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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-28
SHERMAN ADVISES
Tells State Bankers Organized
Influence Must Survive
by Law.
DEMANDS EQUAL CHANGE
Resolution Adopted Denying Associa
ton Had Ever Attempted to
Bribe Legislators.

Bloomington. H., Sept. 2S.-"Regu-
lated freedom" applied TO railroads.
labor unions, and banks, was the key
note of Lieut.. Gov. Sherman address
to the Bankers association of the state
of Illinois in the closing session of
it's convention yesterday.
To private and chartered banks, TO
railroads. express companies, nonopo-
lies of all sorts. and TO labor unions,
Mr.. Sherman handed out this warming:
IF you want to survive, you will sur
vive by law or not at all
He spoke bitterly of the advantage
given one merchant over his competi-
tor in freight rebates. and said that the
live question of the day is TO get back
to equality of opportunity In regard
to more legislation concerning private
banks, Mr. Sherman said it was a
mooted question whether it is needed.
Mr.. Sherman spoke in place of Gov.
Deneen.
Blanket Denial OF Bribery.
Resolutions were adopted that the
retiring president. E. d. Durham, deny
that the association ever had used
money to bribe legislators. Mr.. Dur
ham said it was no use. as the legisla-
tors would not stay bribed. He denied
that a dollar ever had been used for
this purpose
The following officers were elected:
President-Thomas d. Catlin of OF
tawa.
Vice president-N. H. Greene of Tai
lula.
Secretary-Frank P. Judson of Chi
cago.
Chicago Vice Presidents-W. A.
Heath. Henry S. Neuchen, William A.
Tilden, John Mccarthy, Charles G..
Dawes. and J. E. Otis.
President Executive Council-August
Blum of Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-28
JOINT WRECKER SENTENCED
Given Kansas Reformer for Damaging
Saloon.

lola. Kans.. Sept 2S.-C. l.. Melvin,
the joint wrecker, was sentenced to the
penitentiary for not less than five or
more than 10 years on the charge of
burglary, and for not less than one or
more than five years on a charge of
stealing dynamite. Melyin's minimum
sentence, therefore. is six years, and
his maximum Is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-28
NAME MISSIONARY BOARDS
German Evangelical Synod Makes
Home and Foreign Appointments.

Home and Foreign Appointments.
Rochester. N. Y, Sept. 2S.-The Ger
man Evangelical synod has elected
members of the home and foreign mis-
sionary boards:
Foreign Board-Rev. w. Banrendt, OF
Cleveland: Rev. E Schmidt of Elmira !;
Rev. Paul Melgel of Washington; Rev.
c. Buckish. of New York. and Rev. j.
F. w. Helmkamp, of Rochester.
Home Missionary Board-Rev John
Baltzer. OF st. Louis; Rev. William
Haclmann. of Kansas City, and Rev.
F. Keller. of Evansville. Ind; Rev. J.
Neusch. of Keokuk, Iowa. and Rev. A.
Gherke of Detroit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-28
MOUNTAIN SPLITS;
TOWN is IN DANGER
Another Earthquake In Italy Causes
Damage and Threatens
More.

Rome. Sept. 2S.-A mountain near
Ajelo called Pietra Calondia. 800 me-
tres high. split in two yesterday. owing
to earthquake shocks. Ii threatens to
bury the town. All the inhabitants
have fled. There was a terrible cyclone
at Spanarise in the province of Caser-
ia. Houses were damaged and several
persons killed and injured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-28
CANNOT AGREE ON
ARMISTICE TERMS
Deadlock in North Korea Awaits
Solution by Gen. Line
witch.

Seoul. Sept. 2S.-Col. Oba and Gen.
Cossanaffsy. japanese and Russian rep
resentatives in North Korea. met Mon
day and discussed terms of the pro-
posed armistice The Russians would
not agree to the Japanese proposals
and the armistice has been postponed
awaiting instructions from Linevitch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-28
Is Youngest Old Man.

Peoria county claims the youngest
old man in the state in the person of
Avery Dalton, of Elmwood, who at 95
the other day shouldered his trusty
rife and brought down eight squirrels
with nine shots His vision is said TO
be as keen and his bodily powers near
IL as vigorous as when he carried a
fiintlock in the Black Hawk war 20
years ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-28
Printers Strike at Buffalo.

