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ESjLAMD VOI. MI. NO. 107. ROCK ISLAND, ILIi., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1903. PRICE TWO CENTS. TS ARE STILL AT NEAR AGREEMENT CORNELL EPIDEMIC M KILL FATHER: E W THE PHILIPPIC Republican Factions in the Senata Typhoid Outbeak Carries off Over a Score of Persons So Far Nine Being Students. Seem To Be Flopping To gether on Statehood. ROCK AROTR NSURGEN CASTRO HAS NEW DEMAND S HIS ES SELF IS CLAIMED 1 f Trouble Crops Out Occa sionally Near Manila. MIGUEL'S MEN ACTIVE They Capture 40 of the Constabulary Dash For Liberty. Manila, Feb. 23. A force of La drones under General San Miguel re appeared In Hizal province Saturday. They avoided an engagement with the main force in the south, but captured three small detachments of consta bulary. The enemy surrounded the towns of Cainta and Taytay, eleven miles east of Manila, on Saturday and captured thirty scouts and ten men of VMM GENERAL DAVIS. th constabulary, whom they disarmed and set free. Yesterday Inspector Mc three small detachments of constab ulary. The enemy Rurrounded the near Montalban, sixteen miles north east of Manila. The Ladrones prom ised to release them if the consta bulary would surrender their arms. While they were conferring on this point Mcllwaine made a dash for . lib erty, and he and all the constabulary effected their escape. Reinforcement Harried to the Front. When the news of the reappearance f General San Miguel's force reached Manila reinforcements of scouts and constabulary were hurried into the Iti.al province. ' General Allen and Colonel Scott went to Antinolo and as sumed command of the forces there. They met with small detachments of the enemy, and a few skirmishes took place. They were, however, unable to locate the main body of Ladrones. General Allen and Colonel Scott are continuing tne pursuit and hope to overtake the released prisoners. It Is said that General San Miguel's force consists of COO men, armed and uni formed. Where the Ladrono Operate.. The zone of Ladrone activity ex tends from Caloocan, four miles north of Manila, eastward to the mountains of Klzal and skirting the northern lim its of Manila. The Manila police co operated In Saturday's effort to- corner the enemy. Secretary Winthrop, In the absence of Governor Taft, request ed General Davis to furnish addition al seonts, and General Davis has or dered another batallion of scouts to report to General Allen. It is expect ed that .additional troops will be or dered out. - . Claims the Insurgent Leadership. General San Miguel's force is small, and the government is determined to sieedily suppress it. San Miguel claims the insurgent leadership, and tights under the Katipunan flag. According to news from Albay, Luzon, a force of Ladrones attacked a small detachment of constabulary Friday. The consta bulary retreatedy but killed eleven of the enemy. Two of the constabulary were killed. Honor to General Lawton. Manila, Feb. 23. Two hundred troops and hundreds of veterans par ticipated yesterday in the unveiling of the monument marking the spot where General Lawton was killed at San Ma teo. General Davis and others made speeches eulogizing General Lawton. MESSENGER KILLED IN MISSOURI RAIL ACCIDENT Dixon, Mo., Fell. 23. The St. Louis & San Francisco fast westbound train jumped the track last night at a crossing near Arlington. William Clifford, express messenger, of St. LrmiH. was killed, ami live other trainmen were injured. Several pas sengers were slightly hurt. Judge Dlodgett I. Better. Waukegan, Ills., Feb. 23. Judge II. W. Blodgett continues to slowly Im prove from his seriouB attack of pneu monia. 'The danger point is now be lieved by his physician to have been passed. INSANE MAN OUTWITS WATCH AND SUICIDES John Albert son. Aged 72, Sends a Bullet Into Him self. Kalamazoo, Mich., Feb. 23. In the, presence of a friend watching his bed side, John Albertson, a pioneer of Kal amazoo county, shot himself dead at his home in Cooper. Albertson became insane two weeks ago and threatened to kill members of his family. His son, Dan J., had taken all his weapons away, but the old man got hold of his revolver. Huyn Sevios and John Brew er were watching at- Albertson's bed side. The latter went down stairs to get a cup of tea and Albertson com mitted suicide before Sevios could stop