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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25
TAGGART is DYING
Army Officer Involved in Sensa
tionat Divorce Case III
in Philippines.
SENDS WORD TO HIS FAMILY
Whereabouts of Wife ard Son Ur-
known Since They Went to
France After Trial.

Wooster. Ohio. oct 25.-Rclativc~ OF
Captain Z. +. Tageart. who was the
plaintiff in the famous Taggart divorce
case. were startled last night on re-
ceiving telegram which announced
that he was dying Of dysenteTy and fe-
yer in the Philippines. The news came
in a telegram to Captain Gilmore at
Columbus, saying thai Captain Tag
gart. believing his end near. asked that
word be sent 10 his former wife, his
sons and parents. and expressed a wish
that he be buried in Wayne county.
Asked Wife, Address.
The message asked also for Mrs. Tag
gart's address Her attorneys were
communicated with. but could give no
information. and said the only person
who knew Mrs. Taggart's whereabouts
was her sister Mrs James Shields of
Oak Park. III. TclcErams were sent to-
Mrs. Shields.
Morrow Taggart, 50 years old. aud
his wife, vino is 7G. the parents of the
captain. are in such in health that the
family have decided to keep from them
the news of their sons condition.
Absent Since Trial.
Mrs. TagSart disappeared from this
city with her two boys. Culver ana
riddles. who had been given into the
custody of their father. a few weeks
after the trial, and when last heard
from they were in France.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25
MANY KILLED OR INJURED
IN FIRE AT KANSAS CITY.

Some of the occupants were probably
never able to leave their rooms.
Hanging from Windows.
When the firemen arrived at the
burning building they saw men hang
ing from window sills on the upper
floors and frantic women with babies
in arms and children clinging to them
leaning for out from the windows una
bic to find means of escape. The fire
men quickly ran the ladders up. but
they did not reach above the third
floor. Many persons were on the floor
above. The firemen first devoted
themselves TO people on the second and
third floors. and did not heed the
screams of people above.
Many in Interior Overcome.
Many persons i'll the interior of the
building were already overcome by the
dense smoke and had to be carried out
by the firemen. After getting every
one they could find out of the second
and third stories the firemen turned
their attention 10 the people above AS
the ladders did not reach above the
third floor. men on the fourth floor lit
orally pitched their wives and children
down TO the firemen on the ladders
and then jumped down themselves. !
some Jump to Ground.
Some of the more eXcitable ones
jumped To the ground and were either
killed or badly injured. Some whom
the firemen tried to catch fell the ell
tire distance TO the ground.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25
Washington Fears Dis
ease Has Gotten Be-
yOnd Control.
CASES ON THE INCREASE
At Widely Separated Points,
Fails to Decline as Usual
in the Fall.

Washington, oct. 25.-Army medical
officers who had much experience in
Cuba are watching with some anxiety
the progress Of yellow fever in the is
land.
The principal cause for apprehension
is found in the fact that the appear
ance Of the disease at several widely
separated points is evidence it has got
ten away from the medical department
i'm Havana for past experience shows
all preceding outbreaks OF yellow fever
the island could be traced
directly To the capital.
Number Of Cases increases.
Another disquicting fact is that the
disease. beginning with one or two
cases last summer. is slowly but appar-
emily steadily increasing in number of
cases, although it has been the rule
fever diminishes in a steady ratio dur
ing September. October and November.
However army surgeons here do not
fear a general epidemic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25
DEMAND
THEIR RIGHTS HERE
Representations Made at Washington
Refer TO Treatment at San
Francisco.

Washington, Oct. 25.-Viscount Aoki,
japanese ambassador, at a conference
with Secretary Root today made a re-
quest in behalf of his government. for
the United States to see that japanese
subjects in California are accorded
their full rights under the treaty of
1894. including the right of children TO
freely attend the public schools at San
Francisco. Root will take the matter
up with the president and likely a rep
resentation will be made TO the authori-
ties of California.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25
s. VEN KILLED IN
MINE EXPLOSION
Accident in Rolling Mill Mine Of Cam
bria Steel Company Scatters
Death Near Scene.

