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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-27
ELLIS Is SENT
TO HELP BEEF
INVESTIGATION

Chicago. Jan. 27-Assistant Attor-
ney General Wade F. Ellis arrived to-
day TO take charge Of the federal
grand jury's investigation Of the meth
ods Of the so-called beef trust"
Ellis refused to say he would take
charge of the investigation. but said
he was here to assist If needed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-27
MIchluan Bank Closes.

Brohson, Mich, Jan. 27-The prl-
vate bank of l.. Rudd & Son closed
yesterday owing to slow collections
The deposits are $4,000. Manager
Rudd declares the bank will pay dollar
for dollar,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-27
PRICES OF FOODS
AGAIN LOWERED

New York, Jan. 27.-Many retailers
today lowered the prices of meat and
other commodities continued to de-
cline
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-27
POSTAL BANK
BILL PUSHED
Senate Committee Pol
ishing Off Taft's Pet
Measure.
PASSAGE is DUE SOON
Fowler Starts Move in House to
Gust Speaker from Rules
Committee.

Washington, Jan. 27.-The finishing
touches On the postal savings bank
bill, to be reported from the senate
committee on postofices, are being
made by the subcommittee The most
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-27
Mrs. Eord,s Trial BEGUN.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 27-The trial
OF Mrs. Jeanette Stewart Ford
charged with blackmailing the convict
ed former local treasurer, Warmer,
of the Big Four railroad, was began
today The court room was crowded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-27
THE WEATHER

Partly cloudy tonight and Friday.
No decided change in temperature.
The lowest temperature tonight will
be about 20 to 25 degrees above zero.
Temperature at a. NJ, 81. Maxi
mum temperature in last "a hours, 40.
Minimum in last II hours, 27. Velocity
of wind at 7 a. m, IS miles per hour.
Precipitation, .01 inch. Relative humid
ity, at Z p. m. "A, at a. M 83.
]. NJ. SHERIER, local forecaster.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
Sun sets 5:07, rises 7:10; moon rises
100 n. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-27
Oldest Actress Auto Victim.

New York, Jan. 27.-The condition
OF Mrs. Sol Smith, the Oldest actress
on the American stage. who was seri-
ously injured in an automobile acct
dent last night, was somewhat inn
proved today,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-27
ohioan Dead AZ 11a-

Elyria. Ohio, Jan. 27.-"Uncle" John
Ramsey. 119 years old and thought 10
have been the Oldest person in Ohio,
ts dead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-27
Two Miners Killed bv Fail.

Grim and Herman Blue, miners in
the Cuba shaft, were killed today
by falling 800 feet down an open
shaft.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-27
Extent of Damage Not known.

Florence, Jan. 27.-The River Arno
is out of the banks and flooding az
jacent districts. Wire communication
and railway transportation to points
in the surrounding city are cut off and
it is impossible to learn the extent of
the damage wrought in the fioodad
villages. Relief workers were dis
To ma rr,,r Nh iclzs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-27
New Districts Flooded.

The Bercy quarter is abandoned by
the residents Notre Dame is sur
rounded by water and the crypts are
flooded. Rotten palisades back of lie
St. Louis gave way, as did also the
emSankment at Qui D'Austerlitz, flood
ing new districts. The waters have
not yet reached the Catacombs, where
rest 6.OOO. GOO skulls.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-27
SUN shows Face.

The rain ceased throughout the af-
fiicted districts before noon today.
The sun appeared in Paris. Although
the gauge showed a drop in the
waters, it was claimed later that the
fall was due to a rapid overflow into
the Bercy quarter, where the Seine
had broken its barriers. Experts say
the rivers are still rising, but the
maximum of the flood should be
reached at o'clock
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-27

ing developments and shortly before
noon the dismayed crowd that was
watching the water gauge at Pont
Royal noticed that for 1 0 minutes the
flood remained stationary and that at
noon it actually began to subside. By
1890 the waters had fallen three
quarters of an inch. The news
spread like wildf1re along the quays
turning exclamations of horror to
shouts of Jubilation
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-27
Prayer to Combat evil"

