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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-22
TAFT RESOL we'd TO HAVE
NO SLIPS ON TAX SCHEME
the department of justice, were
marked Confidential.

lue department. OF Justice, were
marked Confidential
Send for Data.
Several days ago members of the
subcommittee, considering the reap
pointment of Robert T. Devlin for
United States attorney for the north
ern district of California, obtained
some information concerning these
packages and requested Wickersham
to send them to the senate. He de-
clined to do SO because of the en-
dorsement on the packages, which
had been placed there by his prede-
cessor, and which he desired to re-
spect.
The order to send data to the
senate committee was made so as to
relieve the attorney general of re-
sponSibility in the matter. Some
members of the judiciary committee
went to the department of justice,
and in their presence, wickersham
opened the sealed packages and per-
mitted the senators to examine the
report by w. r. Harr, formerly spec
ial attorney in the land fraud cases.
They were not shown any of the cor
respondence which passed between
the department of justice and Devlin.
Had Come from Oyster Bay.
1t was brought out at the session
of the subcommittee, that the Harr
report declares that the conviction
of Perrin was procured by methods
which could not be approved by the
department of justice. Harr gave
the details of the indictment of Per-
rim, which was attributed to the
statement made by w. j. Burns, a
United States secret operative. This
statement, which was made to the
Burns had just come from Oyster
Bay, and he knew that President
Roosevelt desired Perrin's indict-
ment.
Criticise ROnapartc.
The subcommittee discussed the
Harr report three hours. Senator
Borah criticised the action of former
Attorney General Bonaparte in seal
| ing the papers and declared to his
| colleagues that it was evident that
i Bonaparte did not want to proceed
on the lines recommended by Harr
which called for dismissal of the
proceedings against Perrin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-22
BY TAV.

Especial Correspondence of The Argus)
Washington, June 19.-1f President
Taft signs the Aldrich-Paync bill, ana
it has the effect of not only breaking
hia party in twain but making the cd
congress democratic, he will not be
able to say he under estimated the
viciousness of the measure.
Close observers here in the national
capital who sit i'll the senate galleries
Gay after day and note the bitterness
so frequently displayed by the progres-
|GIyes and standpatters in dealing with
each other, predict that if the presi-
dent signs the tariff bill it will mean
that the two wings of the republican
LaTty will never be reconciled. The
plogressives have already denounced
the leaders of the party, and if the
tariff bill becomes a law with the
believed. either wrest the. control of
The party from the present leaders, OF
organize party of their own. In the
latter case, either LaFollette. Mum
MINIS Or Colonel Roosevelt would PROB.
ably head their ticket in the next pres
i6ential campaign.
HIVE often Been Warned.
The republican leaders have re
ceived warnings aplenty that the
tcCntry will in all probability repud
iate the new tariff law by sending q
democratic majority to the house o.
democratic majority to the house
|os representatives. 1t was Colonel
Roosevelt himself, who, foreseeing that
he Tevcsion of the tariff would bear
The handiwork of such men as Aid
rich, first predicted that tariff revis
ion would be followed by democratic
house.
Then came James Hill, the railroad
magnate, with the warning that nt
liaG made some Investigations in the
west, was familiar with the sentiment
of the people toward the pending tariff
bill, and that unless it was improved
upon the democrats would be given {
chance to see what they could do
| Foresec Party Defeat.
| Senators Cum.nins LaFollette, Ne!
son, Clapp, Beveridge and others, al
lfoIsee defeat for the republican part.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-22