Buffalo. ". Y, Sept. 2s.-Two hun
dred union compositors employed in
job printing Offices, which have not
agreed 10 the eight-hour day. struck to-
day The strike does not affect news
paper Offices.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-28

ACCORD SIGNED
Difficult Negotiations Over Moroccan
Control Brought to An
End.

Paris, Sept. 2S.-Premier Rouvier
and Prince Won Rodoline, the German
ambassador. at noon today signed the
Franco-German accord concerning the
Moroccan conference. thus indefinitely
terminating the difficult negotiations
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-28
Admits False Swearing.

St Louis. Mo, Sept. 2S.-Adelina
Elizabeth Knobel, aged IS years. has
made affidavit. that. at the instance OF
her sweetheart, she swore falsely
against her brother. Joseph Knobel.
two years ago. He was sent TO the pen
itentiary for 10 years for manslaugh-
ter. of which he was innocent, she said.
The girl made the confession because
she was overwhelmed with remorse.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-28
THIRTY JAPS MURDERED
Pacific Steamer Brings News Of SIaugh-
ter on Asiatic Coast.

San Francisco, Sept. 2S-According
to news brought by the steamer S. n.
Castle. 30 Japanese fishermen were
murdered by natives at the settlement
of Upika Kamohalka peninsula, and a
similar fate would have been visited on
10 others if they had not managed to
make their escape To the Castle, which
was lying at anchor close to the set
tlement.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-28
Pioneer Iowa Minister Slain.

Curtis, so years old. a pioneer and
minister of the FreewiIl Baptist church
was killed in a runaway accident yes
terday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-28
GEN. STOESSEl HAS
PARALYTIC STROKE

Moscow. Sept. 2S.-Lieut. Gen. Stoes-
sci, who commanded the Russian fore
es at Port Arthur. is suffering from a
stroke of paralysis which affects his
entire left side.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-28
Would Authorize Emer-
gency National Bank
Circulation.
OUT BUT SHORT TIME
Government to be Aware OF
Quantity and to Guarantee
Its Redemption.

Cleveland, Sept. 2S.-In an address
in annual convention today. Secretary
OF the Treasury Shaw advocated a
change in our currency system which
would make it elastic. He says the
fact that we have the best system in
the world does not imply it is perfect
or that IL cannot be improved.
1T is safe" he said. 'as any system
in the world. because il is established
on "A safe basis known to man as the
gold standard.
Fault Non-Einsticity.
"The system is not perfect largely
because II is non-elastic. Ii fails TO
respond in volume to the changing
needs of seasons and localities. That
there will be no further currency leg
islatlon until we shall have the expert
ence of a panic occasioned by this want
of elasticity, am convinced. The
country does not appreciate the dan
ger. and until the danger is fully un-
derstood no remedy will be applied"
The secretary discussed remedies
which have been suggested for this de-
feet including an asset currency and
emergency currency. both of which he
antagonized
The Banks, Of Course.
He said the suggested remedy which
appealed most strongly to him was the
authorization of additional national
bank circulation. This method, he
said, involved the right of the ma,
tional banks To increase their circula-
ton In any amount, perhaps equal to
80 per cent of their outstanding vol
umes of government bonds, on which
the banks could pay a tax of or s
per cent during the time il is maintain
ed. and the government. i'm considera-
ton of this tax, should guarantee its
redemption.
II Emergency Provision.
You may call this the secretary
continued, If you please. emergency
provisions. So il is. but it injects into
our circulation no new form of money
as an element of alarm. BY eliminating
one statement on the present bank
note: This note is secured by bond
of the United States additional cur
rency could be made identical with
that based on government bonds. The
controller of the currency and the
bank issuing the currency would alone
know of it's existence.
Would Keep Ia secret.
Il would not advertise its existence
or our extremity. and | can scarcely
conceive of conditions under which IL
would remain out 60 days. II would
be printed and kept ready for issue as
the occasion might require. and IL
would be received by the depository OF
an equal volume of money with any
sub-treasury. Then notes as they came
In would be charged against this de
posit until IL was exhausted. after
which redemption and reissue would
run on as before"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-28
Wisconsin University Opens.

