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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-11
CORTELYOU SUCCEEDING WYNNE
ONLY CHANGE IN THE CABINET
HANNAH ELIAS TRIUMPHS
Secures Dismissal of. Injunction Sc
cured by J. r. Platt.

New York. Feb 11.-Hannah Elias
won a partial but substantial victory
yesterday in the suit brought against
her by John r. Plat to recover $3.50
$50 which he said he had given her.
The appellate division reversed Su-
preme Court Justice TruaX's order ap-
pointing a receiver for all her money
and property and enjoining her from
N any way disposiug of her property
pending the result Of the main action
to recover the money
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-11
TO AIR RAIL CONTROVERSY
New York, Hartford & New Haven Di-
rectors Asked to Take Hand.

New York, Feb. 1.-THE board of
directors of the New York, New Haven
K Hartford railroad today appointed
committee to meet the committee
from the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen in accordance with the re-
quest from the Brotherhood that the
board take up the appeal from the de
cision by President Mellen of that rail
road. The engineers who are still
members of the Brotherhood of Fire
men had insisted on their right TO Sc
lect their own representatives in the
negotiations to settle the disputes but
Mellen denied it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-11
Divorce Bar to Federal job.

Washington. ID. c.. Feb. 11.-Repre-
sentative Morrcll. of PENNSYLVANIA. has
introduced in the house a bill prOvid-
ing that no person shall hereafter be
appointed to any position in the gov
ernment service who at the time of
his or her nomination is or who has
been divorced for any cause save
where the person divorced is the inno-
cent party in a case of unfaithfulness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-11
Legislators Informed Pro-
posed Action Kills Ar
bitration Treaties.
WILL NOT BE RATIFIED
Substitution of Single Word
CurbS Power of Executive
to Close Terms.

Washington, Feb. 11.-President
Roosevelt has addressed a letter to
Senator Cullom, chairman of the com
mittee on foreign relations, stating the
action of that committee in amending
the arbitration treaties by substituting
for the word agreement" the word
treaty" is, in his opinion. step back
ward. If the word treaty" is substitu-
ted the treaties would amount to a
specific announcement against the
whole principle Of the general arbitra-
tion treaty.
VIII Drop the Subject.
The president also says that. if, in
the judgment of the president. the
amendment nullifed the proposed
treaty il seems to him it is no less
clearly his duty to refrain from en-
deayoring TO secure the ratification of
the amended treaty.
Reads the Letter.
Cullom read the letter aloud during
the executive session of the senate to-
day. Ii was received with a great deal
of surprise. and several senators as
serted the letter confirmed what they
had claimed namely, that the words
treaty" and agreement were the es-
scntial points.
Insist on Position.
They insisted if the word agree
ment' instead of treaty" was used it
would give the president full power to
negotiate agreements without submit
ting them to the senate
No action was taken on the arbitra-
ton treaties by the senate.
signs Another. However
Washington Feb. f1-Secretary
Hay today signed with the Japanese
minister. an arbitration treaty between
the United States and Japan. identical
with those signed with the other ma
lions
senate Firm Statehood.
Washington. Feb. 1.-THE republi-
can majority in the senate. after a
three hours caucus last evening, adopt
ed a resolution by vote of l12 to So
which in eff ct provides for the defeat
of the statehood bill in case the sen
ate does not recede from its amend
ment striking out Arizona and provid-
ing for separate statehood for New
Mexico The house will insist on
New Mexico as one state and Indian
Territory and Oklahoma as another.
VIII Not Sign IL.
President Roosevelt informed Dele
gate Rodney of New York he would
not sign the statehood bill if it comes
TO him in the shape in which it passed
the senate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-11
Alter PoIHaamists.

Boise. Idaho. Feb. 1.-THE house
has passed bills providing for fines and
Imprisonment as punishment for poly
ganly and adultery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-11
CARNEGIE WILL
TELL CHADWICK
STORYINC COURT

New York. Feb. 11.-Andrew Car
negie announced today he would go
10 Cleveland to testify against Mrs.
Chadwick
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-11
Former Congressman Dead.

Philadelphia, Pa, FEB. ll.-FOrmer
Congressman Leonard Myers died al
his home here today. aged IS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-11

Washington. Feb. 11.-Members of
the house committee on interstate and
foreign commerce today presented
Chairman w. p. Hepburn, of Iowa.
with a three handled silver. gold lined
loving cup. standing with base. II in
chcS high.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-11
MAY REPUDIATE.
South American Countries Dis
like Restrictions of the
Monroe Doctrine.
SEVERAL 0MINOUs MURMERS
Recent Message of President Roose.
velt Promises to Bring Matters
To Head.

