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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-16
Government Preparing to
Start New Action at
Chicago Soon.
CONFER NEXT MONDAY
Federal Attorneys Viii Meet
and Talk Over Claim Of
Alton For Immunity.

Washington. d. c., Aug. 16.-Suit is
to be Instituted by the government
against the International Harvester
trust for alleged violation of the Sher.
man antitrust law.
Papers are now being drawn up az
the department of justice and proceei-
ings are likely TO be begun at Chicago
at an early date.
Concur Alton.
Washington, d. c., Aug. 16.-An-
nouncement is made by Attorney Gen
eral Bonaparte that an important con-
ference will take place next Monday
at the department of justice, in which,
the subject of'the promise of immunity
from prosecution given TO the Chicago
Alton railway officials by former
District Attorney Morrison will be dis.
cussed.
Statement OF Attorney General.
The statement of the attorney get
eral follows:
Attorney General Bonaparte stated
that he expected to have a conferences
on Monday next with District Attorney
Sims, ex-District Attorney Morriso,
and Mr.. Wilkerson on the subject IF
the Chicago& Alton cases, and that
until he had held such conference NJ
statement in regard TO the matter in
volved could be made. He said he
understood that certain testimony and
him and would receive careful exami-
nation and consideration"
| Has Not Heard From Lnndi..
Mr.. Bonaparte was asked if Judge
Lands had replied to his letter in
forming him that Attorney Morrison
had made to the Chicago & Alton Of
ficials the promise of immunity in coz
sideration of their furnishing evidence
in the Standard Oil company's casa.
He replied that he had not heard from
Judge Lands.
| 1T may be noted, too he added.
that Judge Lands did not publish ny
letter 10 him or that of District AttO.-
'ney Morrison TO me- Those letters
state the attitude of the department Of
justice in the Chicago & Alton immun-
ity matter. as we understand it now.
Promise Made by Moody.
Il can say" continued the attorney
general, that since | have occupied
this position | have never agreed 10
grant immunity to any one. The prom
ise in question was made during for
mer administration of this department
That Attorney Morrison gave the prom
ise there is no doubt, and that the a.
torney general at that time (now JUS
tice Moody was cognizant of 1t is
quite certain
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-16
SMALLPOX IN COAL VALLEY
Report That There are 10 Cases, How
ever Denied by CORRESPONDENT.

Coal Valley. Aug. 16.-It has been
stated that in Coal Valley there is Al
epidemic of smallpox. 1t is true that
a state board of health officer was here
and pronounced the disease a mild
form. 1t was said there are 10 cases.
Now the fact is that there are but two
cases that are quarantined, the Posten
family are all about their usual avocd-
tions. The two cases quarantined are
doing well and the Studer patient
never misses a meal, and in fact what
ever the disease it, the patients are
not confined to their bed 1t is we'll 10
be careful and keep close watch on
the disease but we see no cause for
alarm. All that is necessary is TO
obey the instructions of the state
board of health and physicians and
the local authorities.
A case of a similar nature in Rural
is reported. The person affected has
been working in the field every day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-16
VAST PAPER COMBINE WILL COMPLETELY CONTROL OUTPUT
Will
tory in the Counry-Trust Being Formed in Secret

Quoted under the same plan as the In
Paper company so as not
to conflict with the antitrust law.
but nevertheless a greater advance in
the price of print paper may be eX
pected than was ever made by the
General Paper company, the so-callcd
trust One manufacturer has even
predicted that the price of print paper
will be no less than 4 cents per pouni
to the jobbers and cents TO the small
er buyers within two years.
Some Bought Outright.
In combining the western mills with
the eastern plants of the International
Paper company some of the mills will
be purchased outright for cash, the
present owners retiring from the bust.
ness. Others will be taken in and the
present owners given stock TO the
amount of the appraised valuation o;
their plants. while still other manufac
turers will be given bonds in the In
ternational company which will doub:
less be recognized at almost double it.
present capitalization.
In connection with the mills abo,,'
to enter the merger timber lands il
northern Michigan, Minnesota, ant
Canada, valued at several million dol
lars. will be purchased and these witt
the woodlands now owned by the In
ternational Paper company, valued g
over, $4,000.000, will give the compan,
an almost inexhaustible supply of pull
wood.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-16
J.WELs ON WOMAN'S NECK
Search of a Year for Stolen Neck
lace is Rewarded.

