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IfuUffl ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. LAST EDITION VOIi. LIII. NO. 173. ROCK ISLAND, ELL.., TC-KSDAY, MAY 10, li04. PRICE TWO CJRNTS. 4:30 O'CLOCK RAILWAY IS AGAINJOPEN Communication Reestab lished at Port Arthur. TWO ENGINES PASS Rumor of a Sea Battle is Given Little Credence. St. Petersburg. Majr lft. Corre spondents pf the Associated Presa have obtained absolute confirmation of the report the railroad with Port Arthur is again open. The first loco motive came through last night and the second at 'J this evening. On Rectmcat at New Ch an. New Chwang, May 9. (Delayed in tra nsmisxion.) Of five Russian regi ments which were in irarrisod bere OEXKRAL BARON T. KTBOKI. four have left and the other received orders t go today, bol the order was canceled here later. The Russians lire strongly entrenched ;it Naping. where guns from the New hwang forts have been sent. The Russians are Known to lie eoninranicating with Chinese brigands and to lie stirring up a state of terror with the natives. The Kus.laus Moirtl On. Shan Hal Reran, May 10. - It is re ported the first Japanese annj corps, having followed the Kus&ians retreat irig from the Vala river, overtook then miles south of Lian Vang vesterdav. A severe engagement en sued. Th- Japanese dragged their guns up a hill believed to lie ansur naovasaMe. The Russians therenpon continued their retreat north. Kvaruatlon ContlnneO. division of the first corps i ap proaching New Chwang. Nineteen women were the last civilians to leave New Chwang for Shan llai Kwau. They arrived here tonight and con tinued reports of the evacuation of New Chwang. Capture of Ialnr Denlr.l. St. Petersburg Maj 10. -A semi-official dispatch from Mukden dated to day denies the reports that the Jap anese have captured Port Halny. Sajr Rurlk Is Safe. St. Petersburg, May lo. The admir alty declares positively the report of the destruction of the armored cruis er Rurik is false. ni- Sea Untile? St. Petersburg. May in. The for eign embassy here professes to have information to the effect thai the Vladivostok and Port Arthur squad rons have effected a juncture after a naval battle in which the Japanese lost three cruiser- and the Russians two and one torpedo boat destroyer. There is every reason to believe the above rumor to without foundation. Viceroy AleictT telegraphs tin- em peror as follow.-: "Duihlg the night of May ;-10 rail road coinwsuuicatton with Port Ar thur was restored. The telegraph line i- being repaired." Cotton Contraband. As cotton is being used in the man ufae.ure of high eupJoslvea the Ku--sian government has declared it con traband of war. I'ort Arthur Short of Coal. Shaii-lIai-K waiu May 1. A mer chant here who to in a posit ion to have trustworthy information has informed a eorresondent of the 1 n n dated Press thai at Port Arthur there is only KILLS A DEPUTY Wisconsin Logger Resists At tempt to Enforce an Injunction. LIES IN AMBUSH FOB OFFICER P se in I ura u i t of Murderer and Farther Trouble is Ex pected. Chippewa Fall-. May 10. While try ing to enforce a ain Junction on .1. P Dietz, who was holding up a log drivt in "the Thornapple river dam. Deputy Sheriff William Klliott was shot ami killed by Dietz. Iietz and his family, armed with rifles, had held up the drive for two weeks by threat- to .-hoot anv man who tried to pa-- logs through tin dam. .fudge. Parrish granted an in junction restraining Dietz from inter fering with the logs, but Dietz refus ed to recognize it. A posse is in pursuit of Dietz. and it is feared bloodshed will ensue. : the sheriff Is -aid to have (riven orders to take Dietz dead or alive. Kills Old Man. Des Moines. Iowa. May 10. Milliard W. Puck .shot and killed' William Por ter. .1 yeara old. at Prairie (itv. last night because Porter accused Puck of abusing his wife. Itartender Shot. Girard, 111., May 10. Hinea Suthin last night shot and killed John I'ul Icrton, bartender in a saloon. Suthin was taken to ( arlinville and lodged in jail, a.- fears ol Jynclnng were enter tained. RAILROAD MAN IS GIVEN THE PLACE Wallace, of the Illinois Centra C hief I ngineer of the Panama Canal. hieago. May lo. John P. Wallace, general manager of the Illinois Cen tral railroad. this afternoon accepted the appointment as chief engineer of the Panama canal, lie will leave not later than early June for the isthmus. DAVENPORT IS THE PROPER PLACE FOR JOHN SZTANKA Chicago. May lo. -While preparing tar the funeral of his brother. Ignatz Stai:ka. John Stanka. 50 eurs old, vestirdav decided that his sister-in-law would make him a good wife. The Wooing Waa beside the bier, ami when John went to get the burial permit lie obtained a marriage license at the same time. Mr. and Mr-. Sztanka will reside in Davenport, Iowa. FOUR DROWN CROSSING RIVER IN KENTUCKY Louisa. Ivy., May lo. Pant men were drowned while attempting to cross Big Sandy river near SSetdS, ten miles north of Louisa, a small boat containing these and two other men capsized. Those who lost their lives were: Wert Lambert. Dayton Stewart, Allen Hicks and Phil Locke. com nuiuaent to last the warships for six weeks, anl that the food supply th- re will nil 8,000 men for three months only. Praruatlon of New Ch wans Contlaoea. Shan-Hal -KwaB, May 10. The evacuation of New Chwang continues. The Russian atttlnoritles have prom ised to leave a sufficient rear guard to prevent pillaging by the Chinese Uiudi its who are in the vinicity and await ing an opportunity to get into the city. Nothing further ttm been heard of the Japanese tranFports which were seen recently near Kai-Chau. The Rus sians are commandeering cattle on the west side of tbe Llao river, and the Chinese stc Indlgtvnnt at thai pro cedure. Kight hundred head of cattle have boon avn at Yinkow. Japanese Spy Escapes. A Japanese spy has leen discov ered at New Chwang. He was ap proached by Russians, who pulled at his qtiette which come off. He waa taken prisoner, but subsequent ly cs eaped with the hel f some Oiim M who ifTsfracted'thc attention ot tue Russian. Casualties of the Jap Reported. Toklo. May 10. The official report of the Japanese casualties at the but tle of the Yalu May 1 shows that the guards lost one officer and) twenty men killed and seven officers and 122 men wounded. The Second division lost one officer and eighty-four men killed and thirteen officers and oOC men wounded. The Twelfth division had three officers and seventy -six men killed and five of ficers and Jt?J men wounded. Ha the Rurlk Iteen Ietroy St. Petersburg. May 10. A report is current that tbe Russian cruisr Rurik. fo the Vladivostok squadron, lias been destroyed. Whether by acci dent or by a Japanese attack the re port does not state. Shang-bai Ha News from Dalny. Shanghai. May Ml The Juaaawaa captured Dalny Friday. Dalny is for ty miles from Port Arthur on the east cuatt of the Itstuug ieniafiula. LOWDEN AND YATES JOIN With Warner Will Try to Control State Convention. GATHER AT CAPITAL Yates Delegates in San gamon Will Be Seated. Springfield, III.. May 10. All candi dates for places on the republican state ticket are here today. Incom ing delegates are rapidly filling tl- hotels. The consensus of opinion .just now is that Yates. Lowden and Warner will try to control both the organisa tion and the nomination. There is no doubt, tlie three candidates named will have an aggregate following that will constitute a large majority m the convention, but it is uncertain then? control over the delegates is strong enough to give one of the trio the nomination. Yates Contestants Favored. The state central committee in cx eutive session decided to scat, the Yates delegates from Sangamon in the temporary organization. The vote was ".Mi to This is taken to ignify that Yates and Lowden dele gation- will be seated in the tempor ary organization from practically till contested counties. GRAFT REVEALED AMONG OFFICERS AT BUTTE. MONT. Butte, Mont.. May MX Twenty-one indictments have been presented by the Silver How grand jury against count v officials. Five charges, one of grand larceny and four of misdemean or, are made against County Commis sioner W. D. Clark; Coroner Michael Kgn n has to answer to two indict ments for felony. lie is charged with raising" bills for transcripts of testi mony. County roads commissioner is accused of misappropriating money, and Constable Patrick Holland and County Architect M. D. Kern have to meet similar accusations. SECRETARY TAFT IS ILL WITH THROAT TROUBLE Washington, .May 10. Secretary I'aft is confined to his hotel today on iccounl of ; throat trouble and a ighl fever. I'ut. He Re pie-ts i;Sir;p $100,000. New Yoik. Slay lo -Public bequests aggregating nearly $100,000 were pro- vid d for in the will of the late Solo mon Loeb. formerly a member of the banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb iV: Co. With few exceptions the beneflearies tie Hebrew charitable anil educational Instlutl us in this city. mi llai Hay Fever. Washington. May 10. Count Cas- slni. the Russian amlSsSBBlVS. has been ill for mietnl davv suffering from a severe attack of hay fever. The am iKisssidor will leave Washington today or tomorrow for Atlantic City fur sev eral days' rest. METHODIST CONFERENCE REJECTS PROPOSI TION AIMED AT ROMAN CHURCH. Los Angeles. May in. Tlie attitude of the Roman Catholic chorch toward the public school system of the Pnit ed states fiirnltdicd the subject of a sensational debate in the Methodist general conference. While tliero was S Strong disposition on the part of certain dele gates to have the confer ence to adopt resolution. putting it on record uion the subject there was an overwhelming sentiment, i it devel oped, against any such a.tion and the entire matter was finally disposed of by referring it to a committee from which it is unlikely ever to be report ed. Rev. 1). J. If. Kim: was the mover in the matter of the Roman cSnholie church, and he was on bis fee s Soon as the convention was ready fr buKines. He commcm-ed by Iffldiug an extract from a letter written by Rev. FatbeT Peter Harnett, vicar gen eral of the Roman Catholic Oov-ese of Monterey and Los Angeles. aipearing in a local newspaisr. and bused nion an utterance of the sSnucopsI address reed before the conference by Bishop Foss on Thursday las-. In this letter Rev. Harnett took excepti n to tbs statement in the .-ihiress that the Ro man Catholic church is opposed to the public school system of the Hutted States. NATURALIZATION FRAUDS PROVED New York Police Force Involved Long Investigation Com pleted. New York. May 10a During a sweep ing investigation into naturalization frauds, which lias been in progress here during the last 15 months, the authorities have been informed that many members of the police force hold pai)ers said to have oeen secured b illegal methods, it i- likely thaU every naturalized policeman m Lreat cr New York will be examined. As sistant United States District Attor ney Marx say-: "The bureau of election and the United States district attorney's office will cooperate, subpoena if necessary every naturalized policeman, and ex amine him as to his naturalization, date f arrival in this country, and so on." Since the inauguration of tiie work about 150 men have been convicted of securing fraudulent papers. Most of them were Italian-. One hundred eases are still pending. ARMED MOB OF 400 BALKED BY FOUR MEN White Deputies Prevent Lynching by Blacks in Missis sippi. Sard is. Miss., May 10. ; At Ballea- tine, n small station twelve miles SOUthwest of here. Ruf its P.obo was shot and killed by negro citizens who were a tempt lug to arrest him on a charge oi luurueriug a negro woman. His brother. Mack Bo bo, was arrested on the same charge. The latter was placed in jail, when a mob of 400 negroes threatened to deal summarily with the prisoner. Sheriff Johnson, of Sardis, hurried to the scene and removed the negro to Sardis for safe-keeping. The sheriff with three deputies practically disarmed the en tire m di of negroes. GUN BATTLE OVER SMALL BEGINNING Five Men Arc Shot and One Can not Kecover From Wound. Ten-e ante. IniL, .May 10. Because two nephews of Eiias Kelly were throw ing apple cores Into Prank Har rison's yard a fight ensued, during which one man was fatally and an 'ui ur seriously wounded by revolver shots, and tin others badly Injured. Those wounded are: Ellas Kelly, shot in iiuht side and groin: Robert Kelly, shot in arm and wounded about the bead; Frank Harrison, head badly cut: Prank Wndruni. severely cut nbout the lace and bead. It is believed that Ettas' Kelly can not live, while his son Robert is in a critical condition. No arrests have been made. GRAND LODGE OF PYTHIANS IS IN SESSION AT AURORA Aurora. 111.. May 10. Delegates are present from 17 Pythian lodges in the Twelfth district attending the grand lodge convention of this district. The session was opened In Grand Chan cellor William Grant E&en, of Chi cago. The convention is the largest of any yet held in the state, pmhabh :.'oo members of the order being pres ent. A banquet was held last night. Rev. Hr. ixins made a spirited at tack on the Roman Catholic church, and declared that the sat crt ions of Rev. Harnett were contradicted by the facts In the case. Be elaborated to Some extent upon the statement that the Reman Catholic church did not Interfere in political and con eluded by reading a resolution which declared thai the efforts of the Roman church , "to control the secular, press, its in fluence in ioiitics sod its assaults on Hie public school system demand the vigilance of Protestants and patriots." When It. King finished leading his resolution there was a commotion among the delegates and a bum of conversation and cries of "No. No." Tlnre was a score of delegates on their feet in an Instant clamoring for recog nition from Bishop l'owler. who was presing. Tlie chair recognised Lay Delegate CMef Tnslins Lehr. of the Delaware state sunreme -ourt. who made a strong sjieech in opposition lo , Dr. King's stand. "In regard to Dr. King's statement! upon tlie Roman Catliolic opptSStionl to the public school system in Amer ica." said Justice Lobr. "I am with him. But are we to nain anything by any pliaev of denunciation against any other Christian body? Cries of "No." "No.") The Roman Catholic church has done a. magnificent work iu this I .;..", .;.:. '.: m k. IS ANOTHER REVOLUTION Report of Trouble in the Island of Hayti. DETAILS ARE SCARCE Four German Cruisers Sent to Port au Prince. St. Thomas. Danish Wc.-t Indies. May Ki. Four German cruisers, which were t have sailed today for New port New-, will leave instead for Port au Prince, Hayti. Havlns Revolution. It i- reported a revolution has broken out there. PEANUT VENDER HARRIES YOUNG WOMAN OF WEALTH Kahimnr.oo. Midi.. May 10. The marriage of Julia Damon ami Henry Chamberlain, which occurred last week, has presented some interesting developments. Chamberlain was a pea nut veuder, nearly a pauper. Proceed ings for license eji ctlnetlt had hc n started airainst him by the City coun cil. Miss Damon. 30 years old, is a heavy property bolder here and has consider able capital in local banks. The COUple is spending the honeymoon in Chica go, lucked in front of the vender's old stand is the placard: "Closed, am on honeymoon." Chamberlain is 00 years old. RELAXATION IN TENSE RELATIONS IN THE SOUTH Rio Janeiro, May i. Tne strain on the relations between Brazil end Peru is relaxing. The Peruvian midster lias presented to the foreign office a conciliatory reply to the Brazilian de mand for the evacuation by tin- troops of Peru of the Alto Rurus and Alto Jurna territories, saying that the Peru vain government is r- fa discuss the ownership of the territories in dis pute, and to evacuate then: pending a settlement of this question. Wisconsin KSsnrancv ie Cfontlnnofl, Milwaukee. May 10. All proceed Ings in the suit that the Prudential In surance company has brought against Insurance Commissioner Host to re strain him from revoking the license of the company to do business ill Wis consin, or prevent it from so doing, have been continued by .lodge S -amaii until the final hearing upon the merits. In the meantime the injunction pre venting the insurance commissioner from revoking the company's license stands. Asninilioiup I- on a Rampage Brandon, Man.. May lo. The Assin ilioine is higher than if has been for twenty years. It rose three feet in twelve hours and is still rising. More than forty buildings are under water. Roadways leading to the north side of the river nre submerged, and it is feared the bridge will be washed away. Buildings on the flats nre un der water almost to their roofs. country. It has taken Hold ot' a class of people whom, perhaps, no other form of religion could iwive molded so well for the well being of our com mon laid. I feel like putting my Inn nds under every' evangelizing agen cy in this world that helps to uplift men and not pull them down." This expression was received1 with applause by the delegates and the gal lories, and the matter was referred. Rev. It. P. Bishop presented a r-o-lution to make certain changes in the discipline that would provide a more simple met hod of terminating the mem bership of iersotK living in "habitual lH'ult-t to their obligutiuiss to the church." It was referred. Judge Sibley, of Ohio, offered an im portant resolution on the subject of di vorce. He wanted paragraph ."! of the discipline changed to read as follow: "No divorce, except for adultery, final desertion r cruelty or neglect such us to compel an it:: o-cnt pa-rtuer to ser rate from tlie offender, shall Im- regard ed by the church as morally lawful, and none of our ministers or laymen Mball saieasnlze marriage where there is a divorced wife or husband living, unless the divorce was granted upon grounds hereinbefore specified. But this rcguUition A ea not apply in eases When divorced jicirties- are seeking re marriage." This resolution was also referred. KAISER CRITICISED Bebel, the Socialist Leader in the German Reichstag, Assails Emperor Wilhelm. SAYS GERMANY IS FOR JAPAN rakes a Slap at Two Gifts of Statu Keply of Von Buelow, the Chancellor. Borlhi, May 10. During the discus sion following the third reading of the budget bill In the relchstag Herr He- bet the Socialist leader, referred to Emperor William's speeoinw at Carls rube and Mayeuce. remarking that the pointedi allusions to Prance liad caused grat sut pi' hie. The emperor's wordss the speaker added, were enhanced in importance through the fact tliat he telegraphed to Emperor Nlcholgu from Sicily, on the occasion of the sinking of the Russian battleship Petcopgv- lovsk. as follow.: "Russia's mourning is Germany's mourning." Thinks IraIs Needs Civilizing:. Herr Bebel continuing said: "1 deny most emphatically that the emperor's telegram reflects tbe sentiments of the German people. In my opinion Ger man sympa Miles are far spore on the side of Japan than on that of Rus t:." This statement caused murmurs of dissent on the right. "The land in Which such things can litipp; n act re cently occurred in Russia." continued Herr Rebel, "stafids upon such a low level of civilization that all the rest of Euiope has the most lively interest In seeing the sun of civilization rise up on it." lo in - to h ouple of Statues, Herr Rebel claimed that western Ku roiH has special reasons lo rejoice if Russia loses the tgar, for "the more Eftassia is- weakened by the struggle the 1 as likely it becomes thai Russia will mix in the affairs of western Europe." The speaker referred, to "the far-reaching antipathy of all ciyilhied nations against Germany." alluding to the Empen r Frederick monument, "jupacked in some corner of Wash ington and the Goethe monument in iconic, but not yet sot up." He then criticised the governmOnl for tfbe sit uation in Southwest Africa. VON BUELOW REPLIES TO HI. 151 1 lie ControrerlH the Statements of tlie Lend er ui the Socialists. Chancellor von Bdetow, in his re ply, began by deprecating the idea that he intended to enter into a lengthy discussion of international politics With Herr Bebel. He pointed out that the quotation of the emperor's words was incorrect. The emperor's telegram, he and. expressed warm sympathy on account of the great calamity by which so many brave men had met death in the discbarge of their duty. The chancellor added: "I am convinced that this expression of human sym pathy correspi ::dcd with the senti ments of the majority of tliis luh house and also with those of the ma jority of tin- people of Germany." Applause from the Right party fol lowed this statement, after which the chancellor expresses' his regret at the manner in which many of the German newspapers, especially the comic pub lications, had ntuied the recent calami ties of a neighboring and friendly pow er as tlie basis for malevolent, spite ful and ridiculing articles and carica tureei. The chancellor pointed out Ro Imu's Inconsistency in demanding strict neutrality in the Par Eastern war and then openly expressing the hope that Russia would be defeated. Bebel had declared that the anti pathies of the worhi were against Ger many, and Von Kuelow'sliid they ex isted in a measure a- Hitt Bchcl had di-crilVd. but if so. "that would only be a reason for maintaining our mili tary equipment, so as to cnluily antici pate any eventual ties of the future, for no other means have been discovered to disarm unjustifiable hate and envy for bate and envy against us U un justifiable. Since our OSticy lias lieon for thirty-three years eminently peace ful than to keep tlie USrbrd sharp." He flffnulrd the policy in Southwest Africa. INJUNCTION WAS TARDY: DELEGATES WERE ON WAY Minncniwili-'. May 10. So late W0M the Injunction Of the Illinois courts against tlie holding of the Woman' Catholic Order of Forest is' conven tion in Minneapolis that some of tin delegates were abends en route. They gathered here in Informal session. A telegram came from Mns. Elisabeth Rogers, high chief rangr. announcing that expense motley to send them I a-k home would bs forwarded to the local deputy. DENIES EXISTENCE OF TROUBLE IN NEBRASKA New Orleans. May lo. Charles W. Bryan, of Lincoln. Neb., brother of WIlHsSB J. Bryan, said In an interview that the reports of dissension in the Nebraska DoUMCZUCy are wrong and that his brother will head the delega tion to St. Louis unitedly pledged to vote for reaffirmation of the Kansas City platform. STANLEY IN LAST SLEEP Noted African Explorer Succumbs to Pneumonia. HIS CAREER UNIQUE Fought on Both Sides in Our Civil War. London. Eng., May 10. Henry Mor ton Stahlcy, African explorer and the man who found Livingstone, died lien last night of pneumonia. Henry Morton Stanley was born near Debigh Wales, in ism -nul was brought up and educated in a poor bouse. At the age of II he shipped as a cabin boy on a sailing vessel bound to New Orleans, and there was adopt ed hv a merchant named Stanley. and took his name, his own being John Rowlands. II' served iii the confed erate army. WS8 taken prisoner, and then volunteered In the federal navy, becoming ensign on the Ironclad Ticondcroga. After the war lie be came a newspaper correspondent and ipeeial writer for the Knglish espedi- tioiis to Abvs-mia ami Asbantee in 1868. I n 1889 he was commissioned by the proprietor of a newspaper to visit the interior of Africa and find the long-lost missionary and explorer. Liingstonc. and starting from Zanzi bar in April. 1871, he met Livingstone at I jiji Nov. 10. lie subsequently ex plored the hike icg'u ii ot equatorial Africa, and of the Lub la ba -Congo iu isTt-77. thus placing himself In the front rank of African travelers. In l inpliiy of N Hnim.erp. Cnder a joint commission from the New York Herald and the London Dailv Telegraph Stanley started from the east coast of Africa In i r t . cir cumnavigated the Victoria Xyaiuta, marching across the country to the Mbert Nyana.and then coming south igain, examined part of Tangaanyika, and lis outlet, lord l.ualaha. I i m ITnyauyembe he pushed award along he course of the Lualaba, supported by a large parti of followers and fre quently having to repel violence by force of arm-, and arriving at the Conge in August, 1ST", and proved as correct the main surmises identifying the ( ago with the great ami inany- oamed river issuing from the lake count rv of Tangum ika. Monorail In England. After 12 years of further exploring in the dark c Qtjnent, he returned to England, was given a degree of l. C. L. by Oxford, was presented with free dom of several cities, and June I8WSS ippointed governor of the Congo Pree states bv the king f Belgium. JeVy 12 of (he same year he was married in Westminster abbey to Mis- Dorothv fennant, a Welsh ladj ami an artist if note. Ansong the publications of which Stanlet was the author are Hon I Found Living-tone," "My Ku- lala," ' oina-sie." and others. TWO PERSONS ADJUDGED INSANE IN COUNTY COURT Mrs. Elisabeth TheUn, of Molina, 30 yeara I i age. was tin- suiijei oi an inquiry as to her sanity in the county nut this morning. She has bee a married eight years, ami ihrec weeks gu came to Moune from Bridgeport, onn. She has been failing mentally for some time, but had not grown vio lent until last Sunday. She was sent o the Watertown hospital. ST RAT TON ESTATE YIELLS $362,844 INHERITANCE TAX Colorado BprhUpsV Colo . May 10. .Iude .1. A. Klston. appraiser for llio Wtoneld Scott Sta-atton estate, lata fUed his report showing that the value of the estate at the time of tlie deatli or Stratton was 7.1i0. and that the amount due to the state under tho Inheritance tax law is !f.'J;z,H44. , . ROOSEVELT INDIRECTLY IND0R8ED BY NEW JERSEY Trenton, N. J., May 10. The repub lican state convention met here today and elected deicgUtgS-s4largC to the national convention. The platform highly commends the administration f Boosevelt and indirectly indorses him at I hieago. Klu(l j rSlSsU I lOiblM-d. Chicago, May Ml afllishij's restau rant, at KJG Ad.ims street, urns tail nig shortly after 1 o'clock Mniiisiy mom- tag by two robbers, who held up the rashifr and rubbed Mm of fljItOO. After taking tbe money, which was in eight tin cash to.xcs in front of Cashier Rufus Plata gHII. both robbers escaped, and an hour later the police bud found no trace of them.