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ROCK I VOIi. I. NO. 92. BOCK ISLAND. Hili.. tuesday.::e.gbrtjaiiy 5, 1901. MICE THREE CENTS. MILES STILL ARMY'S HEAD President Nominates Him to Continue as Lieutenant General. UNDER REORGANIZATION ACT Other Officers Honored In clude MacArthur, Wood, Chaffee and Bell. Washington, Feb. 5. The president today sent the following nominations to the senate: To be Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles. To be Major Generals Brig. Gen. OBN'EnAL MILES. Samuel B. Young. Col. Adna R. Chaf fee and Brig. Gen. MacArthur. Toe Brigadiers. To be Btigadier.Generals Col. John C. Daler, Col. Lloyd Wheaton, C I. George W. Davis, Col. ' Theodore Schwan, Col. Samuel S. Sumner, CoJ. Leonard A. Wood, Col. K)bert II Hll. Col. Rabert P. Hughes,-Col. George M. Randall, Maj. William A. Kobbe, Brig. Gen. Frederick D. Grant, Capt. J. Franklin Bell. EDWARD AND WILLIAM ARR1VE IN LONDON. London, Feb. 5. Emperor William and King Eiward arrived from Wind sor. Everywhere they received the warmest welcome. After lunch their majesties lelt for Charing Cross sta tion, where Emperor William and Crown Prince Frederick William took the train for Fort Victoria, where the Hohenzollern is awaiting them. REPORT ANOTHER DEAL. Missouri l'ldflc Sli to Oar Gained Con trol of Eastern Illinois. - New York, Feb. 5 It is reported in Wall street today that the Missouri Pacific Railway company had secured ccntrol of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railway. Officials of the Mis souri Pacific decline to confirm or deny the report. MUCH ALARM ABOUT LORENZO MARQUES. L ndoa. Feb. 5. It is reported here that the Bjers commanded by Blake are threitening Lirenzj MT(j ies and Portugal has requested Britian assist ance. It is further asserted that the British' squadron was ordered to Lorenzo Marquea. . No ofiicial con firmation of the reports is obtainable. FOUGHT TO FINISH ' IN SPITE OF GOVERNOR Elgin, III., Febi 5 The Croake Jackson prize tight, which was headed oil at BelviJcrc by Gjv. Yate3 last night, was pulled off at Gilberts, Kane county, early this morning. A special train with 500 men on board reached town after midnight, and adjourned to the hall, where a rikg was formed. Therj was no interference. Croake was knocked out in the 12th round. Spritigueiu. W'f., iVb. o. Judge Fuller, cf the circuit' court of I'.oone county, wired Governor Yates that a prize tight was scheduler! to - be hold at F.cHevidere last night, and requested him to prevent it. The message reached the executive office while the governor, was in Jackson ville, but on being advised of its con tents hf took the first train for this citv and had telephonic communica tion with the sheriff of P.oone county, instructing the latter to prevent the fight at any cost, even to military terferenoe. TWO LIVES LOST IN A HOTEL FIRE. Binghamton, N. Y., Feb. 5. Harry Ssrvcrson. musician, and Sid Holland, horseman, lost their lives, and three others were fatally injured in a lire which destroyed the Exposition hotel toiUy. Twenty-live persons were in thu building, most of whom esctped, ; many leaping from the, seond ant third stories. . JOHN MARSHALL DAY , , OBSERVED AT CAPITAL. Springfield, Feb. 5. Services in honor of John Marshall were held this morning at the state house by the Illinois Bar association. Senator Kindsay, of Kentucky, delivered an eloquent oration. After - the cere monies he was tendered a compli mentary breakfast at the Leland hotel ROBERT E. HILL IS HANGED. Camden Wife Murderer Fa 7 a Kztreme Penalty. Camden, N. J.r Feb. 5. Robert E Hill was hanged today for the murder of his wife in a fit of jealousy. WAS EASY FOR THE BOERS Willi 1,400 Men They Ruth and Capture l.OOO British. London, Feb. Tt. It turns out that the capture of Modderfontein, south west of Krugersdorp, was accom plished by 1.4(H) Boers who during a dark night rushed a position occupied by 1,000 British, of whom but two of licers were killed and two wounded, showing that there was practically no lighting and that the surprise must have been complete. General Kitchener, 1u a dispatch from "Pretoria, dated Feb. 3, says: "French's column, in driving the Boers east, captured a 13-pounder and picked up parts of a second gun disabled by our fire. The commandoes in the col ony are lelug hustled. The Midland commando is being chased by Haig in the direction of Steytlerville. Six teen of them have recently been killed