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Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08
All but Guerra Willing
to Take Up Nego-
tiations.
TERMS MOST SEVERE
New Elections and Amnesty
Demanded---Wln Fresh
Triumphs.

Havana, Sept. S.-General Menocal
said today that the leaders of the re-
bellion in the province of Santa Clara
had irtimated that they would nego-
tiate for peace on the basis of new mu-
nicipal elections, a new general cleo
tion, amnesty for all insurgents, and
the appointment of a special commits
sion to investigate the death of Con
gresham Villuendas, national liberal
candidate for president, who was shot
and killed in fight with police at Glen
fuegos Sept. %. 1905. and who is said
to have been deliberately murdered
Others Also willing.
When questioned regarding the Teb-
els of Havana province, General Men
osal said they also had intimated they
would agree to practically the same
terms, leaving the force commanded
by Pine Guerra the only one in the
field.
Menocal positively declared if Guer.
ra did not agree to accept reasonable
price terms, all the rest of the coun-
try would be against him.
Guerra Blocks Peace.
Havana, Sept. S.-All peace over.
lures are blocked by the refusal of
Pine Guerra, insurgent leader in Pinar
del Rio province, 10 enter into any ar
rangement for an armstics Guerra's
answer 10 the governments announce
ment of its readiness TO grant a ten
days armstice is the blowing up OF
two bridges on the Western railroad.
the cutting of railroad communication
beyond Pinar del Rio city, and an at
tack en- San Juan de Martinez.
1t is believed that San Juan de Mart
inez is in the hands OF the insurgents
and that the garrison. consisting OF
100 government recruits and a small
force of mounted rural guards, has
been defeated or captured
Able To Control.
There is slight doubt in any quarter
that Guerra can control the situation
in his region. His force is reported
by all those who have visited him re-
Gently as ranging from 1000 to 1000
men, all of them well mounted, some
of them well and others indifferently
armed.
The government force opposed TO
him. which is under the command OF
Colonel Avalos, comprises about 1000
men. 1t was reinforced by Lieut. Col.
Clews with $50 men and three ma
chine guns from Havana.
Colonel Avalos force. with the ex-
ception of small detachments left at
San Juan de Martinez and san Luis.
is at Pinar del Rio city, but is with
out means to go to the relief of San
Juan de Martinez. Not more than 400
of them are mounted.
More Bridges Blown Up.
Havana, Sept S.-Two more bridges
on the Western railway were blown up
last night. cutting off railroad commu-
nication with Pinar del Rio.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08
FLIES over LAKE
William MaIlery Performs Won.
derfuI Aerial Feat, Though
,lnvolUntariIy.
ABOVE CLOUDS ALL NIGHT
Ascends in Wisconsin and Comes Down
200 Miles Away in Mich
isan.

Gaylord, Mich. Sept. 8.-After a
flight in wild airship of more than
200 miles William Nallery, a Chicago
aeronaut, who assembled ats Oconto,
Wis, landed 20 miles southeast of
Wolverine, Mich, at 10 o'clock yester-
day morning.
Mallery had been giving exhibitions
at the OcontO county fair Starting
on his usual exhibition Thursday af-
ternoon after a successful ascension.
the steering gear got out of order and
he lost entire control of the ship.
Airship at Winds Mercy.
He was left several thousand feet in
the air at the mercy of the winds and
started to drift rapidly eastward After
getting a considerable distance out on
Green bay the big ship took a dive
down to the water. but recovered itself
and shot straight above the clouds.
where it continued to drift.
Although helpless Mattray was not
alarmed, as he knew if the gas would
hold out he would be able to make a
landing.
After sailing this way for several
hours sleep overcame him and in or
der not to fall out of the ship, should
it take another dive, he bound him
self to the frame of the machine. He
continued to drift eastward across
Green bay to Lake Michigan and
across the lake, sailing to land some
where near Travers City and east
ward.
During all this time the gas was
gradually escaping from the huge ball
and finally about 10 O'Clock in the
morning he landed in a dense swamp
some 20 miles south of Wolverine.
Cheboygan county
He made his way to a settlement
and was directed to Wolverine. the
nearest railroad town, where he land
ed about 6 o'clock last night, nearly
but highly elated at the
success of his wonderful trip. He i'm
mediately stelegraphed to Oconto for
funds to get his ship, and will start on
his return journey as soon as the ma
chine can he brought to town and got
ten into shape.
Long Drift Above the Clouds.
Mattray is none the worse for this
exciting experience, and claims it is
one of the most remarkable flights in
the history of ballooning. His trip
for the most of the time was above
the clouds.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08
CLINT0NITE BADLY INJURED
Aged AutomobiIist Runs Auto Into
Tree to Save a Child.