Washington, Feb. 11.-South Amer
lea may repudiate the Monroe doctrine.
In the forthcoming message of the
president of Argentina it is said there
will be a paragraph formally declaring
the freedom of his country from Amer
lean protection. The president of
Chile may take similar action. Even
Brazil, which has manifested on so
many occasions its friendship. is con-
sidering the advisability Of withdraw
ing itself from the aegis of the United
States.
Held Sovereign states.
Argentina, Chile. and Brazil consider
themselves sovereign states and en-
titled as such to the same voice in
international councils as other nations.
The Monroe doctrine places them in
the eyes of Europe as under American
suzerainty, and as they transact most
Of their business with Europe they do
not like the view Europeans take of
them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-11
Present for Hepburn.

believed that the pending conventions
Will be ratified at an early date.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-11
VIII Drop the Subject.

The president also says that. if. in
the judgment of the president the
amendment nullified the proposed
treaty it seems TO him it is no less
clearly his duty to refrain from en-
deayoring TO secure the ratification of
the amended treaty
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-11
TIE Weather.

Threatening weather, snow tonight,
Sunday; colder Sunday. Temperature
tonight, about zero. Temperature at
a. m, zero; at $3.50 p. m, 10.
JIM. SHERIER, Observer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-11
signs Another. However.

Washington Feb. Secretary
Hay today signed with the Japanese
minister. an arbitration treaty between
the United States and Japan. identical
with those signed with the other ma
tionS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-11
Reads the Letter.
Insist on Position.

They insisted if the word agree
ment' instead of treaty" was used it
would give the president full power to
negotiate agreements without submit
ting them to the senate
No action was taken on the arbitra-
ton treaties by the senate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-11
SENATE FIrm on Statehood.
WIN Not Sign IL.

President Roosevelt informed Dele
gate Rodney of New York he would
not sign the statehood bill if it comes
TO him in the shape in which it passed
the senate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-11

TIE HrSIfS CIoSCE-
fled Columns Tell
ProtnObIe Tales.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-08
And the merger has hot yet mer
THE FOURTH OF MARCH.

The first session of the First Congress of the United tSates was begun and held at the City of New York on Wednes- day, the 4th day of March, 17S9." On that day, it has been decided by the supreme court, the constitution went into effect. The constitution had been adopted by the convention on September r, 17S7; the in- tervening time had been consumed in se- curing its ratification by the states.
 Chapter VIII, section 12. of the laws of 1792, declares:
 The term of four years for which a President and Vice-President shall be elected shall in all cases commence on the fourth day of March next succeeding the day on which the votes of the elec- tors have been given.
 This is now section 152 of the Revised Statutes. President Washingtons first inauguration occurred on April 3O 17S9. The statute fixed the date of subsequent inaugurations. The First Congress had great difficulty in getting it's Congress. The fact that the day of it's assembling happened to be March has fixed the date of the inauguration in that capricious and frequently indictment month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-08
A DEACON BEHIND THE BAR.

From the Washington Post.
 Bishop Potter and his Subway Tavern have been discounted in the village of Hunterstown, Pa, where a Sunday school superintendent and a deacon in the Methodist church now stands behind the bar of the local tavern mixing cocktails and drawing beer like veteran. The trouble all arose aver the lacl tavern, which had been conducted in an unsatis- factory manner in one of those towns whNre everybody attends to the busi- ness of everyone else, even to the neglect of his own. The keeper of the place fin- ally told the church folks that they had better select some one to run the place for him. and the challenge was accepted Deacon Little was selected, and is now town is divided between applause and de- nunciation.
 Instances of this kind bring the tenn perance reform work into disrepute and
 
 to teach a joke and farce There are ample laws in Pennsylvania for the regu- lation of the liquor traffic without at tempting methods which profane the church and It's teachings. If the propri- etor of the place was violating the law, the remedy should have been sought in the courts. If the church Is to have any influence in impressing its tenets upon the young men of the day, it eanot enter | into a partnership with the saloon. The Potter saloon" cannot be cited as an excuse for this Huntertown departure. Right or wrong, the bishop started his saloon, or approved the one already | started, to alleviate a condition in a dis l trict of New York where even a decent | saloon was step toward reform. No such condition is possible in any small | town. The Methodsts at Hunterstown have taken a long backward step.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-08
Sea TolIers of Newfoundland.

