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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
NOW ACTUALLY DEAD IS
the EMPEROR OF CHINA
RUSH LAMPHERE
CASE TO END BY
THANKSGIVING

LaPorte. Ind Nov 14.-For the pur-
pose of taking advantage of every op-
portunity so as to finish the trial OF
Ray Lamphere before Thanksgiving,
sessions of the LaPorte circuit court
were held today. Prosecutor Smith is
well satisfied with the progress made
yesterday. DR.. J. L. Gray, who yester-
day testified that in his opinion the
cause of death of the adult female body
found i'll the ruins was asphyXia, re
sumed the witness stand. On cross eX-
animation he described in detail the
symptoms present where death was
Occasioned by strychninc, and where
it was caused by suffocation. Coroner
Mack further testified to the finding
of the bodies and their condition on
being exhumed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14

election was, gave no clew to her pur-
poses or determinations.
Manchus to Hold Power.
The dowager empress and the en-
peror are Manchus-in other words
foreigners in China-and under the
ban of Chinese patriots and an increas
ing anti-Manchu party which has
sought the suppression of the dynasty
and the restoration of Chinese en-
peror to the throne. 1t has been free
ly predicted that the demise of the EN-
perOr would be followed by an attempt
at a coup d'etat, but the imperial
edicts appear to have 'forestalled any
immediate action of this kind. Kuang
Hsu was a son of a brother of the
husband of the dowager empress.
Kuang-Hsu lived without having
achieved any remarkable distinction as
a ruler Were not this due to the
fact that the dowageT empress permit
ted him no voice in the affairs of the
empire, the same probably would have
resulted from his nmited mental abil
ity. 1t can be said of him, however
that he rose to the height of demand
ing and receiving imperial power from
| the dOwager empress for a period o
| four months in 1898, and that he wa:
| the first holder of the title of empero
| of China seriously to adopt and pro
claim western reforms.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
HAD HIS REVENGE
Andrew McGrath, Butter Salesman.
Kills Walter E. Amm0n at
Jersey City.
VICTIM A BUTTERINE MAKER
Assailant Claims Crime Was Result
of Persecution Which Drove
Him Out of Business.

New York, Nov. 14.-Walter Il. Am
mon. one of the largest butterine man
ufacturers in the country, who was
well known in Jersey City as, a finan-
yesterday afternoon at the railroad
station there by Andrew McGrath, SO
years old, a butter salesman out of a
job, who lived with his wife and six
children at 244 Second street. The
motive for the killing is thought to
have been belief on McGraths par
that Ammon had persecuted him il
business.
Mr.. Ammon was member of thu
firm of Ammon & Person at Fourtl
. and Henderson streets, Jersey City
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14

was hupied to the City Hall station,
guarded by half a dozen reserves.
The shooting was witnessed by
Felix Monahan, a gateman. and John
McGown, a baggageman, who were
standing in the concourse a few feet
from Mr.. Ammon when he fell. They
were so astonished by the assassina-
ton that they did not attempt to stop
the murderer until he was well on his
way toward the street Then they
ran after him and saw him walk into
the arms of the policeman.
McGrath did not lose his composure
when he was taken before Captain
James Earkins. chief of the detective
bureau. and Chief of Police Monahan
at police headquarters.
81 am satisfied to take my medicine
for what | have DONE" he said
Claims He Was Hounded.
Questioned further. he said:
II have known Amnion lG years and
we had trouble over business matter
! |. met him this morning and he said
something TO me. | don't know ex
| actly what it was. | said nothing tC
| him. | had a revolver in my right
| hand in my pocket. | will not say
why | shot him. He put me out oi
the butteripe business / had conducted
in our place. He knew all the in
spectors in New Jersey and New York
and kept them bounding me while
! they let him alone"
The morgue officials noted thest
facts concerning the murder: Ammor
was killed on Friday the 18th. Hi:
body was received at 1 p. m.. the 1871
hour of the day and went on record
as "No. 1900" on the morgue books
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14

