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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-08
Yesterday in Congress

Washington, Jan. S.-Following is a
summary, compiled from the official
proceedings, of the. work of both
houses of congress yesterday:
SENATE - Characterizing the action
of the president in directing the attor-
ney general not to prosecute the United
States Steel corporation for it's absorp-
tion of the TennesseeeCoal & Iron COM
pany as another arbitrary and lawless
act of the chief magistrate" Senator
.Culberson of Texas introduced a reso-
luton in the senate instructing the
committee on the Judiciary to report at
as early a date as practicable whether
in the opinion of that committee the
president was authorized to permit such
absorption. Mr.. Culberson at conSid-
lerahIe length criticised the president.
and insisted that congress had the right
to give instructions the head of an ex-
tecutive department under certain con-
lditions. Senator Foraker gave notice
that he would speak on the Brownsville
laffair next Monday. An amendment was
reported from the committee on finance
lproviding for an Increase of the salary
Iof the president to S100.000 and of the
salary of the vice president and the
speaker of the house of representatives
to $4,000 each. The senate adjourned
lat 1:22 p. m.
/ HOUsE-Although technically under
reconsideration in the house of represen-
ltatives the District of Columbia appro-
tpriation bill was sssidetracked while the
! members indulged in general debate
This took a wide range. the proceed
irgs opening with defense of ths
lrtiles of the house by Mr.. Olmstead o.
itenffon to break the solid south was in
lcidentallya brought into discussion II
the course of a speech on the tariff b.
1 Mr.. Sheppard of Texas. who remarked
in this connection that the president
ie1ect had made himself ridiculous. A
5:15 the house adjourned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-08
GEORGE FRANKHAUSER WHO ROBBED
TRAIN OF $50 OOOIN CLASS OF HIS OWN

Saint Paul, Mimi, Jan. S.-George
Frankhauser, train robber with $4,000
reward upon his head, is safely behind
the bars in the new city and county
jail. charged with holding up the
Great Northern's Oriental limited at
Rondo, Mont, in 1907 and robbing the
United States mails of $4,000, and un-
der strong suspicion of being the man
who held up the Northern Pacific's
crack limited at Whitehall, Mont, two
years ago, the most mysterious and
high handed train robbery which was
ever perpetrated in the west, and
which resulted in the murder of an
engineer.
Frankhauser does not look like a
train robber. He looks more like !,
fairly shrewd tramp, and the manner
of his coming to grief was, quite in
keeping with the latter role. Sus
pected murderer, acknowledged train
robber, and desperate as ever a west
ern bandit was, he was arrested by a
town constable at Moorhead. charged
with petty boxcar robberies. Moor
head is an important railway point
across the Red river from Fargo. an
ether railway center The yards are
usually choked with laden cars and
continuous depredations brought the
train robber under suspicion. Once
behind the bars in the Moorhcad jail
however. Frankhauserinstant showed
the cunning and resource which tins
and time again has extricated hin
from similar predicaments.
BY an accident. Joe Lemiere.
French Canadian was discovered in al
attempt to pass splendidly made burg
lars saws to Frankhauser in his owl
cell. The getaway was frustrate'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-08

and the slow-witted French Canadian
tool is doing his time as q result.
Several other attempts of like charac-
ter, coming Unexpectedly and from
sources which baffled the ingenuity of
the local officers to uncover or ferret
them out, made them sigh with great
relief when Marshal H. A. Ridder in
behalf of the United States, relieved
them of the dangerous prisoner and
brought him to Saint Paul Riders
movements have been mysterious 10
a degree, and Frankhauser is here. un-
der the strongest guard, when accord.
ing to the opinion of well informed
men, it would have been the accus-
toned procedure of the the govern
ment to try him in the federal dis
trict in which his crime was commit
ted. His formal hearing is in pro
gress before the United States com
missioner, and the nextHmoves of the
government are cafefully yelled.
Frankhauser. more properly Joe
Wolff, is in class by himself fol
nerve and brazen defiance of law anf
| its officers After robbing the Orienta
limited he proceeded without appareu
precautions across 2,0c0 miles of terri
tory literally dotted with men lookint
for him. to Seattle, arriving there will
$4,000 in his clothes and a trial of res
behind him, for every gambling hous'
and dive. enroute had known of hi
largess. He was captured and return
ed to Helena. but broke Jail with tn
greatest ease and since that time ha
been suspected of number of crime
from train robbery to common hold
! ups, each of which bear his hall-mart
but with which at the present time !
seems impossible to connect him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-08
WATCHED TILLMAN
Secret Service Men Put on Trail of
South Carolina Senator,
it is Learned.
CONCERNING LAND FRAUDS
Results Are Made Public in Report
Which is Submitted by Presi-
dent ON Request.