Clinton, Iowa, Sept. S.-George c.
Smith, aged 70, president OF the Gin,
ton Paper company. was seriously in
jured in an auto collision with a tree
yesterday. The accident was caused
by Smith swerving the car to avoid
running over a child. The extent of
Mr.. Smiths injuries are not known,
but they may be fatal. His risk of his
own life TO save that of the child's is
cause of much praise among his
friends and people in this city.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08
INVENTED AGENT OF DEATH
One Killed and Several Injured in
Test of a New Explosive.

Lynn, Mass, Sept S.-Frank W.
Wordenberger of New York, chemist
and inventor of a powerful new explo-
sive, was killed here yesterday after
noon by the accidental discharge of
some of the stuff while giving a de-
monstration of its power in the pres
ence of a number of contractors.
George Tattnall, also of New York,
president of the company that has
been endeavoring to get the explosive
on the market, was fatally hurt. An
Italian laborer was severely injured
and dozen spectators were slightly
hurt by bits of flying rock.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08
Harvard Two Lengths
Behind in Pdtney
Struggle.
BRITISHERS FAVORED
Crowd Greatest That Ever As
sembIed on Similar
Occasion.

Putney England, Sept. s.-cam.
bridge won the international elght-oar
race from the Harvard crew this af.
ternoon by two lengths. before the
largest number of persons that ever
assembled to witness a rowing con-
test.
The official time was 10 minutes 16
seconds. The record for the course is
1s minutes AZ seconds made by OK
ford in '93.
The race started at 4:2S. Cambridge
took a slight lead at the start and was
leading by length at Beaverly
Brook.
AT Crabtree Cambridge was leading
by pa lengths. At Hammersmith
bridge Cambridge was length and
quarter ahead
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08
CUBAN ARMISTICE FAILS;
REBELS HOLD WHIP HAND
EARTH SHOCK Is
FELT IN INDIANA
Several Distinct Quakes Noted in
Southern Part of State-Pcople
Flee frcn Homes.

Indianapolis, Ind. Sept S.-Earth-
quake shocks were felt distinctly at
Princeton and Owensville and other
southern Indiana towns about 1920
o'clock yesterday morning. and in
some places they were so severe that
persons left their homes and gathered
in terror in the streets. The shocks
lasted only a few seconds. but were
distinct. AT Owensville three separate
shocks were felt.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08
ARREST MEXICANS
IN LARGE NUMBERS
United States Officers Active in Check
ing Revolutionary Parties in
Arizona.

Washington, Sept. S.-The depart
ment of justice has received a tele-
gram from United States Marshal Dan
iels of Arizona, stating large number
of warrants had been issued and serv-
ed upon Mexicans of that territory
who are organizing expeditions
against the government of Mexico
The marshal stated hearings are going
on today at Douglas. AriZ.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08
Kaiser Honors Catholic.

Berlin, Sept. S.-Emperor William
has decorated Cardinal Kopp with the
Order of the Black Eagle, the highest
Prussian decoration. II is the first time
the order was ever conferred on a Cath
olic prelate.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08
Passed Good Nights .

Putney, Eng, Sept. S.-AI members
of the Harvard crow had an excellent
nights sleep, and awoke this morning
feeling ready for the race of their lives
and confident of success. Cambridge
was more or less satisfied they would
be able to carry off the aquatic palm.
Weather conditions were ideal, and the
two crews turned out early for brief
practice spurts. The breeze was from
the southwest, and although against
the racers it was very light in the early
hours OF the day.
London Excited.
Excitement over the international
contest prevaded all London. Business
centers were gay with stars and stripes
and Harvard crimson was conspicuous
everywhere. Crowds began moving
toward the course early and railroads
running special trains were taxed to
the utmost capacity.
Greatest Crowd at Race.
Early in afternoon the green banks
of the river were lined with people to
an extent that promised the greatest
outpouring of people that ever witness
ed a boat race here. The majority of
expert opinion gave the final verdict
to Cambridge, but quite a number of
past masters of the art of rowing are
betting heavily on Harvard. In some
quarters Cambridge stock was as high
as 130 to 80 on the light blues, but
most of the betting was done at nearer
even figures. Members of the Ameri-
can colony and American visitors were
early In evidence
Both COIors Cheered.
AS the afternoon advanced dense
crowds were gathered at the starting
point and stretching along the bank as
far as the eye could see. The throngs
were wholly cosmopolitan and cheered
with equal enthusiasm all appearances
of wearers of the crimson or of the
blue. The breeze freshened somewhat
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08
Roosevelt Speaks at Church.

