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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-04
LETTERS FROM ROCK
ISLANDER IDENTIFY
Professor Carl Busch Killed by North
western Train at Sterling For
mer Tutor of Nobility.

Letters written by W. H. Dilworth
of this city were the means of iden-
tifying the remains of Professor Carl
Busch, a college Instructor, who was
killed by a Northwestern passenger
train near Sterling yesterday morn
ing just after midnight The dead
man, who was past middle age. had
started to walk from Franklin Grove
TO Sterling and was struck in the
back and hurled 80 yards, being in
stantly killed. Whether he became
confused or courted death is not
known. The dead man was former
tutor of Mr.. Dilworth at Antioch col,
lege at Yellow Springs, Ohio. He
had been out of employment for some
time. He was born in Germany and
was highly educated. having been pri-
vate tutor in a number of the noble
families of that country before coming
to America.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-04
SECOND BILL DIES
Vreeland Currency Measure is
Dropped by House Com
mittee on Finance.
WANT A WEEK TO CONSIDER
Republican Leaders Framing Up
Something Acceptable to Caucus
Called for Tomorrow.

Washington, May 4.-The house
committee on banking and currency
today voted 13 to to lay the new
Vreeland financial bill on the table
Chairman Fowler will today request
Speaker Cannon to grant the commit
tee a week for the discussion of all
pending currency measures under the
ordinary rules of the house.
Republican Leaders Busy.
Washington, May Republican
leaders of the house were busy today
trying to agree upon a currency meas
ure which will be acceptable TO the
republican caucus TO be held tomor-
row night, many of them favoring the
bill prepared by Representative Payne
which provides that national banks
may procure additional circulation by
deposit of United States bonds or GER
tificates of Indebtedness as authorized
by the act of June Is. 1898. the time
of extra circulation being limited by
the secretary of the treasury.
Senate Takes Up Appropriations.
Washington. May Reconsideration
of the sundry civil appropriation bill
was resumed in the house today The
senate passed the house resolution ap-
propriating $25O.000 for the relief of
sufferers from the cyclone in Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana
April "a.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-04
HINDU BOMBS
FOR RULERS OF
THE COUNTRY
Plot to Murder Gen.
Kitchener and Other
Europeans Found.

Calcutta, May 4.-Police are inyesti-
eating a native plot revealed here yes
terday to murder Europeans by means
of bombs. The further they go into
the matter the more serious and wide
spread does the conspiracy appear.
Aimed at Kitchener.
Documents seized at the house where
the bombs and explosives were being
manufactured revealed it was part of
a plot to kill Lord Kitchener, com
mander-in-chief of the British forces
i'll India. and other high officials The
authorities believe they are facing an
attempt at revolution. Sensational ar
rests are expected.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-04
PLANNING LEAGUE
Local Option Resolutions Urge
Better Organization and
Call for a Meeting.
JOINT SESSION is HELD
Rock Island and Moline Workers Dis
cuss Stuation-Conventio at Y.
M. c. A. Here May ID.

A movement for the more thorough
organization of the local option forces
of the county was started in Moline
yesterday, at joint meeting of the
Rock Island and Moline local option
leagues, at the First Congregational
church. There were between 800 and
400 people present at the meeting, and
addresses were made by Mrs. w. w
Bearby of Moline, Mrs. Marion Hum
phreys,- Rev. w. B. Clemmer and Rev.
w. S. Marquis of this city, Rev. Paul
w. Brown and August Brisman of Mo-
line. DR.. Marquis presided as chair
man of the meeting.
Call Another Meeting.
During the afternoon resolutions
were adopted urging steps toward 4
county organization and calling meet
ing for Thursday morning, May IA, a
the Y. NJ C. a in this city, for tina
purpose. The resolutions are as fol
J lows:
Whereas, The battle with the or
ganized liquor traffic under the loca
option law has been crowned will
such signal success in large portions
Iof the state; and,
Whereas, Our local struggle and de
feat have served to reveal the strength
of the enemy, which we cannot hope
to overcome except by the most deter
be it
Resolved, That it be the sense o.
this joint meeting of the Local Option
leagues of Moline and Rock Island
that the situation before us demands
the organization of local optior
league in every village, city and town
ship of the county. to educate, agitatt
and concentrate public opinion agains
the saloon and in favor of the loca
option law.
Resolved. That we hereby extend /;
call to the friends of the local optiol
law in Rock Island county, to attent
meeting in the auditorium of the Y. nj
c. A. in Rock Island, Thursday, May IA
lat 10 a. m. to consider the organization
of county local option league. w,
suggest that this meeting be a public
meeting open to all who may desire {,
attend; but that every local option
league. or similar organization now or
ganized, be urged to send at leas
| three delegates" @
Invitations were sent out this morn
ing. asking the different societies {,
send delegates to the meeting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-04
WOODMEN OF STATE
TO HOLD CONVENTION
Rock Island Delegates and Head Of
fieers Depart for East ST. Louis
to Attend Session.