Washington, Jan. S.-Senator Ben
Tillman, whose pitchfork prongs have
been felt beneath the skin of President
ROOSEVELT. now feefssIhe swsH. Of the
big stick gathering momentum for a
descent upon his South Carolinian
shoulders.
By direction of President Roosevelt
secret service men shadowed Senator
Tillman ON the theory that he possibly
was interested in an Oregon Land
grab" and the result of that investi-
CATION is now before the senate.
Mr. Tillman does not know yet just
what trite sayings have been directed
at him. but he says he will mince meat
and not words when he replies from
his seat in the senate
Oregon Land Company Involved.
The investigation of Senator Tiilman,
it is learned, followed an attack which
he made in the senate nearly year
ago upon an Oregon land company
which had used his name as one of
the persons interested in the concern.
Previous to that attack Senator Till
man had introduced resolution di-
recting the attorney general to prose
cute suits against an Oregon railroad
corporation which had received land
grants in the late COS for a line from
"a California point to Portland, Ore.
Mr. Tillman had said that the use of
his name was without authority, and
as result it is declared that several
persons interested in the land grants
became angered.
Sent Copies of Letters.
Some of the interested parties are
reported to have sent to President
Roosevelt copies of letters alleged to
have been written by Senator Tillman
indicating that he had an interest in
one of the land companies which would
have benefited through the land com
pany's obtaining possession of the
grants in question. After receiving
this information, it is said, a secre!
service operative was directed to in
vestigate the part Senator Tillman
was alleged to have in the land cases
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-08
BATTLE OF DOPE PROPOSED TO END
Observation-Disclosures WAR

Boston, Mass, Jan. S.---Dr. ]. Arnold
Rockwell, president of the Boston
Homeopathic society. in his annual adj
dress to the society last night chal-
lenged the allopaths to a contest with
infant charity patients as the weapons
to decide the supremacy of the two
medical systems,
Il suppose 1t might be called a duel"
said DR.. Rockwell, after the meeting.
although all ask is a fair and square
test of the two systems, and see no
better way of getting it than by what
l propose
One Of Boston's greatest charities is
the Boston floating hospital. 1t is q
large steamship, maintained by public
subscriptions. on MITCH the infants Of
poor families are taken out to sea
every day in summer under the care
Iof trained nurses and attended b.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-08
TAWNEY PUTS ROOSEVELT
IN HIS OWN ANANIAS CLUB

may have had some motive in getting
rid of Browning.
Secondly, Mr.. Carmichael was a man
|of giant build, over six feet tall and
weighing 90 pounds Browning was
short of stature and weighed less than
160 pounds. That he would attack
man of Carmichaels build, even if
armed, is deemed unlikely by some of
the citizens of Adair, where both men
lived.
Thirdly Carmichael took with him
lsuitcase, said to be an unusual Incl
dent, when he left with his rig to make
arrangements for a revival next week
at Rattle Run. Browning had only the
suit on his back when last seen, and
/, if that one had later been covered with
lblood and torn, it would have been
noticed had he beelseen.
Fourthly, Carmichael had insurance
| in favor of his wife to the amount of
$4,000. The sheriff sees a possible
tplot whereby the preachers wife might
collect on the insurance, on the idea
that her husband was the man muir
Idered
May Not BE Mans Body.
/, What remained of the body found in
the church was brought here yester-
| day for microscopic examination.
Doubt has been expressed as to
whether it could be stated positively
that the body was that of man, so
fragmentary are the parts that remain
for the doctors to work upon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-08

childreii's specialists. The steamer has
accommodations for $50 children.
Dr. Rockwell proposes that Is In
fants of the same sex, age ana phy-
sical conditions as near as possible,
suffering from the same disease at or
near the same stage be chosen; these
is to be divided into three groups q
six each. DR. Rockwell proposes that
six be given no treatment at ali. sfx
be given ailopathic treatment. aud the
other six to be given homeopathic
treatment, and the treatment for each
group be continued until recovery or
DEATH
At the meeting score of members
took sides and talked for an hour with
out reaching any kind Of an egree-
ment
Managers of the Boston floating hos
pital were indignant at the ehailenge-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-08