st. Louis. Aug. 15.-The problem of
finding a needle in haystack was ou:
done in ST. Louis today when Mrs.
Hamilton P. Prather, 326 North Eucli,!
avenue, accomplished more difficult
task. that of recovering a necklace in
trinsically worth more than $1,000 anil
valued besides because it was an heir
LOOM For more than year Ms.
Prather has felt that she might recov-
er the valuable and today the habit If
watching the jewelry worn by wome1
was rewarded. In the flash of a street
lamp near her home Mrs. Prather saw
the heirloom on the neck of fashion
ably gowned woman, snatched it from
her throat and called the police. The
woman wearing the valuable, Mr.
George A. Menkel, 576A Debalivere ave
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-16
RULERS Meet
King Edward and Emperor
Francis Joseph of Austria
Confer at lschl.
FORMER THERE ON A VISIT
Result Is an Agreement Between Cour-
tries Over Macedonia and Nor
occo Policies.

Ischl, Austria. Aug. liking Ed
here yesterday. and as result England
and Austria reached an agreement over
the Macedonian and Moroccan question
The terms of the understanding over
Macedonia have not been made public,
although il is certain that it involves
no radical change in Austria's policy.
King Edward it is understood, assur-
ed the emperor that England would ad-
here fully to the terms of the Algeciras
convention, holding that no third party
has right to interfere in Morocco. In
other words, the duty of policing the
disturbed seacoast towns of Morocco
will be confined strictly to France and
Morocco, as provided by the Algeciras
treaty
Royal Greeting is Cordial.
Emperor Francis Joseph met his
guests at the Gmunden railroad station
and greeted them heartily. The train
Bearing the two sovereishs came in
here at noon. This royal visit is mark
| ed with an entire absence of official
display Thousands of the residents OF
Ischl and almost all the summer visi
tors gathered along the route from the
railroad station to the hotel where the
king went and gave the emperor and
| his guest a warm greeting. The route
from the station was decorated with
flags, etc. King Edward was attired il
the uniform of a colonel of Austrian
hussars
Young Girl Throws Flowers.
In front of the hotel there had gath
cred group of young girls dressed il
the picturesque Ischl costume, who
threw punches Of Alpine roses, gen
tian. and edelweiss into the royal car
riage. Several members of the impeT
ial family were at the hotel to gree
King Edward After a formal eXchang
of visits the emperor took his guest t
o family breakfast at the imperial villa
In the meantime King Edward hat
lreceived the Austro-Hungarian minis
ter of foreign affairs, with whom h
conversed for some minutes. TIL
baron then called upon Sir Charlie
Harding. permanent under secretary O
the British foreign office. and the tw
conferred at great length, both befOr
and after the breakfast.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-16

pulp and sulphite plants in connection.
with a daily output of 1,243 tons of
print and manila paper, 420 tons of
sulphite. and SIG tons of ground wood
pulp. In addition to this there are ten
pulp mills in the state with daily Ca
pacity of 134 tons of ground wood pulp
and 10S tons of sulphite on which o.
tions are said to have been secured
Work is now in progress settling tn :
valuation of these plants. Mr.. Hanra-
han, accompanied by n. NJ. Jones Of
Bangor. Me-, an expert sulphite mani
facturer; d. S. Lansing of Waterfowl,
N Y. an expert on paper making m';-
chinery. and George F.. Harding Of
New York. paper mill architect and en-
gineer. is now in Grand Rapids trying
to settle upon the purchase price of
the four mills in that city.
Are as in United states.
There are seventy-eight print paper
mills in the United States and the alb.
sorption of the mills of the middle west
by the International Paper company
/ in addition to its present great hold
inSS III lne east, Will give IL lne con
troll of over two-thirds of the print pa
per plants of the country.
The only competition that an organ
ization of this Kind would have wouit
be the Great Northern Paper con.
pany, which manufactures only a smai
percentage of the print paper made i.
the United States.
The merged company will be con
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-16
Five Thousand Made
Temporarily Homeless
at Old Orchard, Me.
LARGE AREA BURNED
Hotels and Cottages Feed
Flames Started Presumably
by an Overturned Lamp.

