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LAND THE WE AT IT Ell. I'nlr tonight and undn: nearly Htatlnnnrr irmprnilarr. Temperature at 7 a. m 3S: at 2tt p. m.. .".. J. m. siikhikr. (ibfnr. RECOGNIZED WANT MEDIUM VOL. I.IV. NO. 11. ROCK ISLAND, ILL., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1904. TWELVE PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. ROC K ARGUS. ROJESTNENSKY SAID TO HAVE SENT RESIGNATION England Pleased With Result of North Sea Negotiations. PLANS FOR THE BOARD Five Admirals Suggested No American Officer is Included. St. Petersburg, Oct. 29. The state ment was positively made this after noon, though it is impossible to confirm it, that the emperor last night received a telegram from Admiral Rojestvensky saying that in view of what had oc curred he asked to be relieved of his command. I'lnn I'rncflee leinnntratloii. Ixmdon, Oct. 29. The admiralty to day rescinded its order stopping all naval leave and the Pall Mall Gazette says, although all danger of war has passed a great naval demonstration in the nature of practice is being planned as a sequel to the hostile mobilization. Ijondon. Oct. 29. Profound satisfac tion over the fact that an arrangement has been reached and the entire cer tainty that the result of the commis sion of inquiry will be to discredit Vice Admiral Roj. st vensky's statements anenl the- presence of torpedo boats among the North s-a fishing fleet marks the comments of London news papers almost universally. I hr VelniiriiU SumceMteil. The composition of the commission is the immediate subject of the com munications passing between St. Pet ersburg and London. It has been sug gested it shall be comprised of five admirals. French. Russian and Eng lish, and two from smaller powers, pos sibly Denmark and Holland, to be nom inated by their respective govern ments. Nothing is definitely decided: as yet. No American member has been suggested. HoJrtirnkv Kiplnlnx. Vigo. Oct. 20. I'pon the main ques tion relative to the identity of the Jap anese torpedo boats said to have been ween among the Hull fishing fleet dur ing the night or October 21-22. Vice Ad miral Rojtstxc-nsky said to the Asso ciated Press: "Rumors had reached me that the Japanese would attack the squadron, and when I suddenly saw that night two torpedo boats between our two di visions ami heard the noise of firing of torpedoes. I doubted not that they wore Japanese. Vigo. Oct. 2!. The Russian squad ron is still in port. Munnlrit for Help. "Prince Keretclli. an officer on board the battleship Emperor Alexander III., told me the transport Areadaur was surrounded by eight torpedoes or ves sels tarrying torpedo tubes. The Area daur signaled her danger, and when our baMleships advanced we did not for one moment suppose the attacking vessels could be fishermen." Mill nt K. Later in the day a British cruiser arrived here from the south, anchored outside the harbor and exchanged ss lutes with the fore and Russian squad ron. k ltiiln In lnrtlftjitr. St. Petersburg. Aug. 29 Gnat Brit- ain has invited Russia to be represent cd on the board of inquiry at Hull into the North sea incident. Germany has not yet made represen tations to Russia in the case of the German fishing vessel Sonntag fired on bv a Russian warship the 21st off Horn's reef. Inquiry nt Hull. The board of inquiry is likely to be tP ix'.l at Hull early next week and will be presided over by a naval oJB cer assisted by a leading lawyer. The inquiry will be confined to ascertain ing the circumstances from fisher nun's point of view and assessing the damage. A report of the evidence will be forwarded to the international com mission. The inquiry will express no opinion on the action of the Russian squa 1 ron. IMiltnt llela. Alter the excitement of the last few days a complete lull now prevails in diplomatic circles. Mjlfour is playing golf How hard Ambassador Bencken dorff worked for peace probably will never be thoroughly known. rrle nt Tnnitlrr. Tangier. Morocco. Oct. 29. Four Russian cruisers, three torpedo boat destroyers and five colliers arrived here this morning The Russian flag ship exchanged salutes with the French and British cruisers. i Order IM.irert In Knxlanri. Tokio. Oct. 29. It is officially de clared in most positive terms that Japan has