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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-30
RocKEFBL1En NOT WORRIED.
Not Giving Legal Proceedings Against
 Him the Least Thought.

Cleveland, O., July 29,-Neither the proceedings of the government nor of the state authorities against the Stand ard oil company are worrying John D. Rockefeller in the slightest, He is not giving them the least thought or at- tention. This was the emphatic state- ment to-day of Dr. H. k. Biggar phy- sician to and travelling companion of MT. Rockefeller. Dr. Biggar left MT. Rockefeller in New York Saturday aft a six weeks sojourn with MT. and Mrs. Rockefeller and party in Northern France. He reached Cleveland to-day. When he left New York the immedi- ate plans of the Rockefellers had not been settled. Dr, Biggar said:
 If 1t has been reported that Mir. Rockefeller is disturbed over proceed ings against the Standard Oil compar ny, and the bringing in of his name in this connection, quite the contrary is true.
 Rockefeller has been having a few weeks of recreation and rest. He has not been thinking about Standard Oil iPalIy dLdlrS, AHu WHY SnOuiQ ne, since he has not been actively connect ed with the business of the company for twelve years
 Asked if Mir. Rockefeller believed that
 because he had been out of the active
 life of the great corporation for years
 this fact would render him immune
 from any possible legal attack, Dr. Big. gar replied
 That Is matter I know nothing
 about. MT. Rockefeller has never talk
 ed on the subject so far as l know" According t1 Dr. Biggar Rockefeller
 was never in better health and spirits
 than now. He enjoyed his vacation to
 his fancy immensely" said pr. Biggar.
 The only thing troubling him is the condition of his daughter, who is af-
 tlicted with heart trouble, Her condi- ton was much improved when he left France, but of course. heart trouble is an uncertain thing"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-30
COLLISIONS ON R R T,
More Than Score of People Injured in
 Them

New York, July 29.-Two collisions on the lines of the Brooklyn Rapid Tran sit system in Brooklyn to-day resulted in the injury of more than a score of passengers, several of whom were so badly burt that they were taken to q hospital The more serious accident oc- cured near Woodruff avenue, when stalled train on the Brighton Beach line, headed for Coney Island, was run into from the rear by a Manhattan Beach train. owing to Improvements which are under way at the point where this collision occurred, trains on both the Manhattan Beach and Bright on Beach lines are required to use the same tracks. There are a num- Der of short curves, and it was while the Brighton Beach train was stalled at one of these that the Manhattan Beach express crashed into it. The more seriously injured were Anna Ken nelli, sixteen years old, fracture of left ankle; Edward Sullivan, twenty-nine years of age, severe decorations of both legs; William Perry, thirty-slx years old, lacerations of the scalp; James M. Hayes, twenty-one years of age, lacer- ations of the face, and Michael Rick ert, thirty years old, contusions of the legs, All the injured are residents either of Manhattan or Brooklyn.
 The two motormen, several of the train guards, and one of the company's s fiagmen were arrested on charges of criminal negligence.
 The second collision was between trolley cars at Gates and Ralph ave- nues. Motorman George D. Raschnauer was severely injured about the body and chest, Five injured passengers were attended by hospital surgeon and sent to their homes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-30
CATHOLIC SOCIETIES.
Fifth Annual Convention of the Ameri-
 cen Federation.

cen Federation.
 Buffalo, July 29-The fifth annual convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies opened here to-day with a mass meeting at convention hall. The visitors were welcomed by Bishop Colton, Mayor J. N. Adam and J. T. Smith, president of the Erie county fed eration. President Minihan, of the na- tional federation, was not present, but Archbishop Messmer, of Milwaukee, and Bishop McFaul, of Trenton, N. J., the joint founders of the movement, re- sponded to the addresses of welcome.
 Bishop Cotton announced that Pope Plus X. had sent his papal blessing to the convention.
 Bishop McFaul spoke against the evils of socialism and divorce. The sta- bility of this nation rests upon the American home, said he. Socialism, he continued, would stretch out her foul hands upon the property of our people. Look at Maxim Gorky, the Russian socialist" he said, coming to America to ask us to turn upon Russia. See him living with a woman who cannot be recognized as his wife. That vil- lain and seoundrel and polluter of wom- anhood would preach to us the gospel of human liberty"
 Bishop AIcFaul said the public schools were all rights as far as they went, but religious and secular educa- tion should go hand in hand
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-30
BROKE UP FAMILY ROW.

Whole sedon Family Carted to Lookup
 Last Night.
 A general family row at 45 Frank street last evening was broken up by the police and the whole family carted off to the central station lookup, charg- ed with greach of the peace. The names are Charles Sedon, the father also charged with drunkenness and carrying concealed weapons; Caroline Sedon, the mother, and two sons, named Charles and William.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-30
CRAVE OUTBREAK AMONG
 SOLDIERS AT POLTAVA
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Continued from First Page)
 the life of General Neplueff. This es- cape sets at liberty one of the most dangerous revolutionary organizers in Russia. Samenkoff is a leading mem ber rof the centrarlr rcormrmlttee of the social revolutionists. His friends have steadfastly maintained that he had no connection with the plot against General Neplueff, and say that the au- thorities used his presence in Sebasto- pol the day of the attempted assassin ation as a prertext to arrest and rail- road him to the scaffold.
 Severe Censorship.
 In addition to putting the screws on the Russian press to prevent the pub lication of unfavorable news from the interior and throwing in the waste basket of practically all the foreign press comment on the dissolution of parliament, the government has shown itself to be extremely sensitive to pub lie opinion abroad and has imposed a strict censorship on telegrams sent through the official agency, in order to prevent as far as possible hash criti- eisln. Even the censorship on foreign newspapers, which for a, number or years blocked out all articles distaste- ful to the government, but which was practically abandoned this year Is be- ing restored. The classic caviar i" larticles are blocked out with a mix
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-30

ture off caviar, printers ink and sand) adorns column after column of the leading foreign periodicals now receiv- ed in Russia.
 Perelom says that General Orloff, "pacitioator' of the Baltic provinces, and Prince TroubteskQ, chief of the i'm perial escort, are now the personal fay- orites of the emperor and exert great influence over him.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-30
Waterbury Man Killed.

Waterbury, July 29-John Bagley, fifty years old, was killed early this morning by falling from the street down a fourteen foot embankment to the tracks of the Meriden railroad, in the rear of the scoyill factory. He is survived by two sons and daughter, Nhn live here.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-30

And only 8 narrow grave at last!" sighed the dramatist. For a while his lip quivered, and then there dawned a new hope. If the amateurs will only lot my work alone. a narrow grave will answer he exclaimed, intensely Puck.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-30

asked the indignant patient.
 'Kneading your stomach" replied the great physician.
 Well, let up; I may be needing it myself one of these days. Chicago News
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-30
ARRESTED FOR GAMING.

AhhESILD FUN dAMINN. George Bross and John Linopsky were arrested by Officer J. Cassidy last even- ing for gaming.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-23
Statutes of Massachu :
setts Commended by
Divorce Congress
BEFORE ADJOURNMENT
Would Prevent Recognition of
DEGREES Obtained in
Other States.

Washington, Feb. 23.-Before finally
adjourning last night the congress on
uniform divorce laws ,,dopted the fol
lowing resolution:
Each state should adopt statute
embodying the principle contained i'll
the Massachusetts act, which follows:
Not Recognized.
If an inhabitant of this common
wealth goes into another state or
country to obtain divorce for a cause
which would not authorize divorce by
the laws of this commonwealth, the
divorce so obtained shall be of no
force or effect in this commonwealth. 3"
Fraud Made Crime.
A resolution was also adopted pro-
viding that fraud or collusion in OBJ
tanning or attempting to obtain di-
vorces should be made statutory crimes
by the criminal CODE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-23
FIRM SUES
FOR ALLEGED ISLANDER
National Life Company Brings $4,000
Damage Actions Against Gales
burg Citizens.

Galesburg, H., Feb. 23.-The Ma
tional Life Insurance company of Chi
cago has entered in the circuit court
two suits, one alleging conspiracy and
the other slander. and each asking $780,
600 damages, against DR.. Watson and
Attorney w. II. Atwood, both of this
city. This proceeding follows yester-
days failure of the company to secure
temporary Injunction against defend
ants Watson and Atwood to stop their
sending to the bondholders of the COM
pany an alleged libelous letter asking
them to join in their Des Moines suit
against the company. In these new
cases the charge will be that Atwood
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-23
A YEAR OF GRACE
Germany Postpones Tariff War
by Overwhelming Vote
of Reichstag.
EXTENSION TILL JUNE, 1907
Fear of Consequences Influenced Lead
ers Who Saw America Would
Suffer Least.

