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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-26
SENT To THE REAR
Bush 2-Cent Fare Bill Will Not
be Rushed Through the
Legislature.
GOVERNOR IN CONFERENCE
Decided to Hold Public Hearings and
Inquire Into the Legality of
the Measure.

Springfield, H., Feb. 26.-After 4
conference between Governor Deneen
and Speaker Shurtleff yesterday after
noon, a program for the Bush 2-cent
fare bin was mapped out that will send
the measure to the rear for the time
being. The bill will not be called up
today, but will be allowed to reposa
on the house calendar on order of Sec
ond reading, while the steering COM
mittee devises a method of inquiring
into its constitutionality and the feel
ing among the railroad men.
Plan Public Hearings.
Public hearings may be held on the
ed until its author will have difficulty
in recognizing it. Several of the lead
ers last night even went 50 far as to
talk of putting the bill over The jumps
by sending it to the judiciary commit
tee for consideration. which is consid-
cred an unkind slap at the manner in
which the Bush bill was put in In
cidentally. Yesterdays developments
show that. despite rumors to the con-
trary, the governor has not lost his
grip on the legislature
Protests Are Pouring In.
Protests against the fiat 2-cent rate
are piling up, and nearly every legisla-
tor that returned yesterday added his
mite TO the criticism of the measure
Many said they We're against it because
Iit apparently is devised as u blockade
10 the reform legislation the governor
recommended in his message. while
others were hostile because Mr. Bush
as chairman of the committee on rail
roads. shunted the bin into the house
without giving the authors of similar
measures Il chance to be heard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-26

New York, Feb. 2G.-Mrs. Thaw was
recalled for redirect examination after
recess.
There was a lorg delay, however, as
il is desired that the making of type
written copies Of certain letters from
Pittsburg be completed before pro-
ceeding.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-26
POLICE OF SALT LAKE
FLEECED TOURISTS
Chief of Department and 4 Detective
Arrested at Utah's Capital
for Grating.

Salt Lake City. Feb. 2G.-George
Sheets. chief of police. and George RAJ
cigh cl1ter~Uf detectives. were arrested
today charged with completely in Il
conspiracy to fleece tourists passing
through Salt Lake
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-26
Kewanee Mans BODY Found.

Burlington, Iowa. Feb. 26.-Tbe body
of Mr.. Gutterbeck of Kewanee. Ill.
was found in shed here yesterday,
he having died of alcoholism.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-26
Nearly Completed.
Siqns 2-Cent Fare Bill

Indianapolis, Feb. 2G.-Governor
Hanly today signed the Blair 2-cent
rate bill. 1t goes into effect in May
or June.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-26
Report on Which the In
diCtment of St0esseI
is Based
NOW GIVEN TO PUBLIC
Shows Bitter Enmity Prevail
ing Among Officers In Com
mand of Port Arthur.

ST. Petersburg, Feb. 2G.-The secret
report on the defense of Port Arthur,
which is the basis of the Indictment
on which Lieutenant General Stoessel
and Lieutenant General Fock. who
commanded the fourth east Siberian
division at Port Arthur. and Major
General Reiss. chief of staff of Stoes-
sci, are standing trial for their lives
before the supreme court martial. has
been obtained by the Associated Press.
1t is of the greatest interest. as ex-
planning the decision to try these three
officers and mol pressed the other de-
tenders of Port Arthur.
Severely Arraigned.
The report, which was written by
Lieutenant General Sm."noT. ac.ual
commandant of the fortress. is sSnsa-
tional in the extreme. and Categorical
ly accuses StoesseI of cowardice, of in
capacity, and finally deliberate treas
enable Fastening OF the surrender TO
save his own life and in defiance of
the decisions of two successive coun.
ellis of war
Based on Personal Enmity
The report is based in the extreme
depths of mere bitter personal enmity
and shows the high officers of the Port
Arthur garrison in the darkest days OF
the siege Were almost at each others
throa's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-26
RAILWAYS
Four Decisions of u. S. Supreme
Court Generally Unfavorable
to Companies.
NEBRASKA TAX SUSTAINED
Texas Authority to Fix Freight Rate:
Within Boundaries of the State
Upheld.