Naples, Jan. 27.-Damage from the
storm increases. Many roads along
the sea front are under water and the
country at these points is devastated.
Wreckage thrown out by the tide
proves many small boats have been
lost. Churches are filed with persons
praying fervently for the passing OF
the evil
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-27

important amendment under COnsidera-
tion is designed to, prevent the con
Centration of postal deposits in the
money centers of the east. The bill
will probably be reported Friday.
wants Speaker OF Committee.
Washington, Jan. 27.-Representa.
tive Fowler of New Jersey, one of the
original insurgents" yesterday in
troduced a resolution providing for
a reorganization of the rules commit
tee and the removal of Speaker Can
non from that committee. The reso-
luton aims straight at the house or
ganization and would shear the
speaker of a great portion of the
power of his office, according to the
statement of the author. The resolu-
ton provides that Feb. the house
shall elect five additional members of
the committee on rules, four republi-
cans and one democrat; that The
speaker shall no longer be a member
of the committee, which shall con-
sist of the four members heretofore
appointed and the five members to be
elected, and that the committee, con-
sisting of six republicans and three
democrats shall elect one of its num-
Der as chairman.
JEFF Davis Sees Fraud.
Washington, Jan. Ex-senator
JEFF Davis today charged fraudulent
purpose in connection with considera-
tion by the senate of the bill provid-
ing for the sale of unallotted lands
in the Rosebud Indian reservation in
tally to the provision authorizing
payment for certain sections of land
for school purposes, declaring much
land was arid and worthless and as
serting there was some powerful
force" behind the scheme to compel
the government to buy the land.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-27
Rome Has DeIuge.

Rome. Jan. 27.-The rain. snow and
wind storm increased in intensity to-
day. The river continues to rise and
at noon had almost reached the top
of the arches of the bridges. Dead
cattle and trees are being borne down
the current
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-27

CONTINUED on Page Five.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-27
Save 1.5OO Lives.

Charenton, France, Jan. 27-The
food situation is critical. Blue jackets
and soldiers with canvas boats and
barges worked throughout the night
under the light of torches and rescued
1000 persons imprisoned in their
homes at Ivry and Alfortville.
The Marne rose three feet during
the night
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-27
Inundated Below Pnris.

Versailles, Jan. 27-The food ex-
tends for miles. inundating the region
below Paris. but the work Of succor
is well organized and casualties are
few The property loss is enormous.
Rhone Again Rises.
Mines. France, Jan. 27.-The Rhone
has risen again and immense damage
is being done the department of Gard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-27

There are 700 miles of sewers and
two rivers, the Bievre and Grange
BOtel Betliere, under Paris, the latter
running under an opera house whose
confning walls are subjected to thou
sands of cubic yards OF water. Where
ever a break in the masonry occurs
streets cave in and water and refuse
emerge. Thus n dozens of places y
mile back from the river the streets
are flooded and walls of adjoining
buildings rendered unsafe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-27

Continued on Page six.)
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-06
YOUTH CONFESSES TO
MOST FIENDISH DEED
brushes Woman's Skull With
Club and Sets Her Body
a Fire.

Richmond, Ind, April 16.-Charles A.
Revalee, 10 years old, arrested today,
has confessed, according to the police,
that he murdered Mrs. Frank Ali
son near Cambridge City, 16 miles west
of here, on April 6. The alleged con-
fession gave robbery as the motive of
the crime, and said that Mrs. Allison
interrupted Revalee while he vas
searching for valuabes. The house was
fired following the murder, and the
flames attracted neighbors, who res
cued the woman's body from the
flames.
The night before the murder, Revalee
says, he slept in the barn on the Alt
son farm. In the morning he watched
Allison and his employees go to a field
two miles away and then he slipped in
TO the house. He knew where Alli-
son and his wife kept some jewelry
and money, and he went to this room.
He was gathering up the valuables
when he was caught by Mrs. ALI
son. Knocking the I'm down, he
crushed her skull with a club, ran To
the kitchen for the gasoline can, poured
oil on his victims clothes and touched
a match to il.
Waiting to see the body enveloped in
flames, and satisfied hat the house
would take fire, Revalee fled from the
place and came to this city on an in.
terurban car.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-06
NICK LONCWORTH HAS
TROUBLES OF HIS OWN
Being a Soninlaw of a Great
Man Is Not Without It's
Many Drawbacks.