Johustowu, Pa. oct. 25.-By an ex-
plosion in the rolling mill mine of the
Cambria Steel company last evening
seven men were killed and two serious
Iy injured. Only one Of the dead has
been identified. an American born min
or named Sampson Luther. II is be-
Leyed the other dead are all foreign
oTs
The explosion took place in heading
30 %. some distance from the i'll fat
ed Klondikc section where ia men
lost their lives over four years ago.
The exact cause is not known, but It
is supposed that the gas was ignited
by the firing Of blast
All the men when found had their
safety lamps in proper trim, showing
that the accident could not have been
caused by neglect in that direction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25

at Cape Prince of Wales. Seward Pen
insula, at Il place called Kinnegan to-
ward Cape York and easterly to Port
Clarence. and then to Grently harbor.
crossing the California and Kaugarock
rivers. The main line will proceed to
North Bay. and from there to Il pOinT
near Nulalo thence along the CantwclI
river. crossing the Tanana river. and
easterly along the Tauana river TO the
141st meridian of longitude, then to
the boundary line between Alaska and
the British northwest territory
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25
co UNDER STRAIT
Alaska Siberian Railway Compa-
ry Organized by French
Promoters.
LINE TO BE $3.50 MILES
incorporate With $6,ooo,oOo Capital
Under Laws of the State of
New Jersey

New York, Oct 25.--With capital
of $6,O0O,OOO the Trans-Alaska-Siberia
Railway company was incorporated in
Jersey City yesterday by Loicq de Lo-
bel of Paris. J. A. l.. Waddell of KAN
sas City. john J. Healy of Seattle,
Wash; William II. Black of Manhat-
tan and John Turner, an employe of
the Corporation Trust company of Jer-
sey City.
NJ. de LObel hald $5.997.000 worth If
the So, 200, 900 stock. Mr.. Turner $500, ant,
Messers. Waddell Healy, and Black
each $500.
Three General Delegates.
NJ. de LObel is the general delegate
of the French and Russian and Ameri-
can syndicate of the Trans-AlaSka-Si-
berian Railway company. Mr. Waddell
is the delegate of the advisory board
of consulting engineers of the railway,
and Mr.. HeaIy is the delegate of the
western syndicate.
The company will construct rail-
way between Alaska and Siberia with
a tunnel under Bering Strait. The line
across Alaska and its branch lines and
"a part of the tunnel to the great Dro-
mede island will be built in accord
ance with the contract between the
special imperial commission and the
company. The main line will start at
a station known as Kank ON the Trans
Siberian railway.
Length of Line $3.50 Miles.
The length of the main line will be
$3.50 miles and the branches 2,250
miles. The line in Alaska will be from
the tunnel in American waters. specifi-
cations of which were filed with the
secretary of the interior in May 1905.
The line will run from Alaska river,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25
HOLOUP is FOILED
Dummy Train Sent to Lure Per-
sons Who Threatened
Dynamite
FOR LAKE SHORE LIMITED
Chicago Officers Work Ruse to Catch
Bandits, But Fail - $1,000
Demanded.

Chicago, Oct. 25.-An anonymous let
ter writer CT the anarchistic variety,
who had threatened to dynamite or de-
rail the Lake Shore limited train which
leaves the La Sale street station for
New York every night at $50 o'clock
unless $4,000 in gold was thrown to
him from the train at a certain point,
was neatly trapped in attacking dunn
my train last night at Pine. Ind, the
scene of the car barn murderers' cap
ture.
With the dummy train made up to
look exactly like the limited-and with
the regular train following few min
utCs behind-the ruse worked perfectly
TO the point of getting the highwayman
and his pal if he had one, to attack
the train
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25
NEW YORK POLICE
IN ABIG SHRKEUP
All Police Captains Save One Trans
ferred "For the Good of the
Service"

New York, Oct. 25.-Probably the
most sensational shakeup which the
New York police department ever ex-
perienced will go into effect tomorrow
when every captain except one in five
boroughs in the city will be transfer
red by order of Commissioner Bing-
ham. The changes are made for the
good of the service" The one captain
left undisturbed is Captain Schlott-
man. who commands the Tenderloin
precinct There are 50 captains.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25
BAR AGAINST THE
CLANSMaN HOLDS
Injunction to Prevent Mayor OF Phila-
deIPhia from Suppressing Play
Denied.