Berlin. Feb. 23-The reichstae yes
terday by an immense majority passed
the bill to extend reciprocal tariff rates
to the United States until June 80,
1907. This act averts the threatened
tariff war between Germany and the
United States.
The fear of such a tariff war seemed
to move all parties in the reichstag to
make concessions to the American gov
ernment Chancellor Won Beulow stat
ed frankly in his speech that tariff
war would injure Germany more than
the United States.
Opposition Leaders Favor 1t.
Count Won Posadowsky-Wehn said
that German had not had great success
in its latest tariff wars.
What advantage could Germany
gain with the United States?" he ask
ed. "The purpose of the provisional
arrangement" he added, SIS to give
America time TO think l believe" he
'the time has come when
citizens see they are merely
the football of the great trusts; but
we will not wait till this discovery has
been made. A tariff war causes the
greatest embitterment, like other
wars
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-23
SERIES OF MARRIAGES
CONTRACTED BY HOCH;
A REMARKABLE STORY

| Hoch Is belleVed TO have come orig
inally from Horrweiler, a small town
in Germany, not far from Bingen-on-
| the-Rhine. His father, Jacob Schmitt,
is said TO still reside there. A wife,
supposed to be the first wife of Hoch,
is also living on the same place.
Has Been Reticent.
Hoch has always been reticent re-
garding his career in this country, and
his first wife. married in the United
| States, is believed to have been Mrs
Martha Steinbrecher to whom he was
married in 1895. After living with
HOch for four months she died, the
cause of death being given as nephritis.
Some Other Marriages..
In November, 1895, he married Mary
Rankin in this city, and left her the
day after the wedding because she re-
fused to give him money. In April,
1896, Hoch married Martha 'Hertzfield,
and left her in four months after OBJ
tanning from her $500. His next wife
is said to have been Mary Hoch of
Wheeling, w. Va. She died of nephri-
tis after three months. Hoch has al
ways denied this marriage, and declar-
ed that he merely assumed the wo-
mans name
In the fall of 1896 Hoch married
Clara Bartell, of Cincinnati, and she
died within three months of the mar
riage. In Janury, 1897, he was married
to Julia Dose in Hamilton, Ohio and
abandoned her after obtaining $500
Sold MortGnGed Furniture.
In April, 1898, Hoch was arrested in
this city for selling mortgaged furni-
ture, and served two years in the house
of correction.
In November, 1901, he was married
to Mrs. Anna Goehrke of Chicago. but
abandoned her after failing to obtain
any money from her. April s. 1902, he
married in st. Louis, Mrs. Mary Becker,
who died early in 1908. Her relatives
have claimed that she was poisoned.
Took Fatal Step.
Dec. 10. 1904. Hoch was married to |
Mrs. Marie Welcker, a widow of this |
city, the woman for whose murder he |
was condemned. Dec. 20 the woman |
became i'll, and jan u she died, the |
cause of death being stated in the ply
sician's certificate, as nephritis. Five
days later Hoch married Mrs. Emile
Fischer. a sister of Mrs. Welcker-
Hoch. He obtained $3.50 from her and
Jan. 10 the last Mrs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-23
DANCER is REMOTE
Ambassador White Cables France
and Germany Are Not
Restless.
CONFERENCE ENDS FOR DAY
Morocco to Have Gold Standard II Has
Been Decided-Up in French
Cabinet.

Washington. Feb. 23.-Ambassador
White today cabled the state depart
ment from Algeciras the conference
had adjourned until Saturday next af-
ter discussing the question of an inter
national bank very strong spirit of
conciliation appeared TO prevail. The
understanding here is there is no inn
mediate prospect of a hostile issue be-
tween France and Germany ON the sub
ject.
Before Cabinet.
Paris. Feb. 23-Premier Rouvier
laid the Moroccan situation before the
cabinet today, but no announcement
was made concerning a modification of
the present status. Minister of the
Marine Thompson announced his inten-
tion TO ask parliament TO build three
battleships to be the largest French
ships yet constructed.
Give Gold standard.
Algeciras, Feb. 23.-At the afternoon
sitting the conference settled a few
minor points of the bank question. in
cluding the adoption of the gold basis.
The Italians are discussing the posi-
bility of the appointment of number
of conferees as arbitrators for the set
Element of controversial points In
French and German projects should an
agreement relative to a majority OF de-
tails be attained.
Ambassador White persists in his
optimistic views of the ultimate re-
suits of the conference.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-23
JOKES ABOUT TOWN; ACTRESS SHOT
DRUNKEN MEMBER AUDIENCE SIGHTING REMARKS
MADE AT LINTON IND
SERIOUS.

