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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-24
Annual Patriotie Proaram.

This evening at Turner hall, the
annual patriotic program in common
Grafton of the Washington and Lin
coin birthdays will be given by the
pupils of the three German Evangeli-
cal Lutheran schools. The program,
which begins at 1880. will consist Of
musical numbers. dialogues, recita-
tons and calisthenic exercises.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-24

story was but one of the many
yarns that had been told concern
ing him.
Il not only, am going to present
my case to the American people, but
/ am going to force it upon them, y"
he said Il am going to try to put
the affair on a business basis with
the hope of being able to secure the
money necessary to make my argu-
ment before the jury-the Ameri-
cam
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-24
COST MAY REACH MILLION
Expense of Raising the BattIesfip
Maine Looks Formidable.

N-NIIN-IA~V VI taH-I-IIAE tIIO I9NttIVoILIII
Maine Looks Formidable.
Washington. Feb. 24-The total cost
of raising the wreck Of the battleship
Maine is a gamble" according to Ma
jor Cayanaugh, engineering officer in
charge of the work. The cost may be
close TO 100000, Cavanaugh told the
appropriation committee of the house
Representative Walter l. Smith OF
Iowa said the American people would
not want the Maine raised at a cost of
81, 900 900. The present appropriation
is $500. 900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-24
I Robber. / Policeman Killed.

Seattle, Feb. 24.-Tn a battle be-
tween two highwaymen and two po-
licemen last night, J. T Davis, pa
trolman, and one of the bandits were
killed, and John Ford. the other high
wayman, was seriously wounded Ford
was captured and is in the hospital
under guard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-24
TOday'S Market Quotations

LBy wire from E. w. Wagner & Co,
members of Chicago Board of Trade.
Grain. provisions stocks, and cotton.
Local office at Rock Island house. Rock
Island, Ill Chicago office, 9S-e9-10O,
Board of Trade. Local telephone, NO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-24
THE GRAIN MARKET.
Liverpool Grain.

Liverpool, Feb. 24.-Wheat opened
lower on American weakness. Follow
ing the opening there was a steady
undertone, with shorts nervous, and
prices advanced Il with the principal
strength in the distant months. There
was an improved demand from the con-
tinent. with a sale of Australian steam
er to France at full price or an advance
of pence over yesterday, with an ac-
tive millers' demand. The closing
strength showed in Buenos Aires yes.
terday, together with firmer plate Of
fers, helped the advance At midday
the market was steady and Is higher
tEan yesterday.
Corn after opening unchanged, de-
clined "A on poor spot demand and i'm
proved prospects in Argentine
Chicago Cash Grain.
Wheat-No. S9G89&, No.
S5k @S9, No. S9@9O14, No. n
SCh 6S9, No 1 MS 96@99. No. ms 95
G9S, No. ms 94697, No. 2 S $685..
No. s6@92, VIC 82d93, durum SO
QS9
Corn-No. 46Q461k, No. W 460
1912, No. 2 Y 4612 @47, No. 3 4414 045.
No. 3 W 44hQ45, No. 8 y Az 045H,
No. 4 42@43, No. 4 W 421k 943, No. 4 Y
421a 643H. Sym 500 4O1k. sgy 4O041.
Oats-No. W 31A 031A, No W
9OA 43O34 No. 4 W 2903OA, standard
31931h.
Peoria Cash.
Corn-No. 3 4414, No. 4 43s4, sg 40.
Liverpool Cables.
Wheat opened unchanged; closed u
TO Is higher.
Corn opened unchanged; closed Il
to "a lower.
Chicago Receipts.
Today. Contract
wheat .--.. ..-....... Is
NoIH 49,. -..-..-.... .0lO
Oats go. ......1S2 70
Northwest Cars.
To Last Last
day. Week. Year
Minneapolis -. ....127 21S 347
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-24
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.

LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.
Feb. 24.-FOllowing are the quota
tons on the local market today:
Live PoultTy-Old hens. 10c. springs
l6c pound; ducks. 1Sc pound; geese,
IOc pound: turkeys 1Sc pound.
Fresh eggs, 19c.
Potatoes. per bushel, CSC.
Butter. dairy 24c; creamery &c.
Lard, 12c.
Onions, soc. AIM.
Feed and Fuel. 5H2f1tI
Corn, per bushel, soc. 4tlsIsf
Oats, &c. ."l IT.. .
Wheat 90c
Forage-Timothy hay, SIS TO $1G.5O;
clover hay. $14; straw. s..
Wood-$4.5O per load.
Coal-Lump. per bushel. 15c: slack.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-24
BOARD OF TRADE TRANSACTIONS,

BOARD OF TRADE TRANSACTIONS
Wheat.
May. 9O1s, 9OA, S95s, S9%.
July, s79s, SS1s, s7A, S77s.
September, 81. s7as, S694, S714.
Corn.
May. 1855, 4S94, ass, 4Sl4.
Juyl. 1885, 1875, 40. 4914.
September, SOS, SOS, so, 5OH.
May. 315s, 315s, 319s. BIZ.
July, 311s, 311s, 3O7A, 81.
September, 3O7s. 3O7s. 3O1a, 3O9s.
Pork.
May. 1880. 1882, 1872. 17.75.
July, 1905, 1905, 1892, 1892.
Lard.
May, $40. $40, 9.35, 9.35.
July, 9.35, 9.35, $50, $50.
Ribs.
May, 9.67, 9.67, $50. 962.
July, $50, $50, 9.25, 9.27.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-24
Takes Up sundrY ClvII an.

Washington. FEB. 24-The house
this afternoon began consideration o.
the sundfy civil bill, carrying $141.-
1900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-24
Chicaoo Estimates TomorroW.
Primary Movement.
LIVE STOCK.
OPENING of Market.

Hogs today 10000. Left over $500.
Opened sc lower than yesterdays
close Mixed 6.95G745. good 7O50
7.35, rough 6.S5G7OO, light 715@75O.
Cattle 1000: steady.
Sheep 5000; steady.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-24

Oregon, with the greatest air pres
sure in the west gulf sections. Be
cause of this distribution of baromet-
ric pressure, fair weather, without
much change in temperature, is indi-
Gated for this vicinity tonight and
Saturday.
River Forecast: During the next
as hours slowly falling stages IN rae
Mississippi viii continue from below
Dubuque to Muscatine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-24

Remember that none Of our finest wool
ems are reserved from this sale. All oCF
staple Blues and Blacks are included. hun
dreds Of patterns hight eu0ugh for SprfnS
wear. The Extrs Trousers may be Of
striped material or from same goods as
suit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-24
Low High Pr'cip

I'M. SHERIER. Local Forecaster..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-24

30, rOuSn b.S0Q I.UO, nSnI t.iOW d.OU
Cattle 1000: steady.
Sheep 5000; steady.
Nine O'clock Market.
Hog market 1Oc lower; slow. Ligh
rough 6S507OO, mixed SO
G7.3O. heavy 7.O5@7.2O, pigs 745@
go. bulk 7.1O97.25.
Cattle weak.
Sheep steady.
Hogs tomorrow $4,000, sheep 1900
cattle 200.
Cows 2.5O@6.OO, stockers 4.1Od 5.s5
Texans 4.65@5.75. calves 100000.
Sheep 2.75@44O. lambs 4.3566.25.
Close of Market.
Hogs closed steady at early price
and 1Oc lower than yesterdays aver
age. Mixed 69567.4O, good 7.O5@73j
rough 6.S5@7OO, light 7.1O@7.45.
Cattle steady.
Sheep weak.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-24
Positively No More Extra
Trousers Free After
That Date

II you can buy the suits and overcoats
. seyv here for less than SO 70 SO ihnt we
are Offering during this sale at Only S15,
5lT 81 and SO we won't ask for your order.
zach garment c.t To your exact measure nc
,bcvs prices, vita Extra 50 Trousers Eress
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-28
BONDING COMPANIES SCORED
Special Committee Recommends Es-
tabIishment Ofg"FideIity Division"
in Treasury Department.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2z-The special
committee appointed in 1903 to investigate
conditions surrounding the bonding of SOW
eminent employees by surety companies
made its report to the house and senate
today. Its findings are in favor OF the
establishment in the Treasury department
of a Fidelity division" and the creation Of
a bonding insurance fund by the govern
ment.
The investigating committee says the
surety companies charge an unreasonable
rate to government employees for bonds
that they do not give adequate protection
to the government for the men on whom
they issue bonds; that they have paid only
about 81 per cent Of the losses incurred by
the government on persons whom they had
bonded and that they exercise no adequate
supervision over bonded employees to pre-
vent defalcations
In fifteen years the surety companies
have received Sl,O24SS4 I'm premiums from
these employees and have paid only sos, s72
in losses, They are resisting additional
claims of $1OsS41.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-28
John Lee Carroll,
Former Governor of
Maryland, is Dead
Was a Direct Descendant of Charles
Carroll, Signer Of the Declare.
ton Of Independence.

WASHINGTON. lreb. 25.-John Lee Car
rol, governor OF the state OF Maryland
from lS76 TO 1880, died at his home at $50
o'clock this morning after long illness
He was born at PomewOod near Baltimore.
in 1890.
John Lee Carroll was a direct descendant
or Charles Carroll. g slgner OF the Decla-
ration Of independence His father was
Colonel Charles Digges Carroll and his
mother granddaughter OF Thomas Sim
Lee, twice governor of Maryland
In 1851, at the age Of a, he was admitted
to the Maryland bar. He was elected
state senator In 1851 and reelected at the
expiration Of his term. After r bitter con-
test In 1876 he was elected governor Of
Maryland over J. Morrison Harris. OF the
Know Nothing Party"
His election was contested before the leg
islature, but finally he was declared
elected. During his administration from
1867 to 1850 occurred the famous Baltimore
& Ohio railroad strike, one OF the greatest
In railroad history.
Mr.. Carroll was twice married, first to
Mis- Anita Phelps Of New York and In 1887
to Mis- Mary Carter Thompson OF Staunton,
Va. He Is survived by thre daughters and
three Sons, Counties De Kergorlay and the
Baroness La Grange OF Paris; Mrs. Rob
bins Of New York; and Royal and Philip
Carroll OF New York, and Charles Carroll
Of Paris.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-28
DES MONIES AFTER The SMOKE
Greater City Committee viii Expert
ment Toward Betterment.
PLAN TRIAL OF NEW FUEL
city, So Far as IL is Able, Accepts
offer of street Railway of Des
MOines 20 Buy System
Former Legislator killed.
(From a staff Correspondent J


DIES MONIES, Feb. 2T.--CSpecial Tele-
gram.)-The greater Des Moines committee
commenced movement today to rid Des
Moines Of the smoke nuisance, and author
lied the sending of a CARLOAD Of coal to
Indianapolis to be converted into briuuettes.
then to be brought back and used The
claim is that by this treatment of the coal
the smoke trouble viii be lessened and
there has been such general complaint in
Des Moines that the business men demand
relief
The state legislative council is consider
ing an offer Of sale OF seventy acres of
land adjoining the state rifle range lust
north Of Des Moines to complete the maxi
ing of state guard camp ground The
state now has fine rifle range. but needs
more ground IL encampments are to be
held there regularly.
The city council today, so far as II Is
able to do So accepted the offer of the
city railway for the purchase by the city
OF the stock of the company and taking
over the property. The acceptance is con-
dltioned on an Investigation of the prop
erty to show that 1t can be operated By
the city to advantage on the basisi OF
purchase price and also If 1t is found that
the laws of the state win make it legal to
purchase.
r.. w. HollenbeoA former member of
the legislature from Adair county and a
prominent farnieugNVas sISired near Casey
today by being struck by Rock Island
train
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-28

four years was passed a. amended by a
vote 81 q ayes 90 - noes.
.ettl1e aside Of 10 cents per pupil In school
districts for a library fund optional with
school boards, was passed by vote Of 81
~ F. a. making the birthday Of John
howard. September p a holiday In state
penal and reformatory institutions. was
passed by vote Of 20 ayes TO noes.
The house, with Evans Of Adams IN the
chair. went into a committee Of the whole
shortly after converting this morning. The
following measures we're disposed Of
III. Il. ga by McKissick og Gage, provid-
INK for the formation OF health insurance
companies. was ordered engrossed Tor third
n. r. ga. by Grossman Of Douglas. regu-
lating maternity hospitals requiring that
permits shall be issued by the state board
Of health instead Of city and county au-
thorities and repeals the baby farm act
was ordered engrossed for third reading.
~. X. 232, by Grossman Of Douglas, pro-
sentence for non-support OF wife and
children IN said person has made proper
showing as required by law was ordereS
engrosed for third reading.
IT, r. ib7, by Hatfield OF Lancaster, as
siEnments OF mortgages made prior to
July Of last year and defective only be-
cause the assignor has not properly &C
knowledeged the execution made ltt-.t and
completed except where such caesg are
now In court was ordered engrossed for
ALlIN fthnAnHs
s. r. 3 providing that incorporated
church or religious societies may sell real
estate acquired az the time OF their in
corporation may sell same without 40 or
der from the court, was recommended for
indefinite pOFtpOnement.
$. r. a, by Placek Of Saunders, repeal
ing the section Of the code wherin fgnall-
ness OF damages cannot be assigned as
reason for the granting a new trial, was
ordered for third reading.
IA. r. 264, by Eggenberger providing for
the filling Of vacancies In the office OF
police magistrate was recommended to be
engrQssed for third reading.
H. r. 500, by Neir OF Hamilton provides
that In a legislature vacancy occurring
during a session the governor may appoint
a successor wha shall be OF Che same
political faith as the deceased member,
was recommended for third reading.
III. r. 273 by Koutouc OF Richardson, re-
quireE Nebraska insurance companies
maintaining a reserve or guarantees fund
to deposit securities to secure such funds
with the auditor and where said rrcurity
Is real estate to create a lien upos such
estate as like security to the auditor was
reported with progress and leave asked
to sit again.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-28
SCHOOL REMOVAL SPECIAL ORDER
University Special COmmittee Report
GO BE Discussed wednesday.
lErOm d htaff CORRESPONDENTS

LINCOLN. Feb. 27,-(special.) 1.-The reso-
luton on San Francisco and the appoint
ment Of a commission to visit the city was
introduced in the senate by Jansen OF
Gage. Senator Banning suggested an
amendment 20 save the state from the ex-
rense and with the consent OF Jansen. who
referred to Banning as the watchdog OF
the treasury" it was carried with the
resolution.
The telegram of the Omaha Commercial
club against the passage Of the Oils bill
was referred by the president TO the live
stock and grazing committed.
The report OF the university removal
committee was received embodying a reso-
luton that It be declared the desire OF the
lgislatur that all the departments Of the
state university now in Lincoln be con-
solidated on the one campus at the state
farm. on motion OF Senator Oils, chair
man OF the committee, the resolution was
made a special order for Wednesday after
noon.
Apetition was received from the members
Of the bar of SCOTS stuff county asking
that the judicial reapportionment BILL S F.
sOo' be passed as 1t stands, because that
county Is very much In need Of better
facilities for trying cases In the district
court
one bill was up for tlird reading and
was passed without dissent the 1neasure
offered by Tanner of Douglas 10 extend
the terms Of the members of the Board
Of Education in South Omaha 80 that
they win in the future begin when the
terms OF other city officials begin.
Cordeals bill 10 provide that home
stead claim be specified IN the title to land
in which It is a material part Of the title
was indefinitely postponed.
The following bills were put on general
file:
S. r. 9OS, by Understanding the pay Of
village officers.
81 r. sO2, by Lee-Fixing a one-year PEN
atty for selling liquor to Indians
s. +, SO, by MISUNDERSTANDING the white
slave traffic.
s. r. "a, by Prohibiting trading
stamps and all gift enterpriees.
$. F. So, by acknowledging the right OF
married women
s. r. 6S, by Bartos- Extending the iuris-
diction OF justices OF the peace TO cases in
volving sums up to 500.
s. II. l6, by Reagon-For the protection Of
Worklngmen IN buildings
3. +. 46, by MISUNDERSTANDING rights OF
railroad making an underground crossing.
S. +. S7-The telephone right-of-way bill,
was recommitted.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-28
DIANA PUT IN BATHING SUIT
forts so Have Figures ''DrRped''---'
Blue PRJamRs for Eve.

ALBANY, IL T., Feb. 27.-As the results
Of the efforts OF Rev. j. II. McCuaig a
well known purist. who recently made a
tour through AIbany's underworld, valuable
oil paintings In A. saloon have been "done
over TO conform with the rules OF decordm
and the mandates OF the police
When the owner Of the pictures was in
formed that his paintings must be either
''draped or removed" by today. he hired
an artist and put him to work. Diana at
the Bath" said to have been valued at
$4,000 is no longer shocking. Diana her
self has been clad in a bathing suit Of
brilliant hue. while her attendants wear
suits Of rainbow varieties.
The man in the painting appears in a
convict garb wearing a silk hat and smok-
ing a pipe.
Another valuable work, 1.-THE Awakening
Of Adam" has been done over so that
Eve wears blue pyjamas and Adam a pair
of overalls. Both have on boxing gloves.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-28
BRAND MINISTRY RESIGNS
Members Of French Cabinet Hand
designations to President.
MONS SUGGESTED FOR PREMIER
Former Minister Of Justice who Has
Been Prominent in Public Life
for Thirty Years May Head
New Government.

PARIS. Feb 21.-Premer Aristide BRAND.
who succeeded Clemenceau as head OF the
French cabinet on July %, 1909. today ten
dered the resignation Of his ministry to
President Falleries. On November last
BRAND formally retired. but a rev hours
later he was restored to power and formed
new cabinet from which all elements
not thoroughly in sympathy with his atti-
tude toward labor had been eliminated.
The present situation Is wholly different
and the premier had declared himself
weary OF the pickering Of Parliament and
the intrigues OF the groups nominaliy sup
porting him and expressed the wish that
he might be relieved OF the responsibility
OF government.
At 1880 o'clock this afternoon the cabinet
met at the E1ysee palace with President
Falleries and soon afterwards the an
nouncement OF its retirement was made.
The retiring ministers are
Premier BRAND justice Girard; foreign
affairs. Pichon Marine. Admiral Boue De
Lapayrere; public instruction. Faure;
finance, Riotz; commerce. Dupuy; agri-
culture Raynaud; colonies, Morel, labor,
Lafferre; public works Puech.
Resignation Accepted.
Later in the afternoon It was announced
thht fresluent hallerles had accepted the
resignation OF the cabinet
Premier BRAND and the other ministers
went direct to the Elysee palace from the
ministry OF war. on behalf of himself and
colleagues M. BRAND read a communication
addressed to President Fallieres. In this It
was declared that the resignation of the
ministry was imperative on account Of the
growing hostility Of certain elements In the
republican coalition which we're constantly
blocking the governments program dsdl-
Gated to social progress and national order
and security.
The cabinets ambition was to carry out
broad program Of Cancellation and appeasO-
ment. 80 far as the question of the church
was concerned the ministers were convinced
that the church and state having been
separated the work of laicization should be
reasonable and tolerant and with respect
for all religious beliefs
President Fallieres has not indicated
who he will request for forming a ministry.
The availability OF Senator Antoine Monls
has been suggested to the president by IN
influential group. NJ. Monls was minister
Of justice in the Waldeck Rousseau cabinet
and for thirty years has been an important
figure in public life.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-28
RAILROAD men IN CONFERENCE
General Counsel for Eastern Roads
Have Floor Exclusively.
SHIFT IN SENTIMENT OF HEADS
wall street Interprets Abandonment
of General Conference Idea 60
Change Attitude Toward De-
cision OF Commission.

