leaders of religious thought to
the relations of sin to society and to i'm.
pressing the duty of abstract righteous.
ness upon all classes of men. 1t is not
sin in its relation to God that we mean,
but sin as it affects mans value to him
self and to society--the sociological aspect
of violation of Gods law. There are
some men who can he reached only in this
way. Sin against God has no terrors for
them. The thought OF future accounta-
bility does not appeal to them; but its
temporal consequences, its effects on civ.
il and social life and upon the sinner him
self, may, if rightly presented, have a
deterrent influence. The world to-day is
blinded by vicious ideas of right and
wrong. Sin, in some. quarters, is less OBJ
noxious than breach of social etiquette.
Iniquity is justified in many quarters if it
can he made to pay. But society is safe
only az correct principles of morality dom.
mate it. and correct ideas will come only
through leaders of religious thought
United Presbyterian.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-08-18
Covering Sins.

There are two ways of covering sin
mans way and Gods way You cover
your sins, and they will have a resurrec..
ton some time; let God cover them, and
neither devil nor man can find them.
There are four expressions in the Bible
with regard to where God puts sins:
He puts them behind His back. If
God has forgiven me. who shall bring a
charge against me!
He has blottcd them out as thick
cloud. You see a cloud tonight, and to-
morrow there isn't cloud to be seen,
He casts them into the depths of the
sea. Some one has said. Thank God that
it is a sea and not a river; a river might
dry up, but the sea cannot The great
est blessing that ever comes to me this
side of heaven is when God forgives me.
Have you been forgiven?
The fourth expression is that He re-
moves them as far as the East is from
the West Do you know how far that ia?
Perhaps some good mathematician will fig
ure that W.
IF we confess our sins. He is faithful
and Just to forgive us our sins, and to
cleanse us from all unrlghteousncSS. y
Then make sure that you are forgiven
ID. l.. Moody.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-08-18
III Gave Thorn Myself."

Said a mother to me one day: when
nv children were young thought the
very best thing could do for them was
to give theE myself. So | spared no
rains to talk to them, to read to them, to
leach them to pray with them, to be a
oviag companion and friend to my chill
Gren.
Il had to neglect my house often. l
had no time to indulge myself in many
things, which | should have liked to do.
| was s, busy adjoining their minds and
cuItlvating tacir hearts best affection
that | could not adorn their bodies in fine
clothes, though kept them neat and com.
Portable at all tines.
IL have my reward now. My sons are
ministers of the Gospel; my grown-up
daughter is Christian woman. / have
plenty of time now to sit down and rest,
plenty OF time to keep my house in order,
plenty of time to indulge myself, besides
going about my Masters business wher.
ever He has need of me. | have thou.
sand memories of their childhood to com.
fort me. Now that they have gone out
into the world, l have the sweet con.
sciousness of having done all | could to
make them ready for whatever work God
calls them to do."-Life and Faith.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-08-18
Live Stock.

New York - BEENES - Dressed
beef slow at wa Toi3c. per pound tor
native sides; calves unchangcd cX-
ports, r652 cattle and 1000 quarters
of beef
CALNES-Dressed calves steady;
city dressed veals, orn12'3c, per pound;
country dressed. SMIlc.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Shecp low
er. lambs I5m 25c. off. Sheep, 2.75@
$50; lambs. 5.5oM725; culls, 400.
HOGS Nominally steady.
Chicago -CATTLE-Good to prime
steers, 525M625; poor to medium.
4ooM 500; stockers and feeders, 2ooG
90; cows, I.25M4.oo; heifers. 2ooM
AIS; Gamers, 1,5oG2 so; bulls, 2.ooldl
400; calves, 2.5oM575; TeNas-tcd
steers. 3.ooM4.5o.
HOGS Mixed and butchers, 5256
so; good to choice heavy, s.25m5.5o
rough heavy. 4SoM $40; light. s25GQ
so; bulk Of sales, s.2o6S,4o.
SIIEEP-Good to choice wetheri,
e75GI4. 20; fair to choice mixed, 3oo@
AS: native lambs, 4ooGo.75.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-08-18
When Water Blooms.