him. ' Albertson was 72 years old. He came here from New York. He aiwl his son were well-known suvrivors, having helped sivey the C. K. and S. and the Kalamazoo division of the Lake Short. Albertson was a promi nent Democrat and leader of the par ty in this county. He had a Valuable library, including law books, of which he made himself master during the civil war. Governor Blair commis sioned him to recruit for the Fourth district. He was a member of the Ma sonic order, w hich will doubtless have charge of the funeral. No inquest is considered necessary. CENSURE FOR WAR SECRETARY House of Commons Acts on Sug gestion From . Throne. London, Feb. 23. The criticism of the British war office culminated to day in a vote of censure on War Sec retary Uroderick in the house of com mons. The censure was in the shape of an amendment to an address in re ply to a speech from the throne re gretting the fact that "the organiza tion of the armv was not suited 'to the needs of the enipire and that no proportionate gain in strength or efficiency had resulted from the re cent increase in military expendi tures." The vote of censure caused a considerable depression on the stock exchange. TO RESTRICT EMIGRATION OF AUSTRIAN WOMEN Vienna. Feb. 2:5.- With the object of stemming the wholesale emigration of young girls to America, which is occasioning the Hungarian , govern ment considerable concern, Premier De Szell has sent a circular letter to local authorities of Hungary direct ing them to permit only minors to emigrate when sanctioned to do so by parents or guardians. THAW OUT DYNAMITE WITH USUAL RESULTS Ilockwood, Pa., Feb. 2.!. While a gang of men was working on the Bal timore & Ohio railroad thawing out dynamite an explosion occurred. Four men were killed and a number injured. The victims were horribly mutilated. HOOSIERS DO HONOR TO REAR ADMIRAL TAYLOR Indianapolis., Ind., Feb. 23. A tes timonial sword was presented to Bear Admiral Henry C. Taylor, who com manded the battleship Indiana in the Spanish-American war today by the people : of Indiana' through the gen eral assembly. Stork Talk at Hempstead. Hempstead. N. Y., Feb. 23. Follow ing the announcement of the expecta tion of an heir in the house of Clarence Mackay some time in March comes the news that a similar event is expected in the home of Harry Payne Whitney, ids nearest neighbor, and at about the :ame time. Sentenced for an Uia Crime. Chicago, Feb. 23. After, ten years had elapsed since the crime was com mitted, George Stone, who was cap tured in England, was found guilty of manslaughter and a sentence of thirty five years in the penitentiary recom mended. The man was convicted ot killing Robert Nelson. Shoot Down an Attorney. Lorimer, Iowa, Feb. 23. 'Ed Knight, an attorney, was shot and killed hero bv "Coffey Hot" Wilson, a town char acter as a result of a quarrel of long standing. Wilson surrendered but re fused to talk of the shooting. Knight was shot twice and died almost in stantly. . - NUB OF THE PROPOSED COMPROMISE Democratic Position Gives Anxiety- Condition of Public Business President's Military Views. Washington, Feb. 23. Some of ths Republican leaders of the senate who are opposed to the omnibus statehood bill held an extended conference; yes terday and perfected the compromise measure with which it is proposed to break the deadlock. Amoug those at the conference were: Allison, Aldiich, Cullom, Hamia, Spooner, Lodge and riatt of Connecticut. It is stated that Quay is anxious that the compromise SENATOR ALDr.ICTL bill be adopted and that he is urging the Democrats to accept it. The lat ter, however, are holding out more stiffly than ever for the omnibus measure. It was decided at the con ference yesterday to submit the com promise bill to the statehood Itepuli licans and to the Democrats at the earliest possible moment in an en deavor to secure their consent to it. Subtence of the Compromise. The compromise which is expected to unlock the present tangle proposes to admit two states, one to be Okla homa,1 according to its present boun daries, with a proviso that Indian Ter ritory shall be added to Oklahoma in 1000, when the treaty obligations with the Indians will not be .in the way. The other state is to be composed of New Mexico and Arizona under the name of Montezuma, with a proviso that when the present territory of Ari zona has