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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05
Favors the "Door-of-Hope" Policy.
BLOW TO RAILWAY COMBINES
Hearst Case Against the Coal Carriers De-
cided Against the Roads.

Hearst Case Against the Coal Carriers De-
cided Against the Roads.
Washington, April 5.-The supreme
court dealt another severe blow to rail
read and Industrial combinations when
It decided that President Baer, of the
Philadelphia and Reading road. and
Others who testified in the anthracite
coal case must produce contracts
which they refused to reveal and
which. ii was alleged. would show
n combination to keep up the price Of
hard coal. The case. which was that
of the interstate commerce commission
VS.. Baird. was decided in favor of the
contentious of the commission, the de-
cisiOn Of the United States circuit
court for the southern district OF New
York being reversed
This is the case begun before the
commission by w. r. Hearst. of New
York, who alleged there was discrim-
inatiOn by the railroad companies
which reached the anthracite coal
mines in Pennsylvania. During the
hearing some of the witnesses refused
to produce certain contracts bearing
''i''iA 'Ho pNf>4L4C',S VI lile IAN OoN e'A'I
panies and the coal mines. which ac-
tion was upheld by the circuit court
of New York. The United States SUI
preme court holds that rhe contracts
should have been supplied, and this
Is the basis Of the decision, the court
not going into the merits OF fhe case
As to the point the court says: 1T
Is 10 he remembered that we are not
dealing with the ultimate fact of con-
troversy. or deciding which Of the con
tending claims viii be finally estab-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05
Surgeon Fatally III Operates on
Self and is Recovering.

Savannah. Ga. April 5.-George ".
Iarman, a prominent surgeon of this
city and member Of the city council.
who was reported fatally III two
weeks ago. is conyalesccHt as a result
Of an operation performed by him
self. His servant lifted him from the
bed and held him before the mirror
while the surgeon welded the knife.
y month ago DR.. Harman was op-
Grating surgeon in a hospital case and
during the operation he scratched the
lower part of his face with the instru-
meHt he was using. An antiseptic
preparation was applied and the doc
tor paid little attention TO the mat
ter. In a few DAYS sepsis set in, start
ing at the corner Of the mouth. It's
progress was steady, accompanied by
extreme pain. The side Of his face
became swollen and discoIOred. and
the right eye closed. An abscess
formed under the eye.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05
BEAUTIES OF KANSAS
ARE NOT FOR DISPLAY
Project for Exhibit of Pretty Sum
flower Girls is Frowned
Upon.

Topeka. Kans., April 5.-The moth
ers of Kansas girls do not look with
favor upon Mrs. Noble Prcstiss' pro-
posal to have Il beauty show of Kan
sas girls at the worlds fair.
Mrs. j. T. Harding. of Kansas City,
kans.. has written a letter. as fol-
lows. to a womau's club of this city:
What mother wants her innocent
and pure-minded daughter to be made
Il show of for the gaze of the vulgar
public. All the world Will be at the
81. Louis exposition. and our Kansas
girls are not for the inspection Of all
the world. 1t is all right to have a
fine stock show from Kans3s. but not
Il beauty show of our girls"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05
Five Hundred Men Are
Laid Off Today at
DeS MOines.
FURTHER REDUCTIONS
Churches Closed and
Only One School in
City Open.

Dee Moines. April On account of
the coal strike the railways announc-
eel today that at least 500 men will
be laid off at once.
Seventeen switching crews and 10
fun train crews running out of Des
Moines and Valley Junction quit work
today. Similar action by the railways
centcriug at Boone, Belle Plaine. Osk-
aloosa. Ottumwa and Abba viii mean
loss of work to about 1000 men.
Churches and Schools Closed.
The churches here have closed on
account of the strike and only one
school room in the city i open.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05
GERMANY SUCCEEDS IN
SHUTTING OUT OUR MEATS

