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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
AT XMAS REvELS
Ten Fatal Shootings in Various
Parts of the Country
Reported.
WEST VIRGINIA is STRENUOUS
Bloody Fights at Dance and at HoIi-
day Exercises in a
Church.

Huntington, w. Va, Dec 27.-As il
result of a man dancing with another
mans girl without asking his permis-
sion four men are dead and two are
seriously injured at Grangers, Logan
county. The dead:
JOHN AND MARVIN HART.
MARTIN JOHNSON.
LUTHER TASCOM.
Injured: William Riley, Henry
Turberville, probably fatally.
Did Not Ask Permission.
The tragedy occurred at a dance
after Christmas entertainment in
the church at that place. Martin
Johnson asked Lucy Atkins, whom
Turberville had taken to the dance
with him, but said nothing to her es.
cort. AS the music ceased, Turberville
called Johnson's friends general
shooting followed in which more than
20 shots were fired. The pistol battle
was ended by Johnson's S friends, who
were in minority, fleeing. The dead
and wounded men were taken to their
homes on stretchers. The sheriff and
a number of deputies arrived on the
scene soon after but so far no war
rants have been issued.
Bloody Fight in Church.
Williamson, w. Va, Dec 27.-A
Christmas tree entertainment at a
church in Nolan was brought to a
sudden close by a bloody fight in
which one man was killed and two
others fatally wounded.
Three Killed i'm Illinois.
Madison, ILL.,. Dec 27.-Three men
killed, one seriously injured, a street
car hold up and many petty offenses
served to keep the police of Madison,
Venice and Granite City. known as tri-
cities, busy. One killing was the re-
suit of race riot. the other two grew
out of trouble between Roumanians
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
FIRST SEVERE COLD
WEATHER OF YEAR
IN THE SOUTHWEST

Kansas City. Mo. Dec. 27.-This por-
tion OF the southwest is today in the
grasp of genuine blizzard. the first
severe cold weather. II extended
through Missouri into Nebraska and
Iowa. the whole OF Kansas and into
Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Snow
fell to a depth of nearly a foot. and.
driven by a high wind. drifted badly.
Telephone and telegraph wires In all
directions were demolished by the
slect-
~. Joe Heard From
ST Joseph. Mo. Dec. 21.-A sever,
blizzard prevailed here since morn
ing. Street car traffic Is demoralized
All trains are late.
blizzard I'm south-
Ardmore. I. T.. Dec. 27.-A blizzard
Il sweeping over Indian Territory.
There was drop of 35 degrees In
temperature yesterday and the cold is
increasing
At Ss- Louis Also
St Louis. Mo. Dec GA blizzard
struck St Louis and vicinity today.
The temperature fell 30 degrees in less
than two hours. BY tonight II is ex-
pectcd the zero mark will be reached
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
PRINCESS LOUISE
REPORTED SUICIDE
Vienna Hears From Several Sources
That Unfortunate Countess End
ed Life Near venif'.

London, Dec. IA dispatch TO the
Chronicle from Vienna says it is rrI-
mored from several sources that the
countess of MOntignOSo, formerly the
Crown Princess of Saxony, who few
days ago was expelled from that coun-
try, whittier she had gone in an at
tempt to see her children, has com
mitted suicide near Venice. These
reports are not confirmed and are not
believed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
CLEVELAND WOMAN
PETITIONS RELEASE
For Freedom of Nan Pat
'--s--<r---@-zss sfersop.-----s' '.-ss--.S---s--

Cleveland, o., Dec. 27.-Mrs. G. NJ.
Jones of this city has started petit
tion which is to be circulated through
the United States and Canada, pray
ing to Judge Davis in New York City
to quash the indictment against Nan
Patterson. Mrs. Jones is the woman
who started the petition praying for
the release of Mrs. Maybrick from
the English prison.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
Long Awaited Reply to
the zemStvOs De-
mands.
TAKES MIDDLE GROUND
Will Refer All Requests to
Council of Ministers for
Consideration.
Principal Reforms Promised
by Gar.

Emperor Nicholas, i'm his long
expected ukase concerning pro-
posed reforms in the Russian en-
pire, makes the following promises:
Full and equitable enforcement
Of existing laws.
Zemstvos to have the fullest pos
sibIe measure of seIf-government.
Consideration of scheme for
worl<men's insurance.
Liberty of the press to be cx-
tended.
Full legal trial of all persons ac-
cused.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
IS LITTLE DOUBT
In Regard to Identity of Woman
Whose Body Was Found at
Colorado Springs.
SISTER GIVES DESCRIPTION
Mrs Bessie Bouton, of Syracuse, Was
Travelling With Milton Frank
lin, An EngIishman.