Washington, April 15.-Representa-
tive Nicholas Longworth, of Ohio, con-
tinues to defy the insurgents, whom
he pilloried in his speech at the Re-
publican club dinner Saturday night.
Mr.. Longworth says he is a standpat-
ter, hat he glories In 1t, and hat he
doesn't care what his fatherinlaw,
Theodore Roosevelt, thinks about 1t.
LAS a matter of fact, does any one
know what Mr.. Roosevelt's idea of the
present situation is?" asked Mr.. Long
worth. Being a soninlaw in this
case and trying TO keep In politics is
not all a path of roses. l have a great
many constituents who believe that
when / say anything worth repeating,
II / do, Mr.. Roosevelt inspired 1t, and
when 1 say things that appear silly,
or are silly, they EXPRESS pity for my
fatherinlaw. The only time they
give me credit for being myself Is when
/ make q blunder."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-06
NASHVILLE IS QUIET
AFTER COOPER STORM
Whole State, However, Is
Wrought Up in Fierce Po-
litical Turmoil.

Nashville. Tenn, April 61.-Nash-
vile has quieted down today after the
excitement of yesterday, attending
the action Of the supreme court and
the governors subsequent pardon in
the case of Colonel duncan b. Cooper,
sentenced to 20 years in prison for the
murder of former United States Sena-
tor E. w. Carmack. Although there
was much excited comment on the
street and in public places until late
last night, there has at no time beer
any indication of anything approach
ing disorder. Both Colouel Cooper and
his son. Robin, have thus far declined
to make any public statement.
Meanwhile. with a primary to make
nominations for governor and the
state judiciary less than two months
off. the political cauldron boils. Enc
mics Of the governor use the calling
of this primary, embracing as il does
the nominations for supreme court
judges, as an attempt by the executive
to hold an axe oyer the supreme court,
which had the Cooper case under adj
yisement at the time the call was is
sued. AS to the governorship, the
campaign will, 1t is thought, be waged
on the prohibition issue.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-06
ROADWILL
CONNECT BIG CITIES
Kansas City and St. Louis, It Is
Announced, Will Be
Joined.

Kansas City, April 16.--Officials of
the st. Louis-Kansas City Electric
Railway company, capital SIS, 600, 900,
which has been incorporated under the
laws of Missouri. announced today that
the engineering corps in the field have
finished the final locating of 70 per cent
of the road. The proposed route takes
in Blue Springs, just outside of Kan
sas City; Oak Grove, Odessa, May
view, H~igginsville, Marshall, Arrow
Rock, New Franklin and Columbia.
The company proposes to construct
a double-tracked airline between st.
Louis and Kansas City at the shortest
distance possible, estimated at $50
miles. 1t Is intended to install hourly
local service and through fast express
trains.
The president of the company is D.
G. Nevin, formerly general attorney for
the Pacific & Idaho Northern Railway
company, and Henry V. Johnson, ex-
mayor Of Denver, and ex-United States
district attorney for Colorado, is treas
urer
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-06
MARK TWAIN RETURNS
IN VERY POOR HEALTH
Humorist, Back From Bermuda,
Confined to Bed With
Heart Trouble.

New York, April 16.-Samuel L. Gle
mems, ("Mark Twain"J returned TO
New York from Bermuda today. It
was said when the steamer Oceana, on
which he was a passenger, came into
port thai Mr.. Clemens was confined to
his berth, suffering from heart trouble,
and that he had been indisposed during
the entire trip northward.
Mr.. Clemens, the sudden death Of
whose daughter last winter told Sc
verely on him, went to Bermuda early
in the year in the hope Of regaining
his health.
Mr.. Clemens remained in his berth
as the Oceana came up the bay from
quarantine and did not disembark with
the rest of the passengers. 1t was said
he probably would not leave the vessel
until late this afternoon, when it was
planned for him to proceed to his
home, Stormfield. neal Redding, Conn.
Albert Bigelow Paine. who has been
acting as Mr. Clemens secretary, ac-
.companied him back from Bermuda
and remained with him on the liner
this afternoon.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-06
MANY ARE JUDGED IN
White SLAVERY RAID
Six Arrested in Brooklyn and
Warrants Out for 20
Others.

New York, April 16.-With the ar
raignment of six men in a Brooklyn
police court today and the announce
ment that warrants were out for 20
others, the Brooklyn police declared
that one Of the biggest raids on deal
ers in white slaves ever made in New
York was in progress.
Eight girls were in court to testify
against the prisoners. One of them was
only 8 years old, the oldest was Is.
They all told the same story-that they
had been lured to a moving picture
show where candy or other cheap pres
ents were given 10 them. and that then
they were taken to some house main
Named as a resort of the white slave
bands activities.
The arrest of the six persons vas
broNght about by the Society for the
Prdlention of Cruelty TO Children,
agent OF which have been on thu
trail of the band for months.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-06
ROOSEVELT TAKES
IN VENICE SCENES
BEFORE DAYLIGHT
Duke of Abruzzi Among the Dis.
tinguished Callers on Amer
E lean Visitor.