washington, req. Zb.-Fu our lmpO"r-
ant decisions affecting railroads We're
rendered by the United States supreme
court yesterday The Nebraska state
tax law was upheld in decision by
Justice Holmes i'll the cases of the
Union Pacific and Burlington railroads
against the various county treasurer
of that state in which the admnistra
ton of the law was questioned.
Enrichcs Counties.
The decisions means that the rail-
roads must pay into the treasurer of
the 81 counties interested an ag9re-
gate of about $3.l00.000 of taxes for
1904. 1905 and 1906. including penal
ties. The railroads had rendered about
s., 100000 as what they considered the
proper amount of their taxes. The
ether roads operating in Nebraska
have paid their taxes under prote;t
ana had these cases gone against tn
state Jhey would have demanded re-
fund OF about one-third of the amounts
paid.
May FiN Rates.
Another decision unhOldS the right
OF the Texas railroad commission TO
fix state freight rates, which was at
tackled by the Gulf. Colorado & San-a
Fe railroad. The court also. n a de
cision by Chief Justice Fuller. dismiss
ed the petition Of the state of Kansas
10 be adjudgcd the owner. as trustee
for the Misso ri. Kansas 4 Texas
Railroad company, OF vast and val
liable tracts of coal and farming landG
in Indian Territory.
Federal Control Affirmed.
Congress has the right to dctermiu2
what is an unre2 sOnable obstruction D
navigation in the shape of a bridge
over river that flows from one state
Eower 10 the secretary of war. accord
| ing 10 The decision of the court i'll taa
case of the Union Bridge company of
Pittsburg.
Lose Common Law Right.
Washington. Feb. 26.-The supreme
court of the United States yesterday
| held the common law right of indi-
viduals to make complaint TO courts
against railroads for discrimination
which existed before the enactment of
! the Interstate commerce law, had been
destroyed by That enactment. The
court held complaints must be made
through the interstate commerce com
mission.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-26
Hurricane Story Denied.

Manila. Feb 2G.-Reports that tbs
southern islands of the Philippine
archipelago had been visited by a Sc
we're cyclone are without foundation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-26
NEW SHORTAGE DISCOVERED
$500 Missing at Office Where Bloom
inqton Woman Kept Books.

Bloomington, H., Feb. ga new
chapter in the case of Miss Helen Dix
on was developed when the local agent
of the Northwestern Life Insurance
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-26

New York, Feb. 26.-Abe Hum:nel
was the first witness called in the
Thaw case this morning.
Hummel is The lawyer who drew up
the affidavit to which Evelyn Nesbit is
said to have sworn and which charged
Thaw with cruelties during their 1903
trip TO Europe. His memory proved
recreant as To the time he first met
Mrs. Thaw and her visit to his Office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-26
Memory Improved.

He was shown a Photographic copy
of the last page of the famous affida-
Wit. which Hummel said refreshed his
memory SO he could state positively
that the date Evelyn called at his Of
flee was Oct. %. 1903. Delmas object
ed several times TO the use of the pho
tograph, but the court allowed the
uupSrjpuS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-26
Bought All They Needed.

Regarding the Southern Pacific and
operations by which the Union Pacific
interests acquired its holdings, Kellogg
asked:
why did you buy just a little less
than majority of that stOck?"
Hartman replied it was all they
needed. For their purposes it was as
sufficient as a majority of the stock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-26

Kellogg continued the attack on the
issue and sale of Alton bonds, bur wit
ness declined to be drawn very far
lie said he was absent from the cOun-
try and did not arrange the details. He
denied he had readjusted or reorgaa-
lied the Alton Railroad company His
responsibility was no greater than that
,f hip acc,ciotac.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-26
Tells of Ousting of Fish.

Hartman told the s.ory Of the de-
posing of President Fish from the Hi
nois Central. which he said was done
by the board because of F'ish'S repeat
ed use of the roads funds to pad trust
company statements and his disregard
of the desires of the directors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-26
Dictated i'm Her Presence.

Hummel sail lie had a conversation
with Miss Nesbit and that he dictated
asked several other questions to which
Delmas objected and was sustained
Hummel was temporarily excused dni
Jacob Schnymacker was called. He
was asked one question which was not
allowed and was excused.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-26
To BaIk Spectators.

Hartman frankly admitted the trans.
fer of stock was to place it in the
hands of someone who would ac:
against speculative pool that threat
ened the control of the property.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-26
Talked of Meetings.

Mrs. Thaw said her husband woul
remember meetings and talk of them
From Christmas, 1908. until he she
White he believed the architect ha,
set the Monk" Eastman gang upuI
him. He constantly feared White an,
said he was being prosecuted by him
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-04-09

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cords &ad hardened mnsalsa.
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In Stock do aot taxa anything else.
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Co., New YOrk. and the fWu trs@tRant
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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-04-09

WANTED.-White girl to serve as
waitress at the Metropolitan restau.
rant Good pay to right party. Cal
at once
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-04-09
KIDNEY AND LIVER
REMEDY

a careful trial. 1t is easy tC
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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-04-09
YELLOW SKIN.

