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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26
Illinois Member Says
There is Gigantic Graft
at Panama.
MENTIONS C. P. TAFT
Roosevelt and President-Elect
Accused of Having Aided
Wrong-DOers.

Washington, Jan. 26.-Charging that
William Nelson Cromwell Roger l..
Farnham, Charles p. Taft, and others,
are parties to the most infamous rail-
road proposition ever submitted to any
government" and that they "are being
permitted not only to rob the republic
of Panama, but indirectly the treasury
of the United States" Representative
Rainey of Illinois today directed the
the canal zone in startling speech in
support of his resolution providing for
the investigation by congress of the
Panama canal purchase.
Charges COllusion.
"In their efforts in this direction" >"
(referring to Cromwell and associates) 4,
he said, they have had so far the COM
plete cooperation and active assist
ance of the present administration and
the next president of the United
States
Rainey traced the history of the
proposed canal 400 years back, and
warned that we have already started
in the direction of the rocks upon
which the French companies were
wrecked"
Each Necessary to Other.
Rainey was particularly bitter in his
denunciation of Cromwell. and was un-
sparing in his attack upon Don Jose
Domingo de Obaldia, president of
Panama.
without Obaldia," he stated, "Crom
wells career would have been impossi
BILE. Without Cromwell, Obaldia would
have been impossible"
Taft Has Been Passive.
Against President-elect Taft Rainey
directed the accusation that on the
occasion of his last trip to Panama il
May, ''he did nothing on the isthmu:
except to openly push the candidacy
of Obaldia for the presidency"
Davis Is Passionate.
Washington, d. c., Jan. 26.-Th'
evils attending gambling in the pro
dues of the soil by the sale of future!
on exchanges was the subject of a pas
sionate speech delivered by Senate
Jeff Davis in the senate today. Mr.
Davis advocated the passage of a bill
introduced by him to penalize the u.s.
of the mails. the telegraph or the tele
phone for the purpose of conveying
gambling propositions between buye
and seller
The transaction on the New Yorl
exchange, he said. involve speculation
on 10 times as much cotton as it az
tually produced in the south.
"The. whole transaction he said, 81
a pure gamble, bucket shop tran:
action of the worst kind, and no e,
change should be lawfully empowere
to continue this gambling game"
Gambling In Flesh.
This, he added. is gambling in tn
flesh, in the blood and in the bones {
women and children of the south VIII
are forced by the robbery and spoi
alton of these gamblers to toll froi
daylight until dark to produce the sui
ject matter of this gambling transa
tion'
These exchanges, he insisted, s
completely fix the price of cotton ths
the smallest farmer when he carrie
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26
WARM WELCOME
Captain OF Republic and Officers and
Crew Greeted on Landing at
New York.
TRY. TO PLACE THE BLAME
General Impression is the italian Was
at FauIt-May Be Naval
Court.

New York, JAN 26.-Captain Sealby
and the officers and most of the crew
of the wrecked steamship Republic
were given a remarkable demonstra-
ton today when they landed at the
pier of the White Star line from the
revenue cutter Manhattan which trans
ferred them from the derelict destroyer
Seneca. A great throng of officers and
800 or 400 spectators, were on the dock
when Sealby and crew stepped down
the gang plank.
Lifted on Shoulder.
rush for Sealby and lifting him to
their shoulders carried him the whole
length of the dock to the street while
the crowd yelled itself hoarse and the
stewards on the steamships blew trum-
pets. Behind the captain the crowd
carried aloft the brave Binns, the wire.
less telegraph operator.
!. Sealby was carried from the street
to the offices of the steamship com
pany, where only on his earnest pro
test. would the crowd cease it's dem
onstration.
Seventh Victim Dies.
New York, Jan. 26.-Eugene Lynch
| of Boston, injured i'm the collision oi
the Republic and Florida, has died
He makes the seventh death as a re
suit of the accident.
Safe After sz2 Hours.
New York, Jan. 26.-Less than Z;
hours after the crash between the
ocean liners, Republic and Florida, of
the Nantucket shoals, which eventual
ly sent the one to the bottom and re
duced the other to a state of stagger
ling helplessness, the survivors of thi
thrilling deep sea tragedy have founs
a haven.
At nightfall last night 1850 passen
gers from the two vessels were saf
in this port, brought here by the Bal
tic, while nearing it were the rescue,
lofficers and crew of the Republic SAT
on board the derelict destroyer Sen
eca, to which they were transferre,
!, from the revenue cutter Gresham al
ter staying up to the last moment b.
/: their sinking vessel.
Il At it's dock in Brooklyn was the bal
i ltered Florida, aboard which its GREY
[ had remained throughout its trying e,
!. Iperiences.
j Only Republic sIissing.
1 Only the Inflated Republic was wan
u ing to complete the list. And it, tot
4 was in port-its last port of call, wha
Twill doubtless prove its final restin
;Iplace. beneath 3S fathoms of water. /
J miles south of the Nantucket sout
Z shoals lightship.
81 At the stirring story of what occu
i red when the steamers crashed t,
! gether in the fog and mist Of tn;
memorable early morning of last Sa
/. urday and the dramatic inciden
I, which followed approaches complet
o ness, it begins to be apparent that Il
last three days have Witnessed VIII
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26
FEB. u MADE
LEGAL HOLIDAY
BY CONGRESS

