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ARGU VOL.. XX, VIII. NO. 25. ROCK LLL... WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 15. 1899. PRICE THREE CENTS. ROCK ARSENAL INSPECTED Congressmen Visit Rock Isl and Ordnance Plant. GUESTS OF THREE CITIES. Their, Trip to Davenport, the Island and Mo line. V17 ITU weather delightful and other conditions inviting, the congressmen who are tri-city guests today could not have seen Kock Island arsenal under more favorable circumstance. While a9 a matter of fact the responses in person to the in vitations sent out bv the committee did not reach the number anticipated yet the three cities must feel more than honored and gratified in the high dis tinction characteristic of each of those V;Stl SKNAT.iK W. B. AU.I-o.V. who has come. The presence of Sen ator Allison, of Iowa, who heads the senate committee on pnblic expendi tures, and of Congressman Caunon.of Illinois, chairman of the house com mittee on appropriation-, each natur ally a man of great power and influence in his respective branch of congress, proved sources of much happiness. Dlfttlngai.lietl .Men Here. Much as was desired that these two statesmen should visit Kock Island arsenal together, in company with brother members of congress, such good fortune seemed almost too much t be realized. But bmh are here, to gether with other prominent mem bers of the national legislative body, and if the needs and requirements of Hock Island arsenal are not fully im pressed today upon the men most ;i:tM N .1. ;. "AN'o. properly to le impressed, and who can do it the most good, and most effectually recogni.e its worth to the nation, then earnest effort on lie.hi.lf of the institution won Id indeed recm a discou raging tik in the future. CONKfSM.N CANNON COMF.S. Chairman vt the lloa.e Appropriation Coinmlttre Arrlrt. Congressman .Joseph tl. i.'.itinon. of Danville, representing the Twelfth Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum Alum fairing powdrrs are the greatest menaeers to health of the present day. w eowoes co . t-rw wm. ill Minois district, arrived at the Harper last night from Chicago. Of all the congressmen whom this community has sought for years to have visit the arsenal none is more welcome than Congressman Cannon. He is chair man of the house committee on appro priations, a distinction he is likely to continue to enjoy during the coming session. While Congressman Cannon has always been the friend to the ar senal and to other government pro- ON;RESMAN (iEOKGF. W. I-RIXl'E. jects in which Kock Island is interest ed, yet it has been felt that if the congressman could be induced to visit the arsenal and see and reilie its importance and the opportunities it offors for development, he would be in a position toextend to it the weight of his intlucnce to an even greater degree than before. "This is my first visit to Ilock Island," said the congressman while chatting with an A i;r rept esentative after his arrival last night, "ami I have never seen the arsenal. But,"' he continued, with a twinkle, "there is r.o reason why I should not le familiar with it. The Lord knows, I have heard enough about it. I have got so that I know this community on both sides of the river by Kock Island arsenal and the subject of water power. Water, water, that is something your people have labored zealously to till my brain with, and regardless of the na ture c-f their intentions, the subject hs leen talked into me until my head has actually swam. Water, 'dam' the water." the congress man continued merrily, "has been the song that has gone up from this local ity, until when I got the invitation to come I did not know whe.her I wonld venture to accept or not. When I left my home at Danville this morning I was undecided. Wanted to See Kock Inland. "l?ut when I got to Chicago, the thought struck me that if I did not avail myself of the chance this time I might never see Kock island, so 1 boarded the train and here I am. I live way over on the other side of the state, and have not before been in this locality. Never saw your wonderful arsenal. Oh, I expect to be impressed with it, for, as 1 say. I know, cr ought to know something of the money that, in recent years, at least, has been esf ended there.1' Congressman Cannon asked after Judtre (Jest, of whom, he spoke in terms of warmest friendship and ad miration, recalling numerous inci dents ia connection with t lie time they served in congrej-s together. Congressman Cannon uictden. J. N. Keece, Lieut, t'ov. W. A. Northcott, Deputy Internal Revenue Collector J. M. Sholl and Congressman tl. W. Prince, all familiar friends, at the hotel, so that thcie was no occasion for his feeling that he had fallen amsng strangers. IIAi: A UAV OF INsl'tCl ION. Congressmen Spend the Morulas