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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-10
Is STEAMER PONCE
SAFE AFTER ALL?
Wireless Message intercepted at Pen
sacoIS Believed to Be From
Missing Ship.

New York, Jan. 1O.-Hope for the
safety of the steamer Ponce, now 10
days overdue from Porto Rico. was re-
vived late last night by news from Pen
sacOla, Fla. that a wireless message
had been intercepted there believed TO
be from passengers of the Ponce. con-
veying the greetings of the season to
Governor Winthrop of Porto Rico.
Norfolk, Va, Jan. 1O-The United
States revenue cutters Mohawk and
Onondaga which have been searching
for the overdue steamship Ponce, have
returned to Virginia capes. both re-
porting they have been unable to learn
anything of the missing vessel.
New London. Conn. Jan. 1O.--In n
dense fog two steamers grounded yes
terday on Fishers Island, a two mast
er on the north side near North Hum
mock, and a three master on the south
side. Both vessels can be seen from
shore, and. with the sea running high.
they are in danger of pounding to
pieces. The Scott Wrecking COM
pany's tug Alert has been sent ont TO
the three master and is working
near it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-10

Pittsburg, Jan. 10.-As a result OF
last nights explosion of molten metal
at the Eliza furnace of the Jones &
Laughlin company. Limited, the char
red trunks of seven men are at the
morgue and II badly burned and Grip
pied foreigners are in the hospitals.
while anxious workers are digging
through a mass of steel and cinders for
the bodies of several more who are
still missing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-10

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-10
PitifuI scenes Mt Morgue.

OF the injured. three will probably
die. Scenes at the morgue today were
pathetic. as the building was besieged
by a constant stream of relatives Of
the unfortunates who lost their lives
in the accident.
Bodies OF the victims were badly
burned and almost unrecognizable. but
despite this five of the seven taken
out have been identified
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-11
Japanese Are Disguised.

Tokio.-The report from Washing
ton attributing the proposed sending
of sixteen battleships to the Pacific
coast to Admiral Dewey's private plan,
is generally disbelieved here by those
whose knowledge and experience en-
title their opinion to some attention.
The United States is not known to
possess naval bases in the Pacific ade-
quate for such purpose and the impress
sion prevails that the sending Of SO
large a squadron where sufficient rem
devious does not exist would simply
mean that the vessels would be an
rasy prey to torpedo boats and destroy
erS.
Should sixteen battleships be so en-
ployed as to disprove this impression
4 record breaking naval feat will have
to be accomplished.
Seoul-lnquiry shows that general
disgust is the main effect among Japa-
nese here as result Of the conspiracy
IN sending a Korean deputation to The
Hague. the Geographic disclosures CT
which interrupted the Korean EN-
peror's profuse assurances to Marquis
Ito of his confidence in him and his
reform plans and especially his sup
posed ardent desire for a sincere or
SanlZatlOn OF the CaDlnet. Marquis ITO
is greatly disappointed and must now
proceed in face of the Emperor's in
trigue which has falsely elated large
section of the upper classes who are
now anticipating a miracle in Korea.
Measures intended to rid the palace
Of foreign and native mischief makers
and adventures were introduced by
the Japanese in the Cabinet last Mon
day. but Marquis Ito despairs of saw
ing the Emperor himself and the ad-
ministration is disposed to contine its
appeal to the people. Although Ito's
administrative machinery is incapable
of administering justice to the Koreen
people. Japan has executively and in
the matter CT creating base of opera
tons and establishing highway to
Manchuria, been striliingly successful
In Korea
Marquis Ito declared that it would
require ten years to produce a mod
arn government in Korea. while local
governors say that it will take three
years to d;spcse of the abuses and out
RACES resulting from the contact of the
Koreans with the japanese. The lat
ter are estimated to be now 100000
strong in Korea
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-11
The Public PRINTING EVIL.

Observation-Disclosures are stored in
the basement Of the capitol in the old
government printing Office, in the
Baltby building, in the old car barns
and in two rented warehouses more
than $500 tons of documents and re.
ports-enou2h TO fill freight train more
than three miles long, according tG
Victor l.. Rickett, secretary of the
printing investigation commission APP
pointed two years ago. In addition to
its own storage capacity, the govern.
ment is paying $1S,500 a year in rent
ais. A large proportion of these docu.
ments are obsolete.
The joint committee on printing cut
of this year nearly million volumes
of the congressional printing alone,
and in this the committee only touched
the waste which was piling up in the
warehouses to rot. 1t cost the govern
ment millions of dollars for labor and
material to no useful purpose.-New
York World.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-11
Little Brown Men Slip In.

Washington.-The Department of
Commerce and Labor is having hard
time in enforcing the law regarding
the exclusion of Japanese laborers and
coolies. The little brown men, it is re-
ported are being struggled into the
United States by the hundreds from
Mexico. In British Columbia similar
conditions of affairs exist. The pro-
visions of the law relating to the ex-
clusion of the Japanese and substan-
TALLY the same as those relating to ad-
mission of Chinese laborers and
coolies, but as matter of fact the law
is almost a dead letter because the
means of its enforcement are lacking.
At the big ports the government can
keep a close watch, but on the desc
late border lines of Mexico and British
Columbia the officials are practically
helpless Today in Mexico there are
thousands of Japanese awaiting an op-
portunity to slip across the border.
Once here it is impossible to trace
them.
The Cinnamon, when they come to
this country, must identify themselves
by means of photographs and pass
ports. None Of these restrictions are
put on the Japanese coolies. Secretary
Strauss Is trying to solve the problem
of how to keep the Japanese out and
may decide to establish patrol on the
Mexican border with mounted men.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-11
Made Sure He Was Dead.

New York.-James Green Yelling
ton of Corning, New York, died sud
denly of heart disease at Avon. New
Jersey. He was seventysiX years old.
He had a horror of being buried alive
and several years ago made his
brother, DR.. James F. Wellington,
promise to use every known test upon
his body before giving his consent to
burial. The doctor promised if he
survived TO carry out Mr.. Wellingtons
wishes.
So the body was carried in and
placed in be- beside DR.. Wellington,
who is now bedridden, and who for
fourteen years has been an invalid
The examination of the body was
painstaking. Not until DR.. Wellington
was absolutely assured of death after
half an hour expended in the closest
scrutiny. did he give consent to turn
The body over to the undertaken.
Fer Many years Mir. Wellington
was engaged in the banking business
at Corning. He served as mayor and
treasurer of the town
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-11
How tn. VILLAGE Progressed.

well, well!" exclaimed the man
who had wandered back to the village.
$50 the Eagle house is still the Eagle
mousse? No change after twenty
years"
There hey been few changes" as
serted the oldest inhabitant with some
ascerbity. Since you've been gone the
hotel hez been respectively the Grand
Union, the Grand Central, the Grand
Junction, the Great Northern, the
Great Southern, the Imperial, the Re
gal, the Empire, the Monarch, the
Prince Of Wales, the Regent, an few
other royalties which | disrecollect,
the Mansion house six times an the
Eagle house seven. the latter happonin'
to be its proud patronymic at present
writin'. Plunkville, my Travelled friend,
hain't so ALFRED behind the times Ell
you seem to Notwithstanding
Herald.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-11
PLAvMATes HID UNDER WATER
pitifui Story Of How Three Children
Found Watery Graves.

Fort Collins. Colo.-Willie Fortune,
a sixteen-year-old boy, while strug-
fling desperately to rescue his thir-
teen-year-old sister and her compan-
ion. Eva McCarty, aged awelve, who.
while wading In Curtis lake, got into
deep water, was carried under to his
death and with him went the two girls.
1t is believed that one of the girls
stepped into hole where the water is
ten feet deep and the other went to
her rescue. Neither of them could
swim and when the brother went to
their aid the girls grabbed him and
rendered him helpless, the three going
to the bottom.
The children, with consent of their
mother, went to the lake at 8 O'Clock
and shortly before noon. Tootsie. a
four-year-old daughter of Mrs. Fortune,
walked into the house crying and said
that her brother and sister had hid and
would not let her play. She was in
sistent that her mother compel the
other children to allow her to join in
the play. and led her toward the lake.
The mother. thinking that the other
children were hiding from the baby, ac
companied the child and. when in sight
of the water. the little one pointed to
ahC odlu lhdl llCi DIolhSl anu
sister were hiding under the water and
would not come out when she called
them.
The mother. terror stricken, ran
down to the bank of the lake, where
she found the dresses of the girls and
their hats. She then ran back to the
house and gave the alarm.
A boat was secured and the bodies
found close together under ten feet of
water. The girls had donned overalls
like the brother for wading in the
iake. The bodies were brought to the
surface and brought to town. The
:rowning of the girls is a particularly
sad affair. as the mother. who was en-
ployed as housekeeper for H. d. Clark,
a young ranchman. loved her children
and frequently remarked that they
were all she had to live for. She is a
woman of refinement.
Some months ago Mrs. Fortune Sc
cured divorce from Dave Fortune
and was given the custody of the chill
iren. She is PROSTATE with grief and
were it not for the little tot who told
her of the drowning her friends fear
that her reason would be detroned.
Eva McCarty is a daughter of Jacob
McCarty of La Porte avenue, and was
n close friend of the Fortune children
and the families visited each other fire
quently.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-11
Killing Men by Thousands.

Tapachula. MeXico.-It is learned
that more than one thousand men have
suffered death in Guatemala the last
few months for alleged unfriendliness
toward the Cabrera administration.
Most of the victims belonged to the
lower class and no cutlery has reached
the outside world over their fate.
More wholesale arrests of men of
prominence have Just been made at
the instance of Cabrera. In many
cases the prisoners are men of wealth
and prominence in professional and
business circles in the country.
Late arrivals from Guatemala renort
that DR.. Flores, one of the men SEN
fenced to death for alleged completely
in the recent plot to kill President Ca
brera, is a brother of Oleganto Flores.
minister of public works of Mexico.
Guatemala refugees here think the oX-
ecution of Flores will bring the trou-
HE between Mexico and Guatemala to
q crisis
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-11
ROAD AeENTe PUT TO FLIGHT.
One crut-voiced Cripple Sends Six
Bandits on Rum

Boulder, Colo.oThat the day of the
road agent" supposed to have passed
never to return in Colorado, has not
given entirely away to more modern
methods of plundering, became appar-
enc wnen six heavily-armed and
masked men held up the Boulder
Nederland stage in Boulder canon.
That they secured nothing was due to
the sudden appearance of r. e. Hug
CERT, the riding boss of the Colorado
Eastern Power Company, who, al
through crippled and small in stature,
is known as a hard-handed boss in all
the section camps of the West.
Git out of here." exclaimed Huggert,
when he saw the passengers with their
hands up, and drawing a revolver he
charged the robbers. They turned and
fed up the rocky walls of the canon.
That's h of bunch of holsters
for man to stick up his hands for"
remarked Huggert, eyeing several
brawny miners who had stuck"
theirs up promptly. Then, he rode on
without waiting Tor thanks.
The holdup occurred at point in
the canon about eight miles from
Boulder. and considered as safe
place as Sixteenth street in Denver at
noon
The daily Nederland stage filed
with passengers on their way to
Boulder to spend their bank rolls on
the Fourth of July rounded bend in
the road at a gallop, with Driver j. r.
Carmack On the box. Six men sprang
from the underbrush, and while fou.
OF them caught the horses orioles the
otLer two covered the driver with
rifles. The passengers, ordered to
alieht, did 50 with alacrity. Hands
up commanded the leader, and just
then Huegert arrived, the robbers and
the victims having failed to hear the
sound of his horses hoofs in the CON
fusion.
Huggert, the rescuer. who declined
to be hero, is a cripple about five
feet eight inches tall. with voice
calculated to inspire terror. Huggert
knows this. and uses it to good effect
in controlling the rough men whom he
handles. Huggert also carries gun,
to use when his elequence has not the
proper force. He was caught without
it by gang at Nederland this spring,
who had been awaiting just such a
change. Huggert managed to fight his
way to his tent ana secured the
"SepoH, anu lAieh, RACING lie llquor-
m2ddened crowd. said. briefly. but
forcibly. that he would shoot the first
man that disobeved orders. The
mutinv was Guelled then and there.
According to his friends. he does not
know what fear means. He is also a
| man of few words and declined to say
| anything in regard to the rescue to-
day.
The sheriff is inclined to believe
that the bandits are discharged section
| hands. who had the fear of Huggert
drilled in them from past experience
| and that the sound of his voice was
more terrifying to them than any
amount of resistance by others would
| have been.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-11
Big Fire and No Water.

Fort Morgan, Colo.-The new ware
house OF the Farmers Implement Com
pany was burned to the ground, entail
ing loss of $4,000. This warehouse
had just been completed and was filled
with all kinds of farmers implements,
all of which were totally destroyed. 1t
is supposed that the fire was caused by
sparks from a Burlington engine,
which had been switching in the yards.
The building might have been saved
had the fire department had any water.
but the city is putting down three new
wells near the standpipe, which holds
nearly million gallons Of water, and
nearly all of the water was out Of the
etandpipe, SO that there was no pres
sure. The insurance on the stock was
$4,000.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-11
Wyoming Stage Horses Mistreated.

The condition of the stage horses on
he line between Cody and Meteetse,
Wyoming, is said to be such as to en-
cage the attention of two state bu
reaus of child and animal protection
and the second assistant postmaster
general
Oliver e. Tuft, a former agent of the
Colorado board. who is now travelling
salesman. notified Secretary II. X.
whitehead of the condition of the
horses, which he said was deplorahle
In the extreme. Their shoulders were
bleeding from the harness and the
small number used on the line made
it necessary to work the disabled
horses almost constantly
While he has no jurisdiction over
this matter. Secretary Whitehead SO
interested for the reason that 1t was
through the Colorado board that the
postal authorities first took up this
question ana adopted as one of their
regulations that all horses or mules
carrying the mails must be able for the
work and properly cared for. These
regulations provide that the cruel
treatment of an animal while in the
performance of service will be consid-
cred cause for imposing fine on the
contractor or requiring the dismissal
of the driver
whitehead at once notified the Wy
rming Bureau of Child and Animal
Protection. which he assisted in or
ganizing, of the situation. He also
wrote a letter to the second assistant
postmaster general.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-11
viii Pardon a Native Son.

AS fitting dedication of the first
Colorado Day to be observed under the
new law. Governor Buchtel is to issue
a pardon to Colorado boy or man
confined either in the State Reforma
tory or the penitentiary.
c. f. Hagar. secretary of the Site
Board of Pardons is president OF the
Sons of Colorado. After Governor
Buchtel's declaration to the rris0"e"s
at the penitentiary that he desired to
Issue a pardon or grant a con~'ntH-
ton of sentence on each legal holiday,
lIasar conceived the idea that suca an
extension of clemency should fall on
this day to some prisoner who was a
'Sative of this state He suggested tAis
tlan to Governor Buchtel, and it met
with his hearty approval.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-11
VIII Help HayWocd.

Forth thousand dollars month.
This is the amount pledged for the
Meyer Haywood Fettibone defense
fund by the convention of the Western
Federation of Miners Just preceding
its final adjournment at Denver.
The money is to be raised BIZ a
monthly asse ssment CT 81 against each
member. 1t is to continue in definitely.
II was the concensus of opinion that
II this is not Sufficient. the rank and
file will contribute twice that sum
without murmur.
The federation has not less than 49,
900 members in ~cod standing earning
an average of 8 per day each. This
aggregates $4,000 month of worl:
ing days
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-11

II Charles Dana Gibson doesn't like
the stage Gibson girls. what Is he go
ing to say about the Gibson pictures
that are burnt on sofa pillows by anna
teur pyromaniacs?
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-11
coIorado's Crop of Tourists Increase.

Regardless of the long railroad pas
seneer schedules pat in effect between
Chicago and Denver there are mere
tourists in the state this summer than
ever before at this time of the year.
Since June LIST people have been CON-
ing by the thousands from the East
The Colorado Railway Association
reports an increase of tnnteen ana
one-haif per cent. i'll the tourist travel
TO Colorado for the month OF June, and
yer.
The figures for the month of June,
compared TO last year. follow:
June, 1906. June, 1907.
Denver tourists 80. C,I0O 1918
Colorado Springs =. 2.4lS 2,743
Pueblo. .......... 1860 ZIG
Total. ..........10,77S 12,171
This does not include 5000 p~rsons
en- route TO the Pacific coast, who
stopped over in Denver during The
month. 1t is estimated that but halt
that number bound for the coast
stopped in Denver last June. -.
1t will be noticed that 91S more tour
lists arrived in Denver during the
month of June this year than last
year. There We're 1893 more tourists in
Denver. Colorado Springs and Pueblo
than last year
Denver hotel men say that there
are almost as many tourists in Den.
yer now as there were last August,
Which month Is one of the best tourist
months in the year. For the past two
weeks the hotels have been crowded.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-11

"Why is hat always chosen as a bet
between gentlemen" asks an English
humorist. For the same reasc, that
. girl always stakes box Of candy
when she makes wager
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-11

The short apple crop has one thing
to commend 1t. There will be fewer
hard-cider Tags" reported next win.
ter.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-11-21

The jury in Chittenden county court in
the case OF State VS.. DR.. III. II. Read,
charged with cruelty treating q horse, re-
turned verdict of not guilty Nov. IL
and the respondent was Immediately dis
charged. This was the much controvert-
ed case involving the alleged cruel treat
ment of a horse by the respondent. The
incident occssioned vide interest year
and a half ago because of the prominence
of the respondents wife, Mrs. Ida IL.
Read, president Of the w. c. t. U. in
Vermont.
The horse in question was taken away
from DR.. Read in Burlington March 20,
1906, by John Fuller, agent of the Bur
lington Humane society. The animal,
which had been driven from Burlington
to Sbelburne, was suffering from trou-
Bile in the ankle of one hind foot and
walked with difficulty. The horse was
shot two days later by Mr.. Fuller. A
preliminary hearing was held in city
court a few weeks later and a conviction
was obtained, DIR. Read being fined go
and costs. No testimony was introduced
by the defense and the case was at once
appealed to county court.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-11-21
Verdict of sss.45 Against Howard.

4 verdict for the state TO recover $50. 40
| from George 7. Howard, the former Yer
| mont railroad commissioner, was rem
! dered in Orleans county court Thursday,
the case, civil action, having been on
trial for three days. The jury deliberated
| for about two hours, reporting al 6
O'Clock, and had little difficulty, it is I'M
| derstood, in reaching an agreement.
Suit was brought for the state to recov-
er several amounts, aggregating $500,
paid to Mr.. Howard while he was acting
| as railroad commissioner, and which, il
was alleged, were not for personal expens-
es, as represented, but for his personal
| benefit. Attorney-General Clarke c. Fits
of Brattleboro and Edward \. Cook Of
Newport, states attorney of Orleans coun-
ty, conducted the prosecution, while w.
B. c. Stickney of Bethel, Alexander Dun
nett of st. Johnsbury and Young x
Young of Newport appeared for Mr.
Howard
At the opening of the trial, the after
ney-general sought to amend the specifica-
tions by adding another item of s9l, but
this was disallowed by Judge W. w.
Miles. Various specifications OF over
charging brought out in the suit aggre-
gated nearly 5000 items. It was claimed
by the state that Mr.. Howard charged for
50 days work 1T the rate of IS a day,
amounting to 1880. The other specifica-
tions included So charges of $3.50 each
for hotel bills at Hardwick, covering each
time a full day before the hotel was
reached; telephone charges, s11.3O; team
hire between Hsrdwick and Craftsbur
20 items of q each, and ten other expense
items. One expense item taken up at the
trial was 1925, representing a bill at the
Van Ness House, Burlington. June rs,
1906, for Mrs. Howard. The hotel regis
ter was produced in evidence. Mr.. How
ard explained while on the stand that he
was sick at the time and that his wife had
to attend him. State Auditor Horace F.
Graham testified regarding the method of
paying the expense accounts of state Off
GERS. He said the charge for riding by
stage was rated at 10 cents, but that all