Union City. Tenn. Jan S-With a
verdict of guilty III Varying degree the
jury in the night rider trials reported
at S:45 o'clock, last night Garrett
Johnson, Tid Burton, Boy Ransom, Fred
Pinion, Arthur Cloar and Sam Apple
white were found guilty of murder in
the first degree with mitigating cir
cumstances. Bud Morris and Bob
Huffman the other defendants. were
found guilty of murder in the second
degree and their punishment was fixed
at 20 years in the penitentiary. The
punishment of the first six named de-
PENDANTS was left to the court. and
may be death or life Imprisonment
The defense filed motion for new
trial., which was set for hearing Sat
urdayN and which will be overruled. as
indicated by the court. The court, it
is said, will sentence the six first NAM
ed defendants to death
Carry In Sick Juror.
The jury has been out since D. M
but because of the illness of Juror
Rosson had not been able to consult
until O'Clock. There was difference
of opinion among the jurors as to the
degree Of guilt of the defendants, but
an agreement was reached quickly.
Court was convened at p. m, and
the jury sent word that it would be
able to report shortly. The room was
| crowded, as it was during. the argu-
ment. The minutes passed, and at
S:15 the bailiff called for the county
physician. Juror Rosson was in a
state of collapse and needed attention.
| It was half an hour before he was re-
| vived. The jury then filed in, and six
deputies were summoned to carry in
the bed upon which the sick juror re.
clined. The foreman announced the
verdict and the judge dismissed the
jurors.
Relies on High Court.
| The defendants took the verdict
calmly, as they had been expecting
it since the closing of the arguments
Attorney Pierce turned to them when
it was announced and said: "We will
tear this case to pieces in the SUI
lprerhe courtss'
The state expected verdict of first
degree murder in all eight cases, and
was visibly disappointed Bob HUFF
man, one of the men to escape with 2(
years, is the man who, according tt
the confession of Frank Fehringer
fired the shot which killed Captain
Ranken as he was being drawn UP b,
the rope.
Soldiers Ready.
j When the jury's readiness to repor
!. was announced the military quietl,
surrounded the court house and de
tail of soldiers. with revolver holster
open, was deployed around the wall
:. iof the courtroom, but aside from
. Whispered buzz of conversation ther
II was on demonstration. The prisoner
/ Iwere quickly handcuffed and unde
! military escort taken to prison.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-08
Reads From congression-
al Record to Prove He
Was Misquoted
IN RECENT MESSAGE
President Severely Scored in
Report Which Committee
Submits to House.

Washington, D. c., Jan. S.-The spe-
cial committee appointed to deal with
the presidents views regarding the
secret service contained in his mess
age to the house last Monday. today
brought in its final report.
Would Lay ON the Table.
Accompanying it was a resolution
which declared it to be the sence of
the house that it shall decline to con-
slider any communication from any
source which is not respectful, and
recommending that the Objectionable
portion of the presidents annual mes
sage be laid on the table and that SIM
liar action be taken with respect to
the message of last Monday because
of its being "unresponsive to the in
quiry of the house" as TO what the
president meant when he said refer
ring to the limitation placed upon
the field of operations of the secret
service that The chief argument in
favor of the provision was that con-
gressmen did not themselves wish to
be investigated"
Several Ready to Speak.
Chairman Perkins OF New York made
the report and Tawney of Minnesota.
Smith of Iowa, Sherry of Kentucky and
Fitzgerald of New York were prepared
to follow him in resenting the insintfa-
tions of the president.
In the course of his remarks Perkins
said: IF congress listens tamely and
imidly to reflections upon the charac-
ter of its members and its honesty OF
purpose, it will deserve and will GER
tainly receive the contempt of the
presidents message congress should
refuse to meekly receive and mildly to
consider
Reviews Houses Attitude.
The committees report, after quot
ing from the presidents message. re-
views the attitude of the house as to
what it regards as a reflection on the
duty and integrity of its membership.
its call on the president for any infor-
nation that would justify the language
of his message or assist the house IN
the duty of purging Itself of corrup-
ton. Il notes that the president in
his reply denies that he had cast reiec-
tions on the integrity of the house thus
and attributed to the house "the entire
failure to understand the message
Claims Right to Interpret.
Continuing the report says: "Wheth-
er the house correctly interpreted the.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-08
LOCAL OPTION
IS A LIVE WIRE,
WARNS HANLY