neither purchased nor or SHORTAGE OF KANSAS STATE us GROWS Topeka. Kans.. Oct. 29. Gov. Bailey today gave out a long report from State Accountant Rowett showing additional shemages in the state treasurer's of fice aggregating about $:51,uo0, cover ing school fund transactions of sever al counties. Accountant Rowett draws no conclusions from his findings. dered a single torpedo boat in Eng land since the outbreak of the var. RUSSIA'S ACT WAS AN ATTACK ON HONOR OF ENGLAND. SAYS BALFOUR Iondon. Oct. 29. "The Russian ver sion of the occurrence of the night of Oct. 21 was equivalent to an attack on Great Britain's national honor. The torpedo boats spoken of by the Russian admiral were phantom ships creat ures of pure fancy." So spoke Premier Balfour in his ad dress in Southampton last evening in announcing that all present danger of war had passed and that the responsi bility for th Russian attack on the North sea fishing fleet would be set tled by an international tribunal. Premier Balfour added that there was still another question to be de cided. He declared: "The Russian admiral has a theory of the rights and duties of a belliger ent fleet, as against neutrals which makes the high seas a place of public danger. Supiio.se some dark night a liner fell in with the second Pacific fleet, and approached within the magic distance. According to the Russian admiral's theory he would be justified in sinking it. "The position is one lniossible for neutrals to tolerate. A fleet animated by that policy would be a fleet that would have to be eliminated out of ex istence." ADMIT LOSS OF 800 OFFICERS Forty-five Thousand Russian Pri vates Also Victims of Re cent Fight. THE FIRST OFFICIAL REPORT No Important News of Clashes Either Point cf Con tact. at St. Petersburg. Oct. 2:. Sakharoff reports there was no general fighting the 2Sth. There was occasional can nonading along the whole front, but the Japanese fire was ineffective and the Russian casualties insignificant. The night of the 2!h and 29th was quiet. The general staff today issued a statement that the number killed. wounded and missing in the fighting which began Oct. 9 and ended the 2th totaled Sou officers and 4 ."1.000 men. Jap Vletory Continued. Tokio. Oct. "9. Official re-jtorts con firm the press dispatch of the capture of Taitaoshan by the Japanese on the 27th. A strong force of the enemy is assembled at Kangtajenshan and the Russian guards holding the heights north of Pinniulupao have completely disappeared. In other directions an artillery duel occasionally occurs. I'OKitlnna the Snme. Headquarters Oku's Army, Oct. 2s. (Delayed.) The positions of the ar- nr.es are unchanged. I iie Kussians are constantly searching the Japanese lines with their artillery day and night, with seldom any reply from the Jap anese. The Japanese army is now working the Yentai mines. POSSIBILITY IN ROCK ISLAND Indianapolis Man Paralyzed by Shock in Using Two Telephones. Indianapolis. Ind.. Oct. 29. Janu Adams of 1C24 Cornel avenue is ly ing in a paralyzed condition at hi-. home as the result of an electric shock received from a telephone he was us - ing in the off.ee of a local coal corn - pany. He was standing at a desk on which were two telephones, th Newjtucky should align itself in the col and the Central Fnion phones. Hejumn of republican states. Nov. s. fir-t used the Central Union phone. and. not succeeding in getting his' Archbishop Elder Better. number, rested his chin on the top of the Central Union phone. A shock re suited that rendered him unconscious, DEMOCRATS WILL BE VICTORIOUS Statement in Behalf of Demo cratic National Committee Issued. DOUBTFUL" STATES SAFE Glowing Reports Come From Connect icut, Maryland, and Other Places. New York, Oct. 29. Frey Woodson secretary of the democratic national committee, who said he was speaking for the committee, today predicted the overwhelming election of Judge Parker to the presidency. lie predicted that all doubtful states w-ill be democratic and also that some of the states called republican, will be and are doubtful. Only MnjeirHy In Doubt. Baltimore, Oct. 29. So confident ;re the democrats in Maryland of car rying the state that they are now bet ting on majorities. Odds of 2 to 1 find no takers on the general result. Even money can be had on 5"0 