Oyster Bay, Sept. s. President
Roosevelt will make a short address
today at the sbi-centenary celebration of
Christ Episcopal church at Oyster Bay.
In half hours address President
Roosevelt talked of the necessity of
religion and clean living for the well
fare of the nation.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08
THREE DIE IN A COLLISION
Heavily Loaded Trolley Car and Train
Crash at Grade Crossing.

OTdsh dt 1Fduc OFoSSIHy.
Philadelphia, Sept. 8.-Three men
were killed and a score of others in
jured in a grade crossing accident last
night near the Atlantic Refining COM
pany's plant. A trolley car contain
ing so passengers, all men returning
from work at the oil refinery, was
struck by train Of empty tank cars
on the Pennsylvania railroad Owen
Sweeney. aged % years, was ground
TO pieces under the wheels of tank
car and Julius Bewar, aged 60, and an
unknown man died later at hospital.
Twenty others were conveyed to vari-
Gus hospitals, but none of these Is be-
lieved to be seriously injured.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08
SHAKEUP
AT THE CAPITAL
Bookbinder Who Is Prominent Official
in Union is Sus-
pended.

Washington. Sept. S.-The govern
ment printing Office received another
shakeup today when the acting fore
man of the bindery suspended Jacob
Hale, bookbinder and prominent Of
f1cer of the International Brotherhood
of Book Binders. He declared there
was dissatisfaction found with Hale's
work
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08
GERMANS WIN THEIR
FIRST YACHT RACE

Marblehead, Sept. S.-The German
yacht Wannsze won today's race for
the Roosevelt cup. This is the first
victory for the Germans.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08
CASE AGAINST Mr..
ROCKEFELLER GOOD
Judge Overruies Motions to ouash and
Gives Till Tuesday for Mo-
tions.

Findlay, Ohio. Sept. S.-Judge Bank
er today overruled motions to quash
informations filed against John ID.
Rockefeller in all Standard Oil cases.
A plea of abatement filed in each case
was also overruled and the defendants
given until Tuesday to file motions.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08
More Bridges blown Up.
MOROCCAN TROUBLE
HELD UNIMPORTANT
France Has No Confirmation Of Reports
of Serious Fighting at Mo-
gador.

Paris, Sept. Sin well informed cir
cles here reports OF the revolution at
Mogador. Morocco, are regarded as
being greatly exaggerated. as official
confirmation of the troubles there has
not been received
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08
Lunatie Kills Seven.

Warsaw, Sept. S.-An inmate of an
asylum for the insane at Cora kai.
waria, 80 miles from here, secured an
ak yesterday and ran amuck through
the institution and killed seven fellow
lunatics.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08
old Railway Man Suicide.

Milwaukee. Sept. S.-Charles E. Viii
SON. formerly first assistant general
freight agent of the Wisconsin Central
railway, committed suicide today by
shooting.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08