Old Orchard, Me, Aug. 1G-Half of
Old Orchards summer hotel and cot
tage section along the shore front was
destroyed by fire last night, the loss
probably amounting to fully $500 600,
not including all the summer toggery
lost by fully 5000 resorters, the greater
part of whom slept on shore last night.
The fire was discovered in the upper
part of the Olympia hotel about 3
o'clock and is believed to have had its
origin in an oil lamp upset by a SER
want Adjoining building containing
stores located along the board walk,
beside the Boston and Maine tracks,
soon caught fire. and from these the
flames jumped the tracks and commun.
icated with the Alberta hotel and sew
eral other large buildings near the
shore
Area of Fifty Acres AbIaze.
The Boston and Maine railroad sta
tiOn was blown up by dynamite to ar
rest the flames, but the fire marched
on unimpeded.
An area of about fifty acres along
the beach was soon blazing. In this
area We're located some of the most
popular of the hotels, all, of which were
filled to overfiowing by summer guests
One by one the Hotel Fiske. one o.
the finest on the beach. valued at $50,
900; the Hotel Emerson. valued at SIS.
600 with its furnishings: the Hotel Al
berta. the Aldine, the Lawrence house
land half dozen smaller hotels wer,
lcaught and left in ruins.
From the hotel line the flames swep
Through the cottage colony, destroyin!
more than fifty. including many valua
BILE summer residences.
Summer Guests i'm Wild Scamper.
1t was the liveliest night the summe
visitors ever had in Old Orchard. Al
the hotels were crowded and the fiigh
of the guests from the burning hotel
with as much of their possessions a
they could carry quickly had the beac
Uttered with trunks and clothes.
The Old Orchard fire department wa
utterly unable to handle the blaze, an
the firemen from Portland. Biddefor
and Saco who responded to calls 70
assistance were hampered for som
: time after their arrival by difficult
with the hose couplings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-16
TO ATTEND BUFFALO SESSION
Directors and Officers Of M. w. A. De-
part for Convention.

The board of directors of the Mod.
ern Woodmen society adjourned last
evening after allowing 332 deain
claims, amounting TO s573,S00. All the
members of the board, with Head Cor
sui Talbot and Head Clerk c. W.
Hawes will attend the meeting of the
National Fraternal congress, opening
at Buffalo, n. Y. Monday morning.
Head Consul Talbot and the boa:,l
members departed this morning for
Buffalo and Head Clerk Hawes,- a.
companied by Mrs. Hawes and the re-
mainder of the delegates from the
Woodmen society to the congress, will
depart for Buffalo either tonight or to-
morrow morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-16
LIMIT THE SCOPE
Purpose in Eddy Insanity Hear
ing to Determine Ability to
Conduct Business.
RELIGIOUS BELIEF EXEMPTED
Masters Make Ruling on important
Point After Lengthy Argument
by Counsel.

Concord. n. H., Aug. 15.-The term
general insanity" as applied to the
condition of Mrs Mary Baker G.. Eddy
by Dewitt C. Howe, counsel for tbs
plaintiffs in the accounting suit
brought against Mrs. Eddy, was for
mally withdrawn by Mr.. Howe at To-
days hearing before the masters who
are considering the question of the
Christian Science leaders competency
and who yesterday, at Mrs Eddy'>
home at Pleasant View, heard her
own story of her life and views. MI.
Howe explained that while the courts
of this and other states use the phrase
referred to to describe such a coll
dition, it is not the technical term
uesd by alienists.
Applies Only to Property.
At this point Judge Aldrich, speak.
ing for the masters, said that the
question TO be determined is that of
competence to manage the property,
not one of insanity, general delusion
or religious delusion.
"We will show Your honors," de
clared Mr.. Howe. mot a monomania
on the part of Mrs. Eddy, but a con,
dition of insanity which confirms ev
cry action of her life
Judge Aldrich asked whether the
masters had any more right to decide
against Christian Science as a religion
than against Catholicism or Spiritual
| ISM
Claims Difference.
Christian Science is a. system Of
medicine, not a religion, replied Mr.
| Howe. In so far as Christian Sc
ence is speculation it cannot be calle(
delusion, but when it is based upoT
supposed facts which can be provel
not to be facts. then it is a delusion.
Judge Aldrich asked how this MAJ
| ter of delusion was 10 be cUnnecte
with business competency. He spol:,
of the widespread belief in the efficac'
of PRAYER to alter the natural condi
tions, and asked if that was not a
much a delusion as a belief in the cur,
of disease by prayer.
Not at ALL replied Mr.. Howe
"The former is entirely a matter .
speculation; the latter is susceptible q
proof
Mr. Howe sought TO differentiate b.
tween beliefs which are speculatiy
entirely and therefore not capable ;
proof and those which are susceptible
of proof
AIdrich Makes Ruling.
The discussion as resumed at the al
ternOon session. Judge Aldrich TO
the masters made the following ruling
Eve are all of the opinion that tn
) evidence tending TO show that Mr.
Eddy is in a delusionary mental COT
diticn in respect to forces operatin
: upon her relatives and next friend
J and through them upon her busines
! is of a character to show mental in
pairment and to influence her in bu
mess affairs. is admissible. This
! limited to alleged delusions which res
sonably correct themselves with r.
: spect to the management of. propert
affairs. The majority of the boar
: think that as her alleged delusion +
: lates to conditions of mental pref
: dice. going back to 1890, it is not r
: mote"
To this ruling both sides excepted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-16
MANY INJURED IN
RAILROAD WRECKS
Missouri Pacific Special Ditched and
Burlington Fast Train Meets
Similar Fate.