in the coming congressional elections.
Senators, you are simply Courtng
the destruction of your party, if you
have no regard for the welfare of the
people" declared Cummins during the
debate on the wool schedule. You are
simply courting annihiliation for the
party when you announce a duty 50
indefcnSible as the one | have just
suggested.
Il marvel at your blindness. | mar
vel that you are willing to commit the
republican party to such a schedule;
for while granting the righteousness IS
o. the principle involved i'll it, it is so
radical misapplication of the policy
To which we are all pledged that | can
not conceive that the senate will, upon
reflection. agree to it.
Not Hard to Understand.
at will not do to assume that the
people are unacquainted with the
WOODEN schedule. There is nothing
mysterious about the wooden schedule.
There is nothing difficult to under
stand about the woolen schedule. It's
wrongs are just as apparent as though
they had been written across the face
Of the bill in letters of fire. The de
mand for revision of the tariff arose
partially out of a knowledge of the
injustice of the wooden schedule. It is
quite true that the people as whole
have not given a technical study to
every schedule in this tariff bill
There were a few of the schedules
however. which came into intimate
contact with their daily lives and the
me rits of which they were compelled
TO consider day after day and night
after night. The steel schedule was
enc of them; the lumber schedule was
one of them; the WOODEN schedule was
another; and it. is grievous error to
suppose the great part of the thinking
studious men do not understand thes-
schedules
| On the Last Leg.
| The senate is now on the last leg oi
lis infamous tariff journey. Not many
more days will pass before the bill
will be ready for the conferees. There
is no reason for hoping that the BIZ
will be much improved after it ha,
&C me from conference or after it ha
oeen passed by congress, signed by th,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-22
HONORS TOkERMIT
Son of EX-PreSident Roosevelt
Kills Largest Lion so
Far Bagged.
FATHER ALSO GETS ONE
All MeYubers of Party i'm Camp in So
tik District and Reported in
Good Health.

Naiwasha, June 22.-All members OF
the Roosevelt expedition are at present
in camp on the Loietta plains in the
health. Theodore Roosevelt has shot
another lion, while very large tawny
maned lion has fallen before the rife
of his son, Kermit This animal holds
The record for size on the present eX-
petition.
All Hides Reserved.
Kermit also killed two cheetahs IN
addition the party has secured three
guaffeS, two Gland. six topi and large
number of minor antelopes. All the
skins are being preserved for the
Smithsonian institution at Washing
ton
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-22
GIVE UP UNION OR
FIND OTHER JOBS
Ultimatum Presented to Lacrosse
Street Car Men who Promptly
Accept the Def.

Lacrosse Wis. June 22.-When en-
ElOyes of the Lacrosse City Railway
company reported for work this morn
ing they We're given thc choice of drop
Eing out of the union or giving ZIP
their positions. To man the conduc-
tors and motoTmcn stuck to the union.
Strikebreakers procured from Chicago
were placed on the cars but only a few
cars were put into operation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-22
THIRD CHILD OF KING AND QUEEN OF
SPAIN GIRL WHICH PLEASES PARENTS

La Granja, Spain. June 22.-Quecn
Victoria gave birth to a daughter to-
Gay.
When it was seen last night that az
CouChement was imminent members uf
the royal family, the premier and Il
number of high court personages werl
hastily summoned to the palace. The
birth of the princess is particularly
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-22
ALL GAMES DECLARED OFF
National Baseball League Shows
Respect for DOvey of Boston.

Philadelphia, June 22-The funeral
ol George B. Dovey, president of the
Boston National League baseball club
who died suddenly last Saturday on a
railroad train in Ohio took place here
this afternoon and was attended ~
many men prominent in baseball cir
cles. Out of respect to the memory
OF Dovey all National league ball
games scheduled for today were lie
claTed off.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-22
Business Men Drink More.

Detroit, June 22.-"Notwithstandi
the prohibition wave that has recently
swept over the country, there is every
reason 20 believe the alcoholic habit
among business men is steadily on the
Increase" declared DR.. Frank c. Rich
ardson of Boston today in an address
before the Society of Neurology and
Psychiatrics.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-22

pleasing to both the king and queen
as they hoped that this child. the third,
would be girl The first two children
are boys.
Queen Victoria is a daughter of the
late Prince Henry of Battenburg and
Princess Beatrice. daughter of the late
Queen Victoria of Great Britain. She
was married to King Alfonso of Spain
May 81, 1906.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-22
CREW SAVED WHEN
LAKE BOAT SINKS
Captain and If Men from w. p.
Thew Rescued After Collision
OFF Thunder Boy Island.

Alpena, Mich. June 22.-The steam
e. W. p. Thew. owned by Hugh R.
Havey of Detroit, was sunk today on
Thunder Bay island by the steamer
Livingstone. Captain Duncan and a
crew of II men escaped in yawls and
were picked up by the steamer Marcy
C. Elphicke.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-22
Chung Sin, Friend Of
Leon, Gives Way Un-
der Questions.
KNOWS ABOUT CRIME
Publication of Statement, How
ever, Is Temporarily
Withheld.