Nine times out of ten the
skin is yellow and has bad col
or when the system is run
down and the back is weak.
II is due to kidney and liver
troubles. If your skin is In
such condition. If your system
Is not in proper condition,
give our
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-04-09

a cold Is much more sasnyV
= IN the bowels ars open Kea
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-04-09

A'iEi,s PHARMACY
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-08-30

the conditions which promoted the
of the forage crops.
at now appears that the total yield
Of wheat in the United States will ap-
proximate 640O00.000 bushels. i
''The unmistakable conclusion to be
gathered from our replies on sched-
ules touching the crop financing OPP
erations Of the banks, is that though
yields may be deficient In quantity
and in quality, these defects, in con-
junction with an unabating consump-
ton, will require practically as large
volume of funds as last year.
after the exhaustive and protract-
ed discussion Of the two plans of cur
rency reform now before the public
it is rather surprising that the returns
indicate almost absolute neutrality
Of opinion as to credit currency, ac-
cording to the plan of the American
Bankers association. We gather that
the positive opinion in favor of q
properly regulated credit currency is
only per cent in excess OF the mega
tive and Indifferent opinion"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-08-30
HOLD FAST, SAYS PRES. SMALL
No Arbitration Asked, Declares the
Wire Chief.

S. J.. Small, president Of the Com
mercial Telegraphers' union, arrived in
New York Sunday morning.
Much has been published about ar
bitration, but the cry from coast to
coast is mo arbitration" he said.
In the face of the statements by the
president of the striking unionists,
both the Western Union and the Pos
tai Telegraph companies emphasize
their declarations that the situation
is improving daily and that barring a
few unimportant towns in the east,
conditions are gradually but steadily
resuming a normal basis. They an
nounce that they are handling all the
business offered with dispatch.
Efforts will be put forth by some of
the interested parties during the COM
ing week to settle the trouble which
has arisen between the telegraph
operators and the companies.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-08-30
MEEkER REACHES OYSTER BAY.
Aged Washingtonian Made Trip With
His OK Team.

HIS OK cam.
After having travelled by OK team
and prairie schooner the old Oregon
trail, distance of 1900 miles, from
Puyallup, Wash, to Omaha, Neb., and
then continued overland to the sum-
mer capital of the United States at
Oyster Bay, Long Island, Ezra Meek
er, at the age of n years, has at last
completed his long and laborious
journey from ocean to ocean. Not
only has he blazed the Oregon trail,
preserving it to posterity, marking
it's 1800-mile length with 10 granite
monuments, dozen boulders and a
hundred firm wooden posts, but he has
traversed the transmississippi east in
a vehicle reminiscent of those which
travelled the transmississippi west a
half century ago, and literally turned
time backwards.
Ezra Meeker reached Oyster Bay
last week and was greeted by Presi-
dent Roosevelt. 1t was a long and
tiresome journey, but it was success
full and the old man was satisfied.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-08-30
Labor Notes.

Approximately $50 members Of the
building trades at Goldfield have re-
turned to work. The plumbers win
their demand of 50 for an eight hour
day, but they, with other building
crafts, agree. to give 80 days, notice
in case of threatened strike or Of a
demand for an increase in wages.
A compromise offer of an advance
in wages, made by packing firms at
the stock yards in Chicago to their
Transfers, was rejected by the latter
and the firms were given IL hours to
make further concessions.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-08-30
ST. PAUL is COMING FAST.
Expect Train Into Butte in the
Sprinu.


President E. D. Sewall of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway
company in Montana, expresses him
self as highly pleased with the pro-
gress being made and said the work
of construction is being pushed along
as rapidly as possible.
Westward from Glenham, he said,
55 miles of track had been laid, and
east>of Cato about Is miles have been
put down. Five miles of track have
been laid in the vicinity of Harlow
town and six miles out of Butte While
MI. Sewell said there were too many
things to take into consideration to
state positively when the trains would
be running into Butte, he. thought the
road would be in operation next
spring, and into Spokane several
months later.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-08-30
For North Pole.

Word has been received from from
so, Norway, which says it is reported
that Walter Wellman of the Chicago
Record-Herald polar expedition is
about to leave Spitzbergen in his at
tempt to reach the north pole by
means of a balloon.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-08-30
"BURNlNe BLUFFS" sTEAMINe.