Linton, Ind, Feb. 23.-Because Miss
Pearl E. Elvyn, a member of a Chi
cago theatrical company, made several
sighting remarks about the town dur
ing the performance here last evening
a man in the rear of the house arose
with an oath, drew a revolver and shot
the actress in the leg.
Pnnic Follows.
She fell to the floor of the stage and
in an instant the audience was in an
uproar Women and children scream
ed and tainted and men rushed about
trying to find the man who had done
the shooting. Though he was seen by
several persons when he arose from
his seat, he managed to hide himself
in the crowd and escaped from the
theatre in the confusion.
The only explanation offered is that
the man had been drinking and took
Miss Elvyn's remarks as a personal in
suit When she began making thruStS
at local affairs some in the audience
while others hissed. En-
couraged by the applause, she became
even more pointed in her remarks, and
the shooting followed.
wound Slight.
Miss Elvyn was removed to her dress
ing room and her wound was examined
by physician who said it was not ser
ious, as the bullet had penetrated the
fleshy part of the calf
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-23
HOUSE UNDER SIEGE 4 DAYS
Jacksonville, ILL.,, Police Try Starvation
Plan in Anti-Vice Crusade.

JacksOnviIle, III, Feb. 23-"Fort
Bishop" here is still besieged. The
siege has now lasted four days. Those
in the house are without heat. Belle
Bishop, proprietor of the house, the
only disorderly resort in town, walks
the floor most of the time. The only
man positively known to be in the
house walked about all last night in an
overcoat Food and water are being
sent into the house by mail Five po-
licemen are on guard. Chief of Police
Davis declares the siege win be kept
up until the woman and the other in
mates surrender and warrants are
served on them
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-23
EPlTOME OF DOINGS IN
CONGRESS YESTERDAY

Washington, D. c., Feb. 23.-Follow-
ing is brief resume taken from the
official records of yesterdays proceed
ings in both houses of congress:
SENATE-Mr. Knox's railroad bill
was introduced in the senate and WAS
accorded the usual privilege of a read
ing at length. The hazinG bill was
passed without division after several
man presented a petition from the In
dependent Oil RefinerS' association of
Titusvil1e and Oil City. Pa asking re-
lief from alleged discrimination, de-
claring that the railroad freight rate
on refined oil in barrels from the oil
regions to New York harbor for export
had been Increased TO prohibitive
point Mr.. Clapp, from the committee
on Indian affairs, reported the bill for
the settlement of the affairs of the. five
action, as the existing Indian govern
ment expires "A week from Saturday.
The bill authorizing the purchase of
coal lands in the island of Batan, II. l.,
and amending the Philippine tariff act
on textile fabrics and shoes were pass
read by Mr.. McCreary. At 4:40 p. m.
the senate went into executive session
and at 4:45 adjourned until today.
HOt SE-The army appropriation bill
was the subject of prolonged debate in
the house. the members refusing to ad-
The discussion of the bill was exhaust
ed and the measure viii be read for
today. Mr.. Gilbert of Ken
tueky made Il speech opposing the ship
subsidy bill, and the debate then took
"a wide range. The conference report
on the urgent deficiency bill was agreed
until today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-23
YATES MUST AGAIN TAKE REST
Makes Characteristic Address Before
CulIom Advance at Monmouth.

Monmouth, ILL.,, Feb. 23.-Ex-Gov.
Yates, after an address here yesterday.
was compelled to cancel all engage
ments this week. on account of sore
throat. Mr.. Yates faced an audience of
500, composed of one-fifth democrats
and two-fifth ardent Cullomists. He ar
raigned the alleged Cullom machine
and declared that in the state conven-
ton of 1894 it offered him $4,000 for
four years as ambassador to Mexico if
he would deliver his delegates. In
closing he paid high tribute to Pres
ident Roosevelt and promised that if
elected senator he would vote in the
interests of the people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-23
Action in Committee
Sends Hepburn Meas
ure on Way.
1T GOES UNAMENDED
House Passes Resolution d.
rected at Interstate Com
merce Commission.