Colorado Springs. Dec. 27.-In the
keeping of Milton Franklin. an Eng
Iishman. the police believe is the secret
of the murder mystery of Mont Cutler,
The victim practically has been identi-
fed as Mrs. Bessie Boulton, of Syra-
cuse. y. Y. A few days before the body
was found. the features burned beyond
recognition. and every vestige of cloth
ing gone. she was known to have regis
tered with Franklin at a Denver hotel
Franklin has disappeared.
Identification, practically complete.
has been received from Mrs. c. r. KEN
ter. OF Syracuse. and from the dead wo-
mans sister. Mrs. Charles II. Nelson.
of Santa Barbara, Calf. Both declared
the gold dental work. the hair and the
shape of the hands and feet of the muir
dered girl tally i'm every particular with
Mrs. Boulton's description.
CIew Given BY sister.
Mrs. Boulton. according to her sis
ter's letters. was travelling with Frank
lin as his wife. She had been a travel
ing saleswoman for a manufacturing
c1semsst of Naws kpFk en-
gagged in selling manicuring supplieS
when she met the Englishman.
The Briton became infatuated With
the woman. and induced her to resign
her position and accompany him on a
pleasure trip to the coast. He is an in
valid. Mrs. Boulton expressed SYM
pathy with him, and finally agreed to
care for him.
Received Many Gifts.
Then Franklin showered gifts on her.
He gave her diamonds valued at close
to $4,000, watch worth $500 and other
jewelry. She was plentifully supplied
with money by him. and showed Mrs.
Nelson a large sum when Franklin and
she visited her on their arrival to the
coast
The intimacy continued until she and
Franklin quarreled. Then they sepa-
rated. IL is believed. and Mrs. Boulton
introduced another man as her hus-
band. She had striven TO sell manicure
supplies to- a druggist here only a few
days before the murder. and introduced
the man. The druggist declares he
bore no resemblance to Franklin. who
was more than six feet tall and of dis
appearance.
May Bc in England.
Franklin is said to- have returned to
England. He formerly lived in New
Hartford. Conn, where he made his
home for a few months after coming
from England.
More evidence fixing the identity
of the murdered girl was found in Den
YER. Mrs. II. II. Crookson. a hairdress-
er. declares that the day before the
murder Mrs. Bouton had her hair ar
ranged in exactly the same style as
the coiffure worn by the murdered girl.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
COLLARS BARRED
Santa Fe Railroad Trainmen Are For.
hidden to Wear Them.

Kansas City. Dec. 27.-Trainmaster
T. A. Austin. of the Santa Fe Railroad.
has isued an order forbidding the wear
ing OF rubber and celluloid collars by
passenger trainmen, as he believes IL
will give the road a bad reputation.
This order follows other rules recently
promulgated with a view to a neat ap-
pearance of the train crews. The COM
pany reserves the right to tell a man st
any time whether or not his clothes
look well enough to wear on duty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
WHITELAW REED IS TO
BE APPOINTED ENVOY
Chosen to Succeed Choate as Ameri
can Ambassador to
Great Britain.

Washington, Dec. 27.-Following
conference between Secretary Hay, AS
sistant Secretary Loomis and the presi
dent yesterday it was formally an
ceed Joseph II. Choate as ambassador
10 Great Britain. Mr. -Choate, it was
said, wished to return TO New York to
resume the practice of law.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
WAS scHoouMATE OF M'KINLEY
Former Department Commander of H.
linois Dead al 30 Years.

Belleville. ILL.,. Dec. 27.-Gen. VIII
liam Henry Powell. former department
is dead here, aged so. He was a
schoolmate of the late President Nc
Kinley. He raised a company and vol
unteered at the outbreak of the civil
war and was promoted until he reach
ed the rank OF brevet major general.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
HISTORIANS AND ECONOMISTS
Four Hundred Learned Men Discuss
Learned Questions.

Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. 27.-The finances
of the country, the tariff and the
open shop" will be discussed by the
great educators of the United States
at the annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Historical and American EcOno-
mic association in session at the Uni
versity of Chicago this week. Four
hundred leading historians and econO-
mists of the country are attending the
cCnventi1n.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
REMOVE SLAYER; NO LYNcHINe
Officers OutWit Mob When Man Kills
Wife ard Son.