in Dav enport and See tbe Arsenal. This morning the Molint committee drove down to the Haip;r and thtre was joined by a commiitte of repre t cntative citieus of Rock Island, to gether with Congressmen Prince and Cannon, of Illinois, and Congressman Lot Thomas, of Storm Lake. Iowa, ar.d afttr greetings had been ex changed. Ma vors McConochie, of Rock Island, anil Veel. of Moliae. head ing their respective committees, car- 'On;i:k.smas joe it. lank. riages were'taken and the party was driven over the Kock Island bridge to Davenport. The visitors gathered in the rooms of the Davenport Business Men's as sociation at 1 1 o'clock this morning. There were piesent Senator W. B. Allison, Dubuque. Iowa, and Con gressmen (1. . Priuce. Calcsburg. III.; J. C. Cannon. Danville. III.; Rob ert J. Cousins, Tipton. Iowa: Lot Thomas, Storm Lake. Iowa; Joe R. Lane, Davenport.. An informal re- Contioued on t-lftUt page. J HOW LOGAN FELL, Further Details of t'ie Brave Young Officer's Death. LEADING EIS MEN ON THE CHARGE Gfre Hi Life for His Country as HI Gal lant Father Would Dave Uail liliu Do President Notifies IIU Wife and Sends 1IU Sympathy Career of the Dead Ss' dler His Unpleasant Experience m West Point. Chicago. Nov. 11. The news that John A. Logan. Jr.. had been killed while leading a charge against the Fil ipinos in the inland of Luzon was re ceived here with great sorrow both ou account of the young soldier's own qualities and of the fame of bis father. A dispatch from Washington says he was killed while leading his men at San Jacinto, and that the enemy was routed. leaving many dead on the field. A telegram from Youngstown. O., where the dead soldier's wife lives, says she received the following yester day from the president: "It is my pain ful duty to convey to you the sad in telligence of the death of your husband while gallantly leading bis battalion iu the charge at San Jacinto. His splen did qualities as a soldier and high courage on the fighting line have given him place among the heroic men of the war. and it will be some consolation to j on to know that he died for his coun try on the field of honor. You have in this trying hour tor yourself and the children the sincere sympathy of Mrs. McKinlcy and myself." Was a Chip of the Old l!l. k. AYheii it came to lighting John A. I.ogan. Jr.. was "a ship of the old block" and like his gallant father, the hero of Illinois soldiers, he liked noth i itir o well as military a flairs, anil was a natural-born soldier. He had oc cupied much of public print within thy last few years. lie was born at Car bond.ile. Ills.. July L' I. 1st At an early aire he was sent to the Chester Military academy in Pennsylvania, where he received the greater part of bis training. lie wnsappoiutcd to West Point, but after a year :nid a half left the school and engaged in the real es tate business at Washingtton. I. C. About this time he married Miss Kdith Andrews, daughter of '. II. Andrews, of Yoimgstown. ).. and soon after en gaged himself in business with hia father-in-law. Could Not Keep Ont of the Army. Although successful as a busiuess man. Major Logan could not resist the tetuptations of his natural bent, and, acting upon this impulse, he left his business in Yoimgstown at the begin ning of the late war and came to Chi cago. He much resembled his father in appearance ami was ambitious to make as illustrious a name on the bat tlefield as had his parent. At the out break of hostilities with Spain ho came to Chicago, and. encouraged by prom ises his mother had received at Wash ington, set about to raise a regiment of cavalry, assuring those who enlisted under his standard that his organiza tion would be taken on the first call for troops. He enlisted a full regi ment, but much to his chagrin, the regiment raised by Colonel K. C Young, with four troops of the Illi nois National tJuard ns a nucleus, was alone called out by the piesidcut from Illinois. Want Into Service In Cuba. 1 lisnppointed iu this undertaking "Young Jack" Logan went to Wash ington and received an sippoint ment as major on the staff of tieiieral P.ates, and was assigned to servhf in Cuba. He served through the war and was in Cuba for some time after hostilities ceased. Two months ago he was as signed to service in the Philippines. Major Logan leaves a wife and two children to mourn his death. HIS F.XPERIENCK AT WRT POINT. Lout Ilii Cadelahlp for a Aery Trivial Ureach of Disr-lpllne. Logan's oxicrience at West Point was calculated to make a young man bate military life, but it did not. nr autumn day fifteen years ago he left the parade ground at West Point, court martialed for a trivial offense, disgraced and sentenced to expulsion from the military academy. His friends little thought then that, as an officers of the Tinted States