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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30
Sunday School Pupils Have Proara

Sunday School Pupils Have Program.
Mrs. J. b. Rutter's Sunday school
class of young men will hold business
session at the Spencer Memorial par
sonage tonight 10 be followed by pro
gram and social time. 10 which all
young people are invited.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30
SOCIAL AFFAIRS.

Autumn Lawn Party. - DR.. and Mrs
G. ID. Shoop. 1117 Fourteenth-and-a-ha
street. entertained about % guests al
an autumn lawn party last evening
with music. games and delicious re
freshments. Unique decorations
abounded. consisting of fall flowers
such as cat-tails. and tall grasses The
tables were spread on the lawn, under
a large oak tree and the lawn was
prettily arrayed with japanese Ian
terms
\ musical treat was provided the
guests by the presence Of Mr.. knight
who performs simultaneously on the
cymbaIs. bass and snare drums. Miss
Roantree presided at the piano anr
Miss Griggs played the castanets.
tch-Wiedlund.-The marriage o.
Miss Thuley Wiedlund to John Ditch
which took place Thursday evening
was a very pretty affair II was {
pink and white wedding, and the house
had been Hastily decorated in har
nony with the color scheme A beau
tiful floral bell was suspended from
the parlor ceiling. under which ths
bridal couple stood when Rev. J. B
Ruttsr pronounced them man san6
wife. The Moline Mandolin club, OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
IN A DEADLOCK.
Germany and France Seem Unable to
Agree About Morocco.

Paris, June 1.-THE efforts to Sc
cure a diplomatic adjustment of the
Franco German controversy relative
to Morocco remain without definite re-
suits and the negotiations while not
suspended, make practically no prog
ress. France has not given her final
response to Germany's movement for
an international conference, and the
officials do not confirm the German
press reports that France has definite
ly rejected the proposal for a confer
ence.
For the present Premier Rouvier is
turning his efforts towards learning
what Germany desires to accomplish
by a conference and it is the view in
official quarters that some of the chief
objections to the conference may be
removed by having its plans and pur-
poses exactly defined In the mean
time sentiment in high quarters re-
mains most sOlicitous concerning the
outcome of the negotiations and sinis-
ter reports circulate concerning the
possibilities resulting from a complete
failure to reach a diplomatic adjust
Inert.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
TALK ABOUT SANTA FE.
President Roosevelt, Moody and Nor
ton in Conference.

Washington. June IA long con
ference was held at the White House
today, the president, Secretary Morton
and Attorney General Moody being
the participants. The conference re-
lated to the Santa Fe railroad rebate
case which has been pending before
the department of justice for several
months. Secretary Morton is brought
into the case by his admission on the
witness stand that when he was a
vice president of the Santa Fe road
rebates were granted by that system to
the Colorado Fuel & Iron company.
After the conference today Mr..
Moody said that a full statement of
the case would be issued by him next
Tuesday. AT the same time President
Roosevelt viii make a statement OF
the position of the administration.
While neither Secretary Morton nor
Attorney General Mood would discuss
the matter at this time it can be said
that the former has courted the fullest
inquiry into his railroad transactions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
WEAVER SPEAKS OUT.
Philadelphia Mayor Says Politics Must
Not Enter Fight for Reform.

Philadelphia, June IL Mayor
Weaver today issued statement
bearing upon the letter signed by
twenty-one business men and ad-
dressed to Sheriff Miles, chairman of
the Republican city committee, urg-
ing the committee to reform the Re
publican party. The letter suggested
that new nominations be made for the
fall campaign. The mayors statement
in part follows:
'fThis injection of party politics at
this time is unfortunate. 1t would pc
treason to a holy cause to involve it
in partisan politics. 1t makes no dlf-
ference what persons, what parties or
what organizations fall as the result
of their participation in municipal
wrongs and crimes of the past. Let
them fall
'.They must fall and be dethroned
before the work in hand can be COM
pleted impartially and honestly and
the affairs of the people placed on a
firm and secure foundation for the
future I will consider no politics un-
til this work is done. This is not a
contest over a sheriff and coroner,
and I shall not permit it to be reduced
to such a. lame and impotent conclu-
sion If I can help it. Therefore 1
speak now and thus strongly, in or
der that the true friends of municipal
regen Grafton and honest government
may be on their guard against either
subtle or misleading efforts such as
would divert the issue, betray the
cause and possibly save for further
evil the parent source of all our
woes -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
RETIRE BOND ISSUE.
Have Gould Interests Lost Out on
Equitable Millions for the w. P?

