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LAND ARGU LAST EDITION. 4:30 O'CLOCK. VOL. I.I 1 1. NO. 30.'. ROCK ISLAND, ILL., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1004. TWELVE PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. ROCK MAY ACT ON OFFENSIVE Kuropatkin's Movements Give That Impres sion. RECEIVED 300 GUNS JaDS HoDe to Capture Port Arthur Before Mikado's Birthday. St. Petersburg, Oct. S. There la Kood warrant for the belief that Kuro- natkin is strengthening his left flank to meet I he Japanese turning move nit-tit. Over three hundred guns have arrivt-d at the front and activity of the Russian skirmishers below the Hun river creates the impression that Kuropatkin may contemplate assurn lug the offensive. c;rltenlerK Srruoil Army. St. Petersburg. Oct. S. Gen. Grip- i,-nlitr.', who will command the sec oiid Mancliurian army, left last evening f ir Vilna. He refuses to talk. His secretary said I lie second army would certainly concentrate in Manchuria in .lnrch. KiiHMiiiuM Wenr 'b Inner C'lwthPM. Tokio. Oct. S. An official reiort on the skirmishes south of Mukden states t!u.t the Russian infantry wore Chi nese clothes. The Russians were re pulsed. Iiu)irliil Coiinl to the I "runt. Ht. Petersburg. Oct. X. The first troops of the imperial guard left St. Petersburg last night for the front. They consisted of ttie second division of Finland guards, of which the infant czarevitch is honorary colonel. t loar In On I-'ort rrxx. London. Oct. .v The Tien Tsin cor respondent of the Daily Mail Fays that n dispatch from Nagasaki states that a Japanese officer from Port Arthur maintains that the Japanese gradually are closing in on the fortress. They are most anxious to capture the plac? on the mikado's birthday, Nov. 3. Russian prisoners, according to the dispatch, say that a number of dead lie uuburied within the fortress. The hospitals are so full that the wounded are heing sent to the ships in the har bor. The garrison is now stated to number only lo.uou effective troops. AiIiiiHh Story Mny He True. St. Petersburg. Oct. 8. The admiral ty is without news of the reported sea light oft Port Arthur, as well as of the Tokio report of the wrecking and dam aging of Russian warships at Port Ar thur by the Japanese land batteries. HiiikI i remote Uracil'. Tokio. Oct. S. According to a pri vate letter received from a Japanese officer now with the besieging forces jit Port Arthur, the Russians are ef fectively using hand grenades filled with high explosives. The execution of the grenades when accurate thrown i.; dendly. Their use probably accounts for the closeness of the lighting. Itrnfrlhr Horror of l.liloyniiK- Mail letters describing incidents at the bailie of Liaoyang are beginning to reach the iiewspapers here. An e witness who was present in the town during the fearful bombardment of Auk. and Aug. ::i compares the scene to a seething caldron, veterans of the Turkish war declaring that noth ing approaching the intensity of the shell fire had been experienced at Plev na. The hollow in which Liaoyang is situated is described as being an aw ful mass of death and destruction. Some of the Japanese guns posted in the Chinese corn paid particular atten tion to a Russian captive balloon, fil ing; shrapnel in the hope of puncturing it.. The soldiers attached to the rope of the balloon were compelled several times to hurriedly drag it away, but the balloon was never even touched. Maj. (Jen. Kashtalisky. who was on a hill near Sytchun. told a correspond m that the Japanese gunners tried vainly for a whole day to loca'e a Rus sian battery posted in the corn near the hill. MATTHEW W. RANS0N DEAD Former Senator and Minister to Mex ico Expires in North Carolina. Carishurg. N. C. Oct. S. Matthew W. Jtansorn. formerly United States senator and American minister to Mexico, died suddenly at his home in Northampton county at 1 o'clock this morning, aged 7v BLOW UP A BANK AND SECURE $20,000 Fowler, Ind.. Oct. 8. The bank at Freeland was destroyed by dynamite early today. Robbers blew open the safe and secured $-e,0oo. BANK INVESTIGATION UNCOVERS YEARS OF STRANGE DOUBLE DEALING Peculiar Htory el Iulrigueti Leading Up to Wrecklojf oftirtn ueil Bank THROUGH THIRD OF CENTURY Misdoings of Old Man Have Sequel in Suicide of Son and Grand son. Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. S. Details of the manner in which the First Na tional bank of Grinnell was robbed u $2uo.0u0 by II. C. Spencer and son cashier and bookkeeper, respectively. are just coming to light. It is an astonishing record of credul ity on one hand and of duplicity on the in tier, now iainer aim sou munaeu . 