Day Allen Wiley. in The Pilgrim for
 March.
 The crews of today have two ways of fishing. From the deck is thrown the hand line, going down twenty or thirty fathoms to where the cod, lazily swim ming or floating just above the bottom, sees the tempting morsel, and snatches 1t in preference to exerting himself to get other food. Up he is pulled to the surface, thence to the deck. A boy takes the hook from the fish, baits it. and hands 1t back to the fisher to be again cast A few slashes of a knife, and the cod Is opened and cleaned to be thrown into the hole, where, rubbed in salt it is pack ed away with the others alerady caught to remain until the cargo is taken out at the home port. But while the crew are thus pulling In and casting out on the sea perhaps a mile. perhaps two or three hours sail of the dory lashed to the deck, is a line of floats bobing up and down. The little flags at each end of the floats guide the dorymen to the set line from whioh a hundred or two hundred other lines extend to the bottom Once or twice a day this miniature fishery is vis- tied to secure its yield, and bait the hooks If the school is large. the boat may be filled to the gunwale before all the hooks are examined, for the Banks cod weighs from ten to fifteen pounds. To guide the dory back safely the men bend to the oars hour after hour against the head wind, braving the danger of being swamp ed in the heavy seas. Hereabouts gales spring up as suddenly as the fog descends. and many boats crew has been driven away before the storm, never to be heard from again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-08
The Jlu.JItsu.

"All those who are interested in jiu jitsu will have a chance to witness some O. it put into practical Friday when Charles Leonhardt and myself wrestle at the Ath- letic club" said Prof J. M. Dwyer last night.
 "Leonhardt besides being the champion Greco Roman light weight wrestler of the country is skilled in this Japanese art and he teaches 1t in Atlanta to a large school No doubt he will try to use some of it in our wrestling contest here, and it may aid him a great deal He knows great deal about the art and l know comparatively little about 1t. so it gives him a decided advantage. All the jiu jitsu holds are legitimate in wrestling ex- cept the strangle hold, or one that has the same effect, and they ma. help him.
 "Leonhardt might be secured by the Birmingham Athletic club to teach wrest- ling and boxing after I leave, and he might also teach this new wrestling art while in the city. He Is under contract With the Atlant.. Athletic club now and is teaching the Jar anese art to a large class at the same time.
 "I cannot stas after my month is up, for I am under contract with President Roosevelt but the club should procure work that has been commenced. If that is done the club will produce some ex- ceilent wrestlers."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-08
Mir. Corners Platform.

President Conner of the Alabama railroad commission delivered an in- augural address when he took up the responsibilities of his office All that MT. Conner says in behalf of fair play on the part of the railroads and the people will be generally endorsed. This great river state is entitled to the advantages enjoyed by Georgia, but, as MT. Conner says. ''it is to the interest of all classes that the railroads and the people should prosper alike."- This means that conservatism and common sense should be freely applied in rail road regulation matters.
 MT. Conner oyerstates, however, the result of his own election. He is but one of three on the board of railroad commissioners, and he is perhaps mis- taken when he says his election has placed the board on new basis It has simply placed him where he can present propositions, and the nature of those propositions will determine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-08
Hard Luck Story.

''The hardest luck story I ever knew developed from a little incident around a stud poker table one night" said an old poker player yesterday. We had a very big game and stacks and stacks Of chips had been won and lost. Bluffing was in order, and men caught bluffing lost. according to the old rule.
 T suppose the game had been running for eight or ten hours and several fel- lows had gone broke Six of us were still around the table and were playing them a little higher and little more recilessly as the dawn approached. We had been drinking pretty freely.
 Finally in one deal the high man had bet about BIO on a king showing. All laid down but one other fellow, who trailed.
 The cards were dealt and the high man catches a small card, but the trailer gets an ace and bets sl0O. The other man called him, and the fourth card was dealt. The man with the ace passes the bet, and the original high man bets couple stacks of yellows-$200. The man with the ace raises the bet s2O0 and he was called, although with reluctance. We all thought he had two aces, one showing and one in the hole. It was a cinch that the man with the king showing had king in the hole.
 'The last card was dealth and the man with the ace showing bet stack of chocolates, worth $500. That bet kinder put a stop to the fellow with the king, who hesitated, fingered his chips and was just about to turn over and let the other fellow have the pot when the man with the ace coushed and blew his hole card over. It was a small card and he did not have pair He was promptly called by the man with the king and lost the pot. He was bluffing and had revealed his hole card by coughing, and it cost him about 5000 l call that the hardest of hard luck stories.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-08
John Henninqer Reauan.

The death at ripe age of the sur yiying member of the Confederate cabinat is an event that shows how rapidly we are drifting away from the years of civil strife. Judge Reagan was identified witL the Confectionery from start to finish. His life was long ani active. He assisted in the upbuilding of Texas, and when the Confectionery was organized he gave his best ef forts to it. After it had ceased to be factor in this worlds affairs, he re- entered Congress, first in one house and then in the other, retiring at last from Congress to take hold of the Texas railroad commission. in which he d.d some of the best work of his energetic career.
 The death of Judge Reagan goes far to render the civil war a memory and a part of undying history. In a few years all the living links will be gone, and history must then take up the subject and render the final judgment Scarcely anyone more actively par ticipated in the steps that led to the civil war, in the war itself, and in the changes that followed it, than the statesman who was buried in the soil he loved so we'll yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-08
Dauphln Island Auain.