ma jority. Interest is centered in the con gressional contests in the First. Third and Fifth districts, all of which are now represented by republicans, anil at least two of which will this time go democratic. Mr. Watcher's friends in the city of fered to bet ll.oou last night that he would be reelected. A democrat who went to the Union League to cover the money was told that those who made the offer wanted to bet Watcher would be in the next congress. They banked on his successful competitor being unseated. Illuek Melt Snfe. Young Gorman, who is directing the fght against Mudd. in the Fifth, said yesterday he was confident the black belt would be redeemed by the demo crats. Mudd's people acknowledge he is in a bad way. If the democrats car ry this district they will surely be re paid by five democrats. The present represt ntation is four republicans and two democrats. The chairman of the republican committee claims the four districts carried two years ago by re duced majorities. Their meetings are not so well attended. Last night Charles J. Bonaparte was booked to speak in Hartford county, and the (Continued on Page Eight.) COOLER WEATHER AN AID TO TRADE Bradstreet's Weekly Review Sees En couragement in the Week Past. New York, Oct. 29 Bradstreefs say 3: "Cooler weather has helped retail trade at the west and south. The in dustries gie quite satisfactory re ports. Collections as a whole are classed as good, being relatively best at the south. Railway earnings for the first half of October will run over t' per cent ahead of those of 19u:i. "Features in this week's dispatches are the good reports from leading west ern centers as to retail trade. Settled cold weather is needed at the east to stimulate fall distribution at retail. Boston reports demand for cotton goods at first hands retarded by the recent drop in raw material. Woolen goods have not sold as well as ex pected. "Lumber is fairlv active at all west ern points, there is more building of ail kinds contemplated, ami white pine displays more strength. The pig iron markets display notable strength. Bars, plates, and structural material are more active at the west. Other met als, notably copper and lead, tend higher. Wheat, including flour, ex ports for the week ending Oct. 27. ag gregate 1.179.;i:i bu. against l.o;fl.4;2 Vu last week. 1'94.S7:; by this week last year. Corn exports for the week aggregate 449.131 bu, against 797. 9S bu last week. 1 .092.2 14 bu a year ago. GOES TO CONVERT BLUE GRASS STATE Senator Fairbanks First Republican Spellbinder to Invade Kentucky. Louisville, Oct. 29 For the first time during the campaign Kentucky was invaded today by Senator Charles W. Fairbanks. The senator's recep tion in Louisville was very flattering. He made a brief speech at noon to a ';.rge crowd, dwelling particularly on ! the efficiency of the republican admin- l istration and the desirability that Ken- i Cincinnati. Oct. 29. Archbishop - 'Elder's condition is reported decided j ly improved today. FAVORABLE FOB GAMES Good Football Weather Prevails in East and West. SOME HARD BATTLES Chief Interest in West Centers in Michigan-Wisconsin Contest. TODWS FOOTUAI.I. MOKKS. First half Harvard 0, Pennsylvania 11; Yale 12, Columbia, 0. First half Cornell, 6; Princeton, 12. Madison ,Oct. 29. Attendance 10, C00. At 2:23 Schulte kicked off to Wisconsin's five yard line. The ball was returned 10 yards before the man who caught it was downed. At 2:51 Michigan makes first touch down and kicks goal. First half Madison, 6; Wisconsin, C. Chicago. Oct. 29. The football games scheduled for today will with out doubt bring out the real strength of the various contesting teams more than have any previous events this season, which were rather one-sided in practice-. Conditions are favorable for fast football, although in the middle west the spring-like weather may prove enervating to players, but will bo most comfortable to spectators. In the east the air is clear and cold almost per fect football weather. Some of the Opponent n. Princeton will lines up against Cor nell at Ithaca, and those evenly match ed elevens should play a close, inter esting game. Other games arc: Northwestern against De Fauw: Minnesota against Nebraska; Iowa against Ames; Indi ana against Ohio; Knox against Mon mouth, and