1 r m . 1 ........... 1 to hold the highest degree or eonn- dence and resoeet of the public year after vear, while they accumulated pa per to ttie extent or szoti.ou. is si rang er than fiction. On July 27 the couple, who were inseparable companions were seen to spring from an electric launch in a small artificial lake at Grinnell and sink to death in each other's arni. Death was believed at the time to be accidental, but the as tonishing discovery of the enormous defalcation placed the matter in a dif ferent light and indicated suicide. lutrlicii.-B With Women. After a month of investigation it has been established that intrigues with women, beginning years ago with the grandfather, Charles M. Spencer, father of the senior of the two suicides, was responsible for the diverting of funds for improper channels and the forging of notes to cover the shortage. In 1872 Grandfather Spencer was in volved with Mrs. Mowbray, for which he had to pay dearly to the woman s husband. In the latter '80s there was mother affair with a Denver woman, which was no less expensive. Grain and real estate speculations were likewise responsible ior neavy losses, which were covered by means of misappropriated funds. leeulit led In I. !!. Wild speculations in Beatrice, Neb.. town lots plunged him into the mire. He was killed at Denver ten years ago. which time he was probably fsniiHi short in ids accounts. His son and randsou undertook to cover up the hortage by manipulating the books and succeeded until last July. The burden of debt grew constantly. however, anil it is manifest they de termined iiiKjn joint suicide to escape the inevitable exposure that must come sooner or later. IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS NOTED Dun & Co. Says Crop Reports and Industrial Outlook are Favorable. New York. Oct. 8. R. D. Dun's weekly review of trade says: With the crops almost beyond dan ger, prices or securities at tne nignest point since May, P.m;f and idle ma chinery resuming at many factories itnl mills that have been closed for months, the business outlook grows steadily brighter. Ry far the best fea ture of the situation is the confidence manifested by an increased disposition to provide for future requirements. Mercantile collections are also more prompt, and railway earnings for the month of September were .!.S per cent larger than in the same month last vear. while foreign commerce at this port for the last week shows increases of $l.u5l.2iS in imports and 5410., 4s in exports as compared with a year ago. Dispatches from tne leaning cit ies are almost unanimous in telling of improved conditions. Failures this week in the United States are 222. against 22.J last week. tne preceding ween, aim tne corresponding week last year. Fail ures in Canada number 2.". against 18 last week. 3u in the preceding week. and 17 last year. ADDRESS ON STATE ISSUES L. B. Stringer, Democratic Candidate For Governor, Asks Questions. Ottawa. 111.. Oct. 8. L. B. Stringer. democratic candidate for governor. spoke here last evening on state is sues. He declared for a civil service merit bill as applied to the state in stitutions: also for a unif.irm account ing hill for all public institutions. He propounded a number of questions to Candidate Deneen. holding that the re publican candidate had entered into an agreement with Gov. Yates to fur ther the iatter's candidacy for the United States senate. Payne Remains at Milwaukee. Milwaukee. Oct. S. The special train bearing the remains of Postmas ter General Payne arrived this after-; Toted against it in caucus having sar noon. The body will lie in state at rendered their opinions to their party tne city hall from tais evening until tomorrow noon. SUPPOSED INVALID IS FOUND TO BE SOUND Woman Who Sued for $50,000 Dam ages is Arrested for Perjury. New iork, Oct. 8. Isna Hanson, a young woman who two years ago se- cured a verdict for $5u,ouo for alleged personal injuries in a suit against the Chicago City railway company, was arrested here yesterday on a charge of perjury in connection with that suit. The arrest was made on comnlaint of a Chicago detective, who said he had traced the young woman to this city and who appeared against her when she was arraigned in court. Af ter the hearing she was remanded to the Toombs to await extradition pa pers. When Miss Hanson brought her suit against the Chicago City railway com pany she alleged in her complaint that she was rendered blind a-nd half para lyzed as a result of the accident, and the story of her being carried into court on a stretcher was printed far and wide at the time. Miss Hanson won the suit, the jury allowing