Venice, April 16.--Mr. Roosevelt was
rowed through a stretch of the Canal
'Grande in the darkness of the early
morning today, inc declared the ex-
perience to be more impressing than
a night of Venice by moonlight. Mr..
Roosevelt arrived here by train at 3
o'clock this morning, and departed at
-2:2O o'clock this afternoon for Vienna.
The former president was accompa
MED from Porto Maurizio by Kermit
Roosevelt, Lawrence Abbott, two sec
retartes and several American newspa-
per men. He was met at the railway
station by American Consul James V.
Long, n Commander Andrew T.
Long, American naval attache at Rome
n Vienna.
The party entered hooded gondolas,
which threaded their way swiftly
through the canals to the hotel where
apartments had been reserved.
n reflection of the street lights in
the inky waters, the gloomy facades Of
beautiful places rising on either side,
and the quiet of the hour, broken only
by the melancholy cries of the Condo
Tiers as corners were approached, were
commented upon by Mr.. Roosevelt and
his son, both OF whom enjoyed the trip
Immensely.
Reaching the hotel the Roosevelts re-
tired, but were up again at s o'clock
<and after breakfast started out on a
sightseeing tour. They visited st.
Marks cathedral, a monument of the
ancient magnificence of Venice, the pal
ace of the Doges, several museums, the
Bridge of Signs and Verrocchio's statue
or BartoiommO, ColleOni.
Abruzzi !s a Caller.
Mr.. Roosevelt and Kermit returned
to their hotel at Has o'clock, and a
few minutes later a gorgeous steam
launch pulled up to the landing stage
of the hotel and the duke of Abruzzi
stepped out. The duke was dressed in
civilians clothes. He was attended by
Marquis Turazzo, his aide, in full uni
form. The duke was conducted imme-
rdiately to Mr.. Rooseveit's apartments.
Early this morning the duke, who is
now in command Of the naval arsenal
here, had sent his aide to the hotel
with a message of greeting for MI.
Roosevelt, and expressing a desire to
personally pay his respects to the for
mer president.
BY a coincidence Grand Duke Ferdi-
nand, of Austria, who arrived this
morning from his villa on the island
of Brione, in the Adriatic, was at the
same time in the hotel %incognito with
the grand duchess.
Hears Some Home News.
Silas McBee, editor of the Church.
man, Of New York, had breakfast with
Mr.. Roosevelt. The former president
was made acquainted today with the
action uf the United States supreme
cOur in ordering a reargument of the
cases Of the government against the
American Tobacco company and the
Standard Oil company, but offered no
comment.
The call of the duke Of the Abruzzi
upon Mr.. Roosevelt lasted for 40 min
utes. When the former, on taking his
leave, reached the corridor of the hotel
he greeted the American newspaper
men with a smile. but did not wait to
be interviewed. Stepping quickly 10
the landing he jumped into his launch.
the "Nella," the boatman called out
"Shove Off" and the duke was gone.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-06
FARM ANIMALS ARE
SHOWN TO Be HEALTHY
Report to Government Proves
Good Conditions Over the
Country.

Washington, April 16.--The general
h~ealthfulness Of farm animals In the
United States on April 1 was very
nearly the average of preceding years,
according to the department of agri-
culture. Horses and sheep were slight
ly lower in condition, cattle slightly
lower than a year ago, but above the 10
year average age, and swine were above
their condition Of both a yea ago and
the 10 year average.
The losses Of horses from the dis
eases during the yea were 901, coo; of
cattle from diseases, 81 per 1000; from
exposure, II per 1000; Of sheep, (not
including spring lambs) about 81 per
1000. From exposure the losses were
heavier than usual, being As per 1000.
The losses Of hogs from disease
were lighter han usual, being A per
1000.
The number of breeding sows in the
country Is estimated at about s per
cent less than a year ago.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-06
UNCLE SAM MAY OWN
BUNCH OF AIRSHIPS