Madison. Wis. Sept 2s.-The Seth
year of the University of Wisconsin
was begun today with an enrolment
of nearly $500. The attendance is
expected to approximate 1000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-28
Run Closes Bank.

Washington. Sept 27.-The First
National bank of OrrviIle. Ohio. has
closed its doors by order os the con-
troller on account of a continuous run
on the bank.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-28
Oniy Six New Cases.

New Orleans, Sept 2s.-New cases
deaths, two.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-28
Two Cases of Cholera.

Berlin, Sept. 2s.-Two new cases of
cholera and no deaths were reported
today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-28
Queer Coincidence.

An odd coincidence to which the po-
lice gave some attention was the fact
that the Mareanen boy is a cousin TO
young Mannio. who was kidnapped sew
eral months ago and that Salvatore
Mannio, uncle of the boy. and who re-
turned him to his parents, cannot be
found by the police.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-28
Want TO Be FREE
Younger Educated FiIipinos Or
ganizing Movement.
Taft Says.
BUT THEY ARE DISCOURAGED
Declare Conditions Not as Favorable as
He Would Like, but Progress
Has Been Made.

San Francisco. Cal. Sept. 2S.-Sec-
retary Taft, in an interview with the
Associated Press covering his trip TO
the orient, said that the political situ-
alton in the Philippines in some re-
spects was not as good as it ought to
be. "A wave of Ladronism," he said,
has swept over Cavite, and it has been
found necessary TO suspend the writ OF
habeas corpus in Cavite and Batan-
gas. The same was true of Samar, but
the use of troops on Samar and OF
scouts and the cOnstabulary in Cavite
has put an end to this business" Con
cerning the agitation for independ-
ence Taft said:
Some of the younger men of educa-
ton have been advocating immediate
independence. 1t therefore becomes
necessary to state with considerable
emphasis the policy of the administra-
tion ON this subject, and to say that in
the opinion of the administration there
was no possible hope for independence
short of a generation, because the peo-
pie could not be fitted for self-govern-
ment in that time; indeed, il will prob
ably take much longer period"
Continuing, he said:
Progress Has been Made.
while conditions in the Philippines
are not as favorable as we would like
to have them, and probably will not
be favorable until the depressing con
ditions shall be followed by prosper
GUS season. still progress is being
r. i,
cient; inefficient men are being elimina
ted. and things are settling down to
business. Economy is being practiced
more and more in the government. Fill
ipinos are being introduced very rap
idly TO the place of Americans, and on
the whole, in looking back over two
years, decided steps forward have
been taken"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-28
BLACK HAND WORK
New York Boy kidnapped and
Held for Ransom of
$500.
LURED AWAY BY TWO MEN
Cousin of Another Similarly Treated
Several Months Ago-uncIe
Missing.

New York, Sept. 2s.-Antoni. the g.
year-old son of Frank Mareanen, a
Brooklyn contractor has been missing
since last Sunday and the father be-
lieves he has been kidnapped to secure
a ransom by BLACK hand" methods.
Two weeks ago the father began to re-
ceive letters demanding $500 on pain
of abduction of member of his fam
ly. Since the boy disappeared he has
received four others offering to return
the boy if $500 is paid
Would Return Him In Box.
In one letter a threat is made to
return the boy in box" If the money
is not paid. The child was playing in
the street when two men coaxed him
away.
The Lolice believe the father has
paid the ransom and they watch his
home today intending to arrest anyone
bringing the boy home.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-02-24

the mint records show that only 1850
were ever coined. and of these nearly
the entire lot was shipped to one of the
Barbary states. The snip fOunderea
and they were lost. Very few genuine
COINS of that year exist.
The director OF the mint relates that
Senator Cockrell sent him several years
ago what purported to be one of these
dollars for an examination az to its
genuineness. When subjected to heat
the last figure on any ordinary coin
had been removed and this substituted.
tint 50 cleverly that nothing less than
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-02-24
DEATH LIST
REACHES 100
Fifty Bodies Recovered At
Birmingham Mine Disaster.
100 WIDOWS, 800 FATHERLESSC CHILDREN

