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4 ROCK jANB. ARGUS, VOL.. Ii. NO. 274. HOCK ISfiAKD, Hili.. TillDAY. SEPTEMBER C, 1901.-SECOXD EDITION, PBICE THEEE CENTS. president Mckinley shot twice, Assassin Attempts Life of Executive While Attending Buffalo Festivities Result is Regarded as Extremely Seri Buffalo, Sept. 6.--President Mc Kinley was shot twice in the stom ach here this afternoon at the tem ple of music. His condition is serious. The 1 two shots took effect in the stom ach. The president is in the hospital on the Pan-American grounds. He was shot by a stranger. The president is fatally injured. How the Crime Was Committed. McKinley was shot by a well dressed man who wore a high hat and who while shaking hands with him fired the shots with the left hand. President Now Easier. The bullet which lodged against traded. the breastbone The president ing easier now. The man is under arrest. Name of the Assassin. The name of the president s assassin is said to be Fred Nie man. He is said to have come from Detroit. Nieman admits that he is an anarch st . and resides in Detroit. He says he is a Pollock. was ex is rest- ousls MORE PEACE RUMORS Pittsburg Report That the Great Steel Strike Is Almost Ready To Be "Off." SHAFPER AND WILLIAMS MISSING Another Official. However, Does Not Talk Like Peace Was Near Strike Notes. w rittsburg. Sept. ti. The prevailing opinion in Pittsburg is tliat the great steel strike is practically settled, but absolutely nothing positive can be learned from either side to the contro versy. The day was spent by the Amalgamated advisory board in secret conference, behind doors that were guarded closer than ever before. The newspaper 'dead line" was drawn most effectually. When the final ad journment for the day came at about 0:30 p. m. those who had been inside headquarters refused to say a word in answer to insistent questions, and vol unteered no statement. When the meeting was over it was learned for the tirst time that President Shaffer had not beeu with his colleagues dur ing the afternoon session, and his whereabouts were unknown to outsid ers. Secretary Williams also disa peared shortly after the adjournment, and he. too. "cannot be located. .Hay IiiT (ion. to Sew York. It is the belief of those who are familiar with the strike proceedings throughout that the two gentlemen hnve started on another unannounced and mysterious visit to New York city. It is believed that the morning cession of the advisory board must have de cided uikd a plan by whicn FTesident Shaffer could go to New York and complete the arrangement for peace, which it is nupopsed was started by the conference Wednesday between the steel magnates and the presidents of the several trades unions. Schwab. Proposition Impossible. The only approach to a statement of the condition of affairs was mud" by Trustee John Pierce, who -ald It was impossible to -accept the proposi tion made by the United -States Steel Corporation, as by doing so some of the members of the Amalgamated As sociation would suffer. "It would be unjust to our niemlters." said Pierce, "to accept such terms. We have made no counter proposition, and still insist on the terms made ami are willing to arbitrate the differences. The com mittee that visited President Schwab had no authority from the Amalga mated Association to settle the dis pute. The members were acting on their own respousibilty. The strike is Ic the same position today as it was liefore the conference was held in New York yesterday. The local situa tion is practically unchanged, but It is In better 8haie than it was last week. We have made some gains and are still confident that we will win. It will be impossible for the combination to operate its plants satisfactorily without the aid of the Amalgamated Association men." SCHWAB tXTEM)S IHE TIME For tbe Amalgamated to Accept His Oflet farther Conference.. New York, Sept. 6. The concilia tion committee which is trying to ne gotiate a settlemeut of the steel strike with President Schwab, had another conference with Schwab last evening, and it was learned late last night that at the request of the conciliation com mittee Schwab agreed yesterday to ex tend the time for the acceptance of his offer to this evening. Late last night Mitchell started for Hazelton. Pa., on business of the United Mine Workers. A report from Pittsburg- that Shaffer and Williams were supposed to have started for New York was discredited by the positive information that the advisory board of the Amalgamated Association will meet In Iittsburg to day to consider Schwab's proosition. This, it Is understood, differs from Morgan's proposition only in that It stipulates that the mills which , the United States Steel Corporation lias succeeded In opening as non-uniou mills shall remain non-union, the com pany being unwilling to abrogate th contracts which it has made with th men who are now at work ia those mills. The conference of the niemlers ol the conciliation committee with the steel trust officials was resumed at the Ashland house at 5 p. m. yesterday, and continued until 8:30, during which time there was much