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LAND AELGrU VOL. XXVII. XO. 25 ROCK ISLAXD, Ilili., SATUBDAY, JULI L'9, 1899. PRICE THREE CENTS. ROCK IS GOMEZ IS DISGUSTED. Believes. All the Newspapers Lie, Wherever They Are tl'-- Published. IMPATIENT AT TAKE ISTEBVIETC S, B Declare That Nothing ! Gennina B.reaflar from Bin ITnleaa He 8ic I Will Not DIwoh the Sao Damlnf. I'rMldencj Jimln.z Tho.fht To U the ComlDf Successor of Hearmai Talk That flint, at Annexation. Havana, July 23. General Gomez yesterday declared that a majority of tbe alleged interviews with bim pub lii-hed in the local papers were entirely without foundation, and that be has decided to write himself anything he may hereafter have to say to tbe press "I believe all papers lie," said Gomez "and that those of one country are in this respect no better than those of another. In the future I will give over my own signature or through the As sociated Press alone anything intended for publication." General Gomez re fused to discuss the presidency of the Dominican republic, claiming to know nothing regarding the matter. lie la Accuad la tho Cafe.. When questioned concerning the ru mors circulating in the cafes as to his aspirations regarding a Dominican re public Gomez' action proved bis con tempt for the stories; yet in the clubs and cafes he is seriously accused of conspiring to bring both the island of Hayti and Cuba under the dominion of the United States. In alluding to the cafe conspirators Gomez made use of a contemptuous term which is used among Cubans to signify cowards, and said he did not believe that many men belonging to the army would have any thing to do with such people, who he declared do not represent Cuba, yet cause much misrepresentation. He also classed a number of papers in tbe same category. Jlmin.s the Most Popular Man. With regard to the rumor that Gomez will be the next president of the re public of Santo Domingo, it is stated here that the most popular candidate is Senor Juan Jiminez. who took part In the attempted insurrection of June, 1898, and who is now in Havana, it is possible, however, so it is reported, that If a revolution takes place Senor Jiminez' opponents may offer Gomez .the leadership. El Diario de la Marina and Ia Lucha express the opinion that, considering the present expansion pol icy, the United States may intervene in San Domingo. ANNEXATION TO C.VCLE 8 A SI. Movement of That Natare Hinted at In Regard to Santo Doinlago. New York". July 29. General Abe l:i rde A. Moscoso, an exiled leader of the liberal party of Santo Domingo, now living in New York, said Thurs day night: "The death of President Heureaux will, I think, surely be fol lowed by disorder and revolution. I want to emphasize this prophecy that the United States will eventually be compelled to interfere to establish pence in the Island, just as this country did in Cuba. It San Domingo must of necessity, I believe, ultimately be come attached to this country." Gen eral Moscoso has been an exile in New York for three years. He opposed the late president politically and had to flee to save his life. Erwin York, secretary of the Santo Domingo Improvement company, which controls tbe country's finances, said Thursday: "Should the new ad ministration attempt to repudiate our contracts we shall certainly, as Amer ican citizens, call upon the Washing ton administration for protection." Kainon Cacrros, the assassin, was educated in this country, and spent most of his life here. He married an American girl of wealth. Worried Over a Negro Official. Columbia, S. C, July 29. The people of Florence are indignant over the ap pointment of a negro postmaster. The city council and board of trade want him removed. Senator McLaurln will entreat President McKinley to change his appointment. The postmaster is Kev. J. E. Wilson. He was first ap pointed by President Harrison and was reappointed by President McKinley last year, but tbe appointment was held up until a short time ago. Florence is near Ijike City, where Postmaster Ba ker was killed last year. Itallejr II.. Something Kscloaive. Houston. Tex.. July 29. In an inter- 44 'The Least Hair Casts a Shadow. A single drop of poison Stood ivill, unless checked in time, make the whole impure. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the great leader in blood purifiers. & casts no shadow, but brings sunshine and hcjdth into every household. Dyspepsia"" months my sys tem VMS out of order with dyspepsiA And impure blood. Spent lots of money in VAin, but Hood's SarsApArSU cured me thoroughly." Jos. S. Zauda, Genoa. Neb. Eruptions "1 hAd Annoying erup tions caused by impure blood. And physi cians' treatment f Ailed to benefit. Hood" s SarsapariZa removed them And I Am no longer Annoyed.'-' V. R. Hudson, Natrona. Pa. focdS SaUafxiii&k 1 1 'MlU,JlJ.l.l.i ii u. i Hotwl-. fill, car. Bw IIU ; t h Bon-lmtxttait a4 only cathartic to take with Hoc) aramp.ril la. view Hon! J. . Bailey yestertiay saia: "I am fully" persuaded that the na tional administration has entered into a full and complete agreement for an alliance between Great Britain and the United States. This alliance, in my opinion, is to be both offensive and defensive. I think the reason it has not been published to the world is that for political reasons the president afraid to do so." UPRISING IN SAN DOMINGO. Insurgent. Are I'lannlog an Attack on Santiago de I -a. Cabaloa. Cape Haytien, July 20. Advices have just been received from the Do minican frontier that insurgents cut the telegraph wires in the neighbor hood of bantiago ue Las Cabalos; also near Moca. The insurgents of tbe western part of Santo Domingo await the arrival of Jiminez, nnder whose leadership they exject to attack San tiago. . More Troops to Sail. Washington, Julv 29. Col. Pettit. commanding the 31st regiment at tort Thomas, Kv., teiegaphed the de partment that bis enlistments num. ber l.loU, which is within ZOO of the full qnota. He will withdraw the re cruiting officers Monday. The regi ment will then be organized for actual service. He thinks in a month they will be ready for the front. It was stated at the war department that the 31st, 3nd and 2th will no doubt be ready to sail for Manila on the (irant. Sheridan and Sherman about Sept. 10, Clemency for Mrs. Ma brick. London, July 29. Michael Davitt will again raise the question as to royal clemency for Mrs. May brick in tbe commons today. Will Not Annex Hear Island. Berlin, Julv 29. la consequence of inquiries from Russia, deriuanr for mally repudiated all intention of an nexing liear island. Mrs. McKinley Improving. PJattsburg, X. Y.. July 29. Mrs McKinley passed a restful night and continues to improve in health and spirits. The president was out earty for his regular walk. Four Men Crushed to Ieath, Halifax. N. S., July 29. Four men were crushed to death, seven seriously njured, ar.d a number slightly hurt in tbe wreck of a construction train on the Midland railway in Hants county yesterday afternoon. There were twenty-five or thirty men on the train. One or two of those injured are in a dangerous condition. The only Nova Scotian killed was a man named Salter. The others are said to belong to New foundland. France Has the He.t End, She Thinks. Paris, July 29. The Temps expresses the belief that the Franco-American convention will be very advantageous to France. Taking the year 1895 as the basis of comparison American prod ucts benefit by the new treaty to the amount of 50.000,000 francs, while French products to the value of 150, 000.000 francs benelit. Sudden Oeatli of Judge Morrow. Minneapolis. July 29. A special to The Times from Sparta, Wis., says: Judge M. M. Morrow, of this city, dropped dead on the way from his home to the office yesterday afternoon. He was one of the most prominent law yers in this section of the state. Heart failure was the cause of his death. All Oulet 'in San Domingo. Tort au Prince. July 29. William F. Powell, United States minister to Hayti and American diplomatic representa tive to the republic of Santo Domingo, has sent a telegram to Vice President Figuero, who has assumed the presi dency, expressing the keen regret of the United States government at the assassination of President Heureaux. The latest news from Santo Domingo is that all is quite throughout the terri tory of the republic. Will Not Attend feacampmenb Springfield, O.. July 29. Mitchell post G. A. R. has voted not to attend the next national encampment in Philadelphia on account of trouble over stopover privileges with the rail roads. The disposition to take this action is spreading among Ohio posts. n.rriwn aad Van Wyck Invited. Detroit July 29. Mayors Harrison, of Chicago, and Van Wyck. of New York, have been invited to attend a large local Democratic picnic Aug. 9 on Sugar island. A definite response has been received from neither as yet. FauniMotoolve. a ltanqnet. The Hague. July 29. Sir Julian Pauncefote. head