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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
RESIGNS
Truman C. Allen, of Henderson
County, Virtually Admits
Shortage.
COMMISSIONERS FILL OFFICE
Turns Over $1,000 to Partly Repay Sill
600 He Is Alleged to Have
Embezzled.

Oquawka. Jan. 2O.-Sheriff Truman
c. Allen has resigned his Office in
Henderson county and R. C. Parsons
has been chosen by the board of coun-
ty commissioners to take his place.
When he resigned Allen turned over
to the county the sum of s2,700 which
partly settles his account with the
county. The entire shortage is esti-
mated a 1000.
The remainder of the shortage will
probably be settled later out of court.
Whether any action will be taken
against him after the full settlement
has been made or not has not been
determined.
No Attempt to Get BOndsmen.
Mr.. Allen made no attempt to Sc
cure new bondsmen. The news of Mr..
Aliens resignation has caused quite a
stir among the citizens of this county
and especially among those of his
friends who had hoped that he would
be able to clear up the shortages.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
Over Gambling Cases.
MAGNET PROVED A FAILURE
Surgeons Compelled to Use Knife in
Operation on PhiIadelphian.

Philadelphia, Jan. 20.-A splinter of
steel, three inches in length was to-
day removed from the brain of John
Nail at the Jefferson hospital. An eff
fort was made to draw out the splinter
by means of a powerful magnet, but
the steel was SO firmly imbedded the
surgeons were compelled to resort to
the knife.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
PRESS SHOULD STAND ALONE
IlIinoisan Says Many Editors Are
Swayed by Moneyed Interests.

Galesburg, Ill, Jan. 90 The semi
annual meeting of the Military Tract
Press association was held here yes
terday. George Fitch, of the Peoria
Herald-Transcript. spoke on the ne
cessity for newspapers that are free
from moneyed influence. He denounc-
ed the press bureau as one of the
worst agencies for the dissemination OF
false news and subsidized reports.
Miss Mary Davidson. of Carthage, was
reelected president.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
EPITOME OF DOlNGS IN
CONGRESS YESTERDAY

Washington, d. c.. JAN 20.-Follow-
ing is brief resume taken from the
official records of yesterdays proceed
ings in both houses of congress:
HOUSE-The house discussed the ur-
gent deficiency appropriation BILL much
Of the debate relating To the necessity
for curbing the department. heads in
their demands for additional money.
MIR. Perkins of New York. made n short
speech favoring free hides At 5:15 D..
m the house adjourned.
SENATE-There was no session of
the senate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
Increases in Bank Statement.

New York, Jan. 20.-The weekly
bank statement follows: Loans, in
creased $50, ,553 900; deposits. increas-
ed $50. 1G3, 100; reserve, increased SILL
996.700; surplus. increased, 1885, ,925;
Ex T. s. deposits, increased S3,9G0, ,625
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
LENIENCE IN CADET RULE
Rock River Academy Will Retain Maj.
FIoyd On His Promise

Dixon, H., JAN 20.-The trustees of
the Rock River Military academy have
decided to retain Maj. Floyd as COM
mandant of the institution on his prom
Use that the discipline would be less
severe. The members of the faculty
who stood with the cadets then with
drew their designations. Five of the
cadets, leaders in the trouble. refused
to be comforted. and returned TO their
homes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
Shoe Company Short S5s3, $50.

st. Louis, Mo. Jan. 20.-Following a
joint meeting of creditors and stock
holders of the Tennent Shoe company,
during which it was revealed that a
total deficit of s5S3,63 between liabili-
ties and assets exists, expert account
ants were installed to ascertain the
reason for the deficit, and, it is stated,
legal proceedings will depend upon
the result of the investigation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
THROWN FROM RIG TO RIVER
Two Women Lose Lives an Runaway
Near Ottawa

Ottawa. ILL.,. Jan. 20.-Mrs. J. X.
Quaife and her 14-year-old daughter
lost their lives by being thrown into
the Illinois river two miles from here
yesterday by a runaway horse plung-
ing over an embankment. The body
of the daughter has not been found.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
Envoy's Dauahter Enaaoed.