San Francisco, June 1.-THE direc-
tors of the Western Pacific met in this
city Friday. 1t is the purpose of the
company to retire the bond issue of
$50 900, 900 authorized some time ago
which bonds were recently taken over
by the New York bankers who have
undertaken to act as syndicate man
ayers. In liue Of the old bond issue a
new bond issue in the amount of s5O,000.
600 will be issued, secured by a blanket
mortgage on ali Of the company's prop
erty. This has been found necessary
on account of some small irregularities
recently discovered. J. F. Vale, gen
eral counsel of the Denver and Rio
Grande system, is here from Denver to
look after the legal matters connected
with the issuance of the bonds.
The information was given out today
that another meeting of directors will
be held on Monday to be followed by
other meetings during the week When
the various matters now receiving at
tention are finally adjusted, the various
contracts previously agreed upon have
been placed. a number of changes will
be made in the personnel of the board.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
FOR new THEATER
Work on One Will Be Commenced
Next Week.
Occupy Numbers 1I2, ia and
ll6 West Eighth.
BUILT BY G. A. MILLER
Ten Years. Lease Taken by
Frank A. Safer.
Win Be Used as a Popular Price
House.

Contracts were signed in Topeka Fri
day for the construction of a new the
ater to be built here during the summer
months, and which will be opened to
the public on September II.
The new theater will be built by George
4. Miller on his lots at Nos. 112, ia
and 116 West Eighth avenue, between
Mullins meat store and Larsh's wall
paper house.
Plans are being drawn and work will
begin the first of next week on the raz-
ing of the one story buildings on two
of the lots.
The new theater will be operated as
a vaudeville and stock house in a cir
cult extending from st. Louis to San
Antoine, Texas. The circuit is being
formed by Frank A. Safer of Chicago,
and he was in Topeka yesterday where
he signed a ten years lease on the pro-
posed new theater and paid $1,000 down
as a forfeit
The circuit viii include st. Louis, Sc
dalia, Joplin, Topeka, Parsons, Pitts
burg, Wichita, Sherman, Texas, Okla
homa City, Shawnee, Dennison, Fort
Worth Dallas and San Antoine.
The opening Of this house will make a.
place for independent stars to play in
Topeka. For instance, Mrs. Minnie
Madden F'iske, who is fighting the
theatrical trust, and who is not per
mitted to play in trust houses in any
of the cities of the United States, will
be able to play in this house in To-
peka.
The theater will have a frontage on
Eighth avenue of 63 feet. It will be 130
feet deep. Two store rooms to be occu-
pied by a cigar store and a drug store
win be built in the front of the theater.
A lobby 20 feet wide in the center of
the front of the theater will form the
entrance to the auditorium. Doors from
the lobby Will open into the stores, one
of which will be on each side Of the
lobby entrance.
The house will be only two stories
high, but the parQuet will be on the
first floor. The seating capacity viii be
upwards of 1900.
Ample exits will be provided from all
portions of the house and it will be as
safe as it can be made from a stand
point Of danger from fire.
The stage opening will be 40 feet wide
and the arch will be 25 feet high.
The stage viii be equipped with mod
ern conveniences, and it will accommO-
date the average high class road show.
The cost of the new building viii be
in the neighborhood of $50, 900.
The seats and furnishings in the par
quet will cost in the neighbOrhOod OF
Frank Safer. who will control the
house spent two days looking over the
ground in Topeka, and he was driven
over the residence portion of the city
by one of the local real estate dealers
"I am highly impressed with the ap-
pearance of Topeka as residence city, "
he said to a reporter for the State
Journal, 'and since have been here
[ have almost concluded to move here
to live"
Mr.. Safer left Topeka last night but
has announced that he will return be-
fore the first of the month to take care
Of matters as they will come up in con-
nection with the construction of the new
theater. He will spend most of the sum
rner at TOpeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
MILK DEALERS AROUSED.
They VIII Oppose the City License
Tax.

Two or three milk dealers in the CITY
who reside in the city and stable their
cows on their premises have gotten to-
gether, engaged an attorney and will
endeavor to fight any attempt to col
lect a license tax as is prescribed under
the ordinance regulating such traffic
Food Inspector CSilIhllan has lust start
ed out on his rounds TO make such col
Iections and the agitation which has
attended his efforts has brought out the
fight. The claim is made that the CITY
is lax in enforcing the law on dairy
farms or owners of cows residing out
side of the city and that discrimination
is shown against the owners of COWS
within the city's limits.
The food inspector under the ordi-
nance passed in 1898 is supposed to in
spect all dairy farms or places where
COWS are kept for dairy purposes, the
milk of which is sold in the city. Any
person refusing the right of inspection
is not given a. permit to sell milk in the
city. The cream and milk depots which
furnish a large portion of the city with
its milk purchase their supplies from
the farmers and it is stated that these
farmers have seldom if ever paid a
license fee. In consequence the small
milk dealers are up in arms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
TOM JOHNSON'S DANGER
His Automobile CoIIided With Chicago
Street Car.

Chicago, June 17.-Mayor Tom L.
johnson of Cleveland, who is here in
vestigating the Chicago street car sit
uation, had narrow escape today
when an automobile in which he
and P. 3. Dupont were riding col
lfded with a cable car as the auto
mobile was about to cross the street
car tracks at Clark and Randolph
streets The dexterity of Mayor John
son. who was operating the machine.
prevented a serious accident. When
he saw a collision was unavoida bic
he reversed the power and the big
machine backed away, escaping with
slight injuries to the front wheel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
FIRST CANAL OPENED.
Under the Governments Policy Of
RecIaiIning Arid Lands.

Reno, New, June 17.-With the opening
of the Truckee-Carson canal below Reno
TODAY. the first irrigation system con-
structed by the government under the e
reclamation act, a new era was opened AOI
Nevada and the entire west -
The main canal runs from Derby, 10
miles east of Reno, on the Truckee river,
to point ten miles above Leeteville on
the Carson river a distance of 81 miles.
The entire system as projected VIII not
will cost about nine million dollars. At
ter the initial work is finished and the first
section of land is placed under irrigation,
the remainder of the project viii be car
ried out with the proceeds of the sale. Of
government land adjacent to the bitches
and the sale of water to the settlers VINO
are expected to take up the land.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
COST OF TIE WAR.
Russia Has Not Won a Victory During
Its Entire Progress.

4tS EnLlFo EFO9TeSS.
Since the commencement of hostili-
ties in the o-Japanese war, up to
the present time, including war loans
made by both nations, it is estimated
that the struggle for supremacy in the
far east has cost $80O,0OO,OOO This
figure falls short by at least 100000,
600 of the cost of the Boer war to
England.
The number of men in both nations
under arms because of the war is.
Russia, 8OO,00O; Japan, 100000.
Russia, in the entire progress of
the campaign, has not had one vic
tory Her land forces were defeated
at Port Arthur, at the YaIu, and at
Mukden. On the sea she has lost in
Guiding the latest battle, in battleships
and cruisers, torpedo boats and lesser
naval craft, thirty-One, representing a
total original cost to the government
of S52,000,000. Japan during the
same time lost forty-seven vessels, a
majority of them of unimportant
types The total value of these to the
government is placed at $22,00O,OOO.
The salient facts of the war are as
follows:
Cause=Failure of Russia to evacu-
ate Manehurta in accordance with
treaty stpulations.
Feb 6, 1904-Diplomatic relations
broken off
Feb. 8-Japanese began hostilities
by attacking Russia S torpedo boats at
Port Arthur, badly damaging them,
and continuing fight next dav.
Feb. 10-War declared by Russia.
Feb. 11-War declared by Japan.
Feb. 12-Russia' S first severe loss;
torpedo boat struck mine near Port
Arthur; 95 killed.
Feb. 13-Russian cruiser blown I'D
by mine.
Feb 24-Japanese failed in attempt
to block entrance to Port Arthur by
sinking ships in channel to trap Rus
sian squadron.
March 17-Russian cruiser Boyarin
blown UP by mine near Port Arthur.
April 13-BattIeship Petropavlosk
sunk by mine; 525 Russians lost. Rus
sian torpedo boat sunk.
April 26-Japan's first heavy loss;
transport sunk with 131 men.
May 15-Japanese battleship Tat
suse sunk by mine; more than 400
men lost.
May 21-26-First land battle. Kin
chow captured by japanese under
Oku, who lost $500 killed and wound
ed; Russians lost 7O4 killed and rs
field pieces.
May 3O-Dalny taken by Oku and
Port Arthur surrounded.
June 14-Thirty thousand Japanese
defeated Russians at Vafangow, near
ly 1000 Russians and 200 japanese
killed
June 16-Russian fleet. after max
ing sortie and sinking three transports,
returned 10 NIdQlNOSlOk.
June 20-Port Arthur bOmbarded from
land.
June 2S-Naval battle of Port Arthur;
not decisive; Togo victor.
June 26-Mountain passes near Lao
yang seized by japanese; Kuropatkin
defeated with heavy losses.
July 25-Russians evacuated New
Chwang.
Aug. S-Haieheng evacuated by Rus
slams.
Aug. S-Raid on Port Arthur.
Aug. 10-After six hours of battle off
Port Arthur Togo drove most of the
enemy's ships back to port, almost dis
abled Russians lost four or more shfps.
Aug. 14.-Japanese squadron under
Kamimura met Nladivostok fleet in
Corean straits; sunk cruiser Rurik:
Rossia and Gromoboi fed: loss nearly
1000 men
Aug. 21.-Russian cruiser Novik
driven ashore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
ONLY A LIGHT RAIN.
Less Than Quarter of an Inch Fell
Last Night.