a population of .100.000 peo ple it shall become a separate state, providing that the people of the ter ritory affected a vote in favor of being divided from Montezuma (or New Mexico). Mustn't Stop Morgan of Alabama. The effect of the adoption of the compromise upon the canal treaty will at once be felt, as Quay and other statehood men will not try to prolong the debate on this measure. At the same time senators have served no tice upon those who are pressing the treaty that Morgan must have full op portunity to present his views and amendments to the treaty in an order ly manner and without undue pres sure. Teller, Dubois and Bawlinswcre especially emphatic when making These declarations, saying that even if the treaty had to go over until after March 4 the Alabama senator should not be subjected to undue pressure and strain. Critical ir It Comes OfC The postoffice appropriation bill Is the first supply measure to come up on the senate, it having been reported. It carries the statehood bill as a rider, and unless an understanding is ar rived at before the bill is taken up the question of . its retenion will , im mediately confront the senate. That will be the critical period in the state hood bill's career. Some of the anti statehood senators contend that It can be beaten as a rider, and advocate an invitation to this test of strength. On the other hand the statehood men would not have put the rider on if they had not been pretty sure of their ground, and' as a matter of fact they do not seem to be worrying over the result of a vote. SITCATIOJT AS TO LEGISLATION Only a Few More Ilays of the Session Left and Much to Do. Washington, Feb. 23. The course of proceedings in the senate during the present week will depend very largely upon whether there is an adjustment of differences upon the statehood bill. With only eight working days of the session left all senators appreciate that it is essential that there should be lit tle hiore - delay in voting the neces sary supplies for the support of the government for the next fiscal year. Of the thirteen appropriation bills six have so far been considered by the senate proper, but several of the re maining seven have had the attention of senate committees. Three have not, however, been received from the house of representatives. Two of the appropriation bills the pensions and. the diplomatic and con sular blllSrr-have passed both houscp Germany Insists Being Paid $27,500 at Once. DISREGARD PROTOCOL Kaiser Declines to Re turn Gunboat Res taurador. Washington, D. C, Feb. 23. Ger many has made fresh demands on Venezuela and apparently proposes to retain possession of the Venezuelan gunboat Hestaurador and other ships in spile of the protocol signed Feb. 13. Baron Speck urn Stern burg, the lierman envov, called on Minister Bowen and demanded the immediate payment of $27,500. Mr. JSowen re fused the demand, pointing out that the protocol specifically and inten tionally deferred this payment for a period of ISO days, and; that it was not due until March 15. Mr. Bowen also declared that he had no authority whatever in the premises, because his original powers were exhausted when the protocol was signed, lie express ed surprise that the representative of the (ierma'ii government should, af ter having signed the agreement, de mand further concessions. May Keep Gunboat. There is a suspicion that the return of the Venezuelan gunboat Uestaur ador is in some way dependent upon the immediate payment of this pre liminary sum of $27,500. The JJestaur adcr was seized by the (ierman navy, and thus far it has not been returned, although the protoeid specified that ill captured ships should be returned to Venezuela at once. The (Scrmans evaded the spirit if not the letter of the protocol by in sisting that the Venezuelans should go to the island of ' Trinidad to get their captured ships.' This was at first supposed only to be a bit of petty spite work on the part of tlse (Ier man naval commander, but it is now supposed the emperor has instructed hint to hold on to the Uestaurador as security for the preliminary payment to Germany, The German minister's demand seems to bear out this view. lie did not make the return of the gVnboat conditional im the payment, but apparently left that to be infer red. England Dilatory. Too. Minister IJowen has also been forc ed to complain of the dilatory action of Great ISritain, and Sir Michael Herbert, the l'ritish ambassador, has cabled to his gover intent Mr. How en's official protest igainst the fail ure of the British authorities at Trin idad to turn over to Venezuela the vessels seized at the beginning of the blockade, as stipulated in the pro tocol. The extraordinary delay of the two great European powers to carry out their own solemn agreement has been communicated to the" state depart ment merely as a mktter of informa tion, as it is not likelv that this country will take any action in the matter. 