New York, Nov. 1i.-Nightcaps Of
pink and blue silk and lace, with bows
and rosettes of baby ribbon to match,
corset covers of lavender. blue, pink,
orange and white silk and of all lace,
20 pairs of silk stot kings in green,
blue. waite and black, besides other
bits OF lingerie. lawn, linen and lace
are to be sold at the Fifth avenue
auction rooms today to satisfy the I'M
gallant creditors of Mrs. Leslie Carter
Payne.
This is the second sale of personal
belongings for the authenticated act
ress. who grew into fame under the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
WRIGHT WINS FINAL TEST
AeropIane Starts Without Derrick and
Prize Is Awarded American.

lie Mans, France, Nov. 1i.-Wilbur
Wright. the American aeroplanist, sue
ceeded yesterday afternoon for the
first time in making a start with his
flying machine without the use of the
derrick previously employed for this
purpose. He circled the field twice on
this flight and then came to the
ground It was in order TO comply
with the conditions imposed by the
Sarthe Aero club for trials for the
clubs prize of 5000 for a fight for
height that Wright abandoned the der
rick. When Wright descended the
commissioners appointed to witness
the trial announced that the prize
| would be awarded him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
vernon Charles E. Hughes.

Governor Charles E. Hughes.
The vicisSitudes of the remains of
the sailors and soldiers who died of
fever and starvation, and rottcd in the
foul hulks of the Britisl prison ships
long anchored in Wallabout bay,
which they polluted. have been many,
and have caused more than one out
burst of public indignation 1t was
in 1872. at a Brooklyn town meeting,
that definite steps were first urged to
properly bury the remains. Nothing
was done. however, until 1898, when
the Tammany society secured funds
for temporary wooden tomb. which
was constructed on Hudson street. To
| this the bodies, dug from the trenches
along the Wallabout banks where
they had been hastily inferred, were
removed.
| Children Played with Bones.
With passing years the structure
| fell into decay, the bones became eX.
posed and children played with them
| Public feeling became aroused and in
1875 the city of Brootlya removed al
that could be collected, several loads
| of them, to a tomb at Fort Greene
park under the stairs Cf the entrance
where they had been urtil work had
begun on the present handsome me
lmorial which the late STANDARD WnitC
designed, and which represents abou
S200,000. To these bones were added
four years ago. after a public service
/ at Plymouth church, many more. fill
ing about eight collins. which hat
been unearthed in construction o
warehouses at the Brooklyn nav,
yard. All the remains are, now en-
cased in metallic coffins in the spa
cious tomb which is approached by
stately flight of several hundred steps
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
Morris Haas, Ex-Convict,
Tries to Kill Him in
Court Room
AT TRIAL OF ABE RUEF
AssaiIant Claims He Has Been
Ruined by Exposure of
His Record.

San Francisco, Nov. 14.-Francis ].
Honey, special assistant district attor-
ney, who was shot yesterday in the
court room by Morris Haas, an 'eX-con-
vict, passed restful night, re-
tanning consciousness throughout, re-
ports from the hospital early today
stating that his condition was inn
proved. His friends and family are
hopeful of his ultimate recovery. The
gravest danger appears to be from
blood poisoning, and today an effort
will be made to locate the bullet and
the exact cause of the wound.
shot in Right Side.
iieney was shot in the right side of
the head as he leaned forward over the
table. The bullet enteEed half an inch
from the right ear, ranged downward,
and is lodged somewhere in the mus
cles of the right side of the neck. In
the opinion of the doctors his constitu-
tion is sufficiently strong to add TO his
chance of recovery.
Haas who did the shooting was last
night confined in the county Jail at
! imglesiae, several miles from the cen
ter of the city.
| Rucf is Arrested.
| Abraham Ruef was ordered into GUS
tody by Judge LawtOr Immediately af-
ter the shooting, and is also a temper
ary prisoner in the Jail, having been
I In in hn hot oh
be made the victim of renewed vio-
lence from some unexpected quarter.
Roosevelt Expresses Horror.
Washington, Nov. IA President
Roosevelt. upon learning of the at
tempt made on the life of Francis j.
Heney, sent a telegram TO Mrs. Heney
and AdOlph fSpreckles, expressing
horror and detestation" of the deed.
Was Seated In Court.
San Francisco, Cal, Nov. 14-Fran-
els J. Heney, special prosecutor of the
laccused grafters of San Francisco, was
shot and seriously injured late yester-
day afternoon by Morris Haas, a Jew
ish saloon keeper and ex-convict, while
seated in court during the third trial
of Abraham Ruef for bribery. Mr.
Heney is expected to recover. AT
O'Clock in the evening he was con
scious, and said:
Il will live to prosecute him."
Exposed His Record.
Honey has been the leading officia
in the prosecution of municipal cor
rUntiOn in this city In the second
r Ruef trial Haas had been passed as ;
: juror when one day in court Heney
: dramatically produced a photograph o.
l him taken at San Quentin penitentiary
: taken in cOnvict's garb and cropped
: head and with his number across hi!
breast. Haas collapsed in court, ad
mitted he had been a convict, and wal
Immediately discharged from the jury
1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
MINNESOTA BANKS IN LEAGUE TO
GUARANTEE THEIR OWN DEPOSITS

Minneapolis. Mimi, Nov. 14.-With-
in two months there will be in opera
tion among the country banks of Min
nesota Z new plan for the protection
of bank deposits. The plan is devised
by the bankers themselves.
w. ID. Willard, cashier of the First
man of the committee appointed by
the bankers of the Second congress
sional district of Minnesota to organ
ize the banks for the operation of al
independently system of examination.
The purpose of the organization viii
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
BIGGEST BANK NOW
OUTSIDE. CHICAGO
National Bank of Commerce Takes
Over Property of the Common
wealth Trust Company.

st. Louis, Nov. LIT is semi-ofli-
cially reported the National Bank of
the accounts, commercial and bank
ing, of the Commonwealth Trust COM
pany Of st. Louis. The consolidation
makes the former institution the larg-
est in point of deposits outside of New
York and Chicago
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14

be to improve and strengthen the
banking system of the state to pre-
vent improper Or unsafe conduct upon
the part of any bank within the state
and to provide system of thorough
and complete examinations into the
affairs of every banking corporation or
individual banker belonging to the as
sociation
The projected system of examina-
tions win be SO thorough that 1t will
be impossible for a bapk to dissipate
its assets sufficiently to injure the de-
positors before it is checked up by
examiners.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14

and he was a brother of Colonel
Thomas Ammon of the Miller syndi-
cate fame. He had lived at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Farmer at
314h Pavonia avenue II years. and
was in the habit of dining at the noon
the railroad station.
Met on stairs.
AS he reached the head of the
stairs of the southern Jersey City en-
to the restaurant, McGrath stepped
out of Iavatory. Mr.. Ammon said
something and moment later raised
his hand to salute Major Willard c
Fisk. a Jersey City lawyer. who is
connected with the New York nationa
guard. While Ammon's hand was de
scending McGrath drew a revolver
from his right hand coat pocket ant
fired.
The bullet struck Mr.. Ammon in tn,
left cheek below the temple and tn,
wounded man fell. McGrath advanced
a couple of steps and fired two NOR
shots both of which pinged agains
the concrete floor. The assailant the
calmly started down the stairway t
the street and was met by Patrolma
Amann. on duty at the ferry entranc,
who ran up to see what the shootin
was about.
Submits to Arrest.
i McGrath pullsd his revolver fro
his pocket, handed it to the policems
and meekly submitted to arrest. Z
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
Rate Hearing Postponed.

Kansas City, Nov. IA delay of
two weeks in the Missouri rate case
was announced this morning by Judge
Smith MCPHERSON. The judge declar-
ed he was compelled to return tonight
to his home district in southern Iowa,
owing to the crowded court docket
there. At the end of that time he said
he would return to Kansas City and
finish the rate hearing without further
delay
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
Five Hurt in EXPLOSION.

Charlottesville, Ind, Nov. 14.-Five
men were severely injured, three pos
sibly fatally. today by an explosion
in the engine room of the American
Milling company's stock food factory
at Linden, 10 miles from here. The
building burned. The loss is 100000
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
SILK LINGERIE OF MRS. LESLIE
CARTER SOLD AT AUCTION FOR DEBT

impulsiva David Belasco, but whose
career has been dimmed since her
led Belasco to sever relations with
her. The first sale of household fur
niture, automobiles, ETC., took place
some months ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
Ruler Officially Stated to
Have Passed Away at
5 P. M. Today.
DENIALS WERE MANY
Career Has Been Strange One
---lIIness of the Dowager
is Confirmed.
Pekin, Nov. 14.-The emperor died
shortly after this evening.

Pekin, Nov. 14.-The emperor died
shortly after this evening.
REPORTED DEAD NOV. 10.
London, Nov. 14.-A dispatch re-
ceived here from the correspondent at
Peking cf Reuters Telegram company
says: "The emperor of China died the
night of Nov. TO-"
REPORT EMPEROR IMPROVED.
London, Nov. 14.-The Chinese min
ster in London this morning received
a cabIegram from Pekin saying there
was slight Improvement in the con-
dition of the Chinese emperor, who
yesterday was reported dead.
. EMPEROR NOT YET DEAD.
Pekin, Nov. 14.-The report yester-
day that the dowager empress of China
is mortaIly i'll was today confirmed by
the foreign board of government. 1t
was reported at 8 this afternoon the
emperor was SO low his death was re-
garded imminent.
Doubt Empress Death.
Toxic, Nov. 14.-In this city the re-
port of the death of the emperor of
China is generally accepted as true.
News of his passage is accompanied
by rumor that the dowager empress
is also dead. While this is not given
credence, it is understood she has
been seriously i'll for several weeks.
The death of the emperor of China
if it is true, brings to an end the reign
of sovereign feeble in mind and body
who has been dominated all his life by
the all-powerful influence of the dow
ager empress. Kuang-Hsu's reign
will be completely lost in the rule OF
the empress.
The emperor was born in 1870. His
succession to the throne was one OF
the many arbitrary and illegal acts OF
the dOwager empress, who adopted hin
into the succession from a generation
the same as that of his predecessor
although the constitution of the Man
chu dynasty and precedent provide
that the succession shall go to the
next following generation.
kuang-HSu was years old Wher
made emperor, and his reign is thirt
in point of duration in the history o
the dynasty, K'Ang Hsi and Ch'Iel
Lung each having reigned and rulet
60 years.
Succession MOOted Question.
The question of the succession ha
agitated the imperial family since tn
autumn of 1907, when it was perceive,
that the health of the emperor wa
seriously undermined. In January O
1900 the dowager empress adopted P
Chun, son of Prince Tuan, the Boxe
chieftain, heir apparent, but she dis
inherited him in November 1901, a
the behest of the allied powers. Sine
then the matter of an heir apparen
has been in allegiance, and the dowage
emDreSS in, whose hands the mower r
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
GRAND DUKE ALEXIS
OF RUSSIA IS DEAD
Uncle of Emperor Nicholas Victim Of
Pneumcnia-lived in Paris
Since Retirement.

Paris. Nov 14.-Grand Duke Alexis
of Russia, uncle of Emperor Nicholas.
died here today of pneumonia. The
duke has lived in Paris almost contin-
uously since his retirement from the
position of supreme director of the
navy, which he had held for "a years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
srxans TO Visit Mexico.

Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 14.-Mr. and
Mrs. William j. Bryan will leave to-
morrow for a trip to Mexico. They
will seek rest and recreation. Mr.
Bryan will deliver commencement
address in Philadelphia Dec. 3.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
"a BELOW ZERO AT
LARAMIE, WYOMING

Laramie, Wyo., Nov. 14.--The gov
ernment thermometer at Wyoming
university registered "a degrees be-
low zero last night, the coolest No
vember night ever recorded here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
Auto Injuries Clergyman.

New Haven, Conn, Nov. 14.-Rev.
G. Brinley Morgan, one of the most
noted Episcopal clergyman in Con-
necticut, was struck by an automobile
this afternoon and probably fatally
hurt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
Snow in MICHIGAN.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Nov. IA
heavy snowstorm is raging along the
east shore of Lake Michigan today.
Fourteen inches of snow is reported
at Muskegon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
Old Grain Firm Retires.

Toledo, Ohio, Nov. 14-Reynolds
Bros. one of the oldest grain firms
of Toledo. today announced immedi-
ate retirement from business.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
Roosevelt Expresses Horror.

Washington, Nov. II President
Roosevelt, upon learning of the at
tempt made on the life of Francis ]
Heney, sent a telegram to Mrs. Heney
and AdOlph fSpreckles, expressing
horror and detestation'' of the deed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
Exposed His Record.

Continued on Page Four.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14

McGrath pullsd his revolver from
his pocket, handed it TO the policeman
and meekly submitted to arrest. H,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14

ELECTION was, gave no clew to her pur
poses or determinations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14

Abraham Ruef was ordered into GUS
tody by Judge Lawtor Immediately af-
ter the shooting, and is also temper
ary prisoner in the Jail, having been
locked up in the fear that he might
be made the victim of renewed vio-
lence from some unexpected quarter.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-15

division. and Fort D. A. Russell, the largest
OF the frontier posts, is located but three
miles away, and will make this the point
for transhipment Of its large supplies of
government freight. Society here contains
many eastern families, the Western Reserve
having contributed largely to the educated
and intelligent population. Cheyenne has
into one of them a dash of metropolitan
energy and vim will have made a fair start
toward an exceedingly prosperous business.
Another fact having an important bearing
upon the future of Cheyenne is that It will
undoubtedly be the capital of the new terri
tory of Wyoming. l look upon Cheyenne -
one of the most promising points In the
west for young men OF brains and nerve,
Laramie, ffty-eight miles west of Chey-
enne, and on the other side of the summit
CS.262 feet above tide water. and the highest
railroad pass in the world, is the western
end of the mountain division and has, In
consequences, car, engine and repair shops,
all well built of stone. It has also con-
siderable trade, and hopes for a develop
ment of the iron mines thirty miles to the
north, which will warrant extensive manu-
factories here. The running OF regular
trains has just been extended from Laramie
to Benton, 122 miles west. and the former
the dance-houses and gambling tents which
have made It lively for three months
past. IS. d. p"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-15

cooked meals, embracing a widely varied
bill of fare, were served up hot from the
kitchen car in advance, while the train was
running thirty miles per hour. l am aware
that the idea of dining cars is neither en-
tirely new nor peculiar to this road, but no
eastern road has yet carried it out so at
tractively and successfully as has been
done here.
Pleasant Impressions.
''The travellers first impressions of Ne
braska, and of its principal city, are pleas
ant. After his long ride across Iowa 10
Missouri Valley Junction, about twenty-five
miles from Omaha land the branching-off
point for Sioux CITY,, the road which has,
up to this point, followed nearly a due west
course, bends to the southwark, and runs
between the Missouri river and it's eastern
bluffs. Long before reaching Council Bluffs
the capitol building at Omaha has been
prominently visible, and while yet half a
dozen miles away, the whole city is clearly
In view, rising from the river bottom to the
crown Of the western bluffs. Closer inspec-
ton is not disappointing. The city has a
superb site for a handsome and growing
town. 1t has a population of about 1900,
mostly gained within the last three years.
The streets are regularly laid out. with a
view to the future growth of the place.
Upon Farnam and Douglas streets there are
brick business blocks that would adorn any
city. and mercantile houses occupying them
whose annual sales exceed 81, 0OO,OO0 Para
graphs conceived in malice or utter ignor-
ance have been floating through eastern
journals in elect that Omaha is dead. its
business all gone, its merchants failing, its
stores closed. and detection visible through
out all its limits. There is no truth in such
reports. This place. like all other new west
ern towns which have manifest advantages
of position and OF communication, has suf-
fered by the speculation fever, and by over
stocking the market with clerks, boOkkeep-
srs and professional men. Thus, 1 am told
that ~fifty-four lawyers are seeking their
fortunes In the courts Of Omaha-a number
absurdly disproportionste to requirements.
Some of these men who find no support in
their professional calling may declare that
Omaha Is in a decline, but the fault is their
own. not its. SO the land agents and real
estate spectators, who reaped rich har-
vests last year and the year before, may
now deplore the fact that property does not