Beloit against Lawrence. Will lie Iue. A very close game is looked for be tween Michigan and Wisconsin, at Madison, although the former out weighs the latter, man for man and are leading in the betting. While neither team will predict a victory, the University of Chicago eleven is looked upon as being able to vanquish the University of Illinois team at Chicago. The Chicagoans are much stronger, farther advanced in the work, and have been playing a higher class ef foeitball than Illinejis, but the latter it is believetl will give their j opponents a fierce battle, notwithstand ing the claims that they have been badly handicapped in the prelimianry work bj- warm weather. Ynle the I'nvurite. At New York Yale is the favorite to 1 over Columbia, but many wagers are made that Columbia will hold the sons ef old Eli to a closer score than last year. Pennsylvania will try conclusions with Harvard at Cambridge, and it will be the premier game of the season at that city. Both teams are confident of victory, but Harvard will have the advantage in weight over Pennsyl vania. M le-hl;it it-Vi"e-eiiiln (.nine. Madison. Oct. 29. No game of the western football schedule for today attracted more attention than did the contest between Wisconsin and Mich igan. Previous to today neither team had met an eleven that seriously taxed the1 powers of the men to defeat it. Both teams are in good condition. Michigan having the advantage of weight. There is as yet comparatively little betting, odds being two to one on Michigan. The l.inenp. Wisconsin Position Michigan Bush re H. Hammond Brindley rt T. Hammond Stromquist rg. Carter Rcmp c Schultz Donovan lg Schulte Bertke It Curtis Findlay le Weeks G. W. Jones.... c,b Norcross Wrabetz rhb. Clarke Yanderboom .... lhh Heston Clark fb lineman PRESIDENT OF BANK SUICIDE James F. Latimer, Aged 71, Shoots Himself at Place of Business. Deiaven. Wis.. Oct. 29. James F. Latimer, vice president of the Latimer bank, shot and killed himself in the bank with a revolver. He was aged 71. Kills Wife; May Be Insane. Hampton. Ia., Oct. 23. Truman Oil christ. of West Fork hot and killed his wife vesterdav. He surrendered - 1 to the sheriff, and is believed to bo insane. UNMANLY AS IT IS UNJUSTIFIED Gen. Tyner Characterizes Roose velt's Reply to Publication of His Correspondence. DEFENDS ACT OF HIS WIFE Says President's Opinion of His Deeds Has Never Been an Issue. Washington. D. C. Oct. 29 Gen. Tyner last night issued another state ment in which he affirnu'd that the president had misstated the facts in the letter made public yesterday. He declared that the statement that he had faveirel Mr. Barrett's clients were untrue. He said he bad issued fraud orders in more than half the cases where Mr. Barrett appeared as attor ney. The allegation that his wife had committed a "burglary" at the post office department Gen. Tyner said was "as unmanly as it is unjustified." Mrs. Tyner's visit, he said, was in of fice hours and she took nothing frem the safe except his private papers. He denounced as indefensible the sugges tion that some incriminating papers were in the safe. In conclusion he said: Will Hurt rtevflt. "The president has not justified his accusations against me. while I have faced a trial before a. jury of my peers and been vindicated. Whatever may be the president's opinion as to the propriety ef any of my acts was never in issue. I know that every act of mine was perfectly proper. The presi dent has not seen fit to do right, to give a 'square deal." and it is to his detriment, not mine." LYNCHERS' CASES IGNORED Grand Jury at Statesboro. Ga.. Ad journs Without Indicting. Statesboro. Oct. 29. As far as the present grand jury of Bulloch county is concerned, the lynchers of the ne groes Cato and Reed will go five. The jury has adjourned without returning indictments against the rioters of Aug. 10. The jury reported it was "un able to find sufficient evidence- to war rant indictment." Judge Daley said he did not see why bills were not re-turne-d and voiced his disapproval at the failure to indict the rioters. HE DOES A LITTLE FIGURING ALSO Senator Scott, of West Virginia, Con cludes Roosevelt Has Lead Pipe Cinch. Washington. Oct. 29. Senator Scott, of West Virginia, showed the presi dent teiday a pj11 ef West Virginia. He