South Dakota Phenomenon More Ac-
tive Than for Years.
"The burning bluffs" national
curiosity located across the river from
Wheeler, attract attention by their re-
newed activity For more than 20
years volumes of steam and odors of
burning sulphur have been issuing
from assures in the bluffs and of late
the assures have widened and the
volumes of steam have largely in
creased.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-08-30
Spokane City League.
Explosion Is Echo Of Maine.

Jersey City, Aug. 246.-A shrapnell
shell which was relic Of the battle
ship Maine, exploded here severely in
juring three children.
= Eden Kenney, aged IA. and telling
several youngsters how a sailor gave
him the missile and illustrated its
weight by dropping it.
The shell exploded with a roar.
Kenney was fearfully mutilated and
may die. His two companions were
lacerated.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-08-30

The inspector has ommitted Skagit
county's 100000 bushels of oats. The
wheat will brink about $34, 440 900,
the oats $5,25O,00O and the barley 3d.
$50 900, or grand total of $4,000 900.
The quality Of the grain TINS year is
excellent and the farms are extra pros
porous, besides adding such large
item to the wealth of the state
Trade Register, Seattle.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-08-30
RaisuIi Weakens.

1t is understood that Raisuli. who is
holding Sir Henry Mclean a prisoner,
has sent Communication to the Brit
ish government in which he greatly
modifies his previous demands for the
release of the caid. The only condi-
ton he makes now is that his own
life and the lives Of the members OF
his family be guaranteed.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-08-30
Mrs. MIzner Secures Divorce.

Justice Guy of the New York SUI
preme court has signed the final de-
cree of divorce in favor of Mrs. Mary
Adelaide Yerkes Miner against Will,
son Miner.
Mrs. Miner may remarry and is
permitted to resume the name of
Yerkes. Miner is forbidden to remar-
ry during his lifetime.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-08-30
UNIVERSAL PEACE CONFERENCE.
Ask Congress to NeutraIize the Phil
ipplnes.

The universal peace congress advo-
Gates the adoption by congress OF
measures to. neutralize the Philip
pines.
1t urged the withdrawal of imperial
control over the islands.
1t adopted a declaration of princi-
pies, setting forth that war is inimical
to all progress and can be prevented.
That arbitration is a certain means
of settlement Of international dis
putes.
That congress shall enact a law for
bidding the solicitation by this cOun-
try of foreign loans for war purposes.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-08-30
WHEAT, OATS AND BARLEY.
WashIngton's Grain Crop Estimates by
Deputy Grain Inspector King.

Deputy Grain Inspector s. 9. King,
after an inspection trip through east
ern Washington, gives the following
estimates of this seasons crops OF
wheat, oats and barley by counties:
s.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-08-30
COLLISION KILLS AND MAINS.

Tragedy on French Railroad Costs 10
Lives.
Coutras, France, Aug. 28.-Ten per-
sons were killed and 25 injured in a
head-on collision between an express
train bound from Bordeaux for Paris
and freight train. The accident was
caused by a misplaced switch. None
of those killed or wounded was an
American.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-08-30

Love can only find home among
lovers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-15
LEGACY WIPES OUT OLD DEBT.
Story Of 100000 oliphant Bequest
From Sage Millions.

CHICAGO. October ia dispatch to
the Tribune from Dubuque. Iowa, says:
The fact that $5O.OO0 of the Russell Sage
millions will go to the heirs Of Ezekiel
Oliphant is furnishing an interesting
theme Of conversation in this vicinity.
The ELEPHANTS now reside In Des Moines.
but formerly made their home In Du-
buque county. later purchasing farm in
Jones county.
The story on which tho payment Of the
sum named rests dates back more than
sixty years. The debt was one which the
lapse Of years had wiped out so far as
legal responsibility was concerned. About
the year 1874 there was a partnership In
the salt business between Joseph (arter-
wards GeneraD Slocum and Oliphant at
Syracuse. N. Y. The business did not
prosper and in settling up the affairs of
the concern $1,000 belonging to Oliphant
was applied on the accounts.
Slocum remained in New York state and
Oliphant. with his family, came west The
eldest daughter of Mr.. Slocum became the
second wife Of Russell Sage Of New York
The families lost track OF each other and
the old debt Of Joseph Slocum remained
unpaid. The matter recently was pre-
sented to Mrs. Sages attorneys and sue
ordered the debt. grown through interest
from 1000 to 81, 900, discharged.