Philadelphia, Oct 25-JUdge Suls-
berger in the common pleas court today
refused TO grant an injunction restrain
ing Mayor Weaver from interfering
with the production at the Waiuu:
street theater of "The Clansman."
which the mayor suppressed as the re
suit of protest by leading colored cit
iZens. Negroes claim the play is in
flammatoTy and an insult TO their race.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25
Terrc Haute Gets Cheap Gas.

Terre Haute, Ind, Oct. 25.-The
Reagan Gas company, incorporated by
prominent Terre Haute men, will ask
the city for a franchise to supply nat
ural gas from an Illinois field for 20
years at a maximum price of so cents
thousand feet. besides giving the city
per cent of the gross receipts, which
is estimated to amount to $4,000 u
year
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25
PUNISH THE SURVIVORS
Japan Asked to Look After Seal Poacr.
erS We Did Not Kill

Washington. Oct 25.-Sedretary
Root has requested the Japanese gov
ernment to cause the arrest and pun
ishment of the Japanese poachers who
attempted to land on the seal islands
in Alaska recently, and who escaped
to Japan after some of their party had
been killed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25
GOVERNOR fRANTZ
CLEARED OF BLAmE E
President Receives Report of Commit
tee Sent to Investigate in
Oklahoma.

Washington, Oct. 25.-Thc president
has received the report of the CON-
mittee recently sent to Oklahoma to
investigate the charges preferred
against Governor FrantZ. The report
completely eXonerates the governor
and will undoubtedly be approved by
the president.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25
French Cahinet Not Ready.

Paris. Oct. 25.-The French parlia-
ment reasseubled this morning. The
sessions were robbed of all interest
owing to the fact that the new cabinet
was unable to present itself.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25
POPE RECEIVES PILGRIMS
Carried to Throne Room, But Appears
in Fair Health.

Rome. oct. 25.-The pope today re-
ceived the British pilgrimage i'm the
throne room. His holiness was carried
to the throne and the pilgrims filed be-
fore him and kissed his hand. AL
though the pontin was languid and
pale his general condition seemed sat
isfactOTy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25
GALE ON THE LAKES;
DAMAGE MAY RESULT
Velocity of 20 10 40 Miles an Hour Re
ported at Various Northern
Ports

Detroit. Mich, Oct. 25.-Gales are
reported on all the Great Lakes today.
and vesselmen fear loss of life and
ships may be reported as a result.
Lake Erie is being swept by a 40-mile
gale. On Lake Huron the wind is blow
ing 20 TO 80 miles. The City of Mack
inaw. downbound, is reported nine
hours late.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25
BRYAN CARES FOR OLD VET
Pays Expenses Of Man Who Walked
II Miles to Hear Him.

Logansport. Ind. oct 25.-Jammed
in a crowd of G.0OO people around the
stand on which w J. Bryan spoke yes
terday afternoon, Fred Scheely, aged
so. who had walked II miles TO hear
Bryan. fell unconscious from exhaus-
ton and is IN a critical condition. Mr..
Bryan, hearing Of the incident, ordered
that Schecly be taken to a hospital and
cared for at Bryan's expense.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25
Civil War Veteran Dies.

Columbus, Ohio, Oct 25.-James w.
Forsyth, major general U. S. a., re-
tired, died at his home in this city last
evening. He was stricken with para
lyss Monday night and never rallied.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25
Associsted Press officiaI Dies.

Santa Ana, Cal, Oct. 25-Frank w.
Mack, formerly superintendent of the
eastern division of the Associated
Press, died last night of consumption.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25
The Dead.