telephoning. When the conference adjourned Mitch ell explained the point reached In the negotiations to be that the proosition of tbe steel corporation has not yet been acted upon by the Amalgamated Association, but that the loard will probably reject it. Nevertheless, he expressed hne that the strike would yet be amieabjy settled, though, he.de-J Now in Hospital. I clined to indicate how lie hopcer that I this woidd be brousrht about. (New York, Sept. 6. It is under stood here that it is highly improbable that the steel corporation will take any cognizance of the Amalgamated executive board at Pittsburg today whatever Its conclusion may be. It is learned today from authoriative source that the time named in the tentative agreement reached by con- I'ference here Wednesday bad expired and that the steel corporation had . decided to participate in no further discussion of peace ana that an ice mediate movta for a general resump tion of work would be made with non union men and dissatisfied strikers. rittsburg, Sept. 6. With the ex ception of two vice presidents the general executive committee of the Amalgamated association assembled at 11 this morning to consider what is believed to be a practical ultima tum to the United States Steel cor poration. INTEREST! IT Trouble in Colombia Devel ops Concern For United States. SAID TO BE IMPORTANT. So Much So That a Special Cabinet .Meeting May Be Held. Washington. Sept. 6. Some im portant issues have grown out of the trouble at Colombia which are likely to require the attention of the presi dent, and cabinet. Ic was stated to day that a cabinet meeting may be held within a week, possibly at Cieve Jand, where the president is goiDg to attend tbe Grand Army encampment. MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY AT TRUESDALE HOME. A very mysterions and puzzling robbery, perpetrated at the residence of C. C. Truesdale on Eighteenth street and Sixth avenue, has just been reported to the police. It is supposed the deed was done on Labor day while the family was absent. No signs of an entrance having been ef fected were visible, doors, windows and screens being left untouched. The sum of 50, a diamond ring, a pair of diamond ear drops and a gold necklace were taken. No traces were left excepting that the drawer in which J.he money was kept clearly showed the maris of having been pryed open with a scis sors. The police are at a loss lo know where to begin operations, as they have nothing tangible to work upon. No one was seen around the place during the day. RECEIVER NAMED FOR GRAPHAPHONE. New York, Sept. 6. Justice Her rick in the supreme court at Brook lyn today granted a motion for dis to'ution of the National Graphaphore company and appointed a temporary receiver on the ground that the cor poration is insolvent. Stray Not. Located. The non-delivery 'of a package of notes and bonds valued at foO 000 be longing to Mrs. K. Sicg. 606 Main street. Davenport, gave the police of tnat city a merry cna?c tor a woue. Mrs. Si.g. after securing the package in question from a safety deposit vault Wednesday, had it wrapped up with some purchases she had made at Petersens Sons', and ordered the two to be delivered to her home. The messenger, after proceeding a few blocks, became wearied and turned the bundle over to another youth who, undoubtedly ignorant-of Its contents, put it behind some bill boards, where it was found today. The notes were not negotiable. Off Again- Switch engine No. 1166 on the Q. which was derailed at the foot of Sev enteenth street a few days ago, snf fered a similar mishap this morning at tho same piano. At a point where a slogle track lnadi onto a tiiple track the single track spread, derail ing the engine. ' DELUDED EDUCATORS Find That Living Expenses in the Philippines Are Twice Their Expectations. MISLED BY A MANUAL OF FACTS Some of Which Were Made Fiction Later by War Department Orders. Washington. Sept. C. The cabled report from Manila to the effect that the newly-arrived American teachers at a mass meeting had decided to cable to The president complaining that promised commissary privileges were denied them, and that they found their expenses double what they were as sured they might expect, attracted considerable attention at the war de partment. The privilege of purchas ing commissary stores at the govern ment warehouses in the 4'hilippines was taken away from all civilian em ployes by order of the secretary of war issued in .luue, ami as that order was widely published it was presumed that the teachers who sailed .subse quently to its issuance were aware of its existence. Where tbe Promise Was Contained. The letters and circulars issued by the war department to applications for these positions in the Philippines con tain no direct statement upon the subject of commissary privileges, but the promise that they would have these privileges might have been as sumed from some statements con tained in a "manual of information relative to the l'hTiippinc civil service." which was published in Manila early Tn the present year, and to which at tention was invited by Colonel Kd viards. chief of the