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LAND VOL. LV. NO. I. ETHE 'ARGUS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 190. PRICE TWO CENTS. ROCK ARGUS. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT GOES SOUTH; WILL SEE ALL REMAINING STATES Leaves Washington With Large Party on Special Train. SPEAKS AT RICHMOND Pleads for Doctrine of Expan sion and "Square Deal" to All. Washington. Oct. 18. In the redemp tion of a promise given more than a year ago. President Roosevelt started at H:?.o o'clock this morning on a spe cial train over the Southern railroad on an extended trip through the states of the south. On the completion of the trip he wi;j have visited, during his ad ministration as president, every state in the union. Mrmlirra of forty. In the president's party were Mrs Roosevelt, Secretary Loeb. Jr., Dr. P. M. Rixey. John A. Mcllhenny of Loui siana. John C. Grecnway of Michigan, John S. Elliott, commissioner of the in terior for Porto Rico. M. C. Latta. and John I-. McGrcw, s;tnographers, Henry A. Stropmeyer. photographer. Col. S. E. Brown, general agent of the Southern railway, representatives of three press associations, two secret service offi cers and a corps of messengers. Mrs. Roosevelt and Mr. Elliott will leave the party at Atlanta, after hav ing visited Rosewell, the home of the president's mother. and return to Washington. Washington. Oct. IS. APer tentative arrangement's for the president's trip had been completed, the epidemic of yellow fever broke out in New Or leans, one of the principal points in his itinerary. It was urged by many friends he ought not visit New Orleans at the time scheduled lest he be exposed, to fever. MiiKKfalril runlpvarmrut. To the people ef New Orleans the president suggested, that, if they pre ferred, he would postpone his visit to that city until a later date. Assur ances were given him. however, by Mayor Ueherman and officials tf the marine hospital service that at the time of his proposed visit to New Or leans danger fre-m fever infection prac tically would he out of consideration. riT Orlrnna I. ant. The quarantine' of other southern h-tates against Iuisiaua and New Or leans is still in force, however, and in order not to violate quarantine regula tions, the president changed his itiner ary so as to make New Orleans the' last jdace he should visit. It is his intention after spending the day, the iMith inst. in that city to board the ormorcd cruiser West Virginian and make the return trip to Washing tim by se-a. Fredericksburg. Oct. IS. President Rooseve-lt made his first stop in his southern trip at this place. About 200 people gathered at the station to greet him. The president addressed them briefly from the rear platform of his ear. He said: "There's one thing that has struck me more than anything else in my journeys and that is that in meeting different audiences they are funda-. mentally alike, that wherever you go in this country, the average American is a pretty decent fellow and that all that is necessary in order to make him get on well with other average Americans is that they should know oue another." Stopped at Ashland. Ashland. Va.. Oct. IS. President Riosevelt was greeted by students of Randolph Macon academy and the city of Ashland when the train stopped for three minutes. Most every one in the audience carried a small American fag which they waved and cheered as the president appeared on the rear platform. The president's reference in his address to Patrick Henry and Henry Clay evoked applause. A huge bunch of flowers were handed to the president to which was attached a card bearing the following inscription: "Our president. Lover of the stren uous life and fair play and maker of peace." Rnrkr. Richmond. Richmond. Va.. Oct. IS. President Roosevelt reached the city at noon. In the address delivered here he said: "In foreign affairs we must make up our mind that whether we wish it or not. we are a great people and must play a great part in the world. It is rot open to us to choose whether we will play that great part or not. We have to play it : all we can decide is whether we shall play it well or ill. And I have too much confidence in my MURDER IN KNOX N.S. Hahn Shoots Frank Chron icle at Town of Hen derson. SLAYER GIVES UP TO LAW One Witness to Crime, Ail Three Men Being Under Influence of Liquor. Galesburg. 111.. Oct. IS. Frank Chronkite" was shut and instantly killed at his home in Henderson, this county, yesterday afternoon by X. S. Hahn. for years justice of the peace, after Hahn had shared in hospitality of elinuer with his victim. Present at the time was Ed Sisk. All three had been drink ing. For years tin re had been bad blood between Chronkite and Hahn. Sisk says, however, there was no quarreling and that when his back was turned he heard a shot and turned in time to see Chronkite fall and Hahn leave the house. Sisk remained with the dead man until neighbors came, an hour later. When Hahn surrendered to the edHcers he refused to give any reason for the act. .- l Violent Death. Chronkite is the second ef his fam ily to die a violent tleath within three years. His sister. Mrs. Ed Morrison, was shor to death when she stepped between her husband and her brother Frank during a quarrel when one of them fired a gun. countrymen to doubt what the decis ion will be. lllu One of I'e-aee. "Our mission to the world should be one of peace, but not the peace of cra vens, the peace granted contemptuous ly to those who purchase it by surrend ering the right. No! Our voice must be effective for pt ace because it is raised for righteousness lirst and for peace only as the handmaiden of right eousness. We must be scrupulous in respecting the rights of the weak, and no less careful to make it evident that we do not act through fear of the strong. We must be scrupulous in do ing justice' to others and scrupulous in exacting justice for ourselves. We must beware equally of that sinister :md cynical teaching which would per suade us to disregard ethical stand ards in international relations, and of the no less hurtful folly which would stop the whole work of civilization by a well-meant but silly persistency in trying to apply to peoples untitled for them those theories of government and of national action which are only suited for the most advanced races. Muni Alsto Keep Order. "In particular we must remember that in undertaking to build the Pana ma Canal we have necessarily under taken to police the seas at either end of it: and this means that we have a peculiar interest in the preservation of order in the coasts and islands of the Caribbean. I firmly believe that by a little wise and generous aid we can help even the most backward of the pe'oples in these coasts and islands for ward along the path of orderly liberty so that they can stand alone. If we decline to give them such help the re sult will be had both for them and for us; and will in the end in all proba bility cause us to face humilation or bloodshed. "The problems that face us abroad are important, but the problems that face us at home are even more import ant The extraordinary growth of in dustrialism during the last half cen tury brings every civilized people face to face with the gravest social and eco nomic questions. This is an age of combination among capitalists and combination among wage-workers. It is idle to try to prevent such combi nations. Our efforts should be to see that they work for the good and not for the harm ef the body politic. New devices of law are necessary from time to time in order to meet the changed and changing cendi:ions. spirit Ala?a aiur. "But after all we will do well to re- PROBING THE CHARGES FOR ICING Interstate Commerce Commis sion Takes Up Impor tant Hearing. Washington. Oct. IS. The interstate commerce commission today began a series of hearings in