declined to make public the precise- figures but asserted the republican national ticket would carry the state by 2i.fM to te 23.000. In his judgment, Roejsevelt is certain of 3o5 veites in the electoral college and may have 211. WRECK ON PACIFIC COAST Northern Pacific Train Derailed and One Passenger Killed. Spokane. Was., Oct. 29. The North Coast limited on the Northern Pacific was wrecked near Lind, today. The1 engine and four cars were derailed ami one passenger killed, two seriemsly and several slightly hurt. SEATS OF LEARNING TO UNITE Alliance Between Harvard and Mas sachusetts Institute of Technology. Boston. Mass.. Oct. 29. It is an nounced that, a propesiiiem for the pro- pejsed educatiemal alliance? between Harvard university and the Massachu setts institute- eif technology had been reached, and that the plan of uniting the university and institute seemed in a far way toward success. Newspaper Control is Sold. Peoria. HI.. Oct. 29. Charles H. May and Francis H. Sisson have pur chased a majority interest in the Peo ria Herald-Transcript. Mr. May will be general manager and Mr. Sisson editor in chief. P. G. Rennick, from whom the majority interest was pur chased, will continue the management of the paper for the present. Millions to Be Used for Poor. St. Paul. Minn.. Oct. 29. The su preme court has elecided that the; Wil der will, which provide d for a trust or corporation to take charge of the late Mrs. Fanny Wilder'.? estate, valued at fS.rtfio.ftOft, and use it for the poor of St. Paul, is valid. Vandal Attevnpts to Wreck Train. Coshocton. O.. Oct. 29. A pedes trian's eliscovery of a spik" rirlv-n tightly getwe?en the rails preve-ntei the wrecking of a cmwded passenger train on the Wheeling & I-ake Erie railroad here last night. The train was flag ged in the nick cf time. COLORADO G TOMB FOR EMETERY IS SWEPT INTO THE PLATTE Cheyenne. Wyo.. Oct. 2.. Heavy rains at Elk mountain have caused a landslide which swept a hillside, in cluding a cemetery into the Platte river. BLOW AT PROSPECTS OF GOV. LA FOLLETTE Former Treasurer Kempf, Though Un der a Cloud, Judicially Declared Republican Nominee. Milwaukee, Wis.. Oct. 29. Judge Ludwig decided last night that John J. Kempf. former state treasurer, is the regular republican nominee, and Gov. La FoKotte's efforts to remove him from the state ticket have failed. After his nomination last May Kempf. under threat of arrest for be ing short in his accounts, was forced to resign. He repudiated his resig nation and the court sustained him in that action. Kempf will now go on the- La Fol lette ticket, but the La Follette nun will scratch him and try to beat him. If he succeeds, the- governor will again demand the enormous bond which Kempf was unable to furnish, and, therefore, obliged to retire from office. DR. MARY WALKER PARKERITE Reaches Oswego and Says She Will Go Campaigning. Oswego, N. Y., Oct. 29. News that there was a ele-arih of campaign ora tors in tiiis part of the state reached Dr. Mary Walker at her farm on Bun ker Hill, so she came1 tei town with a Parker speech in her pocket and an nounced iier intention of taking the stump for the democratic candidate. BOMB FOUND IN WASTE BASKET Plan to Wreck Hotel at Cadillac, Mich , is Brought to LJsrht. AN EXPLOSION IS PREVENTED Gubernatorial Candidate W. N. Ferris in the House at the Time. Cadillac. Mich.. Oct. 29. Gubernator ial Candidate W. N. Ferris and party were in the Hot 1 Ke'iinon ve-ste'iday when a porte r, in empt ying a waste pa-pe-r basket into the furnace, discovore-d an object which later proved to be a bom!) made up ef gun cotton and dyn amite" with an e-xplosivo cap. What connection the pre-se-nce of Mr. Ferris had with the; finding of the beimb is net explained. The apparent intention ot some unknown person or persons to blow up the noted anel its in- mate-s ere ate-d gre at e xcitement. One l'revl(Mi!y I'oimel. The' e-artrielge was four inches long, an inch in diameter, and the' casing was of lead. A similar cartrielgej was founel Thursday, but no attention was paiel tet the- eire-umstanc-. It is thought some enemy ef ('. R. Smith, the prei-priften- of the- hotel, plae-cel the cart rielge; in the- waste baske-t. in the hope of blowing up the- hotel. MISS PAULINE ASTOR A BRIDE IN LONDON Marriage Takes Place at