Lynchburg, Va, Dec. 27.-James
Linkous. a Redford (Va) painter, was
taken to Roanoke TO prevent lynching
after the coroner's jury had returned
verdict that he murdered his wife
and adopted son yesterday and burned
his home TO remove the evidence of
the crime.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
RAIN AND SlEET IN
EAST AFTER HEAVY
SNOW STOPS TRAINS

New York. Dec. 27.-Rain and sleet.
following a heavy snow storm. have
played havoc with transportation IA
cilities and telegraph service
Suburban trolley lines are almost
paralyzed and trains are reported late
on every line All through the east
and in Pennsylvania wires are coated
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
Carnival Queen is Wounded.

New Orleans. Dec. 27.-Stella Le-
vert. daughter of Gen. John b. Levert
one of the wealthiest sugar planters
in the state. and queen of the Mardi
Gras carnival. was shot in the back
last night by a stray bullet while cele-
brating Christmas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
SCHEDULED IN ORE
Report that Price of Iron viii Go up
Seventy-five Cents.

Cleveland, O.. Dec. 27-The Leader
today says that the price of iron ore
for the ensuing year will be between
30 and 70 cents ton higher than it
was during the present year. This
statement the Leader says, was made
by one of the foremost ore producers
of the Lake Superior region.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
SUSPECTED OF DOING
AWAY WITH WOMAN
Albert Carttrum, Tennesseean, Held
at ST. Louis for Poisoning
Sweetheart.

st. Louis, Dec. 27-Aggie Garrison,
here from poison. Albert Cartllm,
aged rs, of Knoxville, Tenn, who was
with her when she swallowed poison,
is under arrest pending an investiga-
tion.
1t is said the couple were engaged
to be married.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
ACCUSED OF KILLING AUNT
Michigan Man confessss. Sheriff Says,
To Murder of Relative.

Flint. Mich. Dec 27&Georgs Bearss
was arrested. and confessed. Sheriff
Davidson says, to the murder of his
aunt. Mrs. Abel Brown, in her home
on a farm near Berviile. last Friday.
Mrs. Browns head was crushed with
a whiffietree. and she was stabbed in
number of places. The officers say
Bearss said he was Infatuated with
his aunt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
Man Frozen to Death.

Cheyenne. Wyo., Dec. 27.-An un-
known man mas been found dead near
the union depot. He had apparently
frozen TO death. The thermometer had
fallen during the night from Is above
TO below zero.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
EXPLOSION JARS AN OHIO TOWN
One Thousand Quarts of Nitro-Glycer-
inc Explodes Near Findlay.

Findlay. Ohio. Dec. 27.-Thc maga-
zine of the Bradford Glycerine com
pany north of Findlay, which contain
ed about 1000 quarts of nitro glycer-
inc blew up yesterday, the explosion
shaking buildings in this city and do
ing considerable damage in the imme-
date vicinity of the magazine. Ii is
thought one person was killed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
Receiver For Company.

Coldwater. Mich. Dec. 27-The
Chandler Hardware company has been
placed in the hands of a receiver. The
business was founded in 1885 by Albert
Chandler.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
Railway, Telegraph and
Telephone Lines
ParaIyzed.
MERCURY GOING DOWN
First General Blizzard of Sea-
son and One of the Worst
On Record.