by our men." Holme Does So me Businets. Wellington. Feb. .". The ship sub sidy bill was laid aside informally by the senate late yesterday to permit constlieratiou of the appropriation bills. No (business of importance was transacted. An executive session was held. 1 The hoiise passed a senate bill to adjudicate the claims of United States citizens against Spain which The gov ernment of the T'nlted States assumed by the treaty of Paris, but" ameuded the bill so as to refer the claims to the court of claims instead of to' a commission. A bill was passed to ex tend the charters of. national batiks for another perio.i of twenty years aft er 1'MVJ. when thep resent extension, expires. IV. C. T. I'. Appeal to Hoofer . Chicago, Feb. .'. W. C. T. I. offi cers yesterday decdied to send cir culars to all the medical journals, hos pitals, and medical colleges through out the country petitioning all physi cians connected with the institutions i0rera4n-ria. prescribing alcohol for medical uses. Combine of Furniture Companies Cratid Itapids. Mich.. Feb. .".: The consolidation of the largest furniture companies of this city is practically assured. The combine will include fourteen of the leading case goods plants, representing assets of $5,000. OOO. with a total output of $J,000,000 annually. Suicide with No Known Cause. Kalamazoo. "' Mich., Feb. 5. .Miss Jennie Pratt, aged 18 years, of Otsego, who-wa employed in " the family of Judge A. M. Stearns, of this city, tom niitted suicide 'by taking a dose of poison. No cause Is known for her act. Hundreds of Salooniata Arrested. Chicago, Feb. 4. Two hundred and fifty saloonkeepers were arrested, yes terday charged with keeping their places open on Sunday. NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE. The Dominion government ha prac tically taken steps to purchase the tele graph systems of Canada. The president has accepted an in vitation to speak at the University of California commencement day, May 15. The annual convention of the State Society of Labor and Industry 1s in session at Topeka, Kan. The National museum at "Washing ton has come into possession of the W. T. Sherman war collection. Jefferson Long, a negro who 30 years ago represented the Macon (Ga.) district in congress, is dead at Macon. Hollanders fiave begun to celebrate tl.eir queen's wedding. s. Anti-Jesuit riots In Spain have spread to Valencia, where the Jesuit college was attacked. The duke of Cornwall and York Is reported as convalescent. Mexican troops routed a large force of Maya Indians, inflicting heavy losses. Promoters of the recent. bazaar at Chicago for the benefit of a proposed home for aged Jews announced $11,000 had been cleared. ' Chicago Horse Salea. Chicago, Feb. 5. The first of the scries of mid-winter sales of harness I horses opened in the Dexter Park ,nr vilion yesterday under the ma', ment of the Chicago Horse ' " . 1 pany, and eighty head o . horses catalogued were clo,.:-rf" at prices ranging from $150 to $1,500. . Crossed Wires Are Fatal. A Ixmdon. Feb. 5. During a severe enow storm In Liverpool some tele phone wires fell in the Ixjndon road and came Into contact with an over head electric wire. Two people were killed and fourteen injured. ' New Rothschild at the Head. ' Frankfort. Feb. 5. In consequence of the recent death of Baron Wit helm von Rothschild Baron Armand de Rothschild, of Paris, becomes the head of the Frankfort banking house of fie family. New York Getting Some Snow." 3 N?w York, Feb. 5. Five inches of snow had fallen lu New York during the twenty-four hours ended at 10 o'clock lastjjtffffct.. s .;. GOMEZ MEN BEATEN Outgeneraled by Their Opponents on the Proposition for Nat uralization. .CITIZENSHIP IS NOT FOR MAXIMO If the Signs Read Right Electoral College to Choose a Presi dent iu Cuba. Havana, Feb. 5. The Cuban consti tutional convention held its first meet lug yesterday afternoon since the dead lock occurred Thursday last over what is known as the "Gomez clause" hi the twelfth section of the constitu tion, which provides that naturalized citizens shall be eligible to the presi dency of the republic if they have served ten years In the wars. A poll of the house before the meeting showed that none of the delegates had changed his opinions, but that the anti-Gomez faction, was short one man, Senor Llo rente. who was still unable to attend. On learning this Juan Uualberto Gomez, colored, and his followers made a shrewd move, and persuaded Senor Betancourt to vote with them for the postponement of a further discussion of the clause until the other portions of the constitution had been consid ered. - Gomel Men Giveu a Surprise. 