250 FISHERMAN ARE CARRIED OUT TO SEA It is Feared Men On Drifting Floes Have Per ished. llelsingfors, Feb. 23. .The ice along the coast of Finlaivl broke yesterday. More than 250 fishermen - m the ice near Somero were carried seaward on the drifting floes. Vessels sent to their assistance returned after hours of fruitless search. It is feared the men have perished. and received the signature of the pres ident. The. legislative, executive and judicial bills Is ready to go to the pres ident; The army bill; is in second con- ference the Indian of Colnmbla- bills m and the District e both in confer- ence, with many differences to adjust; the nostoffiee bill has been reiiorted to the senate; the agricultural bill and the military academy bill have re ceived financial consideratlop at the hands of the committees having them in charge, and are 'ready for report, and the sundry civil bill is undergoing the scrutiny of the committee on ap propriations, and will be reported dur ing the week. The naval bill, the fortifications bill and the general de ficiency bill are still in. the house of representatives. " - . TROUBLE IS LAID TO THE WATER Measures Taken to Secure That Puri ty of the Fluid ty Using a Big Filter. ' Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 23. Cornell uni versity and tiie city of Ithaca are in a state of terror over an epidemic of typhoid fever and It is feared the uni versity will have to be closed, for nearly 1.00O students have left. With more than 100 nurses fighting for the lives of fever patients and doctors working day and night, this little city of 10,000 inhabitants. L'.SOO of whom are students of Cornell university, is in a state of panic. Every day brings new victims to the fever jfnd hardly n day passes without one or more deaths. Students are fleeing from the city by scores and the university threatens to, be left without a corpor al's guard. Authorities Moved Slowly. The scourge has already caused more than a score of deaths and it is estimated that more than 200 persons have been stricken. Most of the vic tims have been Cornell students. Dur ing the first few weeks of the fever little attention was paid to the epidem ic and not until the absentees from college classes became noticeable was it considered seriously. Even then no emphatic measures were taken by the local health board. Water Supply of the Town. All this sickness and death Is due to the impurity of the water supply. Ithaca is situated upon three hills, known as West and South Hills, the main city being located upon what is known as "the Flats." The university is on the brow of East Hilf. Down the ravines between the hills flow But termilk. Six-Mile and Fall creeks, which furnish the water supply to the city. Fall creek furnishes the uni versity with water and Is supposed to be pure, as only those students who live or have been living In the city proper have contracted the disease. Six-Mile Creek Causes the Trouble. Six-Mile and r.uttermilk creeks are the supplies tnat are looked upon with suspicion, but to the impurity of the former is charged the serious condi tion with which Ithaca is confronted. Six-Mile is the main feeder with But termilk creek as an adjunct. The dis ease -is traceable to contamination of Six-Mile creek by laborers who about two months ago were working upon a new dam for the Ithaca Waterworks company at a ioint a few miles from the city line. 1'LANING FOB A NEW SUPPLY Not Quite Typhoid Fever, but "Near IV Names of tha Dead. The university authorities agreed to advance $15,000 to the water company to build a big filter if the city of Ithaca would permit the company t raise its annual charge $4,000 to pay half interest and maintenance. The city council voted to accept the propo sition, which is