Chicago. Ill, Dec. 27-Fog. sleet.
rain and snow have demoralized rail-
road both steam and electric. telegraph
and telephone service throughout a
large portion of the United States. In
Missouri. Wisconsin. Kansas. Nebras-
ka, Iowa. Minnesota. the Dakotas. Mon
tana. portions of Illinois. Oklahoma
and Indian Territory. a severe blizzard
prevails. High winds are drifting the
falling snow badly. and zero and bS-
low temperature adds to the general
discomfort.
Works Eastward.
The cold wave is gradually working
eastward and southward. Trains are
unable to- keep To schedule time and
many points are entirely cut of from
the outside world as far as telegraph
and telephone service are concerned.
In eastern states sieet is causing much
trouble.
General Over Nebraska.
Omaha. Dec. 27.-A blizzard is gen
eral over the greater part of Nebras-
ka and western Iowa. The storm is
especially severe in the northwestern
part of Nebraska and ON the ranges.
Terrific wind is blowing and the Their
mometcr is near the zero mark. A
thousand telephones are out of work
ing order i'm Omaha where a heavy
sleet storm impeded communication.
both telegraphic and telephone. Ii Is
the worst storm of the winter.
Iowa In Grasp
Des Moincs. Iowa. Dec 27.-A BIZ
zard is blowing across the state with
unusual fierceness. piling snow drifts
high. breaking down telegraph and
telephone wires and delaying railway
traffic heavily in Iowa today. The
storm grew in severity as the day
progressed.
seven Below at sioux City.
Sioux City. Iowa. Dec. PA bliZ-
zard is raging in this portion. The
thermometer registered below zero
this morning
bloomington u In 10.
Bloomington. Dec. 27.-The first Sc
we're snow storm OF the winter ragged
i'm central Illinois today. The heavy
rain was followed by a driving snow
storm. The temperature is rapidly
falling.
Colder ia south Dakota
Pierre. :. d.. Dec. 21.-The first Sc
we're STORM of the winter has pre-
vailed here since last night. with a
temperature of zero. Snow is drifting
badly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
REV. LILLIs MADE A BISHOP
Consecrated at Kansas City to the Oio-
cese Of leavenWorth.

Kansas City, No. Dec 81 Rev.
Father T. F. Lillis. of Kansas City, at
the cathedral here today was conse-
Grated bishop of the Roman Catholic
diocese of Leavenworth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
Entertains a Prince.

Calcutta, Dec. 27.-Lord Curzon
viceroy of India. received Prince Ina
yat Uilah, son of the ameer of At
ghanistan with great ceremony today
in the throne room of the government
house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
CARS UkASE PROMISES
REFORM FOR HIS SUBJECTS
DEATH LURKED IN
CHANDELIER AND
IRON REGISTER

Lima, Ohio. Dec. 27.-J. W. Griffin
one of the wealthiest oil operators OF
this city, vice president of the Lima
Trust company, was electrocuted in
his bathroom here today. He received
Il heavy shock of electricity. the con-
tact being made by an iron register
and electric light chandelier
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
WEDS MAN SHE SAVED
Romance Begun in Philadelphia
Reaches CLIMAX in San francisco.

San Francisco, Dec.f 27.-An innO-
cent cup of chocolate pressed TO the
lips of a fever-tossed tman won for
pretty Miss Emma ParEer, Philadel-
phia nurse, husband and wealth. She
was married yesterday to Claude NJ.
Weaver of Columbus. Ohio. son of 4
millionaire manufacturer. The bride
nursed Weaver through an attack of
typhoid fever in ST Luhe's hospital in
the City of Brotherly Ipve.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27

Washington. ID. c.. Dec 27.-In an
opinion rendered today by Assistant
General Campbell. for the in
terror department, it is held the laws
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
C. F. DODGE COLLAPSED
Star Witness in Perjury Case Needs
Attendance Of Doctors.

New York, Dec. 27.-Charles F.
Dodge. who returned from Texas last
week in charge of United States Mar
shall Hanson to answer a charge of
perjury, suffered a collapse yesterday
and physicians were called in consul
tation. During the remainder of the
day one of the physicians was in CON
slant attendance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
FROM EAST To WEST COUNTRY BATTLES
WITH STORM OF Wind, SNOW AND SLEET
/ Avs 0F UNITED STATES HELD NOT TO
Be APPLICABLE TO PANAMA CANAL ZONE

of the United States are not applica-
BILE to the Panama canal zone. II is
described in the opinion as not being
organized territory of the United
States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-27
May BE I'm England.
with ice. and the extra weight has
broken many of them
Gets Needed Rain.

louisville. Dec. 27.-The south has
just received during the last 36 hours
the first soaking rain in many months.
Mountain streams are filling up. and
crops will be greatly benefited.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-29
PUBLIC LAND VALUATIONS.

