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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01
insurgents Make Sue
cessfuI Raid at
Cienfugoes.
GET s1,7O0 IN CASH
Together With Horses, Etc.
Rural Guards Capture
Chief.

Havana, Sept. IA band of 300 in
surgents raided Ranchuelo Gar. Glen
| fuegos. yesterday, taking all the hors-
es and the contents of the. treasury,
| has been fortified.
Dispatches from Santiago De Cuba
announce that the rural guards sur
rounded the town of Songo aad captur-
ed Urbano Sanchez, IAN insurgent
leader.
situation Grows Darker.
Havana. Sept. 1.-The situation is
far darker than at any previous time
since the insurrection broke out News
of an uprising in Santiago province.
while not yet published here is spread
ing about the city and causing the
gravest concern. The news has been
verified from private and newspaper
sources. The extent of the rising in
Santiago is not known. bur it is the
opinion here that the worst calamity
of all to the Palma government would
be an insurrection in eastern Cuba.
Scene of Fighting.
1t is said by two reliable eye wit
nesses that Cardenas. which hitherto
has been considered a perfectly peace
full city, was the scene Thursday of
desultory fighting between the police
and rural guards on one side and row
ing insurgents on the other
The only province remaining per
fectly peaceful is Puerto Principe
Americans having great cattle inter
ests there are apprehensive lest it.,
too, become the field of lnsurrection-
ary operations
a correspondent at Gle fuegos tele-
graphea thai there are $500 armed in
surgents in that viciniry sSnd that all
the small towns in Santa Clara prov
ince are controlled by insurgents who
attack and loot trains and seize the
property of foreigners as well as of
CuhanS.
Trinidad SURROUNDED.
Trinidad is surrounded by insurgents
and the government appears powerless
to protect the property OF Americans
and other foreigners Railway trains
are held up at will and passengers
searched. The Cuban Central railway
has declined to assume responsibility
for the safety of passengers or freight.
To add to the general apprehension,
the American Protestant missionaries
of Havana, who are in general charge
of the field. say that reports from mis-
siOnarieS outside of Havana are prac-
tically unanimous in stating that the
insurrectiou is sweeping all the coun-
try districts in the western half of the
island
In Puerto Principe. Too.
Havana. Sept lit became known
today that the insurrection has spread
into the province of Puerto Principe.
Seventy men have taken up arms at
Moron, in that province, led by Garcia
Canizares. speaker of the house of rep
resentatives during the liberal ascend
ancy of that body. 3
Another Force Under Arms.
Later the governor of the province OF
Puerto Principe notified the authorities
that a mounted party of 200 men had
taken up arms at Arroyo Blanco, near
Ciego de Avila. This force is com
manded by Dellon SANCHEZ, an ex-rev-
olutionary general. The asty of Puerto
pr.inNirn &c in esfo IS. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01
BOTH CREWS SHOW
THE BEST OF FORM
Harvard and Cambridge in Trial Pulls
at Putney Make Fast
Time.

Putney, England. Sept. Harvard
did magnificently in a full course trial
this morning, covering the distanee
from Putney TO Northlake in 1880.
only three seconds outside the record.
Harvard benefited by a full tide and a
helpful wind. Cambridge only did a
mile trial, covering the distance I'm
4:03. Cambridge's time for the mile
constitutes a record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01
OIL MEN AFTER RAILWAYS
Charges of Discrimination Filed With
Indiana Authorities.

Cleveland Sept L. Complaints
against Al railroads operating in Ind;
ana have been forwarded to the Indi
ana state railroad commission by the
National Petroleum association, which
has headquarters here. The com
plants, according TO statements given
out here. are made on behalf of the Ma
tional Oil Refining company of Indian
apolis. the Tiona Oil company of In
dianapolis. and the Evansville Rein
ing company of Evansville. Ind All
of the complaints allege unjust clas'
sfication of oil in freight rates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01
CALHOUN'S LETTER
KISSED BY CAR MEN
San Francisco United Railways Must
Yield 10 General Tie-Up To-
night.