New York, June 22.-Chung Sin, the
friend of Leon Ling, gave way under
the severe questioning and made an
important statement 10 District Attor-
ney Jerome this afternoon. 1t was re-
ported at first that Chung Sin said he
saw Ling stransle Miss Sigel to death.
This was not exactly correct, the dis
trict attorney said, but added to the
reporters: at is a lcng story, and you
will have tn wait until the statement
is written out.'
Brother Says 1t Is Not Leon.
Schenectady. n Y. June 22.-Regil
aid Sigel brother of Elsie Sigel, the
gnl victim of the trunk murder myS-
terry in New York. who arrived here
early today, declared the Chinaman ar
rested here yesterday was not William
III. Leon. alleged murderer of Miss
Sigel
IL Not Leon.
Schenectady, n. w. June 23.-The
attempt to identify the Chinaman ar
re ted there yesterday in connection
Win lht hilIlhe VI lAioit oIStti III -NO
York. failed. J. J. Evans of Troy. who
said he had known Leon well at the
Fort George, New York City, amuse-
ment park, where Leon had a stand,
declared that the prisoner was not
Leon.
No Arrest Made.
Vancouver. B. c., June 22.-The re
e,
( ta be Leon Ling at Revclstoke, B. c..
X erroneous
.:.-ss--s. Chinese uasons Give Help.
Indianapolis. June 22.-Hoon
Soon Tong. known among English
speaking people as the Chinese Nh
sons, with headquarters in this city,
today began systematic search for
Leon Ling, accused of numbering
Elsie Sigcl in New York, according
to the announcement of Chin uum
Shing, supreme officer of the So
ciety.
"Six Companies to Aid.
Pittsburg, June 22.-LOcal China
town last night was posted with far
ing pronunciamentOes signed in the
name of the "SiX Companies" whose
headquarters are in San Francisco,
calling upon the Chinese to assist the
police in every way possible in locat-
ing Leon Ling, the alleged slayer of
Elsie Sigel.
Minister Enlisted in Search.
Washington, June 22.-Orders were
issued by the Chinese legation here
yesterday to the Chinese consuls
throughout the United States to do all
in their power to assist in the appre-
hension of the murderer, or the muir
derers, of Elsie Sigel. 1t is pointed
out that the world should be shown
that the Chinese in this country are
another in crime.
Elsie SigeI buried.
New York, June 22.-The body of
Elsie Sigel was quietly buried yeSter-
day afternoon in Woodlawn cemetery.
The ceremony at the grave was strict
ly private, and was attended only by
her father and two brothers, and by
her uncle, Frank Sigel. Mrs. Sigel is
now in sanitarium.
A meeting of the Chinese who have
been converted to Christianity was
held yesterday. II was decided to
raise funds TO offer a reward and to
assist in ,the capture of Elsie Sigefs
murderer. They claim that Leon had
never been connected with the mis-
sion, nor did he ever attend Sunday
school, though it is admitted that Miss
Sjgel taught HIM
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-22
WOMEN IN FAVOR OF WAR
International Meet Rejects Peace Re-
ports Which Are CcnSurcd.

Toronto. Ont, June 22.-The Inter
national Council of Women yesterday
threw out the major portion of the re-
Tort of the peace and arbitration COM
mittee dealing with efforts to secure
limitation of armamentS, abolition rf
standing armies, establishment of area
Of neutrality and circulation of peace
petitions.
Frau Stritt, Germany, third vice
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-22
Keeps World scuIIina Title.

Wellington, New Zealand. June % =
Rarnst, the New Zealand rover, by
defeating w. Webb on the Wanganui
river today, retains the scu!ling cham
EiOnship of the world.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-22
William LoeffIer Dead,

Chicago, June 22.-William LoefTler
former city clerk and for years prom
ibont in democratic politics, died to-
day after protracted illness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-22
BANDITS AT GREEN BAY
Two Men Rob L. s. Express Office
of $1,000.

Green Bay, Wis, June 22.-Two
bandits entered the Office of the
United States Express company here
carly today and at the point of re-
yolver compelled the man in charge
to open the safe. They secured $1,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-22
Receivership is Lifted.

Chicago, June 22-The receivershiD
for the American Strawboard company
vas formally terminated today, the
company being again on a sound foot
ing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-22
WATERS DESCEND
Cloudburst Floods Little Pigeon
Greek and Swamps Cres-
cent, Iowa.
DAMAGE IN COLORADO, TOO
Hot Weather Melts Snow in the
Mountains and Causes Heavy
Losses.