1t is understood that the Government,
in working out its five-acre experiment
in the Palo1o valley, intends to consult
real estate men, especially those hold
ing property in that part of town, as
to the scale of prices to be asked.
This may turn out to be an unfor-
tunate move. 1t is to the interest of
real estate men to make the price of
public land equal or higher than the
price of the land which they are selling.
And considering that their valuations
are yet too high, measuring them by
the suburban prices asked at San
Francisco, such an appra isement would
go far to defeat the object of getting
public land into the hands of the peo-
pie who need it.
To our mind the Government in such
matters should be extremely liberal,
after the example set by the United
States 1t can afford to be, seeing that
it win hold perpetual tax lien on the
improvements put upon the land
as well as upon the land itself,
and can make both pay an annual
revenue into the treasury. There is an
advantage too, in attaching the popu-
lation to the soil and increasing, there
by, the volume of food-products and
the capacity of the people to support
themselves.
One of the greatest barriers to the
settling up OF any country is high
prices. A government should never be
responsible for them, especially one
which is committed to the development
of a Territory along traditional Amer
lean lines.'
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-29

1t looks as if the Success to Crime
toast was going to be drunk again.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-29
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS.

| Mr. Winiams's idea Of forming ma
| tive Hawaiian village in a suburb OF
| this city. where the aboriginal people
| may live in the old way. excepting IN
the old nakedness and heathenisIn, has
great deal to commend it. SO much
has been made in literature of the pic
! turesoue Hawaiian and his grass hut
that tourists. who come mainly to see
such things, are disappointed and vex-
ed in not finding them. A native IN
flannel and khaki, living in frame
house. does not fill his eye; nor does it
quite satisfy the tourist to buy native
costumes and implements in a land
where no one can be found who wears
or uses them. For all he knows to the
contrary the things may be bogus
What he demands is the touch of I'M
civilized or half-civilized Polynesia of
which he has heard so much in song
and story and looked forward to as one
of the unique pleasures of Pacific
travel.
Mr.. Williams proposes TO meet TINS
need so far as it can be judiciously
done He would have a grass hut vii
lage. with taro growing about it and
poi being made; places where women
weave and sell mats. hats and leis,
dance the ancient non-sensuous hula,
sing the old songs and serve the APP
petizing Hawaiian dishes; a village
where ear-throwing and other prini-
tive sports may be revived and where
a restored heiau or heather temple may
be visited He would also have a grass
church, such as the missionaries had
the natives build and where the latter
may worship in their. own tongue. All
this, if located in the Pauoa valley or
some other place near town, would,
Mr. Williams believes, be self-support-
ing-a small entrance fee being charged
to meet fixed expenses and the inhabi-
tant of the place. selling things for
their own profit.
The more of these unique attractions
sets up, the better for its
tourist trade. If Hawaiian village
Gid well, a native japanese village,
with its temple. it's tea houses and its
handy artificers might follow. The ma
terial is all here. There is room also
FOR an aviary, a zoo and a Tantalus /
park. things that would go far to re-
ieve the monotony of which tourists, |
who stay longer than a week, are so
apt to complain.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-29
GRAND JURY PROBES VOTE.

Continued from page u
McCorriston, Kamalo, Molokai: J. Ian
do, Honolulu; ]. ]. Egan, Honolulu;
Fred. L. Waldron, Honolulu; Oscar B.
Braddick, Honolulu; Henry Z. Walker,
Honolulu; Sam1 G.. Wilder, Honolulu;
Sam1 B. Rhodes, Honolulu, and Geo.
Kaia, Honolulu.
A somewhat significant incident oc-
Cured when. the name of Curtis P. Tau
kea was drawn from the. box in the
course of the drawing of the jury,
Judge Dole instructing the clerk to
draw another name, as it would not
be proper for Mr.. Iaukea to serve, he
having been a candidate for delegate
to Congress.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-29
CHANGES IN CHINA.

The extent of Japanese influence in
the Chinese Empire has been shown by
the adoption of a rule to require Chi
nese soldiers to cut off their queues
and wear foreign clothing. An order
to this effect was given some time ago
by the Empress Dowager and is being
enforced by the viceroys. 1t is a most
radical innovation, one which prepares
the mind for great political and social
changes to follow. China was not UNI
willing to receive the railroad and
telegraph, but it chung to it's costume
and its queue with such religious
tenacity as to make it dangerous. until
very recently, for modernized China
men abroad to return home in the
garb and tonsure they had copied from
the foreign devils Now the Dow
ager herself, supposed to be the human
incarnation OF the most stupid and
fantastic conservatism of the empire.
ships off the pigtan from her soldiers
and orders them into jacket cap and
trousers.
Is China on the verge of its great
awakening. SO long foretold and
dreaded? One may easily come to
that belief. not only by studying the
change of attitude towards things for
eign on the part of the officials and
people of the empire, but in casting
up the prospects of the present war.
II Japan wins. her influence will be
used to make China like herself, a