'Seuor Aleuiau made a motion to postpone as soon a-s the session was opened, and this was carried by 15 votes to 14. General Rivera was not present, adhering-' to his former de cision not to participate while this par ticular subject is before the conven tion. The result of the vote was a sur prise to the Gomezites. They had in tended to force the Issue, and had pre pared to put in substitutes if the anti Gomez people had resigned, as some threatened to do. The delay gives Senor Llorente an opportunity to at tend the future discussions and makes possible & tie vote, involving a final decision by tenor Capote, president of the convention, who is opiosed to General iiomez. We Are Moving: the Other Way. Another victory won by the anti Goniez men was the changing of the method of electing the president of the republic from the popular vote to the system of an' electoral college, like that obtainiu.1; iu the United States. The vote for this chauge was 15 to 14. The remainder of the twelfth section, dealing with the executive power,' and the whole of the thirteenth section. dealing with the vice president of the republic; were accepted with a few immaterial chances. An article .wa-s added1 nror Wing -for a cabinet or presi dential secretaries, all of whom must be citizens of Tuba, and directiug tlwit all decrees, orders and commands of the president must be countersigned by one secretary, every secretary being held personally responsible for the acts couutersigned by him, but without re lieving the president of his responsi bility. ONE NOTE OF DISCORD I'ttered bjr a Georgian Relatire to the Day - of John Marshall. Atlanta. Ga., Feb. 5. The Mar.-hall day celebration here was not entirely harmonious, A uote of protest against the celebration was sounded by Hon. John V. Aiken, former president of the Georgia Bar.association, who gave out an open litter in which he says: "When the Georgia supreme court marches into the hall of representa tives to lend Its presence to the glori fication of this eminent nationalist, let Chief Justice Simmons, an Old Hickory Democrat who slept on tent ed field and field untented tinder the stars ami bars, remember that ac cording to John Marshall his neck should have graced the halter; let Mr. Justice Lumpkin remember that, ac cording to John Marshall, his distin guished kinsman, the first Georg'a chief justice, and his able associates, were all mistaken in their masterly deliverance In the noted case of Pad dleford. Fay & Co. "Let Mr. Justice Little remember that, according to John Marshall, his lifetime conception of the constitution Is an airy dream; let Mr. Justice Fish remember that, according to John .Marshall, the theory held by himself an-:! his kinsmen as to where allegi ance first lay in 1801 is all erroneous; let Mr. Jnstlee Lewis remember that, accoi-ding to John Marshall, the bril liant family of which he is one have all along been mistaken in their politi cal thougnt; let Mr. Justice Cobb re member that, according to John Mar shall, liis illustrious father, who rep resented the south so nobly in federal councils, and his- distinguished uncle, who sacrificed his life at Bloody Fred ericksburg, were technical rebels. ,'ln speaking for the American Bar asscj-iation let Mr. Burton Smith re- f'' l.cr that, according to John Mar- !l.' his first-borns grandsire. the ,ole Gordn, committed treason ev ry time his stainless sword leaped from its untarnished scabbard. If Marshallism Is right, then Loe should have been hanged. Jefferson Davis le gally deserved the scaffold and every Confdfrate soldier, from Manassas to 'Appomattox was in law a rebel de serving death." Russia's Hand In a Belgian Glove. London, Feb. ."