Washington. ID. c., Jan. 20 Miss
Liang-Cheng. daughter of the Chinese
minister. is betrothed to the young son
of the distinguished Jen family. who
is now sophomore at Amherst col
lege- She is Is, pretty, and popular.
but has not made her formal bow to so
ciety. They are to wed when the
young man finishes college.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
IOWA TRAVELLERS IN SESSION
Fifteen Hundred Attending Sessions at
DeS MoineS.

Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 20.-Fifteen
hundred delegates to the convention of
the Iowa State Travelling Mems asso-
citation are here today and a warmly
contested campaign of several weeks
duration for the position of secretary
treasurer is nearing an end. Reports
of officers were heard at the opening of
today's session.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
HAGUE DELEGATES NAMED
Joseph Choate, Horace Porter and
Judge Rose Represent America.

Washington, Jan. 20.-Secretary
Root today announced the American
representatives to the approaching
conference TO be held at The Hague
will be Joseph H. Choate, Horace Por-
ter, and Judge Roze of Little Rock.
association.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
NEAR WINTER WARM
WEATHER RECORD

Chicago. Jan. 20.-This was, with
one exception, the warmest winter day
experienced in the city since the es-
tablishment of the weather bureau, the
temperature reaching 62.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
Duluth Capital for Bahamas.

Duluth, Mimi, Jan. 2O.-Capitalists
of Duluth and vicinity have secured
control of 100000 acres of timber
land in the Bahama islands. and lum-
bering operations will begin at once.
A mill will be built and big docks will
be constructed for the shipment of the
lumber to American and European
ports.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
ABOUT TO FIRE ON
THE BELGIAN FLAG
Rumor Reaches Spain That Moroccan
Gunboat ContempIates Reck-
less Move.

Malaga, Jan. 2O.-The report is cur
rent at Melilla, a Spanish settlement
on the north coast of Morocco. that the
Moroccan gunboat. Sid Et Turki. is
preparing TO lombard the Maripaca
factory. where the Belgian flag is float
ing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
COMMITS TO JAIL
Judge inprisons District Attorney
for Contempt in Col
orado.
FINE Is FIXED AT $500
Trouble Arose Over Change of Venue
of Gamblers Cases to Another
Court.

Denver, Jan. 20.-Judge Frank T
Johnson in the district court here to-
day fined District Attorney George G..
Stidger $500 for contempt, and commit
ted him to jail until the fine is paid.
Over Gambling Cases
The trouble arose over several gam
blers' cases which were begun by
Judge Johnson. and were taken from
his court by Stidger and removed to
the criminal division.
Stidger protested vehemently and
charged the court with unfairness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
DETECTIVES FIGHT
WITH five BURGLARS
One Killed and Another Fatally injur
ed in Battle in Northwestern
Yards at Chicago.

Chicago. Jan. 20.-One burglar was
killed and another fatally wounded
early today at the Desplaines suburb
in a battle between detectives of the
Northwestern railroad and five men
detected in an attempt to plunder the
railroad repair shop. Three robbers
escaped.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
Actively Garrisoning Ports
to Resist an In
vasi0n.
CASTRO DISCOURTEOUS
United States May be Drawn
in to Command Respect
for Minister.

Willemstad. Jan. 20-The Venezue-
Ian government is actively engaged in
garrisoning the ports of the republic
and furnishing troops with supplies.
Ready tn Bombard.
Washington, ID. c.. Jan. 20.-Three
French warships are now off the Ven
ezuelan coast, prepared to deliver the
answer of France TO President Castros
treatment of NJ. Taigny, French repre-
sentative at Caracas, by a naval de-
monstration in Venezuelan waters. Un-
til the demonstration has been initial
ed. the French government will share
with the president and Secretary Root
the knowledge of the exact form which
this expression of her displeasure at
Castro's action will take.
DeHcacy of Situation Increases
Meantime, the delicacy of the situa-
tion at Caracas is greatly increased by
news which has recently reached here
from the Venezuelan capital regarding
the attitude that Castro now appears
to be assuming toward American Min
lister Russell. Unless this attitude is
radically modified, if may be necessary
TO dispatch American warshipS even
nearer the Venezuelan coast than has
already been planned. President Cas-
tro. it is said. will be given to undel
stand that any treatment of an Ameri-
can representative such as that given
Taigny will not be tolerated by the
Washington government.
Feeling Against Russell.
The only cause which can be assign
ed here for Castro's coolness toward
Russell, is that the former insists up
on regarding as personal. rather than
official. the efforts which Russell. act
ing under instructions from Washing
ton. has made to assist a peaceful set
tlement of the FrancO-Venezuelan
troubles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
FIRE IN HOTEL ROOF GARDEN
Panic Averted in Philadelphia When
Blaze Is Found Small One.