Kansas City, Mo, Aug. ia Mis-
souri, Pacific special was thrown into
the ditch 200 miles south of here late
yesterday afternoon and Is people were
injured, none fatally.
Des Moines, Iowa. Aug. 16-A special
to the Register and Leader says that
the fast Burlington train, No. 6. east
bound from Denver to Chicago, was
wrecked a mile east of Russell, Iowa,
at 12:40 p. m. yesterday. injuring IL
persons, two of whom may die.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-16
Little Change Here.

The order for a general strike appar-
emily had no effect in the three cities,
for practically all the union telegra-
piers were out before it came. Com
munication continues badly interrupted
not alone from lack of operators. but
it is charged, from tampering with the
wires.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-16
HOLD BIC MEETING
Davenport German-Americans
Make Demonstration Against
Mulct Law Enforcement.
PARADE BUSINESS STREEl S
Resolutions Adopted Denouncing Cam
paign of Prosecution of Saloons
by Neal and kemmerer.

Five thousand people. including 100
whose services were donated,
took part in the street parade and DEM
Onstration by the Communications in
Davenport last evening in favor of open
saloons on Sundays and in opposition
tc the series of prosecutions Inaugural
ted by Captain C. w. Neal and C. T.
Kemmerer. The crowd assembled at
Turner hall and marched through the
principal business streets, displaying
considerable enthusiasm and display
ing tTansparencies and banners bearing
such inscriptions as
Sane laws we uphold. but insane
restrictions we will fight"
Our liberties We prize and our
rights we will maintain
Davenport is not the place for tyr
ranical Sunday laws"
The parade ended at Washington
garden, where William o. Schmidt call.
ed TO order and ex-Mayor George T
Baker was chosen chairman Address
es were made by Mayor Becker. Alder
man Ogden. Justice of the Peace w. R
Mains, Gustav Donald, editor of Del
Demokrat; eX-Mayor c. A. Ficke, and
others.
Against business and Moral Welfare.
All declared that the enforcement oi
the .mulct law to the letter would be
injurious TO the business interests anC
moral welfare of the city Resolution:
to this effect were read and adopted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-16
TEACHERS SCHOOL
Program for Annual County In
Stitute is Announced by
Superintendent
TO BE HELD AUG. rs TO 80
Daily Lectures to Be Given by Able In
structors-C!ass for Beginners
is Arranged.

Final arrangements have been made
by County Superintendent S. J. Fe.:-
suson for the annual teachers insti-
tute of Rock Island county which will
be held at the local high school build
ing Aug. 26 to 50. The instructors
that have been procured for the mee:-
ing are DR.. Charles A. Shaver of AL
bany. n. Y; DR.. Charles A. McMurry
of California. Pa. and E. l.. Philbrook
of this city.
The daily program will be as fo.-
lows:
9:15 to 10-Music.
10 to 10:45-Lecture. DR.. Charles y.
Shaver.
1885 to 11:4O-Lecture, DR. Charles
A. McMurry.
Noon.
Las TO General exercises.
to 2:45-Lecture, DR.. Charles A
McMurry.
2:55 to 3:40-Lecture, Dr. Charles
A. Shaver.
A class for beginners will be con
Quoted each day at l O'Clock by County
Superintendent Ferguson. A distri2l
teachers meeting will be held Wei
nesday afternoon at 3:45.
Subjects of Lectures.
The subjects of DR. Shaver's lee
| lures will be Ideals, why Som
| Teachers FAIL, Freshness in Teacn
ing, Waste in Education. "Charac
teristics of Good Teaching" "FivC
Periods in American History. DR.. NJ
Murry will have charge of the reading
and literature and Professor Philbroo'
| will be in charge of the music.
In the notices sent out by Mr.. Fer
guson containing the program he says
Let each teacher. also the one win
wishes to teach. show that he or sh
is alive professionally by hearing eac
and every one of these lectures, there
by gaining the help and inspiration
which these lectures will contain"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-16