army, he would erase the stigma from the ltlack Kaglc's name by giving up his life for his country. They are proud today of the gallantry which ended in his death on the battlefield of San Jacinto ia Luzon. Cadets who were at the acade;r," with Igan have often intimated th.it there were indications of a cabal among some of the officials there . g t rid of him. Hut Im that as it may young IxigaTi and Cadet Carnaha; were iu light prison one night for some trivial offense and they broke out and went to Highland Palls, where they feasted on roast chicken and milk. Their absence was discovered an hour later. When the Ixiys returned at 10 o'clock they were discovered in their "guilt" and among the things they had brought from Highland Tails was dis covered an unopened bottle of claret. Both the culprits swore that they had not lccn drinking. Nevertheless, charges of drunkenness were mad. nuainst them and a court-martial was ordered. The day after the affair Car liahan went to Major Davis, who lately acted as judge advocate of the Ix-ef in quiry, and asked for advW. and he ad visHl him to plead guilty. Said he: "The matter will ! fixed so that yon can pet c(T. It may go bard with von. but we'll fix It so you can May." Con sequently the boys pleaded guilty, and to their surprise were sentenced to dis missal. The friettds of loth protected. The sentence hung: tire for many weeks. Tinally lwth the boys were given The privilege of resigning, and the incident closed. "I have seen Ixgan in many uvisa nojiit uuii" aul Carnaiiaii re cently, "but I never saw him otherwise than as a gentleman. Iu persona! bravery he was the peer of any cadet at West Poim.'J Deep Grief of Bin. Logan. Washington. Nov. 1.". The news of her Bon's death was conveyed to Mrs l.ogan try a personal note from Secre tary Root. Mrs. Logan was prostrated by the shock, but later in the day re covered her comiKsure and driving downtown -ommuu:cntcd with Mrs. John A. Logan at Yoimgstown. O.. over the long-distance telephone. Dur ing the day Mrs. Logan had an inter view with "the president, be leaving the cabinet meeting to meet her. SOUTH AFRICA IS SILENT. Only News Ia u Sensation . That la Mot Grrdlted at Londjau. I-ondon. Nov. 1".. The Sonth African news is scarce, except lu'ief reports from Ladysmith and Kinibcrley. where the Boers are reported to be keeping up the bombardment, but doing little injury. A sensation comes from Cape Town, where it i reported that Omn Paul has issued another ultimatum, this one demanding that a supposed Boer spy named Marks be released at ouee, or Kruger will execute six British of ficers. This report is not credited here. It is one of the privileges of nations at war to hang or othcrwiseexecute spies. Marks has not yet beeu tried, but his case is suspicious and he will be re quired to account for his actions. A dispatch from Mafeking dated Oct. .",1 says that Ueueral Cronje. the Boer commander, sent an envoy to Colonel Baden-Powell under a flag of truce to declare that he did not consid er the Ueiieva convent ion authorized the flag of the Bed Cross society to fly f-roni several buildings at once iu the town, and that in his opinion tiie em ployment of natives against whites and the use of dynamite mines were both opposeil to the rules of war. Colonel Baden-Powell replied that the tleneva convention did not stipu late as to the number of Bed Cross stations permissible, and that the Boers were only required to respect the con vent, the hospital and the women's laager all of which were beyond the town limits. The British commander pointed out that mines were recognized adjuncts of civilized warfare, and that the defenses of Pretoria wore exten tdvely mined. He also reminded (icn eral Cronje that the Boers had tired upon natives, burned their kraals and raided their cattle, and that the na tives only defended their lives and property. Capetown, Nov. 15. An undated dispatch frjin Mafeking via Maga lipye. Nov. 8, says: "We were heavily bombarded. All' well- Kxpect a gen eral attack tomorrow. The Boers are gradually drawing closer on every side. We are well off for provisions and water. Bombardment i3 ineffec tual. The town is most cheerful and determined to resist attack to the ut most. A squadron of the Protectorate regiment made a magniiicent bayonet charge Friday night, driving the Boers and inflicting heavy loss. Our loss was 6 killed, 9 wounded and 2 taken prisoners." i Capetown, Nov. 15. i A dispatch from Pretoria dated Xov. 9 reports from Ladysmith that heavy cannon ading started at daybreak. Some Boer forces were within 1,500 yards of the British, when the cannonading ceased. A rille tire then commenced. All wasquietat Mafeking and Kimber ley. SECRETARY TO '.; SPEAKER. Congressman Henderson Selects a Water loo Man for the llonorf . Dubuque, Nov. 15-i-Congressmau Henderson, the next speaker of the bouse, announces the appointment of Jules C. Uichards, of Wuterloo, Iowa, as his private secretaryi COLLIDED IN A HEAVY FOG. Disistroua Railroad Accident Near Am sterdam This Alwrnlnr;. Amsterdam, Nov. 15. A London express collided witn anoiner train near tJapello during tne tog too ay. Fie were killed and 29 injured, 15 fatally. METEOR FALLS IN IOWA. Mkea Fire Foot Hole In Jroaud at Wel eter Cliy. Webster City. Iowa,-' Nov. 15. A large meteor fell near here last night. It "made a large hole in the ground live fect across. It i still seething and steaming, so that tfce exact size cannot le determined! It made a loud roaring noise in descending. Itad Fire In Kantar. a Troy, Kan., Nov. 15 .--Seven busi ness houses burned toylay. The less is over $200,000. : o Damages for a f'ass-lCider. Boston. Nov. 1.". Judge Colt, in the Tinted States circuit court yesterday decided that an employe of a railroad Injured while riding on a pass given him by a corporation, even if it was a part compensation for his services, could not recover damages. The phiintiff was seriouly injured in a wreck and sought to rW-over ?25.f00 damages. Fatally Caasbt in a Kelt. L'ddyville. Ia.. Nov. 1.1. K. S. Biggs, of the firm of A. T. Biggs V Son. millers, was caught In a licit yesterday and fatally crushed between ft and the gTent flywheeL which threw him across the room against the wall. Morgan Hu aa Opponent. Montgomery. Ala.. Nov. 1.1. Joseph E. Johnston has annunced his can didacy for the Ieniocrafic nomination to the I'nited States senate to succeed Senator Moragn. If tou have catarrh. -rheumatism. or dispepsia, take Hood VSarsa pari ila and be cored as thousands of others have been. ASSESSMENT FIGURES Gathered from the Returns Wade to the State Equaliza j tion Board. VALUES COMPARED TOE TWO TEAES l'ntal Assessment Is $895,800,090, an In crease of $502,4 55,384 Over Last Year 1'etltlon Filed for a Rebearin iu tbe Ciiucose Trust Case Coal Operators Agree to Help Roycott Railways Whore There Are Strikes Live Stock Rreeders. Springfield. Ills.. Nov . After the adjournment of the board of equal ization held yesterday morning the Cook conuty members held a caucus anl appointed the following committee: On lands. McKuight, McKenna. and Taylor; ou lots, McAnsh, KcKnight, Severin; on personal property, Taylor, MoAush. and Obendorf. Figures from Cook County. The assessment of Cook county shows that personal property is as sessed '24't per cent, higher than it was last year, and ."! per cent, higher than the equalized valuation of last year. Town and city lots are assessed !! per cent, higher tliau last year and per cent, higher that they were equal ized. Lands are r7 per cent, higher than the assessed and l:l hi cent, than the equalized valuation. The sub committees will go before the general commiltees aud ask for reductions in all classes. Total Value of the Slate. The total assessment of the state is .S'.iri.so'.i.otHi for the year 1S!K. as against an assessment of !jti".i.'5. -H:.7(ii for lS'.m. an increase iu the total of J02.42.".:iS4. Tif'ty of the H counties show an aggregate increase of st22!. :i47.4X7 and the remaiuing fifty-two counties show an aggregate decrease of ?2l5.:t2'.,,i .r.:s, as compared with LS'JS. PETITION FOR A It E-11KAR1NG In tlie Case of the Glucose Trust Filed at Springfield. Springfield. Ills.. Nov. 1.".. The Illi nois Trust and Savings bank, of Chi cago, in the supreme court yesterday Med a petition for a rehearing of the Clucoe Trust case, decided at the last term of the supreme court. The peti tion claims that the court erred iu tit' teen points iu tiie case, among thcin being that certain points decided that were made in the original brief wore not discussed by the counsel for the de fendants iu error, for the reason that tbey were regarded as immaterial. The court hold them to be material, in which the petitioners insist the court erred, and thus considered and de cided the question necessarily on the expert argument of the plant itTs in error. The petitioners also claim that the court iu endeavoring to digest the mat tor in the original and reply briefs for the plaintiff" in error, on account of the volume of the briefs overlooked the fact that a number of points decided were not made in the original brief. The petitioners submit that the only proper order by the court would be to re;.rua -tno case I'o the court below with directions to overrule the de murrer and to give the defendants iu error an opportunity to answer the allegations demurred to, as well as those already answered COAL OPERATORS GIVING IN. Agree to Supply No More Coal to Parties Objectionable to the In ion. Spriuglicld. Ills.. Nov. 15. As the re sult of a conference held between Na