b rm lgltn Ala. So. 2l.-rle
scene ~ Virginia mines this afternoon,
where terrific after damp explosion
yesterday afternoon imprisoned so many
men seven hundred feet below the sur
face. is the m ,st gruesome and harrow
ing that has ever been witnessed in the
immediate section of Alabama.
1t is now generally conceded at least
enc hundred ana sixty unfortunate men
were 10 the mines at the time of the
catastrophe. Fifty bodies have already
been brought to the surface.
The corpses are frightfully mangled
and dishgured and Identification is al
most impossible. Many of them are so
terribly bruised and twisted and dis
eolored that negroes cannot be told from
white men.
All day long at the mouth of the
mine the wailing and moaning of the
women and children whose unfortunate
relatives were in the mine has been the
most heartrending feature of the dis
sster. One hundred families and 800
children are left destitute and without
means of support by the calamity and
they are of the best mining families in
Alabama.
As the bodies of the victims, which,
10 many cases have been gathered to-
gether a piece at time, are brought
70 the surface, they are placed in rows
ON = rough improvised. platform, ard
late this evening ambulances began the
removal of those so far recognized to
Bessemer.
Since the list of dead will probably
90 to 100 the local undertakers have
wired to adjoining cities for coffins. as
il was found there were not enough
suitable cotfins in the district to bury
the victims.
The work of the diggers at the mine
has been an inspiration to the spscta-
tors, and everyone has done al! in his
power TO facilitate the work of rescue
The excavation of the debris has been
Handicapped from the start. The foul
gases which had collected in the slope.
made necessary the use of safety
lamps, and it was found that less than
n scorce of these were. available in the
district
One of the most gruesome sights wit
messed today was a mans head being
carried out of the mine in a dinner
basket. It was found 10 this position,
and the flesh was almost entirely burned
away from the skull, Legs. arms and
msngled trunks were brought out in sue
gesslon in this manner, "A
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-02-24
TRUCKERS AND GARDENERS SHOULD
PLANT LARGELY OF EARLY PEAS.

The Severe weather which we have ex-
perienced during February, and which
has extended far down into Florida, is
going to make considerable shortage In
early green vegetables, and on this ac-
count our markets will be very bare of
green vegetables until late in tho season.
Indications are that the earliest crops of
green vegetables will sell az good prices,
both in home markets and in the large
cities North.
The opportunity presented to our
southern truckers and gardeners, TO
make money out of peas and other early
truck crops is one that they should not
fail to take advantage Of. Early peas are
one of the first crops to come in and can
bs safely planted just as soon the
ground can be gotten ready
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-02-24
WARRANTS EPITAPH.


Change was his mistress, chance his
counselor,
Love could not keep him. duty forged
no chain.
The WIDE seas and this mountains
called to him.
And gray dawns saw his campfire in
the rain
Sweet hands might tremhle! Az, but
he mnst go.
Rsvel might hold him for little
space,
but turning past the laughter and the
lamps
Hrs eyes must ever catch the turing
face
Dear eyes might question Yes. and
melt again.
Rate lips, a-qulveI, silently implore;
EBt ever he must turn his furtive head
And hear the other summons at the
door.
Change was his mistress, chance his
counselor.
The dark fits knew his whistle up the
trail.
Why tarrIes he today ?-and yesternight
Adventure light her stars without
avail.
-Scribner s,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-02-24

penny-that is only penny when we
have found it.
II once knew man, says writer
in The Business Mans Magazine,
who insisted that his stenogIapheI
should look up her shorthand notes and
make changes, after he had made them
in typewriter letter. The fact that
the letter was press copied before ir
left the office did not satisfy him.
Look arouna you every day and see
the hundred DOLLAR men who are doing
work that should be done ry twenty five
dollar men. See the loss of valuabIe
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-02-24
Wasting Time.