L lie kIONn utdu-
ROBERT BURTON. stone mason.
INFANT of John y. Sparks.
JOHN LYNCH.
ID. r. YOUNG. IabOrer.
J. F. BRANAHAN. wagon maker
The Injured.
Mr. and Mrs. George Sparks.
\. H. West, carpenter.
Thomas Hunter. blacksmith.
Patrick Morley. laborer.
Captain J. +. Buchhalter, fireman.
NJ. II. Mccall. d IabOTer.
Thomas ConneTs. an engineer.
Alexander McCambridge. engineer.
John Kane, engineer.
William Mulyihill, train dispatcher,
Missouri Pacific
Arthur ChildeTs, policeman.
Emmett Scott.
!. Branahan. wagon maker
!. X. SankOw.
Mrs. Mary SankOw.
Edward BayIess-
w. J. MOreIey, fireman, Missouri Pa
cific.
Fred Crcel. reporter
Frank Ditar.
y. J. Jackson. IabOrer.
Mrs. J. II. Rose.
Unknown babe.
z. o. Barnhart, foreman Fowler
Packing house.
S. II. McCauley, fireman, Missouri
Pacific
Frank Otterman, railway mail clerk.
Built for Board of Trade.
The Chamber of Commerce building
was situated at Park and Central
streets in the Riverview district. 1t
was erected If years ago at a cost of
$50, 900 10 be used as the board of
trade. The city grew away from il,
however and ii never was used for the
original purpose. but for many years
had been occupied as an apartment
house. The structure was four stories
Of brick with deep basement and faced
the two streets.
II contained 100 rooms, almost all
of which We're, as far as can be learned,
occupied by families or individuals,
labOring men or railway employees.
Broke Out ON second Floor.
Fire broke out on the ground floor
from some unknown cause at 1890. Is
Olated as it was the burning building
was difficult of access. and it was some
time before the fire department reach
cd the scene.
When the firemen arrived the entire
building was in flames, and all means
of escape by the stairways for scores
of occupants were shut off. On the
two sides of the building elevated rail
way tracks hemmed it in and made it
still harder work for the firemen.
Ladders Insufficient.
Then another obstacle arose. The
firemen did not have sufficient ladders
and many of those they had were too
short to reach the upper stories. \
vtifiing smoke filed the building, evi-
IDENTIFY coming from burning stocks of
.....raI.nr,l:c... tL,c. door. hnlnn..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25
YELLOW FEVER IN CUBA
CAUSING MUCH ANXIETY

! from Elkhart, Ind, in the evening that
( the train was late, with no eXplana-
! tions
The Lake Shore Railroad company
has been receiving anonymous letters
from various parts Of the country.
There have been received during the
last two weeks, according TO General
Manager Handy. They were mailed
from towns in nearby states. The
writer said he was desperately in need
of money and would 90 to any lengths
TO get it.
In his first letter he prescribed Pine
as the station. it being the limit for
loneliness, and he said that couple OF
pistol shots would be his only signal
He specified the limited which would
be passing that spot after darkness
had set III.
Paid No Attention 10 First.
When the company paid no attcn-
ton to the first communication. the
writer wrote again threatening to de
rail the train, and again in third say
ing he.wOuld dynamite the train unless
the gold was tossed from the train at
the place named. The town. which is
where the car barn bandits were seen
first after their departure from Chi
cago. contains no communications or
facilities by which a chase could be
organized.
When things began to look serious,
Mr. Handy turned the matter over to
Colonel Stuart. chief postoficc inspec-
tor. Mr.. Stuart's men started an in
vestigation, but, after a few days work.
decided that the best way to find the
criminal was to rig up a train for the
purpose.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25
officials Give Chase.

AT the signal of two pistol shots, as
the dummy" train was emptied of
railroad detectives, United States dep
uty marshals, and postoffice inspectors,
who gave chase in the lonely swamps
and sands and among the scrub oaks.
Up to an early hour this morning the
robber or robbers mad not been cap
tured, although the country was being
swept by posses. Two tramps were
picked up before midnight. but the au-
thorities think they are not the right
men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25
Train Half Hour Late.

The ruse of the railroad officials, ur-
dertaken at the suggestion of the post
office inspectors. who had been trying
to run down the letter writer. was car
Tied out so quietly that no one along
the line knew why the New York lin
tied was half an hour late. Word came
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25
Old Chamber of Com
merce Building Burned
te the Ground.
Scores Caught on Upper Floors
and Firemen Could Not
Reach Them.

