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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-05
WILL REDUCE BOND
j. w. War; May Soon be Re.
leased From the Coun.
ty Jail.
STATEMENT FROM THE COURT
Defense Wants Bill of Particulars
Covering All Indict-
mentS.

Judge Z. c. Graves has made the
statement that ne Will reduce the bail
of J. w. War; to $4,000 as soon as all
of the Il indictments charging him
with embezzlement are passed on by
the court as to their sufficiency.
Counsel for the defendant has en-
tered a motion asking the filing by
next Monday of bill of particulars
covering all the indictments.
As the War; case is second on the
criminal docket to be commenced the
coming week, unless the court should
pass favora bly, on the motion for a
change Of venue. arguments of which
have been completed, it is likely the
defendant will be liberated from the
county jail before the trial is begun,
$1,000 of the bonds required having
been furnished by Mrs. Leonora c.
Scott, Of Burlington. Iowa. The mo-
ton for change of venue has been
taken under advisement by the court.
Taylor Divorce Allowed.
\ divorce proceeding that has been
on the docket since 1894 was disposed
of yesterday afternoon by the signing
of a decree allowing the bill of Rob
ert b. Taylor. who charged his wife,
Rebecca y. Taylor. with desertiOn.
The Taylors resided in Buffalo Prairie
township, where they are prominent.
March II. 1894. Mrs. Taylor instituted
suit for separate maintenance through
her attorneys, Searle q Weld, on
grounds of cruelty. There was n jury
trial before Judge Bookwalter and a
verdict for the defendant.
Mrs. Taylor. after the ease had been
settled, refused to longer live with
her husband, and the minor child was
given by the court to Mr.. Taylor. At
ter the statutory period had expired
Mr.. Taylor began the divorce proceed
ings that came to an issue yesterday.
The couple have agreed upon a di
vision of the property.
New Panel of Jurors.
y new panel of jurors TO report for
duty at , o'clock Monday afternoon,
Feb. Is. has been drawn as follows:
Paul Barth, John Schultz, George
Barnes, William Kurth. \. Greaser, \.
]. Riess. J. Nordling. William Heit-
mann. II. f. Dooley, William Boland.
J. f. Cramer, Albert Seidlitz. Rock
Island; William Hill. Christ Koehler,
South Rock Island; Conrad Espring.
August Swanson, Fred Youngberg, \.
ID. KuhI. F. {. Thompson, Charles \.
Bloom, Frank Samuels, John Sarin. j.
y. =. Berg, Henry Sullivan. Ben Co
bart. {. +. Mason. Moline: Emil Bufe.
Walter Aram. f. 5. Berry. South Mo-
line; Tom Fitzpatrick. Alfred Lar
son, George McCandless, Rural;
Charles Carey, y. p. Hennegan, Hamp-
ton; Herbert Quick, Coe; j. ii. Robin
son, Cordova; y. p. Phillip, f. w. Par
menter, Andalusia: F. w. Christian,
Drury; Joseph Mclaughlin, Bowling.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-05
MIR. HURST DENIES THE
IMPEACHMENT OF FRIENDS

Hon. +. w. Hurst arrived home last
evening from attendance at the meet
ing of the democratic estate central
committee at the Sherman house. Chi
cago. at which it was decided to hold
the state convention at Springfield
June II.
Several of the speakers at the meet
ing referred to Mr.. Hurst as man to
whom the party would take pleasure
in entrusting the gubernatorial nom
ination at the coming convention. be-
lieving that his name would be a
tower of strength both to the state
and national tickets.
Mr.. Hurst, while naturally fattered
by these complimentary references,
and thanking his friends for their
kindly consideration. stated that he
was not candidate for the nomina-
ton. and never authorized the state
ment to he made by any of his friends
that he would be.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-05
PERSONAL POINTS.

G. \. Randall, editor OF the Rock
well City Advocate, is visiting in the
city today.
John H. Movius. president of the
First National bank Of Ledgerwood,
y. d., is visitor in the city.
Elmer Danielson, of Andover, H.,
arrived in the city last night to visit
his sister. Mrs. AXel Johnson.
Mrs. Frank Maross. of Coal Valley.
departed for her home last night af-
ter a visit with Mrs. X. Gamance.
Mr.. and Mrs. &. NJ. Stonebreaker
departed for Denver. Col, this morn
ing, in response to a message announc-
ing the death of Mrs. Stonebraker's
father.
Miss Pansy BlakemOre, a student
boarder at AugustaIa college, who
was taken i'll Monday threatened with
pneumonia, was able to 60 to the
home of her parents on Nineteenth
street yesterday. She is much inn
proved.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-05
NAMED FOR PLACE
Judge W. n. Gest Called to Third
District Appellate
Bench.
HONOR COMES UNSOLICITED
Leaves Fourteenth Circuit Practic-
ally With Two Presiding
Officers.