Lincoln, Sept. 8.-"You can expect
that kind of an attack from that kind
of people," said William J. Bryan this
morning regarding the attack upon
him last night by Roger Sullivan of
Illinois. Bryan said he is not prepared
to answer the charges and could not
say just when he would issue state
ment regarding the Illinois situation.
New York, Sept. S.-Roger C. Sulli-
van, Illinois member of the democratic
national committee. last night issued a
lengthy statement in which he replied
to the recent attacks made upon hfm
by Bryan. Sullivan says in part:
I'm his jefferson club banquet speech
at Chicago Tuesday evening w. J. Bry-
an again saw fit to make me the ex-
cuse for exploiting his new ambition to
autocracy with himself on the dicta-
tors throne
Invitation to Bolt.
eff portions of Bryan's speech mean
anything, they mean he would rather
have his own way than have democrats
elected to congress or any other office
He has invited all Illinois democrats
who agree with him in his opposition
to me to bolt their ticket. If there are
any democrats in Illinois who are dis
posed to act on this typically Bryan
esQue advice, many of them, unfortun-
ately. will be found in congressional
districts which are close. but in which.
with united effort, we have a good
chance to elect democratic congress
men. If these. districts send republl-
cans to the next national house of rep
resentatives the democratic party will
have Bryan to thank.
Sullivan charges Bryan to prove the
personal assertions against him and
invites comparison of his democracy
with Bryan's.
Charges had Company.
Sullivan scores Bryan for the "com-
pany he keeps" and attacks particular
ly the characters of Theodore Nelson,
Judge Owen p. Thompson, Millard Fill
more Dunlap, and Henry T. Rainey.
These are the men endorsed by Bryan
m his Paris interview. Sullivan de-
scribes them as Bryan's confidential
agents in the ''purification" of Illinois
politics and asks: rs Bryan an excep-I
ton to the rule that an American is
known by the company he keeps?'I
Bryan was not honest and he was not
sincere when he commissioned Nelson,
Thompson, Dunlap. and Rainey to 'pur-
ify' Illinois politics and claimed NOR
aiity as his motive. He was not truth.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08
Gets Church Title.

Rome, Sept. S.-Monsignor Aversa,
apostolic delegate to Cuba. was today
consecrated titular archbishop Of sardi
at Castle Gondolfo.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08
ouakes Aqain Shake Chile.

Buenos Ayres. Sept. S.-According to
dispatch TO the Nacion, seven earth
quake shocks were felt yesterday ev-
ening at Talca. Chile, 140 miles south
southwest of Santiago.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08
RESERVE DEFICIT is LARGE

Been so Precarbous Since 1893.
New York. Sept S.-The statement
of the clearing house banks shows a
deficit in legal reserves required of So
57S,O 900. said to be the largest deficit
since 1892
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08
Deer SULLIVAN AIRS new FOUND VIEWS OF BRYAN
of AboutAM the in
A Failure and n Mountebank.

dollar that he ever made out of any
thing but politics.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08
In First Paragraph.

ful when he stood up in Chicago Tues
day evening to explain his position.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08

CONTINUED on Page Four,
Rock Island Argus., 1906-09-08
Long Drift Above the Clouds.

Mattray is none the worse for this
exciting experience, and claims it is
one of the most remarkable flights in
the history of ballooning. His trip
for the most of the time was above
the clouds.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-11-06
A New Navy for Spain.

Providence Journal,
The announcement that Spain is
rapidly building new navy TO replace
the miscellaneous assortment Of war
ships that Dewey ate up at Manila
and Simpsons fleet swept away in the
Caribbean is interesting and may be
significant. Spain for the immediate
future can have no possible use for
even a small navy except for home de-
Tense, her few outlying possessions
being SO close to her continental ter
rltory that fleet large enough to be
divided is not necessary. But, reflect
ing on the rise and fall Of nations, it
requires by no means very lively
Imagination to believe that the day
may come when Spain will again be
reckoned among the greater sea pow
ers. Such development would, for in
stance, be no more surprising than
that of Germany. The present Navy
of the United States is the outgrowth
Of a quartet OF little ships commits
stoned only some 20 years ago. The
future consequence of Spain as sea
power will depend on her development
in Industrial, commercial End financial
importance. Meanwhile 1ir states
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-11-06
COMMENT or ;LE AplFls tElNsPAs
PIERS ON vARlo JUS TOPICS
III FUTURE RAILROAD
eRoWrti.

Cleveland Leader IS
This is the most favorable time Of
the year for the quick handling Of rail-
road freight. Yet the railroads are al
most swamped. They are so crowded
with business that there Is a serious
scarcity Of cars and on some Of the
roads little pretense is made Of run
ming freight trains on schedule time.
What is the cause? Figures produced
by the New York Commercial, p req.
ognized authority on business aftalrsi
indicate that the railroads are not
Keeping their traffic facilities up with
the growth of the country.
Between 1895 and 1904 there was an
increase in railroad trackage Of 81
900 miles; III per cent. The increase
In the number Of cars was $4,000, or
nearly 40 per cent, and in the num-
Der of locomotives 10000, or about 50
per cent. The total ton mileage Of
freight traffic Increased by $4,000
100000 tons, or little less than 100
per cent, and the passenger mileage
by 9.5OO,OoO,OOo, or 75 per cent. These
figures give some idea OF the improve:
ment made in the efficiency of the
rolling stock and in the methods Of
handling it. Since 1904 the growth in
traffic has been even more rapid.
The railroads are constantly in
creasing their capacity. but in the
near future they must proceed on
broader lines than those they have
been following. There is every rea:
son to believe that the national growth
of the next 10 years will be greater
than the increase In population will
be fully 20,OOO,OoO, giving total Of
los, 100000. At that rate the gain in
the next 20 years will be but little less
than the total population Of the COun:
try in 1880.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-11-06
Cannot Build its Own Canal.