Appleton. Wis, Aug. 15.-The Inter
national Paper company, incorporated
under the laws of the state of New
York in February, 1898. with an auth
orized capital stock of $11S, 600 900, Is
now perfectng a merger of the mills
of Wisconsin, Minnesota. and Mich
igan, the greatest paper manufactu :
ing district west of the Allegheny
mountains. at an expenditure of from
$50. 100000 to $50,000,000.
John G. Hanrahan of New York, who
successfully engineered the merger IF
the thirty mills of the east into the IN
ternational Paper company, as we'll as
the twenty-five mills of the American
Writing Paper company, has secured
options on practically every print pa
per, manila fiber, sulphite, and groun
wood pulp mill in Wisconsin. Michigan
and Minnesota, and with corps of ap-
praiserS is now at work fixing. the
value of the plants to be taken into til !
merger. When the negotiations are
completed the International Paper con-
pany will control the print paper MAJ
ket of the United States and will BE-
able to command its own prices.
Options on Thirty.
These statements were made by on.
of the most prominent paper and pulp
manufacturers of the middle west
who is directly interested in the gigaa
tic deal. He said that options hav,
been obtained on thirty print and fibol
mills, most of which have ground wooC
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-16
TOLD OF HIS MOTHERS END
Railroad Telegrapher Near Sioux City
Refuses Message.

Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 15.-Willia n
Reynolds. railway telegrapher az
Mapieton, near Sioux City on the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail-
way. refused yesterday TO take tele-
gram from a nonunion operator at Ce-
dar Rapids. Later he was called by
long distance telephone and told th1t
his mother was dead at Cedar Rapids,
it being the message he had refused
to receive by telegraph.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-16
President Small Of Com.
merciaI TeIegraphers,
Calls Out All Men.
MISSES BIG CITIES
Companies Claim to Be Stead
lily increasing Forces In
New York and Chicago

New York. Aug. 1G-Up to noon to-
day the order for a general strike is,
sued at Chicago last night by Presi-
dent Small of the Commercial Telegra-
pliers had met with no response from
the men at work at the Western Union.
Postal, and Associated Press offices
here
Increase Forces.
Chicago, Aug. 16.-The general strike
order given last night by President
Small of the telegraphers has caused
no change in the local situation. The
Postal and Western Union have in
creased the number of men in their of
fees on the board of trade. Improve
ment was noted in the service of the
Associated Press. Efforts to bring
about peace have so far met with fiat
failure.
General Order Issued.
Chicago. Aug. 1G.-S. J. Small, presi-
dent of the Commercial Telegraphers'
union, at 2:30 this morning issued a
general order to all commercial teleg-
raphers to cease work Immediately
where contracts with the union have
not been signed.
Sees Other Leaders.
Chicago. Aug, 1G.-President Small OF
the telegraphers' organization arrived
in Chicago early in the evening and an
hour later was in conference with
Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation of Labor; George
w Perkins. president of the cigarmaLi-
ers, and Wesley Russell. national sec
retary of the telegraphers' union.
Labor Commissioner Neill will leave
Washington this afternoon. He tooj
no part in the conference and said that
he would make no effort to do so unit
a request for such action had beer
made.
During the day both telegraph com
panies made material increase in thei
board of trade force, and the accession
was greeted with lusty cheers by tn,
traders.
Road Offers Strikers Work.
Denver, COL Aug. 1G-The Union Pa
cific, through the chief clerk of Super
intendent Korty of Omaha. has offere,
work to all of the $50 operators OF
strike in Denver and declares there i
room for $50 more.
About a dozen men accepted the Ol
ters to go out of town, but the majorit
are so certain Of satisfactory Settl5
ment of the strike that they are nc
availing themselves of the opportunity
officials wives at Keys.
Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 1G.-Pittsbur
remains in communication with tn
rest of the country Biographical
chiefly because of three women, tn
wives of the officials in the Office {
the Western Union company her
They are Mrs. E. b. Saylor, wife of tn
superintendent; Mrs n. E. Church. wit
of a local manager, and Mrs. Schille
wife of the night wire chief Thes
women were operators before their ma
riage Two days work has taken I'll
kinks from their fingers, and last nigl
the three women set the pace for ;
other operators.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-16
LONG TRUSTED But FALLS
!. Warren Hastings Held for Sub
Treasury EmbezzIement.

Boston. Aug. 16.-J. Warren Hast
ings, for many years a trusted EN-
ploye of the subtreasury here, was
arrested today on the charge of en-
bezzling $4,000 in cash last June.