Philadelphia, Pa. Jan. 90 Fire.
which originated in-tlre roof garden of
the Hotel Flanders. early today created
panic among the guests which was
quickly allayed when it was discovered
the blaze was not serious
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
W0ULDOBSERvE LINCOLN DAY
American Missionary Society Asks
Churches to Mark Feb. II.

New York, Jan. 20-The American
Missionary association is issuing an
appeal to Congregational churches to
observe Sunday, Feb. IL in recognition
of the 9th birthday of Abraham Lin
coin. The association appeals to 9TH
er denominations to do likewise
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
Attorney Hurd Dead.

Chicago, Jan. 20.-Harvey b. Hurd,
prominent attorney and author of a
of Legal text books. died today
of paralysis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
1.-THE LIMIT FOR CHICAGO CRIMINALS
COURTS
TERRoRzED CITY-e9 YEARS MAN


Mann. his counsel, having addressed
the court. Later the court took up the
case of Claude B. Mayo, or Columbus,
against whom hazing is alleged in five
different instances.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
TRIAL OF JAMES CONCLUDED
Midshipman Makes Way for
Another Hazinq Suspect

Annapolis. Jan. 20.-The naval court
martial concluded the trial of the case
against Midshipman Charles S. James,
of Grinnell. Iowa. this morning. George
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
MURDER IN HOME
Mysterious Death of Ohio Banker
and Farmer Arouses
Townspeople.
A STRANGER SEEMS GUILTY
Held Conference With Victim After
Which Body Was Discovered
in Flames.

Warren, Ohio. Jan. 20.-PeOple west
of Pennington, village near here,
are greatly excited today as a result
of the mysterious murder last night of
r. X Lewis, a wealthy banker and
farmer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
Visited by Unknown Man.

An unknown man came 10 the home
of Lewis in a carriage. Lewis and the
man were in conference for an hour.
At the end of that time the hired man,
in another part of the house, smelled
smoke. rushed into the room, and found
Lewis lying dead with his head crush
ed and hands and feet tightly bound.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-20
Tried to Burn Body.

The body was covered with burn
ing straw, which had been saturated
with coal OIL The unknown stranger
is missing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12