expected to give Ithaca pure water by next September. Fri day the university authorities decided to establish pure water depots on the campus, where students can obtain pure water which is guaranteed to be uncontaxninalcd. What they deem as a most impor tant discovery in the fever epidemic and which may explain the appear ance of so many new cases during the last few chiys has just been made by four of the city's leading physi cians. It Is a new ailment, quite analogous to typhoid in the beginning, but followed by profuse sweating and with an alarming depression as a cli max. The danger of mortality is less, however, than in typhoid. The discov ery has dissipated much of the alarm caused by the epidemic. The doctors say this new condition is due to soiifj zymotic influence. With this information at hand and with the fact that only seven new cases were reported Saturday the health authori ties feci that the epidemic situation has a brighter aspect than at any time since tli sickness began. The num ber of fatalities, however, was raised to twenty-two by the death Saturday morning of William Elliot Maher. a member of the Cornell, lOOti, medical class. He died In the annex of the student hospital after an illness of three weeks. He formerly lived in Brewster, X. Y. Other students who died during the epidemic were: Miss Charlotte Spencer, of Jasper, X. Y., sophomore In the classical department; O. G. Sclluniard, of Bethany, Mo., graduate student: 3. C. Vintou. a senior: Henry A. Seboen bern, of Hackensack. X. J., member of the freshman law class; Otto W. Kohls, of Rochester. X. Y.. freshman in electrical engineering: Charles S. Langworlhy, of Alfred, X. Y., student in the agricultural department; Chas. W. Schlonker, of Data via, X. Y.; Geo. A. Wessman, of Passaic, X. J., junior in the college of mechanical engineer ing. - . The authorities say there seems to he a check. In the number of-Btudents YOUNG MEN MISSING: PROBABLY PERISHED They Started South in a Houseboat . Several Weeks Ago. Washington, Ir.d., Fob. 22. Search is being made along the Wabash and White rivers for four young men who left Indianapolis several weeks ago in a houseboat bound for Xew Or leans. Then? were five in the party, but one of the men was' sent ahead. The "a ova nee man"' arrived at Mount Carmel, Ills., several clays ago, and after waiting for two days started in sea rch. The four men passed Toms Hill, just west of this city, last Monday morning. The voyagers were warned not to attempt the journey farther un til the ice in the river had disap peared. It is believed they have per ished. CHILD IS BURNED IN A COKE OVEN Mary Kohland Stumbles aud Itolls Down Hill Into a Furnace. ('nnelilie. Pa., Feb. 2:). Mary Kohlandl aged 11 years, was burned alive in a coke oven. The little girl l running down the hill above the oven fell aud rolled into it. Men at work near by broke into the oven and secured the body, but it was burned to a crisp. MORE PROMISES MADE BY HIS TURKISH MAJESTY Constantinople. Feb. 23. Tewfik Paha, minister of foreign affairs, no tified the Austro-H ungarian and Kus- an ambassadors today that the sul tan had agreed to adopt a scheme for reforms in Macedonia. HEAVIER BALLS MAY BE USED BY BOWLERS Indianapolis, Ind.. Feb. 23. At the first session of the bowling congress today a recommendation was adopted permitting the use of balls weighing 16 pounds. DEPENDS ON A MARRIAGE Whether a Family Shall or Shall Not He Enriched by About a Million Dollars. Sioux City, la.. Feb. 23. With a milion dollars hanging "in the balance, the children of John A. Boyer. a retired contractor, are seeking feverishly the truth of a statement that has come from San Francisco that their father had married Miss Mary Hazard, his housekeeper. Mrs. Boyer died ten years ago, and when her mother also died her father. Levi Leight, of Harrisburg, Pa., made a will specifying that if Boyer did not remarry his whole for tune, worth $1,000,000. should revert to Boyer and his children. Leight made this provision because his f ither did so when his own wife died many years ago. Two years after Mrs. Boyer's death Miss Mary Hazard came from Wisconsin to act as house keeper for Boyer and his youngest children. Boyer and Miss Hazard left for the west three weeks ago, ehaior oned by Mr. and Mi's. Frank Clark. Boyer refused to answer his son when asked if