of the British dele gation, gave a farewell banquet last evening at the Hotel des Indies. Fifty delegates, including the American rep resentatives, were present. The wives of many of the delegates were also among the guests. Won the aloha Inpee Cap. Oconomowoc, Wis.. July 29. The yacht Aderyn, of the Neenah Yacht club, won the John Dupee cup in the race yesterday under the auspices of the Oconomowoc Yacht club. The Aderyn'a time was 2:27:53. Magic war second, in 2:34:38. Fight Declared a Draw. New York. July 29. The Gans-Mc-Fadden fight. was declared a draw at the end of the twenty-fifth round. . . z Sqaelrhed For Onee. "Sir," began the book canvasser, 'I have a little work here" "Sorry," Interrupted the busy man, "but 1 have a great deal of work here. Good morning:" Chicago New. A Contrary Prnas. "Old Bill Gndgett. he was that con trary." said tbe oldest inhabitant, "that when spring come be per tended be felt like workial" Iadianapoii Journal . BOER AND JOHN BULL Chamberlain Says the Issues Are Clear and the Transvaal Must Come Down. B0EES HAVE BE0KEH THE TEEATY. Reasons the Colonial Secretary Gives for British Intervention In Behalf or tbe Oatlander. New Scheme on for the Set tlement of the Trouble England Will See the Matter Through to a Successful End, Says the Secretary. London, July 29. In the house of commons yesterday the colonial office vote furnished the Liberals with an opportunity for a debate upon the gov ernment's policy in the Transvaal. Sir II. Campbcll-Bannerman, the Lib eral leader, said he thought that in view of the negotiations pending ret icence and reserve must rule debate. While he did not sympathize with Boer opposition to franchise extension, he saw nothing from beginning to end of the story to justify armed intervention. War in South Africa would be one of the direst calamities possible. Tbe speaker pleaded for further friendly and prudent action through Dutch sym pathizers at the Cape. He saw no rea son why this should not achieve con spicuous success, as a similar course had done In Canada in time past. The secretary of state for the colonies. Chamberlain, opened his speech in re ply by declaring that Sir H. Campbell Hannerman's language was calculated to embarrass the action of the gov ernment. Question of the Power of the Empire. The grievances of the Outianders, Chamberlain said, were admitted on all hands to be serious: but the most seri ous part was that the outrageous treat ment to which they were subjected was part of the settled policy pursued by the Boers. The situation was danger ous to imperial interests. As regards the racial feud coming out of war. race antagonism already existed and waa poisoning the community. The danger of disaffection in Cape Colony and the Orange Free State was entirely due to the action of the Transvaal. It was not a question of a five or seven years franchise, but of the power and au thority of the empire and of the posi tion of Great Britain in South Africa. Chamberlain Justifies Intervention, Referring to offers of colonial help Chamberlain said that if the matter were happily nrranged it would always be a satisfaction to think that in time of trial the country might count upon the loyalty of the colonies. Chamber lain justified the right of intervention firstly, because it was the right of every civilized power to protect its own subjects; secondly, because Great Brit ain had the right of intervention under the convention as the suzerain power; and thirdly, because the convention had been broken in letter and in spirit. CRITICISES THE AFRIKANDERS. Thinks Schreiner and Hormeler Too Pre vloos Will He Iceaorable. Referring to Sir Campbell-Ban-nerman's eulogy of Hon. W. P. Schrein er. formerly prime minister of Cape Colony, and J. Hofmeier, the Afrikan der leader. Chamberlain said both of them had declared that the earlier and illusory proposals of President Kruger were entirely adequate and satisfac tory. When they were quoted as im partial judges, whose assistance the government ought to invite, the house must remember that they had been at least a little premature. In dealing with the latest proposals ( Chamberlain said: "President Kruger, has invited friendly advice, and the i government has thought itself justified , in appealing to him that a joint inquiry j should be held. These proposals were with the view of determining what representation will be Immediately ! given aliens, which can be the only basis of satisfactory