Berlin. April 5.-One years opera
tion of the German meat law. which
went into effect April. 1903, has ex-
tinguished American trade in meats
with the fatherIand Representatives
of one of the largest Chicago pack
ing companies furnish the following
resume of the situation: "rhe burden
some provisions of the exclusion law
have accomplished their purpose of
bringing American meat imports to
dead stop.
Government inspectors arbitrarily
refuse to admit American shipments
on the ground that they are prepared
with boraX and bOracic acid. uOtwith-
standing that the best German OK
pertS have pronounced them free from
such curatives. The regulation eX-
Guiding meat weighing more than eight
and One-half pounds is a mere subter,
fuge for destroying the trade in
American beef ana pork tongues and
other small cuts. for which there is a
large demand.
In addition to these barriers the
charges for inspecting certain meats
such as hams, which often weigh only
five or six pounds, are fixed at three
quarters of 4 cent Il pound, despite
assurances that these charges were in
tended only to cover the cost of in
spectiOn." Chicago packers have in
formed the Washington authorities that
the only possible way of bringing Ger
many to terms on the meat question
is relentless retaliation on German
wines and other TeutOnic products
known 10 hn ndnltnrntntI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05
GIRL Is ATTACKED
BY FIGHTING CATS
Sallie E-tiack, OF Philadelphia,
Moved by Cries of Pet, Inter-
feres to Her Sorrow.

Philadelphia, Pa, April 5.-In the
effort to save pet cat from being in
jured in a fight. Sallie Estlack was
attacked by both animals and badly
bitten. The quarreling cats were bat
Ting in an empty washtub. Both an
imals buried their teeth in her fingers
and tore the flesh from the bone.
Then they leaped upon her, and one
fastened its teeth in her leg. The
young woman's mother found her Iy-
ing unconscious in the snow. The an
imals had torn away several inches Of
flesh. 1t was necessary to remove a
portion of the wounded limb.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05
NEGROES CROWD THE COURT
ROOM AT NATIONAL CAPITAL

WASHINGTON. April "a larGe num-
Der of negroes was present in the
United States supreme court TO listen
TO the arguments in the case affect
ing the constitutionaIity of the Vir-
ginia election law. which was de-
signed to exclude negroes from voting.
All the seats and available standing
room behind the bar of the court was
occupied by negroes and there was a
row extending from the door of the
court along the corridor into the TO-
tunda of the Capitol. Many of them
were women.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05

DR.. Harman described the progress
Of the poison to physicians attending
him and advised an incision There
were objections and Dr. Harman re-
solved to do the job himself Weak,
but emaciated from pain. he instruct
ed his servant 10 select certain in
sirumeutz from the case in his office
and bring them TO him. The servant
then supported him while the opera
tion was in progress. DR.. Harmau
ran the lance from inside his mouth
up almost 10 the eve. The check was
severed from the bone and an open
ing made.
Almost instantly DR.. Hartman felt
relief, and he has been improving ever
since. DR.. Harman feared the poison
would reach the cavity immediately
under the eye. lie said he knew if
the poison reached the blood vessels
and nerve which communicate direct
~ with the eye he would live only
few hours.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05
FRANKLIN COUNTY GOES
ON RECORD FOR GOVERNOR

Benton. H.. April 5.-In the Frank
lin county delegate convention. held
here yesterday. Gov. Yates had 36 out
of a delegates and Hamlin had :. In
the canvass Of the popular. vote of
Saturday Gov. Yates had 953 votes TO
Hamlin's 52s. The delegate conven-
tion authorized GOV. Yates to name
the five delegates to the state conven-
tion, and passed strong resolutions
instructing them To vote for Maj. Hoo
gan for secretary of state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05
Must BE Citizen of the State.

by Justice Peckham the supreme court
of the United States has sustained the
Maryland statute requiring United
States citizens moving into the state to
sign a declaration of their intention to
become citizens of the state as Il pre-
requisite to the exercise of the fran
CIicp
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05
Japanese Scouts Find
the Town DesOIate
Sunday.
Togo Makes Another At
tack on Port Arthur
mo Details.