ANY one who has ever been at any
of the lakes in tho middle and north
of the United States will know that
at a certain time of July or August they
are said to flower"
Fishermen are particularly we'll &C
uuainted with this fact, for at such
times very few fish can be induced to
take the hook.
In some lakes nothing can be seen
when they are Wering' except By
the natives, who know from the ap
pcarancc of the water. But in other
lakes the water becomes quite thick
and yellow, seeming muddy or tawny
In some parts and clear gold in
others.
This "hOwerinn" of the lakes is just
what the rame denotes. although many
of the Inhabitants If the lake shores
do not know what it is and cannot ex
plain II. except by the vague srato
ment that at certain time of mid
summer the lakes seem to work.
The "foworing" is a real towering
1t is due to the bossoming Of water
plant which lives under the surface
all year long till the times for flower,
ing. when it rises toward the ton and
throws off myriads of small eolde
yellow spheres which fill the water.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-08-18
WHOLESALE MARKETS.

Baltimore, Md.-FLOUR-Firm and
unchanged; receipts, 2,623 barrels; eX-
ports, 3.26s barrels.
VIII EAT--Easicr; spot, contract,
o3BMo3H; spot No. red Western
o5BMosH; August, o3BMo3H; Sep
TENDER, o4A@o4H; October, o5A@oo;
December, oSIa; steamer No. 2 red
SOFA 8oM
CORN-Dull; spot 56HM56M; Az.
gust, s6HM56 500; September, 57MTH
year, 40; steamer mixed, 53HM 1914
OATS-Unsettled; old, No. white
asa 4SH; old, No mixed. 43hM44
RHYTHM; No. Western, 7SW
BUTTER-Steady, unchanged; fan
cy imitation, ia 10; fancy creamery,
5000; fancy ladlc, I4MIs; store
packed IoMI2.
EGGS-Steady, unchanged. ~
c II f. + S f - Steady, unchanged;
large, SHMSA; medium, S}4Go; small
QnoH.
New York-FLOUR-Receipts a.
oOS barrels; exports. 2,52h barrels; firm
but inactive; winter patents. 1854
SIS; winter straightS, i 1oId475: Min
nesota patents, 5.25n sos; winter cX-
tras, 335G3oo; Minnesota bakers,
32S64So; winter low grades, 3l5M
so
RYE FLOUR-Iirm: fair to good
4I5M44o; choice to fancy, 4.4oMt65
CORN NJ + A l. Steady; yellow
Western. lIoMII2; city, 1.I2dIIS;
kiln dried, 3oold $40.
HAY Dull; shipping, 62H: good to
choice. o2H
LARD Weak: Western steamed,
us: refined. easy; continent. 7.25;
South America, 80; compound, 57SM
6H
POTATOES Easy; Long Island,
I.5ord ZOO; Jersey and Southern, / 50
ais: Southern sweets. 3.5oN45o
PEANUTS Steady; fancy hand
picked, o.; other domcStics, 3'iM6H.
CARRIAGES Quiet; Long Island
and Jersey. per barrel 25N so
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-08-18
No Rose is Pure White.

Probably the largest rose cut in this
city this season is a specimen of the
Warehouses of Londonderry, which
Major Barnhart has had in a vase at
his residence.
This species is credited with pro
ducing larger blooms than any other
specimens six inches across being not
uncommon. but the specimen produced
by Major Barnhart is only trife less
than seven inches across. and contains
double handful Of petals beauti
fully imbricated and appearing puro
white, but there is a slight tinge OF
yellow discernble about the base
MIR. Barnhart says there is no reall,
pure white rose. the whitest known
when placed alongside snow showing
a tinge Of some color This huge
bloom was not the result of disbud
ding of other forcing, but was pro
duced on shoot which came up in
the center Of the bush, and so was wei
shaded during the late warm weather.
which caused 1t to attain the extra
size and its perfection,-Portland
Oregonian.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-08-18
WORLD OF LABOR.