Last nights rain in Topeka amount
ed to 22-hundredths of an inch, which
with the rainfall of 71-hundredths the
night before brings the total precipita-
ton up to nearly an inch of rain
The fOrecaster is promising more
showers and an end of the cooler
weather of today. The forecast is,
Probably showers tonight and Sun
day; warmer north and west portion
tonight"
Today's corn and wheat region bull
letin says; The weather was general
ly cloudy over Kansas and western
Missouri with a general though slight
fail in temperature except in western
Kansas where it has fallen from 10 to
% degrees. Showers have occurred in
central and northern Kansas and
northwestern Missouri. Showers have
occurred in all districts; the tempera-
ture has fallen in the western dis
tricts."
The maximum and minimum tenn
peratures for the "a hours ending this
86-62; Dodge City, 1852; Dresden, IS
58; Fort Scott, 9O-68; Macksville. 81
GO; Mcpherson, $3.50; Manhattan,
92-64; Usage City, 9O-64; Sedan, 81
So; Topeka, S8-66; Toronto, 90-64;
Wichita 94-64
The Kansas river this morning reg
istered 7.8 feet of water. The fall
during the preceding "a hours was
two-tenths of an inch. The wind at
noon was north, blowing 6 miles an
hour. The hourly temperatures re-
corded by the government thermom-
ater today were.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
GERMANY FEELS BIG.
Now Considers Herself Paramount in
Continental Europe

Berlin. June II. 3:55 p. m.-The
foreign Office has, the Associated Press
learns, telegraphed to Prince Won Ra-
dolin, the German ambassador at
Paris, during the last day or two in a
sense that will be reassuring to
French apprehensions if such were
felt in the French cabinet Germany
still presses France automatically for
her acceptance of the proposal to hold
a conference of the powers on the sub
ject of Morocco.
The undoubted disturbance of feel
ing in Paris over Germany's policy is
not traceable to anything actually
aggressive that the German govern
ment has done or is preparing to do.
It is probably due to the feeling of
weak akness that has suddenly arisen in
France since Admiral Rojestvensky' s
lost the sea fight and the correspond
ing relative increase in German con-
fidence since it has become evident
that Russia need not for the present
be reckoned with. The thought in the
government, in the army and in the
press is that Germany IN a. military
sense has now become master of the
continent, and that being so, France
and every other continental power
should recognize that in diplomacy
also Germany has risen to the first
place and must be dealt with as the
paramount power.
VIII Not BE Clash.
washington, June 17.-Germany and
France will not come to a clash over
Morocco. if reassnrfng official cable
grams reaching washington over night
from two European capitals accurately
represent the situatiolzs- Two weeks ago
the situation was exceedingly delicate.
It has been relieved, however, by the
resignation of NJ. Delcasse. It can be
announced that the negotiations at
Paris between NJ. Rouvier, the new
minister for foreign affairs, and Prince
Won RadoIin, the German ambassador,
are progressing slowly but with good
will on both sides" and that things
between France and Germany are NOV
ing harmoniously and it will soon be
possible to straighten out existing tan
gles."
The Washington government is fully
informed about every move and the
feeling here in the highest official cir
cles is not one of uneasiness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
TO GRADUATE TUESDAY
commencement Exercises of Assump-
ton SchOols-Largest Glass.