Toxic. April 5.-Reports received
here frcm Ping Yang are to the ef
feet that when the japanese scouts
entered Wiju Sunday last they found
the. town desolated by Russians. The
Korean residents Informed the scouts
the Russian forces on the upper
reaches of the YaIu river consist OF
small detached parties.
st. Petersburg. April Maj. Gen
Pug teIegraphs from Mukden deny
ing the reports Of the Japanese Oper-
ations in Manchuria and stating there
are no japanese troops in Manchuria.
Another Bombardment.
London, April j.-The Times CORE
spondcnt at Chefoo. cabling under
date Of April +. says there was anoth-
or bombardmcnt of Port Arthur April
>. but that there are no authentic de
tails Of the engagement obtainable.
-. Petersburg. April 5.-It IS re-
ported that go Cossacks. commanded
by General Artamanoff. have occupied
Jnsan. Korea. forcstalIinG the Japa-
ncse. who were marching on Unsan
from Chong-Ju.
81. Petersburg. April ,. AS the
time approaches for the opening of
land operations on n large scale the
Eussian authorities arc exercising
vigilance TO prevent the news of their
plans for the movement TO and the
disposition of troops in the theater Of
war from going abroad where II might
be of service to the enemy. For ten
days not scrap of real information
except such as is contained in official
dispatches has been given out or has
come from the front There practically
exists an embargo upon news dis
patches. those coming through being
colorless and devoid of Importance.
Busy Behind the Curtain.
Secrets regarding what is actually
happening are being we'll kept. 1t is
as if an impenetrable curtain had sud-
denly been rung down on the stage
of the war I'm East Asia. Behind this
curtain the greatest activity prevails.
General Kuropatkin at his temporary
headquarters in Lao Yang Is directing
the execution of his plans. moving the
troops. strengthening the positions Sc
hsctcd. oilinG the wheels OF the COM
miSSariat and qUartermaSter'S depart
mcnt. perfecting the hospital service
and otherwise looking after the or
ganization and innumerable wants of
the army in the field.
VIII Play a Waiting Game.
When the prologue is over and the
real drama opens the curtain which
shuts out the view Of the spectators
will rise. and not before. General
Kuropatkin's plan of campaign is in
the keeping OF those who will betray
nothing. Only the barest outlines are
known. and the rest is pure guess
work That the generals plan of cam
paiEn has been worked out. and that It |
involves the playing of n waiting game |
until the disposition OF the army has !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05

nShed This is question of relevancy
of proof before Il body not authorized
to make final Judgment. but to investi-
gate and make, orders which may or
may not be finally embodied in judg-
mentS or DEGREES of court. 1t may
be that commission or the courts will
ultimately find that the contracts do
not fix the compensation received by
the carriers, and that, as claimed, the
full rate is paid by these purchasing
nipS"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05
AKRON SAVINGS BANK IS
IN HANDS OF RECEIVERS

Akron, Ohio, April The doors of
the Akron Savings bank were closed
today and receivers appointed. The
action was prccipitatcd a a result Of
the Akron Clearing House association
compelling the bank TO make all its
clearings i'm cash. William Buchtel is
president of the bank. The capital
stock Is 100000 and the surplus $jO,-
900. The deposits are $sjO,OOO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05
Impro,enent in TIood Concitionn.

ClcycLnd. o.. April J.-A-s result
Of the lower temperature which pre-
walls over Ohio there has been a very
general Improvement in flood cOndi-
tions ut all points. The water in the
ST. Mary's reservoir has fallen very
rapidly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05
Pensions for Blind Veterans.

Washington. April >. - Among the
bills passed by the house WIS one in
crvasing from SD to S10O per month
the pension Of those who have lost
both eyes. or have become totally blind
from causes accrUing in the military or
naval service of the United States
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05
Oklahoma Bank Closes.

Guthrie. o. r., April 5.--The Capital
National bank. Of this city. one Of the
oldest banking institutions I'm Oklaho-
ma, and a territorial and United States
depository, has closed its doors. 1t was
placed i'm the hands of the comptroller
Of the currency.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05
Payne VIII 60 to Old Point Comfort.

Washington. April J.-POstmaster
General Payne has decided to 20 to Old
Point Comfort. Va. TO recuperate from
his protracted illness. He viii leave
about Thursday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05
soc,nllsl meadqonrlei-s a: Chicago.

Omaha. Ncb.. ApH 5.---As2istant Ma
tional Secretary w. +. Clark, OF the So
cialiSt party, states that tile result OF
the referendum vote. now about com
plctcd. would have the effect Of re-
moving the national headquarters from
Omaha 10 Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05
Would Include All the CapInet

Washington. April >. Clark of
Missouri has introduced a bill adding
to the list of cabinet officers available
for the succession to the president in
case OF the removal, death or Tesigna-
tion of that official. the secretaries Of
agriculture and commerce and labor,
thus including the whOle cabinet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05
VIII Help Plight the seab.

Washington. April ,. - Secretary
Wilson has decided TO extend assist
ance to the cattle interests in Mon
tana. North Dakota and South Dakota
in the determination of cattle itch or
scab.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05
RIOT AT FACTORY
Shooting Follows Effort to Re-
open Chicago Plant of Ameri-
can Can Company.
TWO STRIKE BREAKERS SHOT
NOn-UniOn Men, Under Police Es-
cort, Fired on and PeIted
With Bricks.

Chicago. April I'm Il riot at the
plant of the Diesel branch of the
American Can company today grow
ing out of an effort to reopen the fac
tory and retain so Greek strike break
ers. two men were shot by union can
makers.
The union men demanded the dis
charge of the Greeks. They gather
ed about the factory when the non
union men, under police escort, APP
preached. Bricks began to fly and
several shots were fired.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05
PRoHIBITI0NIsTs ARE TO
INBoRsE GEN. N. A. MILES

indianapolis, April >. - The signs
point TO the Endorsement of General
Nelson a. Miles for president by the
Indiana Prohibitionist convention,
which began this morning. The coun-
~ conventions in LaGrange and Pu-
laski counties recently indOrsed Miles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05
Livernash of California
Makes Attack on
Roosevelt
In THE MILLER CASE
Pennsylvania Pleads
for Co1ored Citizens
--HearSt Gains.

Washington. April :. - Under the
license of debate" the military
academy appropriation bill being under
consideration - in the house Liver
nash of California discussed the labor
question and attacked President ROOse-
welt for having. as he alleged. turned
the executive arm of the government
against the men who work. That arm.
he said. had arrayed itself on the side
of special privilege and deSpOtiSm, and
associated itself with the men who
hire and against the Men who are
hired. Referring to the Miller case in
the government printing office he said
that the president had embraced the
opportunity in Il letter to Secretary
COrtelyou on the subject or the find
ings of the anthracite coal strike COM
mission TO express himself in language
which clearly identified him with the
open shop" in private employment.
Deadly Enemy" of Labor.
He said that the president of this
country who goes forth and seeks TO
place Il barrier in the way of labor I'M
ions by encOura Ging nOn-uniOnism I'M
der the GuiSe of an ''Open shop" is
the dsadlieSt common foe of labor. In
4 personal way he Oivcrnasm held
the president in the highest esteem.
but he regarded him today ''as the
man Of all Americans. worse than
Rockefeller. Carnegie and Morgan as
to labor unions" LivernaSh also at
tackled the membership of the house.
and said there was in that body
distinct intolerance of laboring men
and their acts.
Defense of the Negro.
Using as hi, text the remarks Of
Hardwick of Georgia on the negro
question in the south. delivered in jan
uary last. Morrell of Pennsylvania said
that the ambitious or aspiring negro
was treated rs an Outcast in this coUn-
try to a certain extent. as the Jew
was treated by the degraded pea santry
in Russia. Everywhere, he said. the
negro was beginning to be treated as
an inferior, and was dis
eliminated against in the different
walks of life. 1t was not alone in
the southern states that the negro was
uLldIIN ltittu III tHe euIOrCtlHthl VI
the law.
Favors the "DOor-Of-HOpe" Policy.
In the north, he said. courts and
iuries often were his enemies - Al |
ways ready TO eXa ggerate his faults |
and ignore his virtues" The corner |
stone upon which the democratic in |
stitutiOnS of this country were found |
cd. the hope of all Americans. wheth |
or native born or naturalized. white or |
black. was best exemplified. he de- |
clared. I'm the ''door-o hope" policy as |
by President Roosevelt. He |
denied that the state of Pennsylvania |
imposed restrictions on the negro as !
charged by Hardwick.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05
MISSOURI CONVICTS
ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE
Forced to Surrender and Several
Sticks of Dynamite Are
Found on Them.