The delegates from this city, James
Mcnamara, G. j. Searle, ID. II. Smith
and d. G. White, to the Illinois head
camp meeting of the M. w.
A. at East ST. Louis, go to-
morrow evening. There are about
800 delegates to the state camp.
Besides routine business, they will
endorse Major C. w. Hawes for reelec-
ton as head clerk, and will endorse a
candidate for Director Reiley's place.
The state camp will have 10S delegates
to the head camp which convenes June
16, at Peoria.
A. j. Rutledge of Elgin and S. s,
Tanner of MINER are the leading can
didates for dictatorship.
A number OF Woodmen from the
head office in this city will also at
tend the state convention Wednes-
day. Among them are f. o. Van Gal
der and Louis Riley. who are already
There, DR.. E. L. Kerns, head physi.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-04
JEWISH COLONIAL
TRUST SUSTAINED
English Court Refuses to Interfere
With Plans for Promoting the
Welfare of the Jews.

London, May 4.-The petition of the
Jewish colonial trust asking power
from court to restrain its operation
in Palestine was dismissed this morn
ing by the court of chancery The
trust has a capital of 100000 pounds
which has been subscribed with the
object of promoting the welfare of
the Jewish race in all parts of the
world.
The managers of the trust contend
ed that the colonization of Palestine
and the neighboring territory was
.the great ideal of Zionism and the
only object worth entertaining.
Israel Zangwill and other dissenters
bitterly opposed the proposed scheme
of limitation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-04
CHURCH and MAN
Judge r. w. OImsted Speaks
for Brotherhood at First
Methodist Services.
RECALLS HENRY GEORGE
Applies Statement in New York Cam
paign to the Work Before Re-
Iigious Societies.

"The Church and the Man" was the
subject of an address last evening at
the First Methodist church by County
Judge r. w. Olmsted. The services
were in charge of the Brotherhood of
the church. Judge Olmsted in his ad-
dress stated that the idea of his re-
marks was suggested by the Tri-City
Social Service club, the president of
which is Jewish rabbi, and the mem
Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant faith.
Judge Olmsted likened the church to
tree, the trunk of which is the Jew
ish church, and the three main branch
es of which are the Grecian, Roman
Catholic, and Protestant churches.
The foliage was likened to the many
institutions following in athe wake of
the church, such as schools, hospitals,
and homes.
For All Men.
The Judge presented the idea that
there should be some common ground
on which all branches of religion may
meet for higher moral standards.
Speaking of the man, the speaker
pointed out that man is the highest OF
the -animal kingdom, and that the ami
NAL kingdom is superior to the vegeta
BILE or mineral kingdoms. In man is
the highest nature, intellectual and
moral, and the church has always la
bored to develop this nature. In clos
ing, Judge Olmsted Illustrated his idea
[by telling of the first mayoralty cam
paign in New York, when Henry
George, speaking before an audience
of 1aboring men. said emphaticalls
twice, Il never said | was for the la
boring men," and, after a pause, said
IL am for men," The judge applied
this idea to the church. and held thai
the church should be for men, and mo-
for any particular class of men.
Judge e. c. Graves of Geneseo viii
be the speaker at the next service O
the Brotherhood, next month.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-04
Occupation of Jurado on Ameri-
can Advice Has Given
0ffense.
RuuoRs OF INTRIGUE
Reported Two Of the Countries
Are Preparing to Make
War on Other.

Carthagena. Colombia, May 4.-The
government at Colombia has reason
to believe the government at Panama
is intriguing with Venezuela to de-
clare war upon this country. 1t is
known that the occupation of Jurado
on the boundary line between Pan
anna and Colombia has angered the
Panama government.
America's Advice Taken.
The occupation of Jurado was done
on advice of the American govern
ment, which held it was clearly with
in Colombian territory.
One of Secretary Taft's chief mis-
sions to Panama is to try to adjust
the matter. =
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-04
ORATORIO TO GIVE
G0UNOD'S "GALLIA"
Lamentation of French Composer is to
Be Sung at Augustana College
Thursday Evening.