."There is no doubt." savs the Peking correspond ent of The Daily Mail, wiring Satur day, "that Belgian capital has ac quired a controlUn interest in the American undertaking to construct the railroad from Cantou to Hankow. Belgium In China now practically menus Russia." - McGoTern t Fight au Australian. . Sew YorK. Feb. -. Terry McGov ern has Iwen matched to tight Tim Haggerty. of Australia, who is claimed to be the champion of bisclaas.in that country. The ngnt -win "tase pi ace on April 30, at 126 pounds for a purse of $5,000, at a place not decided upon. Masonic Temple Burned. Toledo. O., Feb: 5. The Masonic temple went up in flames last night; total loss, about $150,000, of which $50,000 is on the -building.; KING EDWARD'S MESSAGE T His People Beyond the Seas He Haa Something to Say. London, Feb. 5. The klug has sent the following message to all the Brit ish colonies and dependencies: "To my people beyond the seas: The countless messages of loyal sym pathy that I have received from every part of my dominions over-seas testi fy to the universal grief in which the whole empiue now mourus the loss of my beloved mother. In the welfare aud jh'osperity of her subjects throughout Greater Britain the queen ever evinced a heartfelt interest. She saw with thankfulness the steady progress which, under the wide exten sion of self-government, they haa made during her reign. She warmly appreciated their unfailing loyalty to her throne' and person, and was proud to think of those who had so nobly fought and died for the empire's cause in South Africa. "I have already declared that it will be my constant endeavor to follow the great example which has been be queathed to me. In these endeavors I shall have confident trust in the de votion and sympathy of the ieople and of their several representatives assembled throughout my -vast co louial dominations. 'With snch loyal support I will, with the blessing of God. solemnly Avork for the promotion of the common welfare'.aud security of our preat empire oer which I have now been called to reign." . "jSmVARD." WAS HALLUCINATION, PERHAPS - '. Caused Mrs. Barker to Make Her Grave Charge Agahist Keller. New York, Feb. 5. The Evening Telegram in Its report of tli Barker Keller shooting says: "Xow that the the first wave of excitement following the shootiug has abated, and the resi dents of Arlington have regained their normal condition ot mind, "the con census of opiuion in the Newark sub urbs is that the accusations made by Mrs. Barker to her husband against the rector were the result of hallucina tion. "Throughout the village it is 1k lieved that in her sufferings from nerv ous prostration for the last few months Mrs. Barker conceived the idea that Rev. Keller had done her harm, and brooded so much over it that in her broken condition of health it became fixed in her mind as a reality. Mrs. Barker: is still prostrated at her home from hysteria and only her attending physicians are allowed to ee her." New York. Feb. 5. "Thomas G. Barker, who shot: KevJoUn Keller at Arlington; "X. J.. Sunday n orning, was arraigned In court at K-earney town hall yesterday. He waived examina tion "and was held without bail. Kel ler s condition is serious, and his doc tors are divided on the question cf the probabilities of his recovery. COMBINATION-IN BICYCLES Scheme That "Assembles" a "Number oj Cycle Parts Factories. Cleveland, Feb. 5. Cleveland men, formerly conspicuous in the manufac ture of bicycle parts aud accessories, have organized the Automobile and Cvcle Parts company, with an author ized capital stockof $5,000,000 and pur chased from the American Bicycle couinauv the following properties: Saddle factory at Elyria. O.: saddle factory at Westboro, Mass.: steel .stamping factory at Milwaukee. Wis.; steel stamping factory at C hicago; Ball company, at Cleveland: pedal fac tory at Cleveland: sheet steel factory at Chicago. The business of each fac tory is taken over from Jan. 1, 1901. Fight Is luljr Pulled Off. ' Pittsburg, Feb. .". -Notwithstanding the vigorous protests -of the United Presbyterian Ministers" association and the threat of Mayor Diehl that he would take steps to have the amuse ment licenses of the Grand Opsra House and the Avenue theater re voked, the scheduled : fight between Art Simms, of Akron, and Frank Boyle, of Pittsburg, was pulled off last night in the Avenue theater. Minister Conger Tor Governor. , Des Moines. Ia., Feb'. 