Crescent Iowa, June 22.-As result
C clOudburst in the Valley of the
Little Pigeon creek early today the
creek ordinarily an insignificant stream
suddenly went out of its banks, food
ing part of the town and driving a
number of families from their homes.
Much stock was drowned and damage
10 crops is heavy.
Melting Snow Causes Loss.
Grand Junction, Colo, June 22.-The
Denver q Rio Grande tunnel at Tuu-
mel station, 30 miles east of here. was
flooded by the Grand river early TODAY.
Traffic in both directions is blocked.
An unprecedented amount of snow is
in the mountains and as result of
the hot weather every river outlet IS
swollen. Much damage to irrigation
canals and ranch property is reported
along the Grand and Gunnison rivers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-22
PARDONS JAMES B. GENTRY

-NCtUF W TiO HUfUVFCU 1atSt 1OTkC
at Harrisburg, Pa, Freed.
Harrisburg. June 22.-Governor
Stuart today approved of the action Of
The state board of pardons which last
week recommended that pardon be
granted to James B. Gentry, the actor,
who killed Madge Yorke of the Bag
gage Check" company here in 1895.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-22
CONFESSION THROWS LIGHT
UPON ELSIE SlGEL MURDER

man, George Deinlein, was killed and
seven others were injured, four seri-
ously, in the fall of an elevator from
the seventh story of the Murdock
building last night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-22
ROBBERS HOLD
UPWRONC TRAIN
and Get LITTLE

Vancouver, B. C., June ga Cana
dian Pacific train west bound was held
up last night near Kamloops by four
men. The robbers took the train for
No. ), which was carrying large
amount of silver to the coast. The
men were masked They obtained 40
loot.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-22
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS

Washington, June 22.-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, 1909-06-22

Continued on Page Four.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-22

Indianapolis. June 22-Hoon
Soon Tong. known among English
speaking people as the Chinese Ma
sons. with headquarters in this city,
today began a systematic search for
Leon Ling, accused of numbering
Elsie Sigcl in New York, according
to the announcement of Chin uun
Shing, supreme officer of the So
The Nome daily nugget., 1909-05-01
CLEAN UP THE TOWN.

The City Council has d surplus in the treasury of several thousand dol lars and while the Nugget believes in putting by few dollars iOr q rainy day. it also is of the opinion that the town should be kept in a state of cleanliness, even if the work ot doing so does cause a slight srinkasc in the city bank roll.
 The proVerb that "Cleanline3s is next to Godlness" has been already quoted two or three million tImes at
 least, but it is not a matter of sunctity in this case--it is a question of the health and comfort of the community. All of the refuse of the ,,as: winter. which for several months heretofore has been hidden from sigh- by the kindly all-covering snows, is now be- ginning to show itself in its ugliness, and~~tae- warm sun is rapidly deeom- posing the vegetable matter and other decaying refuse, which, in the coutse of natural deposition, has gradually accumulated on the streets during the winter
 This refuse is not only an offense to the eye, but 1t is an insult to the nose of every citizen; and, not that alone. it is breeding ground for billions and trillions of bacilli of a more or less dangerous character.
 There are plenty of idle men Tn lhe city who would welcome the chance to get in few days work but if he Council does not feel itself justified i1 hiring men. let them order out the members of the fire department and give them q little exercise on the noz- gle. The Sesnon Company is paid q good round sum every month for fur nishing the fire department with water, and as the quenching element has not been needed for several months past. the company could hardly offer an ob- jection to furnishing it for the purpose of cleaning up the town,
 It may be contended by some of the City Councilmen that the snow is not yet all melted This is quite true. but there also is truth in the statement that the appearance of the streets will be greatly improved if the top muck is washed off, and 1t might be the means of staving off an outbreak of typhoid or some other form of contagious dis ease.
The Nome daily nugget., 1909-05-01