Next Tuesday evening at o'clock
the children of the Assumption parish
will hold their annual commence
ment exercises at the Crawford the
ater. An elaborate programme has
been prepared, and if the untlrlnS
efforts of the Sisters as well as the
faithful cooperation of the children
count for anything the evening viii
be an enjoyable one.
The first part of the programme
consists of songs, drills. recitations
and tableaux, etc, by the children OF
the lower grades, among which is a
duet by Georganna Metzger and Lu-
ella Bissett, accompanied by Miss
Mary O'Byrne- MY Aunts He1ress,
a comedy sketch in one act, forms the
principal number of the second part
of the evenings entertainment. Fol-
lowing this Messrs. Leo and Edward
Mooney will render a duet for violin
and piano. The children will con-
with a song entitled, MY Sunny Kan
sas Home" which will be sung by the
graduates of 1905.
Rev. E. Bononcini will award the
medals and diplomas, after which Rev.
J. J. McCourt viii deliver an address.
The past year has been a very success
full one for Assumption parish, the
numb of graduates this year being
larger than that of any previous year.
The following is a list of the gradu-
ates of 1905:
Emily Ryan, Viva Brown, Eta
Ashton. Josephine Dyer, Mary James
Nellie Kelly, Margaret Wall Mar
garet Leahey, Winifred Mcdonald,
Anna McGivern, Ada sullivan, Ade-
laide Netzger, Nellie Hoar, Nellie Ian
gan, Mary Marshall, Villa Kelly, Jes-
sic Phillips, Galen Crook, Thomas
Bergman, Thomas Butler, John
Maher, Louis McCauliffe, Paul Movers.
Mead Ryan, Harry Wall, James Nc
Dade, Charles Seller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
JUDGE COTTON CHOSEN.
To Fill Vacancy on Federal Bench in
Oregon District.

Washington. June 17.-After- a conference
with President Roosevelt today Attorney
General Moody announced that It had 5,4te Peen
of Portland. ore. to the vacancy on the
United States district bench. caused by the
death of Judge Charles B. Bellnger OF the
district of OREGON.
Judge Cotton will not be required to
qualify until September as ,so1a he has some
ir7et 7lnor his new duties. It is not expect
ed that Judge Cotton viii try the land nd
fraud cases which have been lnstltqted py
fhe fToVernmenf in oregon. Judge De da-
venn of California, already has peen as
signed to the trial of these cases oy IRE
siding Judge Gilbert Of that circuit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
CALLED TO TOXIC.
Japan's Financial Agent Has Been
Summoned to Return.

New York, June TX. Takahashi,
financial agent for Japan, who look
ed after the floating of his country s
war loan here. has received dispatches
from the imperial minister Of finance,
summoning him to Toxic at once. He
will leave New York June "A and sail
for home on July 3.
Mr.. Takahashi viii appear before
the Imperial cabinet Immediately on
his return to Toxic and confer with
the officers upon the advisa bility Of
making further large loans in foreign
markets in the event that peace then
seems assured. He expressed conf
dence that an early and satisfactory
peace would be arranged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17

Salina, kan, June 1.-THE Journal
SAYS: A telephone message from Frank
Brendle stated that he had heard from
Emil Hedquist, who rents Brendle's
farm. eight miles west and two miles
north of Salina, and that their wheat
crop of eighty acres, was almost an en-
tire loss from the hail storm of last
night Mr.. Hedquist states that 20 per
cent of the wheat in that neighborhood
is lost. There is a strip of land about
one and one-haIf miles near George
Obergss place where the damage was
slight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
START IN A Rain.
Yachts Race Across Channel for Em-
peror Williams Cup.

Dover. England, June 17.-Thirteen
Yachts started from here today in the
annual race from Dover to Heligoland
for Emperor Williams cup, in a heavy
rainstorm and with a light wind blow
ing.
Shortly afterwards, at about noon,
the American yachts Atlantic and
Apache and the British yacht Val
halla got away in a fog over the same
course for q special cup offered by
Emperor William for the auxiliary
yachts which participated in the re-
cent transatlantic race
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
Runker Hin Anniversary.

Boston, June 17.-Practically all the
business activities OF greater Boston
were suspended today in its observance
of the anniversary of the battle Of
Bunker Hill The celebation centered
as usual in Charlestown, the scene of
the famous fight. There was a parade
Of the militia and blue jackets from the
warshfps Various outdoor events at
tracted large numbers Of people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
Oklahoma Chautauqua Opens.

Oklahoma City. June 1.-THE open
ing exercises of the Chautauqua here
was attended by three thousand peo-
pie. A great many prominent men
with their families. from the twin ter
ritories and Kansas, are camping upon
the grounds and a profitable week g
session is anticipated.