"Gallia," a lamentation into which
Gounod. the French composer. put the
strong feeling of chastened hope Of
his nation following the Franco-P Prus-
sian war, will be rendered by the
Handel Oratorio society at Augustana
college Thursday evening. The great,
soprano solo, Jerusalem! Jerusalem!"
which is universal favorite wherever
oratorios are rendered viii be sung by
the renowned soprano, Miss Grace
Ames. No such composition of equal
breyity has been more widely sung or
more deservedly popular. This will
give the public an occasion to hear
one of Gounod's most successful COM
positions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-04
Wife Willing to GO on Stand
as Witness 10 Aid in
Securing Liberty
NAY NOT ACCEPT AID
Case Comes Up in Supreme
Court in Proceedings on
Habeas. Corpus.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y, May Harry
X. Thaw's fight for liberty continued
here today when proceedings based
upon the writ of habeas corpus, taken
up at the instance of Thaw, was be.
gun in the supreme court. Before the
opening of court Peabody of Thaw's
counsel said Evelyn Thaw, who has
not seen her husband for over two
months, had offered to appear as a
witness in Thaw's behalf, but it had
not been determined whether her testi-
Inony is necessary or not.
Oppose Removal of Case.
All attempts on the part of the New
York authorities to have the case re-
moved from Dutchess county will be
bitterly opposed by Thaw's lawyers.
Few Were Admitted.
As the capacity of the court room is
not more than 200, only those holding
admission tickets were admitted. A
score of women, were among the seek
ers. Thaw reached the court room in
custody of DR.. Amos T. Baker, acting
superintendent of the Matteawan asy-
lum, and two attendants.
Quarters i'm Jail.
1t has been decided Thaw shall not
be returned to the asylum while the
hearing is in progress, but shall be
confined in the Duchess county Jail
.Thaw expressed pleasure at the de-
cision.
Refuses to Transfer.
Judge Morschauser denied the mo-
ton to transfer the hearing to New
York county. The proceedings ad-
journed until next Monday. In the
meantime the judge will sit in New
York to hear the peoples testimony
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-04
JOHNSON WILL TAKE
ONLY FIRST PLACE
Minnesota Governor Denies That He
Is Possibility for Vice Presi-
Dental Nomination.

Washington, May 4.-Rumors of
combinations with the end in view of
nominating Governor Johnson of Min
nesota for vice president on the demo
cratic ticket wefe denied today at
Johnson headquarters where the fol-
lowing statement was given out:
Johnson is in the race for the presi-
DENTAL nomination. and if by any
chance. he fails to get the presidential
domination he will not under any cir.
cumstances accept the vice presiden.
tial nomination. .
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-04

His campaign managers contend that
the majority will exceed 50,00Q Re
turns have been received from 500
voting precincts of the 5000 precincts
in the state; on these reports he has a
majority of $4,000. These 500 pre-
cincts are located in thesmore thickly
settled sections and represent approx
imately one-half of the vote cast.
Delegates His Friends.
Next to his own success the most
gratifying feature of the result to Mr..
Bailey was that practically all the 80
district delegates will be his friends.
There is but one congressional dis
trict, the Twelfth, where there is any
serious doubt as to the complexion Of
the county conventions that will meet
Tuesday to send delegates to the state
and district conventions.
The outlook now is that the entire
Texas delegation to Denver, Sc mem
bers, will be composed of Bailey and
his friends, and at least "a of them
will be of that complexion. Even the
Dallas district, the stronghold of the
anti-Bailey men, is for Bailey by five
majority in the district convention.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-04
ROYAL PAIR WE'D
Prince Wilhelm Of Sweden and
Grand Duchess Marie
Paviovna United.
CEaEM0NYATsT.PEIERss
Event Significant as Sealing Friend
ship of Scandinavian Country
and Russia.