settlement. If the Inquiry is accepted experts will be ap pointed and the government hopes that then it will be possible to reach an agreement. In any case the govern ment will press for necessary altera tions in order to secure the objects in view. "We have undertaken the cause of ' the outianders and are bound to see ' it throuch. We shall not rest until a 1 conclusion satisfactory to us has been 1 reached. I anticipate that the efforts j win De puccessiui, out we win not tie our hands in regard to measures that may be necessary to fulfill anticipa tions." The house adopted the colonial office vote without a division. SALISBFRV OK 801TH AFRICA. Disposes of the Talk of Disaenalon la the British Cabinet. In the house of lords the Earl of Camperdown called attention to the Transvaal situation, and the Earl of Selbourne, under secretary for the col onies, made a statement similar in pur pose to that made in the house of com mons by Chamberlain. Lord Salis bury reminded the house that he abso lutely dissented from the policy of 1S81. ' which was tainted with the grave fault ' of optimism. Nevertheless. President Kruger assented in the protocol of the 1 18S1 convention to the friendly co-op- I eration of the races, while he has since I taken an absolutely opposite line, his one effort being to separate the Eng- : lish and South African governments and to reduce the English to the status of a subjugated race. I The premier agreed that if the latest concessions were genuinely carried out the government might look forward to a peaceful solution of the crisis. Her majesty's government, he said, had put their hands to the plow and certainly did not intend to withdraw them. j The morning papers generally ex press satisfaction at the outcome of yesterday's debate. The Times ears: "The result of the discussion is all that the ministers could desire. If it has done nothing else it has exploded the delusion that Mr. Chamberlain is at variance with Mr. Balfour and Lord Salisbury on the Transvaal policy." The Standard echoes the remarks of The Times. STAHDS BY THE TEEATY. " Oieat Britain Decline, to Agree to War shirs on the Lakes. Wasington, July 29. Great Britain his declined to permit the United States cruiser Frolic to enter the great lakes for use as a training vessel. The number of warships to be maintained by the United States and Canada on the great lakes was" limited by the Rush-Bagot agreement in 1817 to two vessels on the upper lakes not ex ceeding 100 tons burden and armed with one eighteen-pounder cannon. The agreement further provides that: "All other armed vessels on the lakes should be forthwith dismantled and that no other vessels of war should be there built or armed." At the present time this government has two vessels on the upper lakes, the Michigan and the Yantlc, both of which conform to the provisions of the agreement. There is no such thing as an eighteen-pounder cannon in use now, but an equivalent armament is provided. Canada is determined to hold this government strictly to the letter of the agreement. 4 CASE OF MRS. KRUEGER. Her Husband Arrested for a Crime That Was Laid to Her. Waukegan, Ills., July 29. George Krueger.theLongrove farmer at whose home, on July HJ, there occurred a double tragedy, has been arrested as a result of a post-mortem examination on his wife's body, and is held in the county jail to answer to the charge of murder. Krueger was the only survivor of the affray, which the coroner's jury decided was caused by his wife. Mrs. Krueger, on her husband's testi mony, was charged . with murdering her mother, Mrs. Voss,.with trying to kill him. and then shooting herself. Recent developments led to a demand for a post-mortem, and it was found that Mrs. Krueger had two bullet holes In her head, the one entering behind her left ear and penetrating her brain being sufficient to cause her death. It was impossible for her to have fired this shot herself. Mrs. Ludington Sues an Executor. Milwaukee, July 29. Mrs. Emiline M. Ludington, of Chicago, wife of ex Governor Harrison Ludington, of Wis consin, has brought suit in the United States court against James E. Patton, of this city, for $200,000. Governor Ludington died in 1891. He named James E. Patton, of Milwaukee, and Mr. Van Schaack. of Chicago, since dead, as executors. Mrs. Ludington alleges that the will did not adequately provide for her and that the executors induced her to accept a certain settle ment by fraudulent misrepresentation