New Orleans Picayune.
Now that We have got actual gov
eminent control Of all railroads built
and owned by private copital, and are
threatened with government owner
ship on the assumption that govern
ment control AMI ownership will In
sure wiser, better. more effective
and economical management, those
persons who believe that federal gov
eminent control is the panaCea for
every i'll and abuse in our public and
prlyate affairs. are struck with aston
ishment at the confession Of govern
ment failure in building the Panama
Canal.
The government owns everything Ia
connection with the canal. and is sup.
piled virtually with unlimited means
and power to carry on the work to the
greatest advantage and dispatch. But
after trying two successive govern
ment commissions, composed Of engl-
ners and scientists of the highest rep
utation, the fact has come to light
that not only was little or no progress
being made in the work Of construc'
ton, but the vast resources Of the
government were not only yielding no
adequate results, but were going TO
waste.
1t has been found next to impossible
to build the canal under government
control. and now a contractor who will
undertake the work is being sought.
1t is doubtful II contractor capable
Of carrying on such vast enterprise
will undertake 1t upon the plans that
have been adopted He must have
some assurances that his work will
stand and be equal to the demands
made upon 1t, and he can have no
such assurance Il the high-leyel com:
.plicated lock system Is to be adhered
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-11-06
FARMING il Mexico,


Mexican Herald
Mexico has ALWAYS been, ana str
it chafacteris tlcalIy q mineral cotln.
Try: but tie agriculture 81 the country
rs keeping pace with the general de-
velopmels and as time goes on there
win be more plantation products for
expectation. Irrigation win bring pro.
ductiveness to great areas now arid
and unproductiye. and new scientific
methods Of farming adopted abroad
will be introduced here. The time
must surely come when there will be
no need Of importing wheat or maize
from the United States, either 10
meet a real scarcity OF to break up an
artiacially contrived one.
It Is Of the utmost Importance TO
foment the expansion Of the area of
agriculture productive lands not only
to insure the cheapness Of the national
food supply, but to add to the volume
Of exports National prosperity rests
Of an ample food supply, and coun.
try so potentially great as a tableland.
farm and hot-country plantation
should meet the just expectation Of
those who have studied profoundly It's
possibilities. There is an enormous
market for tropical products in the
United States and Canada, one ever
growing more extensive, and Mexican
planters have something certain to
reckon on in the increasing and pros.
porous populations north Of the Rio
Grande.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-11-06
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The clvtIIzina soap.

Ohio State Journal. 81
England is agitated over the soap
question. A trust has been formed
there to monopolize the soap indus
try. The man at the head Of It told
the people that soap was an agent Of
civilization and ought to be cheap,
and that is what his trust would do.
make 1t almost as cheap as the dirt.
He won his way; got his trust estab-
lished; gathered In all the outlying
manufactures; reduced expense Of ai-
yertising and cost of commercial tray-
cling: and, when this was done, be re.
duced pound bars to 10 ounces and
raised the price of the bars. The les
son is, don't trust a trust to do the
Just and generous thing. 1t has no
other purpose than to rake in the mon.
ley. 1t doesn't care a fig for Justice,
or law, or morality. 1t is essentially
selfish. This Is the reason this coun-
try has legislated against the trusts.
AS a matter 81 form, they are not to
be opposed, but in actual experience,
right and wrong are inseparable with
them. The people of England are
learning the lesson through practical
experience. Soap, the angel Of civil.
cation, bedragged its pinlons just as
soon as it got into the market. 1t rails
ed the price and lowered the size of
the bars in one fell swoop. CIviliza.
ton began to remble as soon as the
trust became It's friend. Now, the
merchants are combining and declar-
ing they will not sell any of this civil
.lizing soap. So. dirt. is to be the habit
.of the people, which is the fate that
corporate monopoly always inalcts.