Westminster This Afternoon to Capt. Spender-Clay. Imdon. Oct. 29. Miss Pauline As tor. daughter of William Waldorf As tor. wa.s married at St. Margaret's church, Westminster, this afternoon, let Capt. Spe nde r Clay. WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF FRAUDS Two m ColoradD Charged With Illegal Reg;stration. Pu- Met, Ceilo.. Oct. 29. Information has b-e-n flbd by District Attorney Ixjw charging Mrs. N. K. Browne and Mrs. H. P. Ham with illegal regisfra tien. John A. Martin, democratic can didate for state" se-nator s.wore that he saw th twei weirne-n registe-r in t-e-v-eral voting precincts. The-y havej rnjt. been arrestee! anel are reported to have J Sed from the city. OAL MN E IS SCORE OF MW Dust Explodes Without Warning and Fire Follows. BODIES ARE CREMATED Impossible to Learn Number of Victims. Who Are Most ly Slavs. Trinidad. Colo.. Oct. 29. Coroner Sipe. who has begun inquiry into yes terday's mine e'xplosion. today said there were about 22 miners entombed and probably all are dead. As the mine is burning cremating bodies, it is impeissibie to determine the exact number in the mine. There were but two Americans among the miners, the others being Slavs and Mexicans. I :.lesiii of line llHMi. Trinidael. Ceilei.. Oct. 29. Probably thirty men we're killed in an e'xplosion at mine No. : of the Uocky Mountain Fuel & Iron company nt Teroiei. 40 mile's west of here. The' explosion, supjxisod let be ef mine- dust, convert el the mine' into a veritable volcanet, and every soul who was in the1 mine undoubte'elly is elead. The explosion was pie!ceeled by a low. rumbling sountl. resembling an earthquakes which made the' earth tremble and startled the whole camp. Smeiko I'ettirM Out. Out of the mouth of the tunnel anel tuet air shafts came a great volume of smoke ami dust, which continue'il for nearly a minute. Out of the1 twe) air shafts, each of which is seven fe e't In diameter, timbers that we-re' fmm one to two feu-t in diameter we're1 shet into the air and broken into splinters. Pieces of rock were thrown over the camp fetr a distance of a quarte r ef a mile. In fact, it rained roeks, bro ken timbers, and all kinds of de'bris for fully a minute, and many people were injureel by being struck with these missile s. Miners enrly All SltttH. Nearly all the miners employed were Slavs. The mine was opened only a year ago anel extendeil 2.000 feet inie the bill. A large number of mine officials left here as soon as word ef the aeciile-nf. was re ce-i Veel. Ceimpitn.V eloctors were" picked up all along the line, as well as all othe-r available physicians. IMPLICATES HIS BROTHER IN DEAL Lant K. Salsbury Tells of Securing Boodle Fund at Chi cago. Grand Rapids. Mich., Oct. 29. Lant K. Salsbury, chief witness for the prosecution in the- water Iea cases today at the- bribery trial ef ex-Mayor Perry, for the first time named bis brother Walter as the person who heipe-d him in his duplicate- ke;y sclie-ine in Chicago, by which he secure-el the iille-ged boeulb- fund of $.10. 000 depetsire-d there and belonging tet the Bartems, eif Omaha. Ohio Bank Closes its Doors. Lima, O.. (Jet. 29. The Lima Sav ings bank anel Thust compauy faile-d to open its ebnirs be-catise' eif inability to meet its e-le-arings, anel because ot the eb-mand by a loe-al banking lions' that it Immediately take up ?:,i'H.t ot rediscoiinted paper. Kansas Shaken by Earthquake. Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 29. Three elistinct e-arthquake sheieks were felt yesterelay at Me ade and Dodge City, in seiuthweste rn Kansas. Persons were awakeneil and windows anel elishes rat-tle-d. No damage was elone. Weekly Bank Statement. New York. Oct. 29 The wee-kly bank Ktatemnt is as folhiws: Ixians increase. $ l.tl-10.2't0 ; de-posits increaie- jed, $4,037,500; rese rve incre-as'-d. $:9. 1 !; surplus decrease'!. $l,'tC0,27H; V. i S. deposits decreased, $1,0."0,500. African City Besieged. Tangie r. Oct. 29. The British steam er H' rcuie-s. frem Iarache, reports Is raelii; is in a state of Biege. Gold Missing From Dentist's Office. Dr. F. Pejtter Smith, a ebntist with an off.ee jn the Bengston block, re pejrts that gfjbl she e t rri-tal valueel at $15 has been Molen frejni his office. Twei strange: women who were seen In the building are btispecteJ. o