VANCOUVER, March 25.-A small sample of black sand taken from sluice box on one of his clanns on Me Connell creek by Tony Menard and turned over to the provincial assayer at Victoria has given returns that may yet result in an altogether new estima- tion oA the importance of the find of gold in the Finlay river district. The figures supplied by the Government assay office, as shown in an official assay certificate in possession Of the Ingenika- Finlay River Development Company, are almost beyond belief.
 The sample taken by MT Menard was not large and it was tied up and brought down by him on his last trip Attaching but little importance to the black sand he did nothing with it until after he had sold all his claims on Me Cornell creek to the Ingenika Finlay River Company It was more out of curiosity than anything else that he turned the sample over to the Govern ment assay office at Victoria. The black sand found in the operations of the miners in the Finlay river country
The Nome daily nugget., 1909-05-01
BLACK SAND ASSAYS
 TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE

had been looked upon as more of a nuisance than anything else.
 Menard was the first to notice stray particles of gold, barely apparent to the naked eye, in the sand which was being thrown away, and he thought little of it when he idly gathered a few handfus and tied them up in torn piece of overalls The figures need no comment Gold, 5,1O1 ounces to tho ton; platinum, 1 ounce to the ton. Such figures mean that this particular sam pie of black sand was worth $102,554 per ton, or $460 per ounce.
 Just what all this may mean, no one can say as yet It may put an alto gether new value on the diggings, and again it may not. That the black sand is there in larger quantities than has eyer been known in any placer grounds in British Columbia is well known. The question is as to whether the sample assayed is fair sample of the sand in that district If it is and steps are being taken to find out quickly, it will mean that the Ingenika country is richer than was ever believed.
The Nome daily nugget., 1909-05-01

been a losing proposition ever since the advent of the American. It has seven Lost creeks. a Lost river. Loat Rocker. Lost lake, innumerable Lost gulches, Lost mountain and Lost harbor and if we listen to what some of the missionaries tell us, it has thou sands of lost souls
 This frontier nomenclature would also lead an unsuspecting reader to be- iieve that 1t is an arid country, for in naming places and geographical points the word Dry figures quite promi nently With that prefix, there are six bays, several creeks, two islands, a pass, a river, two straits a Dry Creek mountain, and an Extra Dry creek, t) say nothing of hundreds of men who are afflicted with a thirst that wouil put a camel to shame.
 Another peculiarity of this Alaskan nomenclature would lead to the belief that it is a very windy country In practically every mining district there is Windy creek and a Windy river, and there are Windy bays. Windy mountains. Windy passes. and Windy straits too innumerable to figure upon. Also, we have heard of man named Windy" Johnson.
 In many instances the names are synonymous of the conditions. but in other cases they are the direct oppo- site For instance, innumeraDle Coarse Gold" creeks and "All Cola creeks have never yielded a color of gold bigger than pin point, and there is stream tributary to the Yukon which has been endowed with the dis tinguishlng name of "ToO Much Gold" creek It was SO called for the reason that pever a particle of the yellow metal has been discovered in any part of it.
 There is one stream known as Happy" creek and it was so named by the prospectors who discovered it because they were in a miserable and half starved condition at the time
The Nome daily nugget., 1909-05-01
DISTRICT COURT
 DAILY MINUTES

Friday, April 30, 1909, 10 a. m.
 Young vs. Seward Mining Company. The hearing on qualification of sure ties was continued until 10 a. m. to- morrow.
 Livingston Vs Thompson.
 Roberts vs. Boyd ct al.
 Kruzgamapa Hot Springs Co. ct al.
 The trial of above cases was con tinue don the Courts own motion.
 McLennan vs. Juhlin ct al Trial re- sumed. Plaintiff's case was argued 10 the Court by Thomas R. White, and the case of the defendants by Ira D. Orton and o. D. Cochran until 12 o'clock noon.
 Watson vs Arctic Placer Mining x Milling Company. On motion of T. M. Gloves defendant was granted thirty days from this date to file objections and amendments to proposed bill of exceptions.
 At 12 o'clock noon Court adjourned until 1:SO p. m.
 1:30 P. M.-
 Penny River Ditch Company vs. Me Gam ct al. On stipulation of counsel the hearing on order to show cause was continued until May 7, 1909, at 10 a. m.
 McLennan vs Juhln ct al. Trial re sumed. Ira D. Orton resumed the ar gument of defendants case, and there after w. A. Gilmore made the closing argument on behalf of plaintiff, and the case was submitted to the Court
 At 5:10 p. m. Court adjourned until Saturday, May 1, at 10 a. m.