tional President Mitchell. State Presi dent Uunter aud the district officers of the Belleville district. United Mine Workers, and the operators of the coal mines in the Belleville district a strike was prevented, by the oin-rators agree ing to supply no more coal to the Mis souri. Kansas and Texas, the Iron Mountain, aud Misouri Pad tie and the St. Iau"is and San Trancisco railroads pending the result of strikes in mines along the lines of these railroads. Debs Strike Oamage Cases. Chicago. Nov. l.". The trial of what are kuowu as the "rioters" began before Judge Kohlsaat iu the federal court Monday. These are the cases in which various railway companies ask for Judgements agaiusf the city for damages to their property suffered during the railroad strike in 1S!4 on account of the al leged failure of the police authorities to furnish adequate protection. The ag gregate of these claims is nearly $.-,- tX)(,(.HH. No Case Against Sam Chase. Chicago, Nov. Charles YV. Beck and Samuel B. Chase, who were ar rested Oct. 2S. were discharged by Justice Prindiville Monday. It was as serted they had defrauded the heirs of Ida P.artz out of si.ihh: also Mary Hide of $4..i(Ni. SH)ii after the deci sion Samuel B. Chase coinenceil suit against the Fidelity aud Hcposit com pany of Maryland, his licensers, for .fr(,tMXI damages. IM'uoia Live Stock Rreeders. Springfield. Ills.. Nov. !". The an nual meeting of the Illinois Live Slock Breeders" association is being held in the supreme , court room. About lot are present. The association includes Illinois horse, cattle, swine and sheep breeders associations. The loading stock men of Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, Wiconsin and Iowa are on the pro gramme. Incendiary Work on a I arm. Chicago. No--. The barn and foreman's cottage on Leander J. Mc cormick's stock farm at Lake Forest and the Ouwentsia club's stable, to gether with live stock, and the feed, implements and vehicles contained in them, were destroyed by tire, entailing an estimated loss of ever .?40,om. Both fires were clearly the work of au in cpuJiay. Economy in llotiMeltold Expenses. Chicago. Nov. 1.1. When Inspector O'Connell. of the health department, threatened to arrest ticorge Kummcr, jeweler, the latter agreed to exhume the bodies of his two infants, which he had buried in his back yard, and pay the expenses of proper interment. To Care LaGiippe In Two Days. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. fJrove's signature is on each box. 25 cents. Wc put on sale ISO men's tine blue serge suits, warranted fast color and worth no less than $13.50 per suit. For this sale only 0.00 This lot comes In three styles, double breasted silk faced, double-breasted plain and single-breasted round cut. This is positively the best serge ever offered in Rock Island for $10. You Know Us, We Undersell Them All. WORD TO ACUINALDO McKinley Requests Humane Treatment of Spanish Prisoners. SENDS CABLE TO GEN. OTI?. Insurgents Will be Held For an Accounting if They Disobey. ASIIINGTON, Nov. 15 The president has sent a cable to (len. Otis, to be forwarded to MacAt thur. with instructions to get it to Aguinaldo, if possible, requesting kindly, humane treatment to Spanish prisoners. It also contains an inti mation that an' insurgents responsi ble for ill-treatment of such prisoners will be held to strict account when they are taken by the United States forces. MIAItr FIGHT IN LIZON. Filipino Make the Rest staud They Have Since the War Itegau. Manila, Nov. 14, 8 p. in. The Thirty third infantry, iu one of the sharpest two hours' engagements of the war. with an equal force of insurgents, five miles from San Fabian. Saturday, lost one otlicer and six men killed and one officer mid twelve men wounded. The Americans captured t wcnty-nlue Fili pinos and Iihi rides ami found eighty-oik-Insurgent dead lying iu thetrenhces and rice fields. Many more Filipinos doubtless were killed or wounded. ienertil When ton was informed that the enemy was gathering at San Ja cinto for the purpose of preventing the Americans from coutroliug the road from liagupau north, whereby Aguin aldo might retreat. The Thirty-third, Colonel Howe commanding, and n de tachment of the Thirteenth with a t'nt ling gun, I lowland commanding, were ;ent to disperse them. Itoad Was Knee-Deep in Mud. The troops encountered the worst road ever found iu the Island of Lu.on. There was a succession of creeks, whoso bridges the Americans had to sttip and repair, and miry ditches, and at certain places men and horses struggled waist deep iu quagmires. A hundred soldiers bad to drag the (Jatling guti part of the way. the horses being use less. The insurgents opened the fight two miles from San Jacinto, while tho leading American battalion was uass- Contnued on Third pane. A