5. There is a plan afoot here among the Republican party leaders to' hold a joint confer ence and ask Minister Conger, who is now in Peking, to accept the nomina tion for governor. This scheme has been hit upon since the failure of the Titus amendment and. the realization that the eaniiNiign is nearer by'a year than was anticipated. Yt isvonsln Legislative Motes. Madison, Wis., Feb. 5. Whltson in troduced a bill in- the assembly yes terday providing a penalty from five to twenty years in the state prison for kidnaping any person under 18 years by any means whatever. Katz introduced a memorial to congress pe titioning for an amendment to the constitution providing for the election of United States seuators by the di rect vote of the people. . , Talk of a Iairy Combine. Wabash. Ind.. Feb. 5. It is stated that eastern parties are attempting to get control of the priucipal dairies in this part of Indiana. The plan i to form a corporation, buy the properties outright where this is necessary and where the owners will accept part stock in payment, giving employment to those who hold the shares. Departure of the Belgian King-. Ixuidon. Feb.' 5. The kiug f the Belgians left for Belgium last eveuing At the railway station the police re moved a man who had been actinj strangely and who was suspected of having some design against the king. feallsnary. t tnelm ana owl wartt. London. Feb. 5. Ird Salisbury had an, audience with K2i3 Kdwatd and Emperor Wftliaunat -Windsor ca iyestecday -,.-- ? ;.; , HUSTLE IS THE WORD Given With Reference to the Work on the Bill for Ship ' Subsidies. SENATE IS TO SIT UP OF NIGHTS Its Friends Predict Its Passage Re gardless of Filibusters Miscel laneous Washington News. . Washington, Feb. 5. Seuators in charge of the ship subsidy bill yester day gave notice that beginning tomor row they would seek to have the sen ate sit regularly at- night to consider the measure. The postponement until tomorrow Is due to the absence from the city of some of the -friends of the bill, and to the fact that others have social engagements. The present plan is to have the senate take a ' recess each evening at 0 o'clock until 8 and then to sit until 11 o'clock, the night sessions to be devoted to the shipping bill. Asked how long this programme is to be followed they reply: "Until the bill is passed." They profess con fidence in their ability to get the bill through, and the leaders were engaged yesterday iu rallying their forces aud in making sure of the attendance of a quorum. "The bill will go through," said Aldrich. "I have never known a fili buster to prevail against a bill which vas supported by a majority of the senate." Bacon Kises to Object. Washington. Feb. 5. During the talk in the senate yesterday Bacon ad dressed the senate upon his resolution declaring it to be the sense of the sen ate that that 'hotly had the right to de maud informaiton and documents on file iu the executive-.departments. He said the refusal in the I.aw'she case, was a direct challenge of the senate's right to call for aud secure information on file In a department excepting so far as that right was granted by the department itself. Spooner asked Bacon if he considered the president's communication a chal lenge. Says the Senate is Challenged. "l ido, most emphatically," replied Bacon. " "It constitutes such a chal lengTas requires an answer from the senate. That is very much enlarged in gravity by the fact that newspa per publications indicate it as not only the action of the president but the ac tion of the cabinet, and we are now confronted with the fact that there is a general and organized purpose of the cabinet, as avowed, to deny to the senate the Tight to information to lie found on the tiles of the department unless where the chief of the depart ment may as a matter of grace and in his permission, permit the senate to have such information." Two Mysterious Clauses in the Kill. Washington, Feb. o. Just how two clauses ca.me. to be inserted in th- i The London Prices do J; I the Talking. I SPECIAL FOR THIS SALE. J mo$'s.sv.. 30.00 T:S.SV"S. : 33.75 .! 116.50 MEN'S SUITS f (f 4 ONLY KJ,JKJ BOYS' STIFF BOSOM SHIRTS IZr i (T WORTH 50 CENTS TO fl. jZxJKs V'S!.,....:....;. 0.00 X fT MOTHER FRIEND SHIRTS 0lr 3 WORTH 50 CENTS TO fl ,kJ H $13.50 MEN'S SUITS "7 BZCk U jb ONLY v C MEN'S FANCY VESTS )Q J M WORTH $3 TO f 4 imZfZ " j Bf 12 MEN'S SUITS "7 tZf Jj ONLY jf xJU V C i MEN'S AND BOYS' CAPS WORTH CLn C rf $12 MEN'S SUITS . 50 CENTS TO 75 CENTS J ONLY JJ ' L I This Sale Consists of New and Up- 3 tO'date Goods. . V " - YOU KNOW US army reorganization TJTTI tnaKTng only volunteer officers already In the sub sistence aud quartermaster' s depart ments eligible to. appointment to'-those branches of the service under the new law is not known at the Avar depart ment. Moreover. It Is said, the chair men of the senate and house military committees -do not know how ' the clauses came to be inserted. The effect will le to prevent the realization of the aspirations of many line officers now in the voluuteer establishment, who had planned to transfer to thotip branches of the. staff, under the reor ganization act. TIVO..IHG SUPPLY MKASL'KKS. One Provides $5.000,000 and the Other 9118.000.000 Some Features. Washington. Feb. 5. The sundry civil appropriation bill, one of the most imiortant and most general supply bills of the government, was completed yesterday by the house committee on appropriations. The bill appropriates $."'