New York, April 15.-An outfit of
French aeroplanes may become govern
ment property by seizure, If litigation
over them is not settled soon. Attor-
neys for Louis Paulhan, the French
aviator, said today they had been no.
titled that the o u aeroplanes which
Paulhan used in his flights on II Pa
cific "a and In the west would be
seized by the United States IL they
We're not taken back to France by
April 20.
After Paulhan left New York the
machines were attached by Edwin
Cleary in a suit for breach of con-
tract and have since been in the GUS
tody of the sheriff. Recently Nine.
Paulhan, wife Of the aviator, made APP
plication to the courts for the release
Of the machines. asserting they were
her property.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-06
SLAYER
IS GIVEN PARDON
BY THE GOVERNOR
Man Who Killed Former Sen
ator Saved From Prison
by Friendly Executive.

Nashville, Tenn, April 15.-The SUI
preme court of Tennessee today af-
irmed the conviction of Colonel Dun
can b. Cooper for the killing of ex-
United States Senator Edward w. Car
mack. Immediately after the decision
of the supreme court was rendered.
Colonel Cooper was granted a free par
don by Governor Patterson.
IT was believed by many that the
chief executive would ultimately take
his action; but his doing 1t so sud
denly after the decision of the supreme
court has created a tremendous sensa-
ton. The governors action saved Col
onel Cooper from a 20 years sentence
in states prison.
The killing of Senator Carmack oc-
CURED November 9, 1908. IL was the
outgrowth of a political feud, which
was due to the temperance question,
The immediate aus of the killing was
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-06
BLOOD LUST INCITES
A MOB TO BARBARISM
Dying Negro Taken From Jail,
Hanged, and His Body Mutt
lated by Lynchers.

Meridian, Miss, April 15. Tom
O'Neill, a negro, who shot Jailer Tenn
pie. vas fatally shot by officers in a
fight In the basement OF the jail to-
day.
A. crowd of nearly 1000 people took
O'Neill from the officers before he died,
carried him to a telephone pole and
hanged him. Afterward the body was
lowered, the throat cut and the cloth
ing saturated with kerosene and set
on fire. The body was rescued from
the mob after the clothing had been
burned.
Temple was killed by O'Neill when
the jailer went to the assistance Of a
deputy whose revolver the negro had
seized.
George williams, another negro, is
charged with assisting O'Nefll, and
threats TO lynch him have been made.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-06
TRYING TO ExTRADiTE
ALLEGED BRIDE GivER

Harrisburg. Pa. April 16.-Governor
Stuart today signed a requisition upon
Governor Hughes, of New York. for the
return to Pennsylvania of Frank X.
Hoffstot. wanted In Pittsburg on brib-
cry charges. District Attorney William
A. Blakely. OF Pittsburg. received the
papers In person.
Hoffstot Is president OF a Pittsburg
bank, and Is accused Of bribing ON
Gals to secure city deposits. He ia
also president Of the Pressed Steel Car
company.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-06
WOMEN PARTICIPATE
IN SHRINERS' PROGRAM

New Orleans, La, April 15.-The sec.
ond session of the Imperial Council of
the Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine, who
are in annual conclave here, was held
this morning. The program for today
included exhibition drills and social
entertainments.
Permission was granted for an ex-
hibition drill OF the Ladies patrol of
Syrian temple, Cincinnati, this evening
in front of the city hall stand. The
patrol consists of 16 young women
sisters and daughters OF members of
Syrian temple.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-06
RUNAWAY PERISHES IN
RIVER; OTHERS RESCUED

Phoenixville, Pa, April 15.-One boy
seeking to escape from the Catholic
Protectory at Platland, near here, was
drowned in the Schuylkill river near
the institution yesterday and two We're
saved by Brother Michael, a member OF
the society of Christian Brothers, I'M
der whose charge the institution Is
conducted.
runaways, who had jumped into the
river to escape, Brother Michael, who
saw the boys, plunged into the stream
and rescued two OF them, bat was too
exhausted to bring the third to shore.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-06

an article written by Senator CarmaclS
for the Nashville Tennessean, of which
he was editor, ridiculing Colonel Coop
er.
was with his father when the murder
took place. Both were convicted of
murder in the second degree and were
sentenced to 20 years each. The SUI
preme court affirmed the conviction to-
day in the case of Colonel Cooper, but
reversed the Robin Cooper case, and or
dered a new trial.
Governor Patterson, who granted the
pardon, is a member of the same po-
litical faction as Colonel Cooper.