Washington, Feb. 2S.-Democratic
members of the senate committee on
interstate commerce held caucus this
morning and decided to vote to report
the Hepburn rate bill to the senate
without amendment and transfer the
contest from the committee to the floor
of the senate. This does not commit
the democrats on the question of court
review
Reports Hepburn Bill.
Washington, Feb. 23.-The Hepburn
rate bill has been ordered reported fa-
vorably by the senate committee on in
terstate commerce.
House Orders Probe.
Washington, Feb. 23.-Without op.
position the house today passed the
resolution directing
the interstate commerce commission
to make an examination into the sub
ject of railroad determinations and
and report on the same from
time to time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-23
TOM LAWSON FAILED TO MAKE SPEECH
REFUSING
PROGRAM-GAVE
NEWSPAPERS.

| when my story began the great
cruel system was in its heyday. It's
yotaries were only exercised with one
branch of their nefarious task-how to
find places in which to store the count
less millions they were making as the
magician makes doves rabbits, and
other creatures out of air, and water.
Had What They Wanted.
Not a cloud was in their sky They
had the American people just where
they wanted them-busy as bees in
their labors of extracting honey from
all the marvellous flowers with which
God Almighty had adorned their won
derful country-busy as bees and as
ignorant of the processes by which the
fruits of their labors were so brutally
appropriated
The first definite result of my work
was the breaking for the first time in
it's history of the contemptuous silence
of Standard Oil. 1t issued an official
proclamation to the people, saying in
substance that | was liar and Stand
ard Oil a plain, honest, law abiding
citizen"
Tells of Chicago's UphcavaI.
Mr.. Lawson recounted the awaken
ings of the country, the reforms that
have come to New York, Boston, Phila-
delphia, Chicago. in Wisconsin. in Min
nesota, Florida, and of the operations
of the system in Kansas, saying:
Chicago arose and surprised the
world by turning out the organized
grafters and political parties, and pro-
claiming for municipal ownership. Now
l am no municipal ownershipist, but
the fact that the people of the greatest
city in your state found vent for their
feelings in municipal ownership means
nothing more than that they spoke,
and in imperative tones. If it had not
been municipal ownership it would
have been something else, which only
meant that they had begun to feel their
fetters.
Next came Philadelphia, where the
people arose between night and morn
ing and marched the streets in mobs-
but law abiding mobs-drove out of
their strongholds the most snugly en-
trenched hand of political grafters this
country has ever seen-drove them in
to exile and disgrace, as though they
CONTINUED on Page Two.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-23

Peoria, ILL.,, Feb. 23.-Thomas Law
son was the principal speaker at the
annual Washington banquet of the
Creve Occur club last night, but he
did not speak. The largest and most
distinguished audience that ever at
tended a similar function in Peoria
was sorely disappointed.
There were four other speakers on
the program, all men of national re-
pute. and each seemed to endeayor to
out talk those vino had preceded him.
Lawson had been reserved to put on
the grand climax and his turn was i'm
patiently awaited. 1t was 1910, how
ever, before the Bostonian was an
nounced, and when introduced he as
tonished his auditors by saying:
Hadn't the Nerve.
81 have been given credit for hav-
ing a great deal of nerve, but L am not
equal to beginning a three-hour speech
to an audience such as this at this hour
in the morning. Most of you merely
came here to see me anyway, and will
be perfectly satisfied to depart with
out having heard what | have to say.
My speech has been given to the morn
ing papers and you may, if you wish
TO learn the message | have to deliver,
read it under more favorable circum-
stances than you could hear it now
Other Speakers.
The other speakers and the toasts to
which they responded were:
President A. B. Stickney of the Chi
cago Great Western railroad-"The
Railways and the People
Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley
THE Navy of Our Country
Congressman j. Adam Bede-"Civi-
liZation; Its Cause and Cure
Congressman Charles A. Towne-
Washington United States
Lnwson's Toast to ..The Enemy
Mr. Lawson's s toast was "The Enemy
and the Enemies the Enemy Has
Made" The speech given to the press
was in part as follows:
Not for one moment would | have
you think l regard myself as the agent
of the mighty insurrection against
graft that has broken out in this coun
try, but just run over the tremendous
series of happenings that have accom-
panied my narrative during the 21
months of its telling.