NEW YORK Feb. 27.-Only the legal
phases Of what the eastern trunk line rail-
roads propose to do in the face OF the
decision Of the Interstate Commerce COM
mission, denying Increased freight rates
were considered at a general conference
here today. 1t was a conference exclusively
OF general counsel I'm which executive
heads and bankers. so far as can be
learned, took no part.
Fifteen attorneys discussed the situation
for several hours In the offices OF Vice
President A. H. Harris Of the New York
Central, head Of It's legal department
After the conference Mr.. Harris said in
part:
"A conference Of counsel Of some Of the
eastern lines was held today IN the New
York Central offices at the Grand Central
terminal to consider the freight rate de-
cision handed down BY the Interstate
Commerce commission. II was said no
conclusion was reached as to the course
the companies would decided to follow and
might not be for some days"
The abandonment Of the original plan
to have a meeting OF the executive heads,
was due 1t is said, to the railroad officials
desire that their counsel shall first de-
termine the status Of their case from
legal standpoint. 1t is believed that while
the discussion today hinged on the ques-
ton OF the cOnstitutlOnality Of the Mann
Ellxins bill the fifteen attorneys present
came to no decision whether the const-
tutionality OF the bill would be attacked.
1t is understood the conferences win con-
tinue informally for several days without
publicly announcement until It Is definitely
decided what action is to be taken. Wall
street interprets the change in plans-that
is the abandonment Of the general confer
en- idea, which was to have been in the
nature of an indignation meetingt--o a shift
in sentiment, Railroad heads were almost
without exception pessimistio when the
decision was first made known, but subse-
quently several approved the ruling and
many powerful financial interests also took
this view.
Those present at tn conference today
included George V. Massey general coun-
sci of the Pennsylvania railroad Edward
d. Dobbins, general counsel of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford railroad
Clyde Brown Of counsel for the New York
Central lines, who had charge of that cor
poration's fight for increased freight rates;
Hugh Bond of the Baltimore & Ohio
George Brownell of the Erie; w. H. Jen-
ney Of the Lackawanna; John B. Kerr Of
the New York, Ontario q Western; Jack
son F. Reynolds OF the Central Railroad Of
New Jersey.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-28
GRIFFITH OF PAWNEE in RACE
Continued from First Pase)


Lincoln; Earl d. Neafus Elgin; Clarence
Warner, Lincoln.
Senator Burkett also sent in the name
Of Ella Hodgkins TO be postmaster at Roca,
Lancaster county, vice the present post
master, who has resigned.
Chief Justice White today granted a mo-
ton TO advance the cause OF Robert Gilland,
plaintiff In error, against the United States,
and the case will be argued In the United
States supreme court April g. Robert GAL
land was convicted on charge OF murder
committed upon the Standing Rock Indian
reservation In South Dakota and sentenced
to life imprisonment at Fort Leavenworth.
Senator Brown today recommended Miss
Geneva Bright to be postmaster at Magnet.
George w. Snow of Springfield. formerly
lieutenant governor OF South Dakota, is in
Washington upon business before the In
terror department
H. p. Packard OF Redfield, member OF
the state Board OF Charity OF South Da-
kota, is in Washington, enroute home from
a business trip to New York.
J. +. Parks and John Morgan Of Hot
Springs, s. D., IL in Washington, enroute
to Florida and Cuba.