Indianapolis, Jan. ST am aware
that there are some who have already
celebrated the county option laws re
peal but beg to remind all those who
contemplate its repeal that it is the
liyeliest wire in the political machin-
cry of this commonwealth and is
charged with enough electricity to
electrocute the party that repeals it. >
In these words Governor J. Frank Han
ly in his final message to the legis-
lators today closes his appeal in be
half of temperance after demonstrate
ing by figures that the majority OF
crimes, psuperism, epilepsy and pow
erty are due to alcohol
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-08
COMPLETE RECOUNT OF ALL
VOTES Is ONLY SOLUTION.
Some of the Special
Features for Ar
gus Readers

Ryan Walkers daily cartoons on cur
rent events.
'Tnv'sr washington news letters and
specials.
Willis j. Abbot's weekly letters ON
things political.
Special news service at state capital.
Exclusive service of the Associated
Press.
Full chiidren's page every Saturday,
TO which best authors and artists con-
tribute.
Continuation of high class serial
stories. and daily short stories.
Latest features in up-to-date news
paper making.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-08
NO CRUELTY IS
DISCOVERED IN
KANSAS PRISON

Topeka. Kan, Jan. 8.-The commit
tee appointed by Governor Hoch to in
vestigate the charges of cruelty made
by Kate Barnard of Oklahoma towards
penitentiary convicts at Lansing, made
public its report today. The commits
tee finds little substance to the charg-
es made by Miss Barnard. The report
practically exonerates Warden Haskell.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-08
May Be MURDERER
Rev. J. H. Carmichael Suspected of
Having Been Slayer Instead
Of Victim.
SIGNS POINT THAT WAY
Remains Found in Blood -Bespattered
Church Identified as Those of
Carpenter.

Port Huron, Mich, Jan. S.-Dr.
Charles Bowbeer, dentist of ST. Clair.
this afternoon positively identified two
teeth found in the stove in the Rattle
Run Methodist church as part of set
he manufactured for Gideon Browning,
the missing carpenter from Adair.
Prosecutor Brown has accepted the
Identification and the supervisors have
offered reward of $500 for his muir
derer.
Pastor May He Slayer.
Port Huron, Mich, Jan. S.-Instead
of being the victim in the tragedy in
the Rattle Run church, it is believed
by officers that Rev. J. H. Carmichael
may have been the slayer, and Amos
Gideon Browning, a carpenter, the man
killed
Both Carmichael and Browning are
missing. and Sheriff Wegehseit is firm
in his belief that Browning was the
man whose ashes and fragments were
taken from the heating stove in the
little Methodist church Wednesday
The sheriff bases his theory on bits OF
hair taken from the human fragments
and articles of wearing apparel found
in the church.
Sister Identifies Sticlxpin.
A stickpin taken from the stove
which contained the bones of the muir
dered man was identified by Brown
ing's sister as being the property o.
! her brother. Several citizens corrob
Grated the woman in this statement.
| The sheriff has in his possession :
quantity of brown hair, tinged will
gray, found on the floor of the church
This corresponds with Browning.
hair, according to the sheriff and 10Th
er officials A part Of fur overcoa
believed to have been Brownfng's wa.
found in the stove.
| Mrs. Carmichael, wife of the missin,
minister, was taken in charge by DEP
| uty Sheriff Liphie of Adair and will
be held as a witness. She talked witt
the authorities, but what she said wa
not divulged by them.
BfOwnfng's Host Is Arrested.
Frank Smith, at whose house Brown
ling boarded. was arrested and will b.
/ detained as witness. The sheriff be
i lieves Smith can tell something of tn
whereabouts of Browning before an
after the latter left Adair.
i Sheriff Wegenseit Wednesday worl
led on the principle that Browning po:
sibly had some connection with tn
death of the minister On the rever'
ed theory he. now has adopted. th
! lsheriff and his aids have planned
lnew campaign Of investigation. Fh
, force working on the mystery has bee
enlarged by the addition Of two polio
) men from Detroit, Lfeutenants Bake
and Fenton.
: Wegenseit is working eon a theol
Al that he admits Is rather far-fetcf1e
but which appeals to him from vario,
4 Iphases OF the case. In the nrst plac
The thinks it possible that Carmicha
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-08
Illinois Senate Reserves
Right to Investigate
Fraud Charges.
ADJOURN TILL MONDAY
An Agreement is Expeeted by
Which Deadlock Will be
Ended Soon.


Springfield, ILL.,, Jan. S.-lSpecial.) y
An absolutely fair and honest recount
of all the votes cast at<the election OF
Nov. 5 for governor, and the right of
the administration TO look into charges
of fraud in counties hostile to Deneen
where it is believed the ballots have
been tampsred with since the election.
are the terms on which the Deneen
men will consent to go into joint
session and canvass the vote and per-
NIT recount to be had as demanded
by the democrats
Will Refuse Otherwise.
Until the anti-Deneen republicans
and democrats agree to these terms,
the Deneen leaders say the senate
will refuse to go into joint session,
and the deadlock will continue. The
joint resolution for a joint session at
filed with Secretary Paddock of the
senate this morning Only Lieutenant
Governor Sherman and Senator Hay
were present, and no action was taken,
of course.
Adjourn Till Monday.
Springfield, ILL.,. Jan. S.-Both houses
of the legislature today adjourned I'M
til Monday afternoon, precluding any
immediate breaking of the deadlock
existing between the two bodies. Hope
of releasing the tension in few days
is expressed in administration circles.
as it is believed an agreement cover
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-08
DEATH SENTENCE FOR SIX NIGHT
RIDERS AND 20 YEAR TERM FOR TWO
All Eight Men Found Guilty Of Murder in Connection With Kill
ing OF Ranken at Reeloot Iake--Deense
Will Take an Appeal

the remaindeiIo OF the day in conference
on the makehg of the Taft cabinet.
No political callers came here today
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-08
shurtIeT Claims ImpartiaIity.

Speaker Shurtleff made a definite
statement today, asserting his impair
tiality to the contest question and de-
nying in the most emphatic manner
that there has been bargain express
ed or implied relative to any action in
the event of recount of the votes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-08

ing a method of recounting the votes
for governor can be reached which, in
the opinion of friends of Governor De-
neen, would insure him a fair re-
count
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-08
TAFT AND KNOX PICK CABINET
Get Down to Serious Business After 4
Game Of Golf at Augusta, Ga.

Augusta, Ca, Jan. S.-The president
elect with his secretary of state, Knox.
began the day with game of golf.
After the game and dinner they spent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-08
Is Tied Up Tight.

Springfield. H., Jan. S.-The organ
ization in the Illinois senate which
corresponds to the band of hope" in
the house, yesterday took upon Itself
the responsibility of blocking the
wheels of legislation and tying up the
business of the state for an indefinite
period 1t did this in refusing to ac-
cept the invitation of the house of
representatives to meet in joint ses-
sion and canvass the vote cast for
state officers Nov. 5. The constitution
provides that as soon as the house is
permanently organized this is the first
business which must be transacted.
Is Promptly Referred.
out the -prosfsfon of. the
constitution, the house sent the re-
quired resolution to the senate. The
senate promptly referred the resolu-
ton to a committee, and as the senate
only transacts business on Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays, there can
be absolutely nothing doing in the mat
ter until the senate reconveneS for
business next Tuesday In the mean
time some one will be left on duty in
the senate chamber to comply with the
constitutional requirement regarding
adjournment.
AS the matter now stands, the house
can do absolutely no business until
such time as the senate accepts the
invitation of the house to meet in joint
session and canvass the vote Neither
| can the state officers be inaugurated
until the senate sees fit to go over to
the house and carry out the mandate
of the constitution in regard to can
vassing the vote.
Net Again Today.
When the action of the senate had
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The Holly chieftain., 1909-11-19
Royal Neiihbor Items

Royal Neighbor Ladies have
organized a cub called The Royal
Neighbor Club. They meet the
first and third Tuesday afternoons
Of each month from 2 until 4. Met
at the home Of Mrs. Hattie Mitchell
November 2.
The society gave Halloween
social, Oct. 26, the Neighbors in.
viting the Woodmen and their
friends. A large crowd was in at
tendance and an enjoyable evening
was spent in a varied program.
Having a necktie and apron social
combined with the Hallowe en-
social, neat sum was collected for
us. Two cand dates were taken in
also,