and concealment of. the true state of the Ludington estate, hence the suit. Scores on the Ball Fields. Chicago, July 29. Following are yes terday's league ball scores: At Louis ville Boston 4, Louisville 1; at Pitts burg Washington 4, Pittsburg 1; (sec ond game) Washington 5, Pittsburg 6; at St. Louis Brooklyn 0, St. Louis 5: at Chicago Philadelphia 4, Chicago 2: at Baltimore Cleveland 1, Baltimore C; (second game) Cleveland 2, Balti more 8. Western League: At Detroit Min neapolis 8, Detroit 2; at Indianapolis St. Paul 0, Indianapolis 8; at Grand Rapids Milwaukee 5, Grand Rapids 11; r.t Buffalo Kansas City 2, Buffalo 3. Ten Men lwaly Hurt. Steubenville. O., July 29. Ten men were badly injured and a large number of others bruised and cut yesterday in a collision between a work train on the Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad and a shifting engine near Mingo Junction. The most seriously injured were: John Bowen, James Nailen. 'Thomas Mc Cleanen, Isaac Thompson. William Mc carty. Oscar Bell. Edward Porter, Matt Martin, John Sullivan and John Hol- leran. None will die. I Says That Leatgrrt Confessed. ' Chicago. July 29. The Evening Journal has a story purporting to be told by one Frank Fay Pratt, palmist, who says that upon a visit to Adolph Luetgert in jail during his trial the big butcher confessed that he killed his wife, "but God knows I did not know what I was doing." That was all he would say in that line, and Pratt prom ised to say nothing about it until after Luetgert was dead. Great Desunction of Crops. LeMars, la., July 29. A furious rain storm and high wind rushed across Plymouth county late yesterday after noon, flattening the grain for a dis tance of thirty miles and cuttings a wide swath. At Akron, the big bridge over the Sioux riverwas blown out and outbuildings and trees destroyed. There was no cyclone. Harvesting had just begun and the damage is serious. Tankee Boat Wins the Ba.ce. Dorval. Quebec, July 29. The first race for the Seawanhaka cup yesterday resulted in a victory for the American thallengerConstance over tbe Canadian defender Glencairn III by two minutes fend fifteen seconds. The result was a surprise to the large crowd of Mon trealers. who were present at the course to see the race. Shamrock starts Neat Tuesday. London, July 29. The departure of the Shamrock from the Clyde for New York has been definitely fixed for Tues day. The outfitting of the America's cup challengerwill be finished on Mon day, and her compasses will be ad justed for an early start the following day.- Back to Mao Horrible Ceaarge. Des Moines. Ia., July 29. Thomas Meek was brought back yesterday from Oklahoma to answer to two indict ments for rape. He was a school teach- j er la tbe suburb jot Chesterfield, and horrible charges are made- relative to j bis conduct with B.upi'jp. J I THE LONDON 1 $20 Men's Suits $10, $15 Men's Suits $7.48, $10 Men's Suits $5, $5 Children's Suits $2. This is the time of year we clean our tables of all spring and summer clothing. Its our intention to sell every stitch of this season's goods, and if prices cut any figure it will be done quickly. The grand finale of the big gest business The London has ever done will be a great sacrifice clearing sale in our Men's and Boys' Clothing departments. Suits of the best ma terials and finest workmanship. Worsteds, Cassimers, Serges, Cheviots, in fact everything in the way of one, two and three suits of a kind will be sold for about one-half the former price. Men's suits that were $20, $18, to select from Men's and boys' suits, worth $15, our price now Men's and boys' suits, worth $12, for the small sum of Children's suits, worth $5, $4.50, take your choice Men's crash suits, coat, vest and this sale Don't Bay I THE LONDON ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS. The president is thinking of learning golf while at Lake Champlain. A son of Lucy Parsons, widow of the Chicago anarchist, has been committed to an insane asylum. The .steamer Aorangi, which sailed for Australia from Vancouver- yester day, had 230 tons of beer for Honolulu. Natives of Kusaie island, sold to Ger many by Spain, will petition congress to be taken under American protection. George Fred Williams, of Massachu setts, will not be a candidate for the Democratic vice presidential nomina tion. T. J. Fitzmorris, of Omaha, has been elected president of the United States League "of Building and Loan Associa tions. One man was killed