jefferson City. Mo. april . Four
convicts at the penitentiary today at
tempted to escape 10y holding up a
guard with revolvers. They were
forced 10 surrender and when search
ed several sticks of dynamite were
found in their possession.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05
Strikers Dispersed.

Two men were shot. neither one
being seriously wounded. In the at
tacking party were number of girls.
The strikers were dispersed by the
police.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05

been completed, can ne stated with
poSitiVcnCsS.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-03-05
THE TWIN ROCK COMPANY.
Has Mining Property in the Bohemian
District-The Officers.

Mention is made in Wednesday, S
TIMES of the fact that the Twin
Rock Mining and Milling Company
had filed articles of incorporation
with the county clerk. The officers
of the company are, S. R. May, OF
Mt Zion, Illinois, president, Wallace
Hartley of Corvallis vice president,
George B Splitter, Mt Zion Illinois
secretary and treasured The home
Office is at Corvallis with branch
Offices at Mt Zion, Illinois and II
the Chamber of Commerce building
Portland, Oregon. The board o.
directors is, Lewis Hartley, Warner
B. Hartley and Wallace Hartley
all of Oregon, and S. R. May an! ane
George B Splitter of Mt zion' Hi
nois.
The company expects to begin de
velopment work as soon as IN
weather will permit. 1t has mn
claims of 20 acres each in the Bo
hemian District in Douglas County
There are FIVE distinct veins rur
ming through the property, and tn
owners claim that it will speedll
become a dividend-payer.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-03-05
"Uncle Toms Cabin"

We stand and stare as we see the
glaring headlines and our thoughts
quickly wander back to the days OF
yore-days when the gifted author
ess, Harriet Beecher Stowe, first
favored us with her immortal work.
The young, the old, the gay, the
careless, all at different times have
heard or seen the beautiful play de-
pected on the stage, or have persued
the pages of the book. The heart
interest is so intense that a magnetic
influence seems to assert itself at
times and draw us again within the
portals of the playhouse to witness
those thrilling scenes of Ante Bellum
days, and we can safely prophesy
| that its memory and action will lin
:. ger with us, as it has done with past
generations, affording amusement,
pleasure pathos and instruction tor
Young and old alike. A grand and
stupendous production of this i'm
mortal play will be given by Ste
vens Big Double Company at the
Opera House on Tuesday March O.
a novel feature that has been added
; is the marvellous street parade which
: will be given on the principal streets
E This parade Is, without
doubt, the largest ever ATTEMPTED
!, by any attraction playing theaters
, and from past criticism and pres
comment, we feel safe in echo1n!
the words of Manager Leon w
). Washburn; cit beats circus l
), occurs at p. m. Tuesday.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-03-05
Great Show.

One of the stage stories that Will
remain strong and true to theater-
goers is "Uncle Toms CABIN, a
s sumptious production of which,
under the able management OF MI.
Washburn, will be given at the
Opera House on Tuesday night
March Sth when everyone VINO mas
the opportunity of witnessing Il this Us
perennial favorite will acclaim 1t as
one of the best presented by any
company. Time, effort and expense
have not been spared in its staging
or selection of cast and the mlnutes'
| detail has been carefully considered
There is no story of book or stag.
that 50 delights the juvenile mne
and it is to be hoped that every DO.
and girl may have their wish to Sc
4 II. eratifed. The street parade !
almost worth theprice OF ADMISSION =
lDcrt forget it at p. m. luesdas