It is to be hoped that the war of words between the friends of Mobile and the friends of the alleged Dauphin City will not lead to actual combat with swords, guns or even sticks. As Dauphin City is but an island without more than a fsherman's hut or two on it, we do not see why Mobile should become excited over the matter.
 If the government desires to survey Dauphin Island and it's alleged harbor, why not let it go ahead unquestioned and uncriticised? Mere surveys will not hurt Mobile, nor would a deep water anchorage just inside Dauphin Island undermine it's commerce, or take away it's general prosperity. The Mobilians are unduly excited. They should do nothing to impair or lessen the development of Alabama.
 The crux of the matter seems to be this-the outer bar can be and is to be deepened to 95 feet at low water; the long channel to Mobile cannot well be deepened to that extent. If 1t cannot be--if Mobile cannot hope to procure a 35-foot channel up to it's wharves, 1t should not object to the establishment of a 35-foot channel at Dauphin Island. On the contrary it should rejoice over such an acquisition. It is the common sense of the Mobile bay situation. The Mobilians are crying out before they are hit. They see dangers that are but spooks. They should take some thing for their nerves even if they have to say to each other what the governor of North Carolina said to the governor of South Carolina.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-08
Thanking Russians Out of Mukden.

The Japanese army is larger than the Russian army, and is supplied with more and better artillery. The roads are still hard because of the frost in the soil, ana the Japanese are engaged in capturing Mukden by a series of fanking movements. Such operations require considerable time, and already the fighting is in it's sec ond week. The day of quick Napole- onic battles is ended, and the flanling campaign is in evidence.
 It is still difficult to say how matters are going near Mukden. It is plain, however, that the Japanese are gain ing ground, and that the Russians will be driven north of the provincial cap- ital. The losses of stores on the part of the Russians must be very great, and the losses of men on both sides are dreadful. The balance of the fight ing is clearly in favor of the Japanese. The doubling up of tho wings of the Russian army must result in the with drawal of the entire army north of Mukden, and there is always danger of disaster under such circumstances.
 The turning and enveloping IT )ve. ment which Oyama is conducting will doubtless be accomplished this week, and if it be successful Kuropatkin will be compelled to retreat northwar1 along the Siberian railroad which is his sole line of communication. Re- treat to Tie Pass seems to be the only course Jeff open to him, unless i'm deed he can whip the Japanese in battle, and this he seems to be unable to do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-08
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 N MOTHER spiritualistic fraud was WN exposed last night when the Rev. Mrs. Herman, a materializing medium, was dragged shrielSing from her cabinet and tossed into the center of the circle of dupes attending her seanee in her apartments at No. 1909 Lexington ave- nue.
 She was a most substantial spirit. weighing at least 300 pounds, and she fought like a trapped tigress Furniture was smashed, men knocked down and glass broken before Mrs. Herman and her husband were finally captured.
 When three gas jets were lighted, Mrs. Herman was found gasping in the center of the seance room clad in mass of gauge, coated with phosphorescent paint Half her spiritual garb and her headpieee were in the possession of Calvert Ser wick a virglnian. who made the ex- posture.
 MT. Berwck's mother, resident or this city. has lost thousands of dollars in investments made through the advice of the spirits, and Mir. Berwick stated last night that he intended to prosecute, criminally' and clvilly. the mediums in this city responsible for his mothers losses.
 The exposure was one of the most sem sational and complete ever made in this city MT. Berwick's cousin, Harrison Grindley. was with him at the seance, and struck a light while the fight was going on in the cabinet. Immediately haif A dozen or more confederates attacked MT. Grindley and MT. Berwick and fought to prevent the medium being dragged into the seance room.
 A battle followed MT Grindley's att tempt to light the gas. and 1t was not until he had knocked several men down that he was enabled to flood the roo | with light
 In the meantime Mir. Berwick was not only attempting to drag the ponderous Mrs. Herman out of her cabinet, but was also fighting MT. Herman, who reeog- nized no standard ring tactics. but in- sisted upon trying to thrust his thumb into MT. Berwck's eye.
 He was finally fioored with a smashing blow on the jaw and Mrs. Herman was dragged out into the light.
 Mrs Herman was greatly embarrassed About her hung a mass of cheap chce SC cloth literally smeared with the phos- phorescent paint, while remarkable looking headpiece had been torn away by Mir Berwick who kept it as trophy.
 As soon as released, Mrs. Herman scrambled back into her cabinet and closed the doors.
 Immediately the seance circle clustered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-08

how much of a revolution has been effected.
 Messrs. Tunstall and Sanders can minimize the revolution at any rate by meeting it half way. If they pluck the good from all of Mr Corners prop ositions and proceed to put Alabama on the Georgia basis, Mr. Corners rev olution will be dissipated. and peace will reign in Alabama. The truth is, all should get together in order, as MT. Conner puts it, that the railroads and the people should prosper to- gether."