and five injured by the collapse of the new pattern works of the Westinghouse company at East Pittsburg, Pa. A babe born to Mrs. Simms Hall, of Wonfield, W. Va., has two heads of about equal size. One head is normal, the other eyeless, earless and mouth less. Iron production in Great Britain, Germany and the United States in creased in 1897 1.542.843 tons over the previous year, and in 1898 rose 2,567,634 tons further. It is estimated that this year the yield of the three principal grains will be: Corn. 2,121,600,000 bushels; oats, 775.600,000 bushels, and wheat, 560, UC.000 bushels. Sidney Halls, who recently died at Hartford, Conn., left the bulk of his es tate, inventoried at $11,120, in trust for tbe purpose of combating the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. Wonders of the Steam Engine. Tho nice adjustment necessary iu the various parts of the Immense engines uow employed for some of the trains on our great railway linos may le Indi cated by a fc-w data of the work per formed by these parts when the loco motive Is worked at high speed. Thus, In the case of a passenger engine at GO miles an hour, a driving wheel of feet diameter revolves five times ev ery 6econd, and, this being so, the re ciprocating parts of each cylinder, in cluding one piston rod, crosshcad and connecting rod, weighing about COO pounds, must move back and forth a distance equal to the stroke, say 2 feet, every time the wheel revolves, or in the fifth of a second; this weight starts from a state of rest at the end of each stroke of the piston and must acquire a velocity of 32 feet per second la one-twentieth of a second, and must Le brought to a state of rest in the same period of time. A piston 18 Inch es in diameter has an area of 2541 square Inches; steam of 150 pounds pressure per square Inch would there fore exert a force on the piston equal to 38,173 pounds, which force is ap plied . alternately on each side of the piston ten times In a second. Chicago Inter Ocean. If you are tired and dull, can't get rested, and have no appetite, take Hood's Sarsaparilla. It enriches and vitalizes the blood. Subscribe for The Abocs. $16.50, plenty $13.50, $12, $10, $3.50, $4, nants, worth $2.50, Clothing Until You Visit the Big Homes for Sale. 7-room house, modern, on Nineteenth street 3,500 9-room house, modern, on beventeentn street 6 HY 10-rootn bouse, modern, on Third avenue 3 ff) H-roora house on Twelfth street J.700 J-room houie on Twelfth street 1.UK) 7-room hous on Seventh avenue '. 2. MX) 9-room house on Klk'bteentli street 3.SO0 Modern house on Seventh avenue H.ftOO Three 5 room houses on Forty Urst street 4.400 7-room house on r'orty-Urst street 1.W0 Mouern house on Forty-third street 7.S00 7-room house on Twenty-second street, nearly new 3.5O0 9-room house, brick, on First avenue 3,tio0 H-roora bouse on Twenty-lirst street, fur nace, modern 8 .VW S-room house on Seventeenth strert. new 3,600 7-room house on Fortv-tlrst street, two lots 2.000 7-room house and Irt lots on Ninth street.. 2.K50 7-room house on Thirteenth avenue 2. 000 7-room house on Thirteenth avenue 2.600 4- room bouse on Ninth avenue 800 5- room house on Ninth street 900 Two trroom houses on Ninth street, each. 1,000 2 story business block on Second avenue, lot running to First avenue 7,000 40 acres near Viluu. cheap. Two good business lots on Third avenue cheap. Several fine lots In Black Hawk, Sturgeon, Scbnell and South Park additions on reasona ble terms. Many line hoes In Columbia and Sonlb Park, O iver s iidditlon and Moline, for sale cneap ana on easy icras. Real estate, fire and life Insurance. Much of the property that we have can be bouebt on monthly Installments at a low rate of Interest. Kansas. Nebraska and South Da kota improved farms for sale cheap. Small farms inKock Island CJunty for sale or trade. Call or write, HULL &. CO., Mitchell & Lynde Building, Room 21. WAYNES Honseliolfl Cement Mend 3 Everything. The onlj Cement that Is not effected bj heat or moistnre. SOLD BY Otto Grotjan. 1501 Second Ave. A. J. Riess. 2229 Fourth Ave. J. M. Keim, 7th Ave. and 38th St Otto Rudert. 5th Ave. and Elm St Emil Koehler. Henry Stengel, Plumber. All kinds of repairing, and plumbing, gas and., steam fitting done quickly and in a thorough manner. Supplies furnished and every order given prompt; attention. 1805 First Avenue. Snlrjcrib for Ths Akoci. $10.00 7.48 5.00 2.00 1.25 Blue Front. 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