A bank official of high standing has
recently issued an order to the effect
that errors under one dollar shall be
passed over and made good from the
general funds If they cannot be cor
rected after ordinary search. He. does
not believe in spending $25 in time to
find one dollar IN money.
Every where we see this extravaganza
of time, this hours searching for the
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-02-24

hours through misconception of duty
and instruction of effort. Time Is
money. says the sage Do we believe
it? If go, let US practice what we
believe. What is your time worth by
the hourly the day? Don't dIIbble
ii a way on insignificant things. Be
sure the game is worth the candle
before you begin 1t.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-02-24

Berea College, of Richmond, KY,
was Tuesday fised 81, 200 for violation
of the Day act This is the law passed
at it's last session, prohibiting the co ed
ucation OF the white and colored races.
While he Law is general 10 form. 10 was
aimed directly az Berea College, which
has for fifty years conducted school
and college for the education of all
youths of good moral character.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-02-24
WALLACE HARDlSOA ,.a ~.
i COMES CLEAR.
Supreme Court Enters .Nolle
Prose- Return. r

The case of sg State VS.. Wallace
Harrison. under sentence of three
years to the penitentiary on a charge
nj forgery. was heard Friday by the
Supreme Court and a return of nolle.
TrOsse was entered. Hardlson was
charged with forging some Marshall
county school warrants and with
getting them cashed ty various parties.
He has been out on bond since his trial.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-02-24
NASHVILLE CONTRACTOR
ASPHYXIATED
Death Comes to Jasper Taylor
From Defective Fixtures.


1Declas to the Herald
Nashville, Tenn, Feb. 90 Jasper
Taylor, a we'll known contractor, was
found dead in his room at Vauxhal
Flats this morning asphyxiated by gas
from defective fixtures.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-02-24

fierce heat would reveal the deception.
Counterteiters are believed to be plen-
tiful.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-02-24
silver Dollars OF 1904.

OF the silver dollars OF 1904. one OF
witch recently sold for nsaAy $1,000.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-11-16

The report in the Searchlight
touching the editor of his paper as
having been selected to present our
guest on the Goth was erroneous, as
the committee have selected no one
and the report was made by envious
malicious devils for purposes best
known to dhemseEes. IA s
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-11-16

The citizenship CRATER has played
his last card The supply of fools
did not give out but the time linn
itation did, and now the fellows who
desire to part with their money in
order TO get on rolls where they
never belonged can hunt some other
kind Of CRATER to take their money.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-11-16

Our merchants should pay a bet
ter price for cotton II they desire
trade to come to our town We are
losing thousands of dollars in trade
by the unwise course that is driving
the farmer TO sell and trade at the
small towns.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-11-16

The Cimeter reaches every part
of the B. /. r., and cur readers are
keeping close watch on the indica-
tor. The fellow who plays into the
hands Of the enemy will find out
that the people in the most remote
part of. the Territory have the gen
tleman marked.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-11-16

The school board of Muskogee
have given us a square deal and
now we will have a splendid Groom
school building in the Third ward
for colored children that will be the
equal in every - particular to any
school building in the town. Our
school board is o. X.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-11-16

The NJ, X. & r. will sell tickets
for one and one-third fare for round
trip to Muskogee on the day Booker
Washington Is here, to-wit: No
vember 20th. fLet all come who de-
sire to hear the great American.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-11-16

There a few loafers in Muskogee
who are continually parading them
selves as leaders and who are so in
dolent that half the time they can't
pay board bill, and even now one
of these ousses is in debt to. an aged
citizen in, the amount Of sl,op that
he borrowed, to save himself from
starvation and. yet. won't pay the
loan, and wants to know who the
decent citizens represent and re-
marks they don't represent me.
Well, we should say not II would
take one of his kind to do that
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-11-16

'He laughs best who laughs last, -
Respectfully dedicated to the star
chamber sang of political pirates
who souglt to dictate and control
federal patronage in the Indian
Territory. So. =
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-11-16

And the gentlemen who predicted
dale things began side" stepping
when they received the telegram
tat created such frost among the
inner circles Of the arch conspira-
,ors and pretended makers of
judges, etc.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-11-16

The people regardless of secret
societies will entertain Mr.. Wash
ington, His visit ,to this locality
Is for all the people. There will
be no exclusive persons in the
affair.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-11-16

And Uncle Joe did pull the string
rs the Democrat intimated and the
Western District will be blessed
with another clean business like adj
ministration.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-11-16

The new state of, oklahoma win
contain 100000 negroes. and they
will play a very 'important part in
shaping the destinies ofS the new
commonwealth. Let our people get
together in time 80 '.~