st. Petersburg, May 4.-Prince Will
helm of Sweden, second son of King
Gustave, the sailor prince, who visited
America last year, was married yes
terday afternoon to Grand Duchess
Marie Pavlovna, cousin of the emper
or of Russia and daughter of Grand
Duke Paul Alexandrovitch.
They ceremony took place at the
Tsarskoe-S Selo and was accompanied
by all the pomp and brilliant display
of color characteristic of the most
stately pomp court in Europe. The
day was marred by frequent heavy
falls of snow, which, however, failed
to chill the enthusiasm of the great
crowds that gathered around the pal
ace to catch glimpse of the emperor
and other royal personages and the ar
irving guests. The crowds stood for
hours in the bleak and muddy palace
square until the conclusion of the GER
emony.
Seals international Friendship.
In the evening a great state ban
quet was served, at which toasts were
drunk to the good understanding be-
tween Sweden and Russia, recently
reached in the Baltic agreement, to
which yesterdays wedding-the frs.
in modern times between the ruling
houses of two cOuntries-puts the seal.
The beginning of the nuptial ceremo-
| nies was announced by the firing of
cir flor cI1 on
! in the morning by the battery at
Tsarskoe-Selo and by the fortress at
st. Peter and ST. Paul in st. Peters
burg. The thunder of salutes was
heard almost uninterruptedly through
out the afternoon and evening.
Room for but Few.
The wedding guests who took part
| in the ceremony assembled at 2:30
O'Clock in the afternoon at the great
/ palace at Tsarskoe- -Selo. Only Pre-
mier Stolypin, the members of the
cabinet, the president of the duma and
the president OF The council of state,
| the principal ambassadors to Russia,
f, and their wives, and . few of the high
| est dignitaries of the empire found
place in the small blue and gold
chapel of the palace, where the ortho-
dox ceremony was performed. The
other guests were stationed according
to their rank in the various saloons
through which the bridal procession
passed.
Empress Robes the Bride.
The robing of the bride was per-
formed in accordance with the court
custom in the private apartments of
the empress. She was dressed by the
empress and the dowager empress, as
sisted by their maids of honor and
their ladies in waiting. On the bride IS
head was jeweled diadem, and from
her shoulders hung long trained
mantle of strawberry velvet, lined with
ermine. In the procession the train
of this garment was borne by five
court chamberlains.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-04
ELEVEN KILLED, SEVERAL
MISSING in HOTEL FIRE
AT FORT WAYNE, INDIANA
New Aye!ne Destroyed Early Sunday Morning,
Blaze Spreading so Quickly That Dozens Of
Guests We're Imprisoned in Their Rooms.
Lives Lost in Recent
American Fires.

1aSa-TempIe Theater, Phila-
deIphia ...... Scores
189t-Central Theater, PhiIa-
1893-Pike's Opera House,
Cincinnati -. .... Scores
1897-Yore's Opera House,
Benton Harbor, Mich. ... II
1897-Robinson's Opera House,
Cincinnati, false alarm, panic 16
1897-Robinson's Opera House,
Cincinnati :. ...... 4
1897-Coliseum, Chicago -. 2
19o0-Windsor Hotel, New
York ......- ......... 30
19o1-Klondike Theater, Mil
waukee ....... .... II
1902-Lincoln Hotel, Chicago. IA
19o3-Iroquois Theater, Chi
cago ..-....:. .......... 600
19o8-Theater, Boyertown, Pa. 16o
190a-School, CoIlingwood, o. 175
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-04
PROSECUTIONS
FOR MURDER OF
KING DROPPED
Staying Of Late Ruler Of
Portugal and Son Will
Go Unayenged.

Lisbon. May 4.-The government
has completed its investigation into
the plot that led to the assassination
of King Carlos and the crown prince.
but it would appear the conspiracy
had SO many ramifications and that
SO many persons of position are either
suspected or Implicated, 1t has been
decided not to bring any prosecutions.
VIII Grant Amnesty.
Nevertheless, in order to keep up
appearances, King Manuel, when he
takes his oath Of Office, will grant
general political amnesty This, how.
ever, will only cover offenses up te
Jan. 30. The assassination occurred
Feb. 1.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-04
BAILEY wins FIGHT
Texas Senator Considers EIec-
ton as Delegates at.Laroe
a Vindication
BY PEOPLE OF HIS STATE
Majority in Democratic Primaries Near
ly 5o,6oo-Dstrict Delegates
Are Friendly.

Dallas, Texas, May Additional
returns make sure the victory of Uni
ted States Senator Bailey over his po-
for delegates to the national conven-
ton.
His enemies concede that he has
won by approximately 10000 majority.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-04
MANY HURT IN JUMPING
Hotel Management Blamed for
Delaying General Alarm
Searching Ruins.
THE DEAD.

CHARLES BENJAMIN, Detroit,
Mich.
MISS MARY BURkETT, ,Mishawaka,
Ind.
J. w. DEVINNEY, Philadelphia.
J. e. ELLIS, Chicago.
MISS SARAH HATHAWAY, Mish-
awaka, Ind.
ISAAC HiRSCH, Chicago.
e. S. JOHNSON, Pana, III.
J. q. MILLER, Sheboygan, Wis.
w. A. PITCHER, Duluth, MINI, :,
TWO UNIDENTIFIED MEN.
THE MISSING.
e. 3. ATTY, Wabash, Ind.
MAX WASSEM, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-04
Fish Out Of the M. p.