division of insular affairs, in his circular to. Applicants. This pamphlet, in setting forth the conditions in the islands for the In formation of Americans seeking posi tions in the civil service there, con tains the following regarding the pur chase of commissaries: Extract from the Manual. "Many of the Americans secure rooms with private families and board in messes, the provisions being pur chased from the commissary. The food obtained from the commissary stores is the best, and the average cost for room and board for, those who live in this manner is about $33 a month. It is also projwsed to estab lish stores similar to the army com missary stores for the benefit of civil ian employe. The stores will be well stocked with provisions, groceries and other necessaries of life, and civilian employes probably will be able to pur chase from these stores at about 10 per cent, above the cost to the gov ernment." Mailrd to Each of the Teachers. The pamphlet containing the above statement was mailed to eacli of the teachers appointed, but attentiou was not called to the fact that the privi lege of buying supplies at the govern ment commissary had been discon tinued. The government was com plied to cut off this privilege, both to stop the frauds which were discovered to be due to its ojeration and also to satisfy the regular merchants in the islands, who were complaining bitterly that the furnishing of supplies by the I'nlted States was closing one of their main channels of revenue. Fain 11 j of Bigamist Patterson. I.ogansiort. Ind.. Sept. 6. Samuel It. Patterson, under arrest in New York for bigamy, married the daughter of Banker Murdoek. of this city, twelve years ago. and Mrs. Pattrrsou and her little daughter still reside here. The family refuses to discuss the case, Murdoek simply- remarking, "Let It take its course." Formerly Patter son, the accused, was in advance of several theatrical combinations, hut more recently has been traveling sales man for Chicago and New York dry goods houses. Wants $10,000 for a Lost Eye. Benton Harbor. Mich.. Sept. 6. Llewellyn Amy has sued the Spencer & Barnes Furniture company for $10, 000 for the loss of an eye caused by the bursting of an emery wheel in their factory. Army of the Cumberland Meeting;. Washington, Sept. 0. General D. S. Stanley, president of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, an nounces that the annual reunion of that society and the veterans of that army will be held at Louisville, Ky., on rerryville days. Oct. S and 9. Alleged Counterfeiters Arrested. Hedrick, la., Sept. 0. Deputy Unit ed States Marshal Webb, of Omaha, arrested Columbus Monohan and Ger ald Kaby here yesterday, charging them with making and having in their possession counterfeit quarters, half dollars and dollars. THIRTEEN WERE MAROONED. Victims f the Tauipa Mob Outrage Get Bark lloliis. Tampa, Fla.. Sept. G. Frauciseo Rodriguez, Uamon Piguero, Luis Bar da. Revino lrieto, Jose Fuego, Pedro Carellas, Kstarislau Lanza, Eustacio Yeldaz, BadiSio Parrouda, Jose Belcn Valdaz, Crecencio Gonzales and Charles Kelly, victims of the outlawry of some of the "best citizens'' of this place, have got back here and pro ceeded immediately to find out whether the mob Is supreme in the United istate.- or whether there is any defense against outlawry. These were the leaders of the strik ing cigarmakers who were kidnaped and sent out of the city to some un known spot. It turns out that they were -marooiud with a limited quan tity of food on a desert island off the coast of Honduras, where they were accidently found by an Indian, who took them to the maiuland, from whence they have made their way home. Their story of abduction makes one wonder whether he is really living in the twentieth century or the twelfth. Six of them are Spaniards, the others citizens of the United States, and the authorities of Washington have in structed the United States district at torney at Jacksonville. Fla.. to make an investigation of the matter. BITTEN BY A RATTLER. Snake C'haruier the Victim of a Tragedy on the Stage. I.a Crosse, Wis., Sept. fi. While fondling and caressing her pets Mme. I)olTa, a snake charmer, was bitten in the back of the neck during a perform ance here. She will die. She had an assortment of snakes coiled around her neck anil body when a rattler seven feet long unwound itself from her throat with the exception of one coil, and lengthening out swung its head around to her neck with such force that it paralized her entire body fr a few minutes. At the same time it darted its poisonous fangs into her neck. The villagers, who had been gazing at. her wierd performance in silence, broke in confusion when they saw what had happened, fearing that they would be attacked theniselvves. Mme. Dolla increased the excitement by picking un the vicious rattler, which had dropied from her body. Women and children screamed and scattered for the door. Several women were Injured in the rush. REGARDLESS OF EXPENSE. Circus Proprietor Is Making Utilitarian Lovo to an Illinois "iirl. Mount Carmel. Ills.. Sept. 0. One month ago the John Robinson circus visited Mount