BY immediate treatment of burns can understand
what we to the efficient equipment of the
steamer. The officers, stewards, and passengers
became nurses and unrenitting in their atten-
ton.
The ship was soon crowded with officials. Consul
General Lee was among the first and he was soon
followed by the representatives of the Governor
General and other high Spanish officers The
Spanish officials expressed their sympathy for our
great loss, and offered all assistance within their
power Of course, the reporters came also. 1t was
at this time while surrounded by the crowd, that
Captain Sigsbee wrote his telegram to the Navy
all parts of the country. In this telegram Captain
Sigsbee informed the department of the loss of the
Maine, and gave the names of the missing officers;
besides he suggested that judgment be suspended
until after investigation.
The next morning at daylight some of us pulled
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around the still smoldering wreck We were pre-
vented from landing on her decks by armed guard
from the Alfonso Kill placed there during the night
at the request of Captain Sigsbee. There was some
attempt, made by the Spanish officials, of claiming
jurisdiction the wreck, but this was soon settled
and flag was hosted at half-mast, not to be
hauled down until wrecking operations were
over.
The lighthouse steamer Mangrove entered the
harbor early in the morning and was closely fol-
lowed by the United States steamer Fern. All of
the men who were not too badly injured and most
of the officers sent to Key West in the Man
grove The Captain retained few with him to aid
him in settling up the affairs of his command. The
Fern, Lieutenant Commander Cowles in command
remained from that time until General Lee left the
harbor for the last time before the beginning of the
war, with the exception of a few days when she went
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to many who were hurled into eternity from their
hammocks; but a cruel hideous death to some
who were rescued from the water to perish IN the
hospitals.
The City of Washington and the Captain deserve
more than passing word of praise. Kindness and
attention from Americans to be expected. One
hardly felt they placed under an obligation
when the officers and the passengers gave up their
rooms and presented with their clothing, when
each and every one made an earnest effort to make
the survivors comfortable. But none of the sur
vivors will forget the rapidity with which the boats
were sent to the rescue the order and pine with
which the work of rescue was carried on, and the
resources and intelligence displayed in caring for the
wounded. Before a boat could return with the
wounded, the main saloon cleared, mattresses
hand for the treatment of the burned and wounded
Those who know how much suffering be saved
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graduate from the school of one
master, however well we may have
loved him, as soon as a wiser and
more convincing comes across our
path. 1t is only SO that we can
gain, step by step, a wider view
of the truth, a keener sense of
beauty, deeper joy in benefcent
life.
1t is one of the chief merits of
poetry that, even when it is not of
the greatest, it comes to us in such
a lovely guise as to be permanently
delightful, and we may take it up
again and again with renewed pleas
ure. Its very form endows it with
power of consolation and refresh
ment; its cadences and rhythms fall
upon the sense with potent sorcery,
like the elemental forces of Nature,
and seem to bring us little nearer
normal harmony of being. For that
reason poetry-something of the
great poetry of the world, of the
larger imaginative literature-will
have place in any wise plan of read
ing, when we 60 upon our holidays,
when we set ourselves the task of re-
cruiting all our energies for further
helpfulness, happiness, and achieve
ment.
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READING FOR VACATION DAYS

or cheerfuness or hopeful confidence to the char
acter leaving wiser and stronger for the reading.
Books which do this most directly, of course, are
the essayists and morasts the great ethical teach
ers. from Plato and Seneca and Marcus Aureus to
Emerson and Matthew Arnold and CARLYLE They
may be as cold as Bacon the author
of the In,itdtio; they may be sad Arnie or as
gay Stevenson; they may be orthodox with
Newman skeptical with Ecclesastes; but they
alike in the service they render the world, the
encouragement of the intellectual and spiritual life
the uphodng of ideals. They may differ widely in
their points of view their philosophc outlook but
they all bent making the world seem more
reasonable to and conduct less difficult They
men who have known the freedom of the mind
and loved the truth for its sake, as well as for
the sake of goodness and beauty. However they
vary, may go with them confidently without
fear of being wilfuly deceived, and as make the
acquaintance of one the other may trust our
selves to his guidance to the influence of friend:
We cannot to advantage follow more than one
such master at time. Their doctrines are likely to
be too diverse, and the benefit from such reading
depends on our own enthusiasm and whole-hearted-
The books of the great teachers not merely
to be perused, but to be absorbed. We must come
under their intimate personal sway, and for the time
being become not casual students but disciples.
We inevitably pass from teacher to an
other in any of individual development
And the fact that human teacher is nfalble need
not impair faith in his doctrine. His value de-
ponds on our need, and philosophy which can no
longer convince mature years may have been the
very help our youth required. So long as we never
lose heart despair of in the long search
for true perfection!
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help to make our minds sane and
clear and our hearts unperturbed in
innunerable subtle ways. AS the
great influences of day and night
and wind and rain and the beauties
of meadow and hillside and shore
come upon us, our intelligence be-
comes clear, and our souls expand.
Through our whole being we awake
and stretch ourselves, like creatures
after long Information; look out on
the universe with fresh eyes, loving
what we see, and inquiring of all
things with the unsated curiosity of
an earlier age. To go upon adven-
ture, to make explorations and dis
coveries, pleases us well. Our minds,
set at liberty, delight to taste the
fresh tang of truth; we want to know
things at first hand, and not to be
beholden to any doubtful authority;
we feel ourselves to be standing at the
beginning of life, on the threshold of
achievement, full of confidence and
questions.
This is the mood into which seed
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NUR first concern, when the time comes tor
j holiday making and released for
awhile from routine and care, must be bod
y refreshment and the renewal of vigor. We seek
strain of high pressure days, for the securing of
fresh energy. Like Antaus, touch the earth
once more, and strength returns to us through
the contact. Be as sophisticated may as
skeptical as will, benign Nature takes care of
her children, and gives them solace and ease, and
restores them from WEAKNESS when they come to
her at need
1t is not for the refreshment of physical vitality
alone, however, that our holidays may be used
Indeed we shall scarcely them to the best adj
vantage, for that purpose unless we manage
to secure little renewal of the minds elasticity
and the spirits poise. We must go forth into the
green world with gladnesS, if we would bring home
the health we crave We can hardly restore Jaded
nerves and overworn bodies, if still anxious
and harassed no matter how faithfully we keep the
open air. We must bring some calmness of mind
and happy eagerness of heart to the making of
cessful holiday. And if we have them not then we
must take care to secure Them and provide somehow
for the relaxation and recuperaton OF the inward as
well the outward self.
Of course, instinctively seeking these things
when we turn intuitively to the or the noun
tans or the silent woodland wilderness under the
shining The large serene beauty of the EARTH
the crumbling surf, the shadows of Clouds the ar
rowy rush of rivers, the waving of the grain, the
sound of whispering leaves, the pure blue of the sky
the kindly freshness of sudden showers the haunting
songs of birds the procession of the bright sllvery
hosts over the purple darkness of night the of
torrents after storm and the dry piercing chorus of
late summer insects-all these things I'LL the mind
with a of loneliness and delight, as a quiet
cham Der IS filled with faint nper1Shable odOr
redolent of mysterious essences.
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Our Attitude in Reading