The Illinois supreme court, at
Springfield, last evening announced
the appointment of Judge William II.
Gest, of Rock Island. to the position
on the appellate bench, third district,
made vacant by the resignation OF
Judge Brown, of Wheaton. Judge
Gest. to whom the honor came unso-
licited on his part, is receiving the
congratulations of his friends today.
The sessions of the appellate court
for the third district are held at the
state capital. Judge Gest Goes not
relinquish his place on the bench in
the 14th judicial district by reason of
his new appointment. but it is doubt
ful if he Will be able to devote much
of his time in the circuit. as the vol
ume of business that comes before the
third district tribunal is the second
largest in the state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-05
CITY MAKES HIM DIZZY:
FRIEND PAYS FARE HOME

The son of a wealthy farmer resid-
ing south of Cambridge. made his first
visit to the city yesterday. He had
not been in long before he was at
treated by one of the thirst parlOrs.
where he INDUCED freely in the amber
fluid.
BY night time he had taken on quite
a load and didn't know exactly where
he was at. When seen at the Peoria
depot at o'clock he was crying like
Il child. When a Rock Islander ques-
toned him as to the cause of his
downheartedness he told him he had
been touched for Il dollar or so and
that he didn't have the price to get
home on.
The Rock Islander doubted the
truthfulness of the story, but never
theless bought him a ticket and sent
him happily on his way.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-05
MCCONNELL HAS SERVED A
TERM IN MISSOURI PEN

Sheriff W. G.. Heider has some new
light on the career of Robert McCon-
nell, who entered Il plea of not guilty
the other day in the circuit court to
an Indictment for burglary. His al
legged crime is the breaking into the
apartments of William Bartlett in this
city and carrying off clothing and
iewelry TO the value of about 500.
Mcconnell protests that he never
was in trouble before, but the sheriff
has "A photograph and Bertillion
measurements of him from the Mis-
souri, state penitentiary. from which
he was released last September after
having served a five-year sentence for
burglary. having been sent down from
Kansas City under the name of Il. 7.
Rodgers. Mcconnell denies that he is
the same party.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-05
Foreman at New Shops.

II j. reported that w. F. Moran. of
the Davenport shops of the Rock Isl
and road. will he promoted to general
foreman of the plant at New Shops.
He will report direct TO Mr.. NieSe.
the general superintendent of the
plant. and viii have charge of the
machine shop as his chief work.
\ train of three coaches. baggage
ear and an engine i transporting the
Davenport men to and from work
The Rock Island i making no charge
for transportation if for no other
reason than that this road would not
permit the Burlington to make >
cent rate for the Union Mallea bic
men when that road operated a work
train. The fact that the train i an
expense TO the company without any
revenue in return indicates that the
idea Is not To make the service perma-
nent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-05
RUTH TAYLOR REFUSES TO
GO TO IOWA FOR TRIAL

Ruth Taylor. the 15-year-old girl ar
rested at Waterfowl, is to resist re-
moval to the state Of Iowa. where
there is a charge of incest against
her at Oskaloosa. a writ of habeas
corpus having been applied for in the
circuit court Yesterday afternoon by
Sturgeon, Steik d Sturgeon, whom
she has retained to defend her. The
hearing on the petition will be held
tomorrow morning before Judge Gest.
In the meantime the girl is a pris-
oner at the county Jail. The girls
father is under arrest at Oskaloosa
for the same crime that she is charg-
ed with.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-05
AT THE HOTELS.

At the Harper-Charles Nelson,
Chicago; Il. II. Smith, Brookfield;
Guy Richards. Chicago; ID. l. McCar-
thy, Rock Island; S. Grushaw. Phila-
delphia; F. b. FarnswOrth, J. S. Muir
ray. Miss Robinson, Cincinnati, Ohio;
John Pfeifer, Peoria; Il. &. Brown.
New York; F. ". Crocker, Galesburg;
W. c. Buell.. Syracuse: II. ID. Crosby,
Chicago; Mrs. Fred Wright. Mrs. \.
Sidman, Ray l.. Royce, James Mack
aye, Harry Vance. Mile Stevens and
children, New York; II. X. Carmich-
ael, Chicago: c. y. Wrigley, Chicago:
\. G.. Brown, NJ. \. Gerhart. New
York: NJ Maxwell, Chicago; p. G..
Leavens, Philadelphia: J. p. Matthew.
Chicago: Miss NJ Bond. New York;
II. y. Baker, II. S. Wendt. F. McMas-
ter, Chicago; c. II. Hall and wife. Des
Moines; f. p. Dickinson. Chicago; J.
{. Bertleman. Cincinnati. Ohio: q.
Johnson, st. Louis; +. Walsh. Chica-
go; +. j. Gilkerson, Urbana. ILL.,: w.
McMaster White, Chicago: Mrs. F. NJ.
Fort, Charlton. Iowa; WI. Epis. Chi
cage: F. Dcnnelly. New York; &. w.
Mason, Toledo. Ohio: p. Everingham,
Chicago; II. Regensberger, Chicago;
]. l.. Adams: j. Sacher. La Crosse,
Wis: Charles korkel. New York; q.
Parker. Chicago: {. G.. Saunders,
Council Bluffs; F. NJ. White. Des
Moines: j. b. Bates, Durant, Iowa:
c. \. Ostrander. Durant. Iowa: {. w.
Ramsey. Chicago; f. +. Johnson, Mas
SachUsetts: II. VI. Temple. st. Paul;
b. +. Dewey. f. {. Jones, New York;
}. G.. Beeson. Peoria: w. V. MattoOn,
Chicago; Julius johnson, Lynn.
At the Harms (European)- Bert
Marshall. Monmouth; q. +. Manning
z. NJ. Wilson. V. f. Greenbaum. Chi
cago; y. {. Whitney, Boston. Mass;
Will Porter. II. II. Fulton. c. X.
Warm, +. II. McMichael. NJ. Barnes.
II. Watt. Harry Hutchinson. Mon
mouth; +. J. Williams, c. NJ. Gregory.
Chicago; y. c. Morey. Madison. Wis;
ID. ID. Duncan, Peoria; j. j. O'Connor.
+. +. Madison, Chicago; NJ. f. Tucker.
Peoria; &. +. Fair. Wilton Morgan.
Chicago; NJ. j. Madison. Chicago;
Harry Jackson and wife, Miss RuzzeI.
o. Searle. Mrs. Rhoades. Mrs. Wright.
Mrs. Sidman. Roy J.. Royce, with
York State Folks" company: {. r..
Stewart. Marion. Ind; \. G.. Smeath-
ers. Peoria: j. \. Smith. Miss Bren-
nan. II. u. Pierce. j. +. Knecht. \.
Renzur, Chicago: &. W. Mason. Tole-
do. Ohio: f. c. Edwards. Buffalo:
Charles Blair. Chicago: d. c. Gran
gier. /. J. Goodmanson. New York;
+. J. Crane, New York; \. {. Moss.
Princeton. H.; NJ. j. Lukins. :. j. Cur
ney. Chicago; William S. Tansig. St.
Louis.
At the Rock Island (Europeap)-L.
ID. Ellsworth. Harry Van Meter. j. s
Murray. Miss Robinson. New York:
". O. Wilson. j. III. Hopper and
wife, Miss NJ. Hopper. Lee Hopper and
wife. i. \. Stredain. George W. Lynch.
Chicago; Il. $. Vincent and wife. Mil
waukee: r. G.. Wait. Aledo: James
McQuaid. Andalusia: j. W. Moir. Fari-
bauIt. Mimi: f. l.. Dodds. Chicago;
Mrs. George Gould. ProphetstOwn:
w. II. Carey. Carbon Cliff: {. Duehack.
Beardstown: NJ. VI. RotchfOrd, Peo-
ria: w. {. Smith. Boston: II. {. Cas-
per. Buffalo. y. Y: {. II. Charles.
London; 8. W. Wilson. Pittsburg: F.
{. Aud. Chicago; John X. Grief. Viii
liam Baker. Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-05
PETER ]. COSGROvE
is DYING AT TUCSON
Spanish American War Veteran is a
Victim of Consump-
ton.

Peter J. COsgrove. who went west
some months ago in the hope of bet
tering his health. is dying of con-
sumption in ST. Mary's sanitarium.
Tucson. Ariz. His young wife is in
this city at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hardy Hotter. Cosgrove-
who served in the Spanish-American
war as a member of Company y. was
employed in the printing department
at the Modern Woodmen head office
before taken i'll. His mother resides
in Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-05
CIRCUIT COURT ORDERS.


Park -. McCafrey Case. Case
dismissed. Cause Of action satisfied.
Costs paid.
CHANCERY
Taylor " Taylor. Divorce. EXcep-
ticns TO bill and motions for alimOny
PENDENT lite and solicitors fees filed
May :. 1886. withdrawn c. J. Searle
withdraws his appearance as attorney
for defendant Defendant called and
Gefaulted. Case heard. finding and
decree for complainant for divorce az
prayed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-05
THE BOSTON.
saturday shoe Announcement.

We are offering some good bargains
IN high grade shoes Of all kinds, brOk
n lots and small lots of stylish shoes,
going at bargain prices.
Mems shoes. s. grades. S3.9s.
Mems patent colt, $50 grades.
nearly ali sizes. S2.sj-
Ladies' patent colt. lace and blucber,
nearly all sizes. $3.50 grades. S2.sj.
Bargains in boys and girls shoes.
The new novelty. shoe Iaces for
cushion tops, in eight co1ors. See
these. The BOSTON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-05
Salary Remains Same.

Judge Gest's new duties do not car
ry any increase in salary. which re-
mains at $4,000 per year. He was re-
elected one year ago to Il second term
on the circuit bench, thus making the
length Of the term he enters upon as
member of the appellate bench five
and one-half years. However. he is
allowed a clerk with a salary of 1000
per year.
The elevation of Judge Gest leaves
the 14th judicial district. comprising
the counties Of Rock Island. Mercer,
Henry and Whiteside, practically with
two judges. Three have found it
more than they could do to dispose
of the business brought before the
four courts i'm the district. and with
the additional burden there has arisen
rather serious situation. to relieve
which temporarily it will be neces-
sary to call in judges from other dis
trictS. In reality, four judges are
needed i'm the 18th district, but to Sc
cure the increased assistance Il legis-
lative enactment will be required. a
move in this direction will perhaps be
made in the near future.
Until recently the 18th district has
had a judge on the appellate bench
since its creation. first Judge Pleas
ants and then Judge BigeIow. 1t was
expected. Judge GeSt being the senior
Judge, he would be appointed when
Judge Bigelow retired, but he was not
at the time. His selection now is said to
have been due to the influence of
Supreme Justice Scott. who has
thus improved the opportunity to
honor the bar of the district in gen
eral. and Rock Island in particular. in
this way.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-05

Foley's Honey and Tar is best for
Group and whooping cough. contains
no opiates. and cures quickly. Care
full mothers keep it in the house. Sold
by all druggists.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-16
HERBERT SPENCER ON JAPAN.

There is immense amount of suggestiveness in the
opinions of the Herbert Spencer on the best policy
for Japan. set down in letter written by the great
philosopher at the request of Baron Kentaro as
far back August 1892 The of this really great
man will be read with interest Mr. Spencer wrote:
Respecting the further questions you ask me- in
the first place generally that Japanese policy
should think be that of keeping Americans Euro,
peans much possible at arms length. In presence
OF the powerful your position Of chronic
danger and should take every precaution give
little foothold possible to foreigners.
at seems TO that the only forms of intercourse
which you may with advantage permit are those which
indispensable for the exchange of commodities-im-
poration and expectation Of physical products
No further privileges should be allowed people of
races than is absolutely needul the achievement Of
these ends Apparently proposing by revision
the treaty with the powers Europe and America TO
the whole empire foreigners and foreign capital
regret this fatal policy If you wish what is
likely TO happen, study the history of India Once let
one of the more powerful gain point dappu and
there will inevitably in OF time grow up agrees
i've policy which will lead collisions with the Japanese
these collisions will be represented as attacks by the Jap
anese which must be avenged. as the case may be:
portion OF territory will be seized required TO be made
over as foreign settlement and from this there will
eventually subjugation the entire Japanese en-
pire believe that you will have great difficulty il
avoiding this fate in any but you viii the pro-
if allow Of any privileges foreigners be
yond those which have indicated"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-16
LINCOLN AND THE "PLAIN PEOPLE,"

Lincolns birthday observed more generally than
heretofore That his birthday will become national
legal holiday there is little doubt He American
deeper than any other elected
to the presidency of the republic.
There could be no inspiring reading Lincon's
birthday than collection his addresses letters
public utterances of his abiding faith in American
people small volume could be up these alone,
for they constantly all his published works He
preeminently what Emerson said he the true
history the American people of his time Step bp step
them; slow with their slowness quick
ening his march by theirs the representative of this
continent entirely public man. father of his country
the pulse of twenty millions throbbng his heart the
thought of their minds artculaed by his tongue From
the day when he elected the presidency till his
death he for moment out of touch with the
people shaken in his faith in them.
In a lecture Abraham Lincoln at Springfield. Mass
last week Charles Emory Smith of Philadelphia
ized in fecious sentences the place of Lincoln in
history in the hearts his countrymen 'Ibertys
march and humanity's progress" he said contain
greater name had distinct individuality than
any other historic figure unmatched moral achievement,
rectitude OF purpose character His place mmuta
bly, fixed. He is the best loved of all Americans not
merely in the fascination of his personality in his
preeminent morality and grandeur He is close to the
hearts the people Where else there of the
human quality him. of heroic conservation of the
pathos of tragedy? He the typical Of Americans
Washington grand, serene benign, the rounded and
perfected type English liberty Hamilton was another
Pitt You think of Webster another Lord Mans
field Chesterfield think of Douglas S a
Charles James Fox But You cannot think of Lincoln
anything else but characteristic American He blended
and accentuated American qualities stands before the
world the American of Americans"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-16
Notes About Kansas People.
CErom the Topeka Capital.l

"a Capital-)
Colonel w. II. Rossington began his ca
reer as newspaper reporter
Cy Leland, who runs general store
at Troy, is an old-fashioned merchant;
his customers settle their accounts once
year-just after harvest Mr.. Leland
adyertises Cash paid for hides"
NJ C. Campbell of the Live Stock SAM
tary Board is known as the tick doctor. y
I l. Dayton. State Superintendent OF
Public Instruction. formerly was the
champion catch-as-you-can wrestler or
Jasper county. Missouri
Mrs. T. T. Kelly has the reputation of
being the best woman politician in Cope
land county.
Bill Fisher is the latest man in Kan
sas. and one of the clog dancers
Z. w Howe of the Atchison Globe plays
a B-flat cornet.
Joel r. Burrow has the genuine Dock
cry. squint So say politicians who have
seen both men.
Judge Guthrie. as everybody knows,
chews plug tobacco II is estimated that
the Tobacco he has consumed would make
a pile eight feet high. three feet wide
and three blocks long.
Justice Smith of the supreme court
smokes pipe in his Office.
Mrs Willis Joshua Bailey prefers a
home in the country to one in the city.
James W. Orr. mayor of Atchison. is 8
Christian Scientist
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-16
Timely Facts About Korea.
CFrom the New York GIobe)

York GIobe.)
Just as Japan is discarding those west
ern teachers whose genius and admins
trative abilities protected her in her
DAYS of ignorance, so does she banker
after the time when sch alone may
guard the interests of Corea. and supply
the demands of her markets. AT pres
ent however. il is an open question
whether the Coreans will have overcome
their feelings Of. irritation against the
japanese by the time they have be-
come thoroughly progressive in their
treatment of the Coreans The Japan
csc are more repressive in their methods
than they need be.
The extraneous evidence of the power
of the Japanese irritates the Coreans, in
creasing the unconquerable aversion
which has inspired them against the
Japanese through centuries. until. of the
various races of foreigners in Corea at
the present. none are so deservedly de-
tested as those hailing from the island
empire of the Mikado. Nor is this preju-
dice remarkable when it is considered
that it is the scum of the japanese ma
ton that has settled down upon Corea-
Their conduct in Corea shows them to
be destitute of moral and intellectual
fiber. They are debauched in business.
and the prevalence of dishonorable prac-
tees in public makes them Indifferent
To private virtue. Their Interpretation of
the laws of their settlements. as of their
own country. is corrupt. Might is right;
the sense of power is tempered neither
by reason nor justice nor generosity.
Their existence from day 10 day. their
habits and their manners. their CONNER
"a, Iafa
abominable travesty OF the civilization
which they profess 10 have studied.
The early claim to the southern prov
inces put forward by the japanese plain
" reveals how long standing is their
wish to annex the southern, half of COrea.
Even in modern times they have en-
barked upon one campaign in the in
terests of Corea, while they are now
ready 10 go TO war with Russia on be
half of the same nation that they them
selves consistently bully.