Washington, Jan. 26.-The house to-
day unanimously adopted a resolution
making Feb. IL a special legal holiday
in the District of Columbia and terri
tories in commemoration of the birth
of Lincoln.
Secretary Root attended his last cab
met meeting today, and his colleagues
in the official family gave him fare
well such as he will long remember.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26
SCORE may BE
DEAD IN Mine
GAS EXPLOSION

Pittsburg. Pa. Jan. 26.-Two men
are dead and 20 others are supposed
to be dead as result of three gas ex-
plosions in the Boswell mine in Som
erset county last night and early to-
day. The men were members of an
investigation party that had entered
the mine to make an inspection of sus-
picious gas traces before allowing the
miners to go to work.
Until early today signals were heard
from the imprisoned men, At daylight,
however, the signals ceased, and it is
believed all the men had come under
the influence of the deadly afterdamp.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26
ExTRAD|TION OF RUDOWITz DEMANDED
BY RUSSIA IS REFUSED BY ROOT

Washington, Jan. 26.-Secretary
Root has refused to extradite Chris
tian Rudowitz, Russian, for whose
possession the Russian government
has made vigorous representations.
OHense Held Political.
In effect, the extradition of Rudo-
witz was refused because the offense
charged comes under the general pro-
hibition against extradition in the
treaty with Russia, which declares if
it be made to appear extradition is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26

sought with a view to try to punish
for an offense of a political character,
the surrender shall not take place.
Based ON Testimony.
Testimony taken in the case at Chi
cago, it was held, upholds the view TAX
en- by the department, though the com
missioner upheld the Russian govern
ment's demand. Root declined to COM
ment at this time pending formal noti-
fication to the Russian authorities of
the departments decision.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26
vANDALlA MANAGER HURT

C. q. Mckeen Victim Of Wreck on His
Own Road at Trinway, Pa.
Pittsburg, Pa. Jan. ga Pittsburg
special from ST.. Louis or the PEN
handle division of the Pennsylvania
railroad was wrecked today between
Conesville and Trinway, 133 miles
west of Pittsburg. Seven passengers
and C. B. McKeen, general manager
of the Vandalia lines, were injured,
none seriously. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26

SENATE - The postal savings bank
and the omnibus claims hill were be-
fore the senate for discussion and
amendment, but no substantial progress
was made on either measure. An
amendment was made to the postal bill
limiting to $500 the amount of the de-
posits of any one person and fixing the
rate of interest to be paid at per cent,
with the understanding that the amend
ment would be subject to further
lchange by the senate. The urgent de-
p. m. the senate adjourned
HOUSE-Legislation affecting the Dis
trict of Columbia was considered by
the house. An interesting feature of
the day was n tribute paid by Mr.. Bou-
: tell of Illinois to the heroism of John
r. Binns, the wireless operator aboard
the steamship Republic, recently in col
lision with the Florida. At 4:10 p. m
| the house adjourned
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26