A LONG with the prophets and teachers, in any
tiers OF romance They too must be read with loving
conviction and ardor. 1t may be some years before
we come under the influence of original poet like
Browning original novelist like Meredith and
learn to for him with something like DEVOTION
but until we do our acquaintance with his books
must remain perfunctory and frutless. Better
minor prophet or poet fervently admired, than the
greatest of masters coldy appreciated with loveess
curiosity. This does not mean that to be
preJudiced nor that anything better than open
mind IN reading. We must always be ready to
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By Bliss Carm a n

of truth may fall with the happiest chance of growth
and fruitage. We are in the very temper and state
of mind most fortunate for scholar, touched with
youthful elation and the glamour of hope, yet
keenly alive to the ensnaring dangers of alsehood
We not to be put off with any vain and feeble
doctrine any antiquated= superstition nor. are we
likely to accept what does not supply our own indi
vidual need. 1t was Emerson who said,
Think me not unkind and rude
That l., walk Tx, alone 10 ssa in w grove and glen
To fetch his word to men.
But every man when he goes to the wilderness upon
vacation will bring home some remembered echo OF
the wood gods word to be treasured for long days
like inspiring talisman.
G1adness Is the Right Basis
THE books we read on holiday are the books we
L remember. Thenew thoughts which cometo us in
those happy hours sink deep in the mind and are not
soon forgotten. Gladness is the proper soil tor
truth well for love, and the oyousness OF life IN
holiday stirs all the fertility of the soul and
makes it quick to apprehend whatever spiritual WIS
dom serve it's need. The new knowledge, the
larger inspiration, which come to us at such times
are forever associated with memories of beauty and
life more in accord with ideals than we may be able
habitually to command. So that our intellectual
experience is harmonious and lasting, and builds
itself into character surely and benetcently
the tan of the and the oxygen of the wind are
built into tissue and blood. TO have good relish
for life that is the thing, whether it is matter OF
mental bodily susenance and it is the restoration
of that wholesome zest which makes us SO greatly
desire and appreciate vacations
A holiday is hardly the time to begin any severe
study or elaborate investigation, for that is more
in the nature of work-an undertaking for laborlous
hours-but it is the best of times for making the
quaintance of new master in the fields of philosophy
poetry noble story telling. The Flooding
works of science, splendid and monumental as they
are, will not find many readers a summers
day; their perusal belongs more appropriately
to winter evenings, and only the few will read
them in vacation who have scientific bent
which they have other opportunity to satisfy.
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