German sugar factories consume
annually 100000 tons OF bccts.
New York city stone settlers re-
ceive from 05H to OS}4 cents an hour,
There are more men in the United
States Navy than IN all the ships III
the merchant service.
a Swiss matchmaker has invented
an electric watch, which will go IS
years without being rcwound.
\ recent estimate of the number
employed in Great Britaln's tinplate
manufacture places the figures at 49,
200
In Switzerland Woodworking and
other homcly trades produces a
revenue OF more than EI,ooo,ooo in
the year.
A decade ago the laborer had to
work sometimes IS and 20 hours for
less than he gets for 9 and 20 now.
Union laborers at Baton Rouge, La,
get $I.25 to $I5o a day, while the
unorganized laborers get ST. and SI25
day.
The annual convention of the
Brotherhood of Carpenters and join
ers Of America meets this year in Mil
waukee in September
An association of Milwaukee iWis.)
contracting plasterers has been formed
for the purpose of arbtrating Difficult
ties with employees.
One firm of watchmakers in Swift
erland takes annually from Sheffield,
England, $50 tons OF steel for the
manufacture of watch springs.
American printers at Las Vegas,
New Mexico, are all organized, but
the Spanish printers have not yet
taken advantage of organization.
Positions for nearly 400 men are
found in about 10 building trades
every week by the United Trades and
Labor Council, of Cleveland, Ohio.
A hogging machine has been per
fected by Russian inventor with the
object of saving labor in this detesta-
bic department of official industry.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-08-18
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
R. G. Dun & Co.'S weekly review OF


trade says:
Moderate improvement in Midsum-
mer means more than an equivalent
increase at any other season, and the
better trade reported during the past
week is consequently most enceur-
aging. Dispatches from all parts of
the country are by no means uniform,
in some cases the outlook showing no
change, while at few points there
have been setbacks; but on the whole
the progress is unmistakable. Two
labor controversies are particularly
harmful, but others have been settled;
the Fall River strike is partially bro
ken and several threatened difficulties
have been averted.
Despite some injury to Spring wheat
the agricultural prospect is very bright
while higher prices promise to nett
tralize the effect of such loss in guam
tity as occurred. Interior buyers have
placed liberal Fall orders in the lead
ing dry goods markets, and confidence
in large Spring trade is becoming
general.
The approaching presidential cleo
tl'il - NlSWNb WIFI lll'iN
than any other contest of recent years,
both in financial and industrial cir
cles.
Failures this week were 222 in the
United States, against ia last year,
and 80 in Canada, compared with %
year ago,
Bradstreet's says: Wheat, includ-
ing flour, exports for the week end
ing August II aggregate I,284,399
bushels, against I,37o,IoS last week.
3,4I3,Ior this week last year, 4,5oI,So5
in 1902 and o,o3o,76I in 1901. From
July to date the exports aggregate
7,S46,77I bushels, against I8,46o,444 last
year, 2s,3S6oo8 in 1902 and 4I,546,0oC
in 1901. Corn exports for the week
aggregate Cos, 200 bushels, against 27'
.,6s last week. 7o7.'S7 year ago, o.,
423 in 1902 and soS,So7 in 1901. From
July to date the exports of corn az
gregated 3,27oIII bushels. against
6,o4o'4so in 1909, 5s7,76o in 1907 and
7733,22o in 1901.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-08-18
It cannot stand; nor walk, nor even creep

Il cannot STAND; nor walk, nor even creep,
II cannot think. 1t does not know. IL
has no true perception, nor any mental &C,
ton whatever, apart froli what we cal,
instinct. 1t is utterly without the moral
experiences-without love-, without hate
without hope, without faith. though De.
longing to the Kingdom of God, it knows
ns little of God as Herbert Spencer used
to insist he and the rest of mankind knew.
Il is nothing but bundle of unconscious
organized life, with inherent capabilities
not vet manifest. 1t hasn't ability enough
to recognize itself, nor viii it ever have
memory enough to remember itself at th's
stage of its being. Were it not for that
first miracle of Providence in human: lie
tho mothers love-it would perish froE'
the Garth on the day of its birth.
Bat wait little and see. Wait until
the mothers fostering care, and the faith
ers disciplinary training, and the instruc,.
ton of tn, schools and the churches, and
all tn, various appliances OF Christian CIV
i.zation have wrought their vast part lii
connection with the universal law OF de-
velopment and progress-Gnd then observe
the child, now become the man. HOW
wonderful and Undesirable the result.
That little child now stands erect and sur
ycys the high places of the earth. He
climbs the heights, and, walking with God
On the horns of the mountains, he sur.
vcys the heavens lie counts the stars
and calls them by their names. He knows
he is superior to suns and systems. His
.icmt thrills with pusatons that are
migiticr than ocean currents or solar ln'
Gucnrcs. lie cccs. lie knows. lie m.
Ccrstands. lie reasons. He feels within
himself the mighty mastery. He calls out
to God. and God answers him: The scep'
tire is already in his Rand, and the crown
is in sight that the Son of Man Himself
viii soon place on his brow. Hcnceforth
he is king, and alive forevcrmorc, with
.'fc that will rule the world and conquer
death. 49,,
here applied to the church, both collecc.
lively and individually. We are here sol,
emily commanded to rise up and seize our
Inheritance. Never before in all the ages
was there such concurrent blast OF tr.im'
pc;s from AL quarters CT the globe ealing
iho church to 60 forward. Let the coz
AIMS form and the march begin.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-08-18
DENIED BURIAL IN SIBERIA.
Body Of an Unfortunate Is Shipped
Thousands of Miles.


The unidentified body of man
killed on the Trans-Siberian Railroad
near Tomsk last summer is still un.
buried. He was believed to have come
from Irkutsk, whittier the body was
sent, only to be returned to Tomsk
by the police Once more it was sent
to Irkutsk and once more returned by
the police as being unknown in that
town.
Innumerable kilograms were sent
and replied to, no town would receive
the body, which was sent hither and
thitNer by railway, al 'a"s be g re
turned to Tomsk. At last it was o.
fcred to the Anatomical Museum at
Tomsk, where it was preserved for
nine months. no one daring to dissect
1t without permission from the higher
government.
Now the museum is be' rebuilt
and the body has been once more
banded over to the Tomsk police
They again refuse to bury it without
the documents without. which nothing
can be done in Russia. and the I'm
happy body. which is said to have al
ready Travelled over II 900 miles, is
once more upon its amending travt
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-08-18
Throws Plants In Coma,

A remarkable discovery has been
made by German professor. He is
able to throw living plants into what
he calls state of coma, by injecting
liquid into their stems. The plant
stops growing but does not die. On
the contrary, the leaves remain green
and lifelke, and stand up stiff and
erect. Moreover, they are absolutely
impervious to any change of tempera
ture or moisture. The most tender
palm or fern will stand the intensest
cold OF winter, nothing seeming to dis
turb it's composure. Just what this
liquid Is remains the secret of the pro
fessor.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-08-18
Drove Away Hungry Lynx.

rs Roland Scribner Of Stafford, VI.
was out fishing the other day In .
stream within sight of the house, hi
happened to glance behind him and
saw a lynx coming toward him from
the woods, growing and snarlins, hi
mouth open. The boy waited until
the animal got within few feet Of
him, and as it crouched to spring
dealt it several blows with his fish
ing rod, whereupon the lynx turnes
and ran back into the woods.