New York. May Stuyvesant
Fish today rendered his resignation
as member of the board of directors
and executive committee of the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway 1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-04
Baroness Follows HUSBAND.

Berlin, May 4.-Baroness lido Won
Ruexleben, who shot and killed her
husband and then shot herself at Rud-
|denberg Friday, is dead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-04
SQUADRON NEARING FRISCO
Warships Sighted OFF Fortress Men,
docino.

San Francisco. May 4.-The mer-
chants exchange received message
from Fortress Mendocina county, nine
miles north of here, stating the Pa
cific squadron in command of Rear
ADMIRAL Dayton passed that place at
$50 this morning on the way to this
port.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-04
Death Roll at Eleven.


Fort Wayne, Ind, May 4.-The death
roll in the New Aveline fire. this morn
ing stood at II known dead with sew
eral persons still unaccOunted for. A
dozen persons seriously injured by
burns are doing well at the hospitals,
except E. II. Matthews of Columbus,
Ohio, whose death is hourly expected.
work All Night.
The fire department, police and two
companies of militia, aided by many
laborers,. worked throughout the might,
burrowing into the ruins IN search for
the dead. 1t was daylight before an
other body was recovered.
All Records Lost.
There are a number of persons yet
missing, though how many and the
identity of some of them is altogether
problematical, owing to the burning of
the register and other guest records of
the hotel The total number of deaths
cannot be determined until the debris
has been completely searched.
Register Destroyed.
The full list of fatalities may never
be known, as the register of the hotel
was destroyed and it will be days be-
fore the charred bodies in the morgue
can be identified.
The cause of the blaze has not been
discovered, but the investigation al
ready begun shows that the building
was a firetrap.
The blaze spread so quickly through
the structure that many of the victims
were roasted in their beds, while 9TH
ers, cut off from all escape, leaped
from the windows to death.
Alarm Delayed. :
There will be full investigation of
the fire by the coroner and mayor So
far the only thing for which the hotel
management can be censured was for
the failure to turn in an alarm
promptly.
A telephone message from the ho-
tel when the flames were discovered
called for a chemical engine only. 1t
was Is minutes before the fire depart
ment arrived with ladders. During
this delay persons trapped in the up
per stories leaped to the ground.
Burns Like Pasteboard.
The hotel was a six-story structure
of brick and wood, built in 1852. The
top story, was of wood and when once
ignited this burned like ,pasteboard
1t was here that the greater part OF
the deaths occurred.
The fire was discovered at $3.50 in
the morning in the elevator shaft b!
Night Clerk Ralph Hipkins. He rush
ed to the upper floors, alarming the
guests, until the flames, which hat
spread with rapidity, drove him back
The fire had spread to all parts o
the building within few minutes af
ter it was discovered, and the Who'll,
interior of the hotel was a mass o
flames when the first engine arrived
Many Forced to Jump.
Cut off from the elevator and stair
ways by the flames, men and womel
i'm the upper stories rushed to tn,
windows. and the firemen gave thei
first effort in an attempt to rescu
these.
Several were taken out in this man
ner, but as the flames burst from tn
windows others were forced to juml
before the ladders could be raised t
their place of refuge.
Others, having rooms nearer the fir
escapes. were able to reach them dul
ing the first few moments of the fire
but it was not long before the failin
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-04
Three -CORNERED ROW INVOLVING
PANAMA, vENEz zUELAAND COLOMBIA
AWAITING THE DIPLOMACY OF TAFT
clan, F. NJ. Burt and Major c. w.
Hawes.
CORN TOUCHES HIGH MARK
Sells at, 7oEs, Not Reached Since

Chicago, May 4.-Corn today on the
board of trade touched 701z for May.
This is the highest figure at which
it sold since 1902 when. John w. Gates
and others attempted to corner the
market. 1t is said James A. Patten
and w. II. Bartlett were largely re-
sponsible for the bullish demonstra-
tion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-04
Bureau Director Dies.

Washington. May 4Thomas ].
Sullivan, director of the bureau of en-
grayinS and printing, died here today.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-13
FROM 2 TO 4P. M.

We will sell 25 pieces of Silk and Wool
Eolliens, in all spring shades, made
by Priestley and Lupin, regular
price $3.50 and $1.98, only one pat
tern to customer, at, a yard 30G
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-13

100 pieces of Priestleys Genuine
Cravenettes, 56-inch wide, all colors,
regular price $1.98, $2.9S and $3.9S
per yard, only one pattern to Gust
omer, at, yard