her the full amount asked, and the money was placed in trust to await the result of an appeal by the company, which is now pending. After the trial she disappeared. The detective said that he was instructed to locate her and that he found her in this city. She was living in luxurious surroundings, he said in court, and was neither blind nor paralytic. Her arrest and arraignment followed. LAUNCHING OF THE NEBRASKA HURRIED Supports Are Weakened by Workmen and Fighting Machine Leaves Ways of its Own Accord. Seattle, Wash.. Oct. 8. The big bat tleship Nebraska, which was launched here yesterday, broke from the ways 11 minutes ahead of the schedule time but no one was hurt nor was there any damage done. The launching was a great success the battleship sliding into the water on an cvel keel. The workmen w ho were assisting managed to weaken the supports too quickly. Tne vessel was Already moving along the ways when Miss Mary Mickey, daughter of Gov Mickey of Nebraska, hastily broke the champagne on its side and christened it "Nebraska." The Nebraska is the first battleship corstructed on the Pa cific coast north of San Francisco, and all the leading army and state offi cials in the western forts took part in the pros ram. POSITION ON CUBAN RECIPROCITY JOHN SHAltl WII.MAMS DKMOCHATIC HOI SH I.KAIIKIt, TKI.l.S WHAT HIS IVAHTV TO Ft Kill Kit Tit ADK A ti It KKM KM' WITH THK IM.A.M). New York, Oct. 8. Hon. John Sharp Williams, democratic leader of the house of representatives, today issued the following statement in response to many inquiries regarding the position of the democratic party in congress on Cuban reciprocity: "I notice that the president of the I'nited States insinuates in his letter of acceptance thai the democracy is insincere about reciprocity. I hear that republicans on the stump in New England, where people are dissatisfied with the altitude of the republican par ty on the reciprocity question, are re peating this assertion as if it were the gospel truth. He says that the Cu ban reciprocity bill passed tiie only one passed was opposed by the de mocracy. IteeoritN I'rove It l'nle. "The records of the last congress prove absolutely that this assertion is incorrect. I was put in the position by my party colleagues of minority floor leader. When the extra session of con gress was called to pass the Cuban reciprocity bill as its chief purpose, and after I had been placed in that position. I uttered at once the opinion that reciprocity reducing taxation upon the American consumer even though hut n ierv little and unon a few arti cles, and opening up foreign markets to the American producer, constituted a wise democratic policy. That while 'sham reciprocity' might be the hand maiden of protection, real reciprocity was the hand-maiden of a less obstruc ted international trade. "I betray no party secrets, because they were known to the world and were known to the president, when I say that the first democratic caucus called at that session was to meet this question, and that every democrat in that caucus except 15 land it was the most fully attended caucus I ever saw ) endorsed that view. The congression al record shows that when the Cuban reciprocity uiii came to a vote ;t re ceived every democratic vote in the house but eight, seven of the nun who coueagues. vvniie upon th- republican , tide of the chamber 1J voles were cast water takes many lives Twenty Victims of Floods in the West. the SAILBOAT OVERTURNS Eighteen Miners Drown in a German Coal Mine. Pensacola, Fia., Oct. S. Five mem bers of the crew of the gunboat Ixen were drowned today in the bay by the capsizing of a sailboat. Victim Id Sont hvet. Las Vegas, N. M., Oct. 8. Word has reached here from Chaperito of the drowning in the recent flood of1 the wife and three children of Francisco ucero, formerly a member of the leg islature from this county. UetMirts of nine deaths come from the Red river country. Seven are reported drowned in the Rayado. and there are indefinite reports from the Cimarron. r'looil ill Mine llrownw Kljili t een. Dessau. Germany. Oct. S. A sudden inrush of water and mm in a coal mine ;U Gerlebock. district of Koethen. yes terday imprisoned is miners, all of whom, it is said, perished. Two Women Iueluern teil. Wilmington. Ohio, Oct. 8. Lavinia and Martha Telfair, who live near Bloomington, were burnt to death yes terday. Their clothing caught fire from a grate. Lavin'a Telfair died im mediately and her sister a few hours later. ILLINOIS FAIR ENDS WITH A SMALL CROWD Observance of Springfield Day Draws a Small Crowd Total Receipts Approximate $60,000. Springfield, 111.. Oct. 8. The Illinois state fair came to a close yesterday with the observance of Springfield day. The attendance was light, being con fined to citizens of Springfield for the most part. A rough estimate of the receipts is that about $00,000 has been taken in since the fair opened, which probably will pay all expenses. against it, notwithstanding the pow er and the patronage of the republican administration and the activity of the republican 'whip.' Supported by Prr. "The democratic newspapers all over the country, except, perhaps, three or four in Ixmisiana, one in New York, and maybe a very few else where, endorsed the policy of the dem ocratic representatives in Washington. The national democratic convention assembled at St. Ijuis adopted the following plank which speaks for it self: "'We favor liberal trade arrange ments with Canada, and with peoples of other countries where they can be entered inio with benefit to American agriculture, manufactures, mining or commerce. "The president in his assertion upon this subject has been almost as reck less as he has been about a great many other things. Recklessness seems to be a part of his character. In the 5th congress it is true that the democrats attempted to amend the Cuban recip rocity bill by making it still more re ciprocal. They offered an amendment to include in the bill a surrender of that part of the duty on refined sugar, known as the 'differential,' the differ ential being in their opinion a club in the hands of the sugar trust with which to maul both producer and con sumer. That amendment was voted down hv the republican party, and with the approval of the republican ltrelproelty knrietl There. president as I n:ak4 bold to state. "This is no? all tjiat the republican party did in connection with that bill for the benefit f.f special sugar inter ests. Instead of making the bill the beginning, the first step of a recip rocity policy, it deliberately made it the last, whether by actual bargains or not. I cannot say because I do not know, but it placed upon that bill by way of amendment a proviso which was not requested to be placed upon it by the republic of Cuba and which was solely in the interest of a class the proviso that the duties on sugar should not be reduced to other nations by reciprocity arrangements. If this was not a bargain with thoe republi LA FOLLETTE REPUBLICANS SECURE RECOGNITION FROM THE LEADERS 150 PERSONS INJURED IN PANHANDLE WRECK Fireman Killed When Engine Hits a Passenger Train and Both Are Demolished. Steubenviile, O.. Oct. S. The Wheel ing express, east bound, on the Pan handle, was wrecked at McMurray's curve yesterday, due to a collision with a light engine running west on the east bound track. Roth engines were demolished. Nearly all of the 150 passengers in the coaches were injured, although it is believed that none will die. On the passenger en gine John Rowe. the fireman, was crushed to death between the boiler and tank. Engineer Ritchie of this city had his leg broken, and on the light engine C. A. Sweeney, the engi neer, and M. J. Sloan, the fireman, both of Sheerdan. Pa., were badly injured. GALESBURG TO HAVE A STREET FAIR AFTER ALL Council Grants Restricted Permit and Court Refuses to Enjoin the Organization. Galesburg. 111., Oct. S. Judge Gray yesterday passed on the second appli cation for an injunction against the use of the streets by the street fair next week, and refused the injunction. A week ago Judge Gray granted an injunction against the street fair us ing the streets under an unrestricted grant by the council. The council im mediately afterward gave another per mit, with the provision that the Street Fair association should not obstruct the streets, but at tiie same time al lowing the construct ion of booths and stands, under police supervision, and with the consent of the properly own ers. WORK OF PEACE CONGRESS Boston Meeting Results in Adoption of Set of Resolutions. Boston. Oct. S. The peace confer ence at the closing session adopted resolutions favoring an investigation of the present government of the Con go Free Stale, declaring that if i he economic causes of war were remared then war would not exist, and that the fundamental feature of the eauses was class and commercial antagonism between peoples. Eureka Wins College Debate. Galesburg. 111.. Oct. 8. The Illinois intercollegiate contest in Central church last night was won by C. I.. Lyon, of Eureka. The second prize went to E. S. Edgerton. of Knox. diii i list o;iti:ss cans who were representing the sugar interests, then it is at any rate some thing which might very well have been a bargain. "The democrats, through their lead er upon the floor, offered an amend ment to strike out. this proviso. This amendment was also voted down by the republican party. The democrats upon the floor then having sought to make the reciprocity bill slill more reciprocal, voted for it as it was, not because it. was an ideal measure it fell far short of what true statesman-! ship would have enacted but. because it was a step in the right direction, and gave outward seeming of hope as the beginning of a wiser policy. W. said: 'All right. This is good .'is far as it goes. Now go further. Let us, have more reciprocity especially with Canada.' All this and more is in the Congressional Record. Mr. Roosevdt cannot plead ignorance of it. Cam paign necessity even cannot excuse fact distortion. In the ."th congress, substantially this same Cuban recip rocity bill was presented for considera tion. Kllleil In Sennte. "The amendment to remove the su gar differential was offered them. It received the vote of the denioorais and of a sufficient number of western re publicans whose constituents were interested in the beet sugar business and whose competitor was the s'igar trust armed with his club to secure its adoption. It went from the house to the senate. T.iere it died a passing. It was a republican" senate. If. was mainly for this reason that the demo crats in the next house, the rMh, aid in a caucus beforehand t.iat they would vote for the bill even if they could not succeed in amending if. Having found out by a previous ex periment that a re publican senate woubl sacrifice even Cuban reciprocity, to which we were pledged by internation al agreement, rather than hart the sugar trust, we concluded that we would not join them in making That sacrifice. "That we would, to use a slang phra.-e. j 'put it up to them' again, bu' that they refused to take it, we would v. for the passage of the bill." if Date Arranged With State hnirmau for Falrhank to .Appear m c Milwauk MORE LITIGATION PROMISED Governor Compelled to Carry Many on His Ticket Who Are Fighting Against Him. ..iilwaukee. Oct. national commit fet La Foliette state Chairman Connor. V The republican has recognized t lie central committee, of the La Foliette committee, received from Harry C. New a telegram today of the executive committee of the national commit tec asking him to arrange for a meet in; in Milwaukee Oct. 1.", at which Fair banks will make an address. SliilnnrlN Adopt ii Nniiie. Milwaukee. Wis.. Oct. S. Officially the stalwarts will be known as tin national republicans hereafter. This was decided upon at a meeting yes terday afternoon, at which the resigna tion of S. A. Cook as candidate for governor was formally accepted anil Kdward Scoliehl. of Oconto, was certi lied to by the secretary of state to succeed Mr. Cook. 1'lans lor a wniriwina campaign on Gov. I. a Foliette were mapped out Other developments during the day were the announcement that Irving L. Lenroot, of Superior, would be pushed as a candidate for Senator J. V Quai'le.;' place, that the governor's fol lowers would demand a I. a Folletu man for national committeeman to succeed II. C. Payne, that the republi can national committee would liave to recognize Gov. La Foliette and his ticket, and thai Secretary of State Houser would not allow the words "na tional republican'' to go ahead of the stalwart ticket. l'nliie t'omlitioun Develop. Incidentally the effect of the su preme court's action shows many unique conditions. For instance, Con gressnie'n Habeock and Minor, who have fought the governor, tooth and nail, will now run under his ticket, as will also many candidates for legisla ture and count. v otbees. all claiming their right to a place in the regular re publican coiutnii. There is no way in which they can be kept out, but the idea of Gov. La Foliette1 being put in Ihe position of having to help carry these candidates in places where he is strong and they unpopular, does not appeal to the ad ministration men as being an inviting proposit ion. Itemirtleil nx lufrliiucment. The name, national republican, which the stalwarts agreed upon for the state ticket, is likely to be the subject of litigation in the courts. The Im. Fol lette men are said to regard it as tin infringement of the name republican to which they are entitled through the action of the supreme court. The at torneys who handled the other case before the supreme court, it. is under stood, have already started to look up I lie law in this case. MONTANA LOOKS GOOD TO TAGGART Indorsement of Democratic National Ticket by Labor Expected to Decide Election. New York, Oct. ,x. According to Chairman Taggart the labor organiza tions of Montana have endorsed