San Francisco, Sept 1.-The Car
mems union mass meeting today refus-
ed to receive the communication of
President Calhoun of the United Rail
ways Offering arbitration. -. Calhoun S
communication was greeted with cat
call and Kisses The strikers decided
to tie up the California and Geary
street cable lines if the demands are
not granted before night
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01
BIG COMPANY INs0LvENT
Colorado Concern Capitalized at $5,-
100000 Financial Wreck.

Boston, Sept. 1.-The Taylor Park
Mining company, Colorado corpora
ton capitalized for SIS 100000. was plac-
ed in the hands of a receiver. 1t is al
legged that the company is hopelessly
insolvent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01
MEXICAN RIVER ON RAMPAGE
Inhabitants of Nearby Towns Fleeing
to Hills for Safety.

El Paso. Tex, Sept. 1.-The Nasas
river. between Gomez Palacio and Le-
rodo Mex. has risen AZ feet in the
last "a hours. The inhabitants of two
towns are fleeing to the hills. fearing
the cities will be swept away.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01
To Elect New Head.

Rome. Sept 1.-THE congregation OF
the Company Of Jesus assembled here
today TO elect general of the society
in succession to the late Father Louis
Martin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01
HELD "CIRLS"E EVENAT CENTURY MARK
ROOTS START FOR SANTIAGO
Touring Secretary of War Received
and Banqueted on Landing.

Santiago. Sept. Secretary Root
on the arrival of the Lolita yesterday
was received in Chile by Foreign Min
lister Huneus and American Minister
Hicks on board the cruiser Charleston.
After attending a banquet in his honor
Root started at midnight for Santiago
by rail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01
MISS WILSON TO GO ON STAGE
Daughter of Secretary Of Agriculture
Subject of Report in Washington.

Washington, Sept Various re-
ports have been heard in Washington
that Miss Flora Wilson, daughter OF
Secretary Wilson, intended to go upon
the stage. She is now in Europe, but
expects soon to return to the United
States. Secretary Wilson made no
comment whatever on the reports.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01
LABOR BOYCOTT NOT
UNDER THE LAWS BAN
Washington District Judge at Variance
With Recent Court De-
cision.

Washington, Sept. 1.-The right OF
labor unions and their sympathizers to
call on their friends TO withhold pa
tronage from nonunion tradesmen was
recognized as not being Illegal by Just
ice Stafford in the district court here
today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01
Imaae Lures child to Death.

Bedford. Ind, Sept. bessie Park
er. aged 6. was found drowned in a
cistern at her home in five feet of wa
ter The little girls doll and a half
eaten apple told the tale Of her death.
She probably was looking at her image
in the water and fell in.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01
Allison Able TO be Out.

Dubuque. Iowa, Sept LIN refuta-
ton of recent misleading reports as TO
the condition Of Senator Allison's
health. the senator was an attendant
at the Tri-State fair yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01
Attempts to Pull Govern
ment Vessel From
Position Fail.
ON A CORAL ROCK
Has 125 Passengers and SO
Soldiers on B0ard---Cap-
tain Admits Blame.


Sheridan remains on the reef where
she struck. Attempts made TO pull the
vessel from her perilous position to-
day, have failed.
Honolulu. Sept. with 125 passen-
gers and 60 soldiers aboard, the United
States army transport Sheridan is
swinging on a coral rock in deep water
at the southwestern extremity of the
island of Oahu, on which Honolulu is
situated
While efforts were made all day yes
terday to reach the stranded transport,
only natives in their surf-riding canoes
were able to get near the vessel, and
these boats were useless for rescue
work.
Officer Gets Ashore.
Late in the afternoon the second Of
ficer of the Sheridan and some mem
bers of the crew reached shore after a
thrilling ride through the surf. The
ships boat was swamped in the break
ers and the men only succeeded i'm
reaching the shore by swimming and
with great difficulty.
The second officer said the transport
is hanging on rock amidships with
deep water all around and swung like
a pendulum by the heavy swell. Per
feet order has been maintained and the
alarm among the passengers is not
great.
Captain Admits the blame.
According 10 the second officer. Cap
tain Peabody Of the Sheridan assumes
ell responsibility for the wreck ad-
mitted that he hugged the dangerous
shore too closely. II was reported that
the transports engines broke down
and that II dfiftod onto the rock The
second Office, denied this.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01
Did Not Approve.

He says this address was sent to
policy holders with his name append
ed to it, but the address was never
submitted to him, and he protests
against further expression in the name
of the committee of opinions and ac-
cusations with which he has no sym
pathy and which he is convinced have
no sufficient justification in fact.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01
DODGE INSURANCE ISSUE
American Bar Association Members
Decide to Defer Decision.

st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 1.-The insur-
ance question was continued by the
American Bar association, which adj
journed last night, until the next con
vention, at which it will be made the
special order of business Immediately
following the presidents annual adj
dress. This action was not taken until
after spirited discussion, during
which supporters of government SUI
pervision of insurance fought hard to
have the convention take action.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01
Quake in Germany.

Berlin, Sept. IA dispatch from
Ems. Prussia, says four earthquake
shocks were felt there and in the vi
cinity this morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01
Bio Shin in Comnoission.

Portsmouth, England, Sept. l. The
battleship Dreadnaught was put in
commission today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01

sination of General Min, hastily al
tempted to swallow a piece of paper
which when recovered proved to be
orders in connection with attempts to
be made on the lives of high person
ages.
Warsaw, Sept. 1.-Two thousand ar
rests were made during last nights po-
lice sweep of the city Many com
plants were made by prisoners of po-
lice brutality.
Trepon StiII Ill.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 1.-Reports are
persistently circulated that General
TTepoff, commandant of the palace, is
so seriously ill that his life is in dan
ger. No statement regarding the ma
ture of the malady is given out, but it
is intimated that it dates back to the
time of recent rumors that an attempt
was made to poison the general.
Soldiers Are Attacked.
Libau. Russia. Sept An organic
ed attack was made last night upon a
detachment of troops engaged in trans
porting 4 upmber of prisoners away
from tbs district. Desperate fighting
followed. When reinforcements of
troops arrived they fired indiscriminate-
ly into the crowd. killing eight and
wounding 40 persons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01

other busy day before his departur
for the west.
Delivers 1t Anyway.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01
In Puerto Principe. Too.

Later the governor of the province oil
Puerto Principe notified the authorities
that mounted party of 200 men had
taken up arms at Arroyo Blanco, near
Ciego de Avila. This force is com
manded by Dellon SANCHEZ. an ex-rev-
olutionary general. The asty of Puerto
Principe is in state of excitement.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
DOCTOR ENTERTA|Ns
FRIENDS At BANQUET
OF ICELAND MOSS
Food Said to Possess All the
Nutritive Qualities Of
Vegetables.
SPECIAL CABLE no THE CALL.

CHRISTIANIA, June 30.-Dr. Han
steen. professor at the Agricultural
School here. has entertained his pro-
fessional colleagues at banquet of
common Iceland moss.
The doctor ascribes to the moss rare
virtues as food when properly pre-
pared, and beats all previous vege-
tartan claims by announcing that he
can provide satisfying, nutritious
meal for six people at the cost of a
penny.
His menu for the professors con-
sisted OF moss with boiled ham. moss a
la haricot, moss au naturel, pure moss
bread.
The banquet was a great success. the
guests declaring themselves delighted
with the appetizing quality of the fare.
The doctor states that by cleanfng
the moss and chemically treating Ii. he
has produced a substance possessing all
the nutritiye qualities of various vege-
tables. and that from yellow moss he
has extracted a wholesome fine white
-four. The flour, when mixed with
common wheat -four. makes delicious
bread and pastry.
DIR. Paulsen of Christiania. who is
also an ardent advocate of a moss diet
is experimenting with 1T with a view to
producing food for invalids.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
MELBl FAILS BEFORE
KING EDWARD WHILE
SINGING LA BOHENE"
Called Upon to Perform When
She Was in Poor
Health.
" - ~ -
: SPECIAL CABLE TO THE CALI.

LONDON. June 30.-Msiba. the queen
of song. has completely broken down.
1t is more than doubtful If she will be
heard again this season Her physician
has ordered absolute rest for some
months and her friends are urging her
to give up her engagements and begin
her cure at once
Since the beginning OF the Covent
Garden season. which has never been
more fashionable. the diva has labored
under the utmost difficulties. Only once,
and that at the request OF King Ed
ward. has the great singer been heard.
Illness had yelled her voice. and she
had persistently refused TO appear
when she was not in good form.
When the Kings request-equivalent
to a commandments that Nine. Meiba
should sing in La Boheme." she re-
iuctantly consented. She was so ner-
vous, however. so plainly suffering
that her performance was lamentable.
Composer Puccini. in a rage at such
presentation of his opera. launched
into an avalanche of reproaches that
threw Melba into violent Mysteries r
She cried that she had been unjustly
treated in being thrust before the pub
lie when she was physically unable to
sing. and 1t was only after an sxsitinx
scene that she was calmed
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
CORPSE IN SOFA
An ENTIRE YEAR
Strange Case Discovered
In Small German
Village.
SPECIAL CABLE TO THE CALL.

BERLIN, June 30.-A curious circum-
stance is reported from the Wurttem-
berg village of Schafhausen, near tbs
town of Weilderstadt. This little out
of the world district is impregnated
with superstitious ideas. for at We'll
derstadt itself the mother of Kepler
was, in the year 1920, condemned to be
trononer had to hurry home to prevent
the accomplishment OF the awful crime.
1t was also at Moettlingen in the im-
mediate vicinity, that Christoph Blum
hardt, seventy years ago, fought his
famous fight against Satanic. powers"
In the village of Schafhausen lived
Frau Widmaier, who periodically. fell
into an ecstatic condition, during
which, according to her husband, her
spirit left her body, to return some
times after the expiration of several
days. She acquired. great fame as a
soothsayer. and apparently did a good
business.
In 1880 she suddenly disappeared, and
several persons avowed they saw her
being carried off by the devil during
the night in carriage and four The
local clergy had on many occasions
condemnedj her proceedings from the
that the authorities made no inquiries
as to what might have happened to
her.
Her husband died in 1883, and the
daughter has now revealed strange
facts & concerning her decease. Frau
Widmaier, it appears. must have died
suddenly, but her husband believed
that ner spirit was only absent, and
would return again. He laid the body
inside the sofa, and it remained there
a whole year in the family's living
room.
The body merely dried up, and when
it had been preserved two more years
in another room the husband evidently
concluded that the spirit would never.
return and, being now afraid to make
the affair public, had the body passed
through the kitchen window and buried
1t behind the house
Several outsiders knew of the exist
ence of the mummy, but superstition
prevented them saying anything about
it. An exhumation by the orders of the
authorities has disclosed the truth OF
the story.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
sPECIAL CABLE TO THE cA1I


LONDON, June 3o--After achieving a phenomenal
success the Empress Club which for years the SWELL
est womans club in London, went down with crash An
official receiver has taken possession of the gorgeous
rooms where titled danes and their attendant satellites
were to hold high revels and creditors ruefuy
figuring their probable losses
The story Of the rise and fall Of the Empress Club
sheds an Illuminating light certain phases of glish
society which Lord Charles Beresford, in his blunt
unbeoong sailor fashion declares be eaten out with
the canker OF money and rotten from top to bottom
The Empress Club bowed down the shrine OF the
golden calf. and when disaster overlook it was
rePudiated by its idol Though earlier years the
management exercised sufficient discrimination concern
ing the moral qualifications for membership TO satsf
the by no means stringent notions of what constitutes
respeotabty in modern society spelled with the big
IN English Journals lattery il threw its doors open
wide to those who could pay the price go the pace
In consequence for time money poured into its
Golfers and the receipts OF the departments which catered
to luxurous tastes in the Of solid and liquid
refreshments-esPecially the latter-increased
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
Dancer Uses TITLED Name.

PARIS, June 30.-MIIe. Care. a pretty
chorus girl of the Scala Theater. one
of the minor cafes concerto is learning
to her .amazemente and chagrin, what
there is In a name. The young woman,
who has an ear for musical titles, saw
the name of Trevise somewhere. and
thought 1t would show to advantage
on the billboards outside of the theater,
and calmly adopted it as her own.
The Duke de- Treyise, whose family
is OF the old noblesse. objected so
strenuously that the dancer was called
to court. There the nobleman ex-
planned that the sight of his name in
display type gave him less artistic
satisfaction than It's would-be owner
The dancer wept and protested lack
of intent to do wrong. but the Duke
was adamant, and the Judge decided
that an example must be made to stop
the practice of lightly clad women
of the lesser theaters dragging noble
French names before the footlights
AS there is no penalty laid down by
the code, the court has taken a. week
to think up the proper punishment
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
Big Scandal Hastens the Finish.

But II something that found and pubs
lished that started the club the down hill road to
run. One morning several papers announced to an
aStonlshed world that certain member Of the Empress
Club had for nearly. week resided the premises
with her maid" Now this scandal had been known
IN the club for little time and designations had
resulted therefrom But on the day following the ap-
pearance of the paragraph all the remaining titled ladies
Withdrew and 500 members followed them thus aordng
delightful manifestation of their high regard both for
the peeresses and the propreties
Some little time later another hundred stampeded be-
cause the secretary took in the drawing with
one OF the members They evidently considered this in
sult to the dignity of the club serious than the
former
The final blow dealt few months ago, when a
member took if into her head commit suicide on the
premises, perhaps by way OF emphasizing her protest
against mismanagement which had brought the club
disgrace If it proved effective. For weeks
afterward the cubrooms were empty, for the
wants After vain attempt to raise money enough to
keep the clamorous creditors bay the management
threw up the sponge and decided to take the benefit
OF the bankruptcy
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
Located Upon a Historic Site.

In short while the club outgrew its original premises
The subscription fee increased from three guineas
GI575 thirty guneas 1$I57 5o) but even that latter
price considered cheap for the privilege of scrapng
up acquaintance with baroness countess OF pos
siby duchess Just before the stampede began it was
proposed raise the annual subscription fee fifty
guineas numerous the applicants seeking ad-
mission The management built at enormous expense
a magnihccnt palace in Dover street
The site historic. 1t the of pitched
battle in 1884, when Sir William Wyatt marched upon
London But its historic associations which
commended the site to the management 1t its
associations with swedom, Dover being dstnc-
lively tony. The first essential for the of a
wOman's club IN London is good position somewhere
between PccadIlly Circus and Hyde Park Women
dearly love swagger address
To hundreds Of them, many of whom have long pedi-
grees bat slender purses, fashionably located club
is oasis OF elegance in the desert OF obscufy Armed
with Its address their visiting cards. they afford
10. live in cheap lodgings in suburba, and no Is
where they roost the hall porter the club
who forwards their letters and guards nvolate the
secret OF their number and street.
The executive OF the Empress Club was the first to
recognize what convenience such institution would
be to women fok OF this class, though of course It
the genuine society with generous income
whom il specially catered
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
Auspicious Opening of the Club.

The club was founded as sort OF commemoraton OF
the sxtieh anniversary OF the the throne
OF the Empress Queen At least that is what its pro
Oter asserted and thereby justified their assumption
of the grand old ladys Indian title Philanthropy was
just that time beginning be the fashion, and
another happy idea OF the executive donate
shilling t25 centsl out of every members subscription
Few people figured out what very small percentage
OF the subscription fee 25 represented and the
action loudly appauded evidence OF praiseworthy
loyalty and sef-denying devotion most deserving
charity.
Still shrewder the wisdom displayed in getting
together lot OF titled FIJI the ornamental
positions in the: club 1t opened its doors with lst
OF twenty vice presidents, every of whom was a
perss headed by her accomplished Grace the Duchess
OF Leeds the original OF Sarah Grand's heroine Ideal.
English society is nothing if snobbish Women
turnbed over one another in their eagerness to be
enrolled among those exalted representatives of blue
bOoded feminine aristocrac The presence of several
American women Of title furnished equally attractive
BAIT owing to the supposed length OF their purses
Among them Lady Tankerville, who one of the
presidents; and Lady Hesketh Lady Arthur Butler
Lady Cooper and several Others who joined as life