Carmel. and one of the proprietors saw Miss Olive Harper on the streets, but failed to make her ac quaintance. A few days later she re ceived a 4v;.".0 diamond from him. also $T0 in money, the latter for her to use in ascertaining what reputation Le bore in his home city. Iist week, when he learned that the was entered in the contest for floral queen in a pageant the Klks of Mount Carmel were preparing, he sent a draft to tiie bank for Sl'.ouo, Faying it was to be used in buying enough ballots to iusure her election. The contest was decided in Miss Harper's favor, the having a majority of almost 4.0(0 over the twenty young women entered. She is a beautiful brunette of lil spmmers and belongs to a good family. WHERE THEY GET MONEY. Harvard and Cornell Large Holders of Mirhlcan Properties. . Muskegon. Mich.. Sept. 6. In a speech here State Tax Commissioner James C. McLaughlin made public a fact not generally known, and that Is that Michigan is assisting very largely in the support of two great American colleges. lie said: "Two of the greatest educational in stitutions in the country are drawing a large amount of money direct from Michigan. Harvard owns a large block of stock in the Calumet and Hec la mine, which is paying Immense divi dends from the mineral wealth of the state; and no small part of the Income of Cornell Is interest on money realized from the pine lumber and timber of northern Michigan. HOPE THIS IS LAST OF PEKIN FOR AWHILE Pekin, Sept. 6 The foreign min isters have accepted tbe imperial edicts arranged-and will sign the peace protocol tomorrow. QUITE A CAPTURE MADE BY BRITISH. Middeleburg, Sept. 6 Lotter's en tira command, was taken by Maj. Scobell, south of Petersburg. Nine teen Boers were killed, 62 wounded and 62 prisoners taken, Including Commandants Letter and Breedt The British casualties were 10 killed and eight wounded. BIG SEND OFF Given a Murderer Who Pays Penalty in Msn tana. ENTIRE STATE REPRESENTED In the Attendance and Other "Guests" Who Were Present. Deer Lodge, Mont., Sept. 6. James McArthur, alias James Fleming, was hanged here this morning for the murder of Capt. Oliver Dennison last February. Sheriffs Witness Basglng. The execution was witnessed by nearly every sheriff in the state and. a large number of invited guests. PAPER ON UNHOLY WAR CAUSES FIERY DEBATE London, Sept. 6. 4. stormy meet ing of tbe ecumenical Methodist con ference resulted today from the read- , . i i- tir t? ing ox a paper uy xvu v . v. . ouiiiu, of Pittsburg, Pa., on "The Influence of Methodism in Promoting Inter national Peace.!' Many Americans took part in the discussion, in which fiery speeches were made for and against the war in South Africa. No conclusion was reached. PASSENGERS INJURED IN MOTOR CAR COLLISION. Chagerin Falls, Ohio, Sept. 6. Two cars on the Clevelcnd & Chsr grin Falls electric railway collided near here last night. Five passengers were seriously injured. SPEAKER HENDERSON TO SAIL FOR HOME. London, Sept. 6 The steamer St. Paul which sails for Southampton to morrow will have among the passen gers Speaker and Mrs. D. B. Hender son. CARNIVALS ARE VICIOUS. Roman Catholic Priest Vigorously lie. Bounces tbe Popular Street Fair. ;raud Kapids. Mich., Sept. C The movement to hold another, carnival here this month, which has been strug gling along for several weeks, re ceived a setback Sunday when Fr. Schinirt, at high mass at St. Andrew's cathedral, publicly denounced carni vals in general as a sham and a dis grace. He spoke on the subject of "Purity," and said that intemperance is responsible for a large portion of the immorality of the community. Carni vals encourage liquor drinking. "Here in this city," he said, "our business men are preparing for an other aruival. They say that It is go ing to be clean, but look who Is back ing it and see what is goinj to hap pen. Out of about $6,000 already raised ?4,000 has been contributed by the saloon men and cigar dealers, and $1,000 more by the 6treet railway com pany. The saloon men expect to get back every cent they put in many times over, and what does that mean? It means an immense amount of car ousing and consequently just that! much Intemperance." SURGERY ON AN OSTRICH. Ungrateful Varmint" Tries to "Kick the 6tuffln'"Out of Its Benefactors. Indianapolis. SepL 6. Two local physicians performed an unusual sur gical operation with great difficulty. A giant ostrich, one of a carload of fifteen birds, en route from the east to Hot Springs, injured its neck and was threatened with death. The doctors were called and hurried to the Big Four freight yards at Brightwood. A professional wrestler, the two physicians, and a keeper, after a hard fight overpowered the injured bird, threw it to the floor of the freight car and the wound was stitched. When the bird was allowed to rise it sent out a foot with such a force as to tear the trousers of the wrestler, whose leg was severely scratched. The injured ostrich may die of its wounda. Another Child Commits tfulcioe. Birmingham. Ala.. Sept. 6. Susan Adler, a 16-year-old girl, killed her elf near Tecatnr bv swallowing box of sulphur matches. Love affair.