Kansas City. Kan, Oct. 25.-ln the
ruins of the chamber of commerce
building destroyed by fire early today,
there are anywhere from half dozen
To- 80 bodies. according 10 estimates of
firCmcn who worked at the scene all
night The actual loss of life will not
he known untiI thorough search of
the ruins can be made. and probably
not then. as some of the firemen assert
many bodies must have been burned to
ashes.
Between 200 and 300 Occupants.
The building was used as tenement
house containing 100 rooms and be-
tween 200 and 800 persons at the time
the fire broke out. Most of these COM
posed families. but many others were
transients. whose names are unknown.
The only person who knows the actual
number of occupants of the building i
tie janitor. who is believed to be un-
der the debris. II was the custom for
many transients. who came mostly
from nearby railroad yards. not to reg
lister. and thus all trace OF them is lost
for the time being
Knew Five Were Dead.
At ) this morning the known dead
numbered five. Several persons were
missing and close TO fifty others are
known TO have been injured. OF the
injured. scattered among half d dozen
hospitals and at private homes. % are
more or less seriously hurt. Two or
three will die
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25

Then another obstacle arose. The
firemen did not have sufficient ladders
and many of those they had were too
short to reach the upper stories. \
yHfiing smoke filed the building, evil
IDENTIFY coming from burning stocks of
the merchandise on the floor below.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25

Some of the occupants were probably
never able to leave their rooms.
Hanging from Windows.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-21

infant child out of the house to a
place of safety, and then fell uncon-
scious in the road.
A neighbOr, attracted by the cries OF
the injured woman, extinguished the
fire, but not until she had received
such terrible injuries that she died
the following day.
Mrs. Hite, who lives on a farm in
Sphinx county, southwest of Verdon,
was using kerosene to start fire. The
oil can is said to have exploded, sat-
urating her clothing and setting it on
fire She was alone in the house with
her two children, an infant of two
months and an older child
The flames spread to the furniture
of the kitchen, and Mrs. Hite, despite
her own predicament, picked up the
infant and carried it out of the house.
The older child seized a pail of water
and dashed it on the flames in the
kitchen. extinguishing them before any
great amount of damage was done.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-21
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

By local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional rem
edies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucuous lin
ing of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing,
and when it is entirely closed deaf
ness is the result, and unless the in
flammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an infiamed con-
dition of the mucuous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure Send for circu-
lars free.
F. J. CHENEY, & CO., Toledo, O.
Soul by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-21
WORKING ON DIPLOMATIC PLANS
Special Representatives Will Investi
gate Various Kinds of Service in
Vogue in Other Countries.

NEW YORK, July 21.-General Ruiz
Rivera, formerly secretary of the in
terror and secretary of the treasury of
Cuba, and now special minister plen-
ipotentiary and envoy extraordinary
appointed by the Cuban government to
visit the capitals Of Central and South
American republics, in which Cuba
has no diplomatic representatives,
sailed from here today to make a tour
Of these republics. The object of his
tour is the establishment of friendly
relations with the various countries in
which Cuba has no diplomatic repre-
sentatives. He will first go to Cara
cas-, Venezuela, via Porto Rico. Then
he will go to Colomgia, Panama, Qua
temala, San Salvador, Honduras, Costa
Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile,
whence he will proceed to Argentina,
Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil From
Rio de Janeiro he will sail to Eu-
rope, to visit several European cap
itals. He will not return to Havana
until eight months hence.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-21
PEGGERS BUY GREAT RACER.
Rochon's Canadian Syndicate Pays
$4,000 for The Broncho.

WINNIPEG, Man, July 21.-A syn
E. J. ROchon of the Leland hotel is
the head, has purchased The Broncho,
In The Broncho and Hazel Patch Win
nipeg now has two of the best grand
made to have them meet in a matched
race at the exhibition here next week
Hazel Patch is now at the state fair
grounds at Minneapolis