.1,703,084. which is $10.SS!U97 less than the estimates and $.i.743.221 less than the bill for the current fiscal year. The iteias for river and harbor work now in progress under' contract aggregate $tt.840.c:j. or about half the sum appropriated last year. The debt of Hawaii assumed on the annex ation of the islands is provided for. For public buildings now in course of construction in various cities ?G,74G, ii'2 is appropriated. Following are some of the public building items: Chicago. $1,000,000; Clinton. Ia.. $50.fMM; Indianapolis, $2.-0.000: Omaha, $3.T0.000. 1 The river and harbor items over Sofi.OOO inHndei Duluth, Minu.. and Superior, Wis.. S320.000: Illinois and Mississippi canal, SD75.O00: waterway across Keweenaw Point. $140,000: Cai umet harlor. Illinois. $.Vi.000: Detroit river. $.'J2.,OO0: Mississippi river from Ohio river to Minneapolis. Sl.17.fKK). Provision is made that hereafter the following persons only shall be en titled to the benefits of the national home for disabled volunteer soldiers: "All honorably discharged officers, soldiers and sailors who have served in the regular or volunteer forces of the United States, who are disabled by wounds, disease or otherwise, and are without adequate means of -support and by reason of such disability are incapacitated of earning their own .maintenance aud support." The army appropriation bill, mak ing provision for the army-under the plan of reorganization recently enact ed, was also completed yesterday aud repotted by Chairman Hull. It car ries approximately $118,000,000. as against estimates of alwut $i:i0.000.000 mt:de by war department officials. The total of army appropriations, gen eral aud deficiency, for last year ag gregated $119,000,000. Hull says the present bill will be ample, and will not entail a deficiency measure later. Drainage Canal Koat Knees. Chicago. Feb. 5. It Is probable that the trustees, of the drainage canal will refuse "to'permit the University of Wis consin to hold a series of loat races 011 the canal, for the reason that the request involves granting permission to the Santa I'e railroad to lay tracks mi both sides of the stream along the course for a period of live miles. . An international game of "chess is iu progress at Monte Carlo. WILD NATION STILL ON TEAR Kansas Crusader Leads Early Morning Raid on " joints." SCUFFLES .WITH A PORTER After Being Hit With Her Own Hatchet She is Locked Up. Topeka, Feb. 5 -Mrs. Carrie Na tion, accompanied by two other wom en, started on a joint-smashing tour at 5 o'clock this morning. At the first place attacked, a man bolted the door, and the women were unable to enter. At " the second place, after smashing the slot machines, fixtures and liquors, the colored porter took away Mrs. Nation's hatchet. In the scuffle the latter was struck in th , . temple by the hatchet, but not seri ously hurt. Finally, the porter fired a revolver at the ceiling and attracted the atten tion of a policeman, who took the women to the police station, where prayer service was held. Booked as "Joint Smasher." At the police station Mrs. Nation was booked as "joint smasher." The others were released. Her case was continued till Thursday without bond, the charge preferred being that of instituting riot." The case against . Mrs- Nation for attempting to smash the Unique saloon Monday afternoon was dismissed this morning. THE NATION REPULSED. She Tries to Wreck a Restaurant and Force Is Opposed to Force Successfully. Topeka, Kan., Feb. 5. Mrs. Na tion yesterday afternoon met the fii'Pt defeat in her saloon smashing career. Liter, at the police station, she laughingly declared that it was by no means her Waterloo, and she would soon again be at her chosen work. With fix: women, each armed with -bright new hatchets, h..d started out at o p. m. to wreck a restaurant that also dispensed, liquors. Before site could wield her hatchet Mrs. Na- . lion was disarmed and a free for all Continued on Third Page. 9