the Pari: r Davis ticket, which Taggart says means the electoral vote of Mon tana for the democratic ticket. MACEDONIANS REBEL AGAIN Revolutionists Reported to be Plun dering and Burning. P.erlin, Oct. S. The Tagablatt re ports a new outbreak by the. Macedonia revolutionists, plundering, murdering, in all directions. The Turkish troops are retaliating by slaughtering Inno cent Christians and outraging women. PARKER INSPECTS HIS FARM Democratic Candidate Sees to Fall Plowing on Return Home. i:oj) is. N. Y., Off. R. Judge Parker reached home from New York late yesterday afternoon and at once drove over his farm and inspected tiie prog ress made in the fall plowing. He then worked on his correspondence un til dinner. Thirty Days fcr Carrie. Wichita. Kans., Oct. S. Carrie Na tion was found guilty of destruction of property, fined $1T' and sentenced to "0 days in jail. Myra McIIenry, Mrs. Lucy Wiiholt and Lydia Muntz also were fined. All appealed and gave bail. i Morning Star Winner. Lexington, Ky.. Oct. S. Morning Star won the Wilson stakes, pacing. mMM IN m LEAD Auto Race for the Vanderbilt Tro phy. Big BUT ONE IS KILLED Ten Times Around a 30-Mile Course on Long Island. New mobile, won thi York, Oct. S. A French auto driven by Chauffeur Heath, " automobile race for the Van- derbilt cup. today by 1 minute and 36 seconds. The start was made at C o'clock this morning from West bury, L. I., over a course measuring :M.2I miles, ten times around. There were 17 con tentious, including representatives fiom Germany, France ami America. Miuiy Met With AeeitlentM. Many starters failed to finish owing to accidents to the machines. One person, a German machinist, was kill ed, receiving fatal injuries from the overturning of an automobile. Hut seven machines finished, tho others dropping out owing to punc turing tires, breaking machinery, ec. Clement, who came in second, pro tested the decision, declaring Heath the winner. The decision was with drawn and the protest will be heard and the winner declared at a meeting of the association later in the day. Ilrlllxl-N mi Injiiuetloil. New York, Oct. S. Judge Wilmot M. Smith in the supreme court i Brooklyn yesterday denied the motion for an injunction against the Automo bile Association of America, the object of which was to prevent tho ::uo mile' automobile race over Long Island roads today for the W. K. Vanderbilt Jr. cup. The question argued befor. Judge Smith was whether or not an injunction should issue resl raining the Automobile association from con ducting the race on certain thorough fares in Nassau and Kings counties. I'ulille ll:irrel l-'rom Koml. The petitioner was George M. Hen- nett of Hempstead, L. I. secretary of the People's Proteciive association of Nassau county, whose counsel argued that the race was planned lo take place on highways from which tho general public was lo lie debarred from early on the morning of Sattirday until the middle of the afternoon of that day, solely for the gratification, he said, of those who wanted to learn how fast an automobile could be rid den and driven. Atlornevs for tho iiiiomobile association and for tho board of supervisors of Nassau coun ty contended that nothing unlawful was being done, that the authorities were within their rights iti granting permission to run the race. M.E.INGALLS GOES ON STUMP President of Big Four Railroad Talks For Parker and Davis. Indianapolis. Oct. S. M. I-'. Ingalls. president of the I'.ig Four railroad, was the principal speaker at the demo- rat ic meeting last night. The speak ers was escorted to ttie hall iy a pro cession of railroad men and democrat ic marching clubs. He will delfver number of addresses in Indiana for the democratic ticket this fall. FLAG STOPS MEXICAN POLICE Stars and Stripes Protect Fugitive From Capture. San Diego, Cab, Oct. S. Pursued by the Mexican authorities, after being released from the Knsenada jail cm ol. Capt. Frank Manha of the schoon er -May tok refuge on tne JJntsn steam er St. Denis, of which the captain locked him in and nailed the American flag on the door. The attempt to re take him was abandoned. Manha was arrested at Knsenada Sept. , on the charge of stealing guano from Mexi can territory. His wife secured his rel'-ase on bail. Then the Jail au thorities demanded money of Manha for alleged services during his incar ceration. He refused to pay and fled on the steamer. THRONGS AT FAIR . FOR CHICAGO DAY St. lyjtiis, Oct. s. Chicago day was observed at the world's fair today by immense throngs, residents of that city being reinforced by thousands of St. Iouisians. Klaborate preparations were made to entertain the visitors. FRE 1