ment officials now in Muskogee assert
that no fraud in town lots ever. inves-
tigated will equal the stupendous pro-
portions of that now being made in
the government case here. Govern
ment officials learned that two men
accused of fraud have died recently
and that a third is dying of tubercu
losis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26

is DeyOnQ question the most remark
able series of happenings in the his
tory of modern navigation.
welcomed With Cheers.
Sixteen hundred fifty persons, pas
isengers on the Republic and Florida,
whose lives were in jeopardy for hours
while the call of the wireless was
gradually bringing aid nearer and
nearer to them, reached New York
yesterday on the steamer Baltic No
argosy of the olden days bringing
Heartily welcomed. Frenzied cheers
from the thousands at the pier when
it docked greeted it's arrival, tears of
thankfulness were shed, affectionate
greetings were exchanged, and only
here and there did a note of sadness
intrude itself upon the scene.
Following the Baltic up the harbor
was the liner Florida, battered almost
to the sinking point itself by the force
of the blow it dealt the Republic,
and bearing the bodies of its own
three dead and the injured members
of its crew. But of the dread scenes
of anguish that would have been en-
acted had not fortuitous circumstances
lstepped in to aid human heroism and
scientific marvel there was hardly a
suggestion.
Try to Find Cause.
With the important work of rescue
THUS practically finished. attention be-
to
definitely if possible how the two big
ocean travellers had come to crash
into each other and whether their
fateful meeting was as unavoidable
as at first appeared. On the Republics
side little was to be learned Its pas
lsengers told graphic tales of the crash
of the excitement on board, of the
bravery of the officers, the good be.
havior of the crew and of the efficient
work of rescue. That all had not gone
so well with the Florida and that pos
sibly on it's bridge might be sought a
contributing cause for the disaster was
indicated by late development of the
tday.
Italian Ship to Blame.
There are two versions of what hap
lpened on the bridge of the Florida
when the Republic loomed up in from
' Iof it through the morning fog. Little
. could be learned from Captain Ros
lpini when he was seen on board hi:
vessel on its arrival in the harbor
According to others who had beer
on board of the Florida and were
brought into port by the Baltic, how
lever, something went wrong with the
: Floridas steering wheel when the col
= lision was imminent. One story had i
4 that quartermaster had the whee
when the commander yelled for it t,
be jammed to starboard. He put it t.
port instead and the liners crashed
a into each other.
o. Another version of the story is tha
e the man dropped his wheel in a pani
e when danger impended Both vel
e sions agree in saying that the com
l. mander felled the quartermaster wit
d an iron spike following what he mus
e. have considered the seaman's recre
fancy. An injured quartermaster fror
It the Florida was brought to port O.
T. the Baltic yesterday. He stoutly as
o. serted that he was not at the whee
l-twhen the accident occurred.
Probably not until both command
ers have made their formal statement
h will the facts be known.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26
MINERS IMPATIENT;
SCORE COMMITTEES
Want Reports at National Meeting
Not Later Than Tomorrow
Morning.

Indianapolis, Jan. 26.-Impatient at
the delay at getting down to business,
the convention of United Mine Work
ers of America passed a resolution
this morning calling upon the commit
tees to submit their reports not later
than tomorrow morning, and then ad-
journed until that time
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26
Hopkins Has 80 Votes on
18th but Falls to 81
on Last.
ADJOURN ONCE MORE
other Candidates Continue to
Hold Own With Little
Change.

:.
'ei III sieiu' jan 60" heh 'he Ioth
ballot i'll the joint session for the elnc-
tion of senator began TODAY one sen.
ator ord so,o, rorr,.,.;,, No.
,
'"i'o' ieSui'eu'
HOPKINS, 9O.
ross. 10.
Strlnger, "A.
ShurtleH, lo.
Mason, 4.
Mchlhiey' l.
Lomuei' i.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26
BRIsT0W ELECTED SENATOR

Former Assistant Postmaster General
Lands Toga in Kansas Legislature.
Topeka, Jan. 2G.-Joseph l.. Bristow.
republican, was today elected United
States senator by separate ballots of
the house and senate. The joint ses.
sion tomorrow will ratify the election.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26
WARNS AGAINST
ANH-JAP LAWS

Sacramento. CAL. Jan. 26.-Governor
Gillette today sent message to the
Legislature warning against any anti.
Japanese legislation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26
cuffey Finally Lands place.

Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 26.-James NJ.
Guffey was today unanimously chosen
as Pennsylvania member of the DEM
ocratic national committee to succeed
James Kerr, deceased.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26
ACCUSES SENATOR
Stephenson Of Wisconsin Charged
With Use Of Money in Recent
Primary Election.
SUM PLACED AT $3.50, 600
Senator Blaine Asserts Cash Was Dis
tributed in Sums Ranging from
SIS to $1,000.

Madison, Wis, Jan. Ex-senator
Blaine filed specific charges this fore
noon alleging United States Senator
Stephenson, as candidate for re-elec-
tion, gave to Republican State Chair
man Edmunds a sum of money in ex-
cess of $105,0O0 and approximat-
ing $250,000 in relation to the primary
election held Sept. l last, and by such
acts violated the Wisconsin statutes,
that the money was given to Edmunds
to pay to other electors prior to the
primary in sums ranging from $5 per
day to $1,000 in bulk as a considera-
tion for some act to be done in rela
tion to the primary by electors for
Stephenson.
Other Charges Made.
Other charges allege money was
paid divers persons in various sums
as consideration for acts to be done
cOrruptly and unlawfully.
The motion in the assembly to re-
call the investigation resolution from
the committee was lost and the reso-
luton later was killed. On the vote to
reconsider. Is members, Ia republicans
and l democrat of the assembly re
fused to vote for the United States
lsenatorship. First ballot: Stephenson
Republican, 60; Neal Brown, democrat
16; Rummel. social democrat, 8; Cook
republican. 2; Cooper, republican, L;
Esch, republican, l; Stout, republican
L; Blank, Is. The senate did not vote
but took a recess until 8 o'clock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26
Night Rider Testimony Closes.

Union City. Tenn. Jan. 26-The
taking of testimony in the night rider
murder trial ended today and asgu-.
ments were begun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26
Yesterday in Congress

Washington, Jan. 26.-Following is a
summary, compiled from the official
proceedings, of the work of both
houses of congress Yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26

Continued on Page Three.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26
SEVENTEEN BALLOTS FAIL
T0ELECT u, S, SENATOR
IN ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE

is beyond question the most remark
able series of happenings in the his
tory of modern navigation.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-01
Good Dairy Exhibit.

Regardless of the extremely topnotcfa
price offered for dairy products winch
would naturally have a tendency TO reduce
the exhibits in this class, this years show
ing was not only equal to that of last
but in several instam the scores were
higher than those made last year. In dairy
butter the score was a point and one-halt
above that made last season. This was
not only true in the exhibit of l0-pound
tubs of dairy butter but in the fivepound
showings In this latter division the score
was one-half a point above that made last
year In the creamery butter division the
score was half point less than that OF
last year but the offerings were larger than
year ago.
An interesting exhibit in this depart
ment was one of dairy print butter and
dairy cheese made by Mrs. Ann Houghton
of West hill. Putney. Mrs. Houghton was
81 years old last July and takes a pride in
attending to the making of the butter and
cheese on her farm. Her butter scored 96
points or within one point of the winner
of the first premium. Her cheese scored
o. points.
4 cheese exhibit made by Mrs. A. NJ.
Dunham of Norway, Me-, Indicated that
the fame of the Valley fair is not confined
to this immediate section. Addison county
contributed some of its famous cheese but
the New Hampshire product scored a
tri1e higher. Experts who viewed the
dairy exhibits were pronounced in their
opinion that the quality of the cheese was
far above that shown at other fairs they
had visited this year.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-01

m these were which display was record
assembled here
quality these depart
hand the display
anything
special mention shoa oe " no
increased ths year o '0'
The trong good it being necessary
until this morning Ihere Is selos
the event. ihe zo
started in with the 230 stake
there yes can De cnarsea
typal day. the downpo
continuing with monoton persehe
throughout dawned amid dapnes ana gloom ana @
ros+ decided to make
after that each day program
MT did possible 10 osp
nono clouds but after through but
ideal wednesday ana yesterday "eie ~
interfering with yesterday
70 the north and east rain here
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-01
TRACK WAS IN
GREAT SHAPE
Yesterdays Racing All to
the Good.
ACCIDENT WEDNESDAY,
Driver Harding Thrown From SulKy but
Unhurt-Two of Yesterdays Glasses
Went to Extra Heats-One Driver
Fined For Not Trying Hard Enough.