they mere married. DRUGGIST FRIEND WAS WILLING Fixed Vp a Solution by Request That Would JProduce Quick Death, but It Failed. Ea'st St.Louis,Ills.,Feb.23. Newsthat his father had married again, followed by notice that his own wife had filed papers for divorce, decided Charles Shanks," of 1420 Walnut avenue, to take his life. After being restored to consciousness Shanks says he request ed a druggist friend to prepare him a' quick-death solution. Upon promise of not having his identity revealed the druggist fixed up a solution consisting mainly of car bolic acid. Shanks went to his home and .swallowed the liquid. His mouth and iutestines are badly burned, the physician says, and Shanks is in a se rious condition, but may recover. He expressed his appreciation of a pros pect for life, and said he was angry with his druggist friend. leaving town. ' Fears of a further spread of the epidemic are now be ing allayed by the precautions that are being taken, and it is believed that within a short time the city will begin to- recover from the panic. All ho news all the time The Argus. x Peter Farrell Attempts Boys' Lives and is s Fatally Shot. TRAGEDIES IN SOUTH Oscar Brown Murdered at Lexington, Ky. Xew Orleans, La., Feb. 23. Peter Farrell, one of the leading local dem ocratic politicians and state coal ganger, was shot and killed yesterday by his eldest on, Edward. The family claims that in a fit of ungovernable temper Farrell attempt ed to kill Edward and deorge. the eld est boys, for misconduct, and Edward wrested the pistol from him and fired three shots into his father's heart. The boy surrendered. Well Known Horseman Murdered. Lexington, Ky., Feb. 23. Oscar Brown, groom of the famous thor oughbred stallion llano er and for 20 years the trusted foreman at Col. M. Young's MclJrathiana stud, was shot and fatally wounded last night while! enroute home from the city. The assassin made Lis escape. Brown was shot twice, once in the head and once in the breast. The shots were at close range. INDIANA YOUTH TRIES WHOLESALE POISONING) Columbus, Ind.. Feb. 23. Meade. Barr, aged 19, of Elizabethtown, is in jail charged with poisoning six peo ple, all of Elizabethtown. Barr was employed in a warehouse and. accord ing to the authorities, took a number of apples, poured in a poisonous drug and gave the apples to various people, who afterward became seriously HI. The motive for the deed is not known. TWO MEN MEET DEATH IN RAILWAY ACCIDENT Joliet. Feb. 23. Two men were in stantly killed, two fatally, and sev eral seriously injured in a railroad ac cident last night at Braeeville. a min ing town south of Joliet. The men had been to a funeral and were on their way home when the carriage, was struck by an Alton & Kansas City limited. train. WILLIAM R. DAY NAMED FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE Washington. Feb. 23. The senate. committee on jmuciary xooay rcin ecl favorably the nominations of Wil liam U. Day to lie associate justice of the United States supreme court; of J. K. Kichards. to succeed Day on the circuit bench, and also Assistant At torney General Hoyt, to succeed Kichards. The credentials of Senator-elect Snioot were presented in the senate today, also a protest against his ad mission. Washington. Feb. 23. The house committee on merchant marine and fisheries today voted 10 to G not to re port the ship subsidy bill to the house. The supreme court today decided that the. United States has the right to prohimit sending lottery tickets from one state to another as part of its power to regulate interstate com merce. FLOODS ON OHIO RIVER DESTROYING CROPS Evansville. Ind.. Feb. 23. In some places between here and. Paducah the Ohio river is 15 miles wide. Thous ands of acres of wheat are under wa ter and the crops will be destroyed. COL. HAWKINS HEAD OF SPANISH WAR VETERANS Lawrence, Mass.. Feb. 2:;. Col. Paul IL Haw kins, of Springfield. Mass., was elected commander-in-chief of the Legion of Spanish War Veterans. ONE KILLED, NUMBER HURT Ilf WRECK ON RAILROAD Aberdeen, S. D., Feb. 23. In a wreck near Ath'el, on the Northwestern road, Fred A. Bopp, a banker, of Hawkey. Iowa, was killed and several other passengers injured. D. A. B. In Session. Washington, Feb. 23. The 12tlt continental congret-s of the Daugh ters of the American Revolution con vened here today for a week's ses sion. -