There isn't a great deal to be said about
Wednesday, track events. The time IN
all the heats was fast considering the
classes and the finishes were close, but
each event was settled IN straight meats
and tbera wasn't the excitement that Is
aroused by split-heat event. The spec
tacular feature of the afternoon came, IN
the second heat Of the 2.2l stake when
Driver Harding was thrown from Jimmie
VS. sulky ON the first turn but jumped up
after being dragged on his back several
feet and climbed aboard in time to finish
second to LOB. The accident was due to
a collision between the sulldes of Jimmie
Y. and Groveland Ninsome. How Hard
ing managed to regain his feet and has
seat so quickly was something that even
he himself could not explain. The grand
stand gave him an enthusiastic hand when
he dismounted after the heat.
Rena shelton won the first race IN
straight heats although it looked as if she
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-01
VAUDEVILLE WAS
REMARKABLY FINE
The Quintard Hippodrome Combination
Show Enough in Itself-Clever
Stage Acts Morning
and Afternoon.

The vaudeville, which in years past has
been one of the strongest drawing features.
was unquestionably more varied and en-
tertaining this year than ever before. The
Ouintard Hippodrome Combination, which
was secured by the management at the last
moment through a lucky combination of
circumstance and consequently could not
be given the advance publicity it deserved.
was in itself a show worth going a long
distance to see. 1t consisted of four acts
on the track A half-mile Roman standing
act in which Bert Fossey rode a pair OF
runners around the ring at breakneck
speed: the high-schooled stallion Dorman
exhibited by Miss Olive Swan in front of
the grandstand: the champion high jump
ing horse Sky Rocket, winner of the cham
pionship cup at the Bar Harbor horse
show two years ago; and a half-mile char
lot race between two pairs of runners
driven bv Mr. Fossey and Miss Swan. All
of these acts were given each day and will
be seen again this afternoon.
A good idea Of the dare-deviltry in the
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-01

MAINTAINED
|24th Annual Valley Fair Still on Its
7riumphal March.
RAIN CAUSED DISAPPOINTMENT
But in No Way Lnterfered With Quality of Exhibits
-Free-for-AH This Afternoon Promises Great
Sport-Complete Story of the Grand Success To-
gether With List of AUards in EUery Department.

The farhe with reputation manahas noby lived
Of it's kind all this great
balanced
particularly those of the
but there none
Tuesday fair has
although the grand total not
something
like the first but yesterdays crowd
5000 $4,000 people present
Bteboro
mquestioonaby
todays people
yesterday 7100.
standard set by it's
exhibits than
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-01

Yesterdays racing card was sufficiently
interesting to keep the grandstand hlled
until the very last heat was finished just
before sundown. Even then one event was
left unsettled and the deciding heat had to
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-01
Three-County Race, Purse $3.50

Theodore X, G. f. Alderman, =,
bl. g. So. Vernon. ................ L
Nellie NJ, b. m, F. L. Chickenng,
keene y. H.....................
Rex b.. Fred Bushy, Keene. n. III. 3
sloppy w NJ. Dalrymple, W. Brat
tleboro .................... 1
2.22Ik, 2.24lk, 225A.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-01

might have been given more trouble had
the driver of Roollsey c.. wished to push
his mare to her limit. LOB. winner, of
the .2i stake all along the circuit, did what
was expected of him here, trotting, the
first heat in .lSs4 the fastest time OF the
dav. The three-county race was an ,lnter-
esting brush between Theodore X, South
Vernon horse, and Chickering's Nellie NJ,
the former proving the faster each time
Rex B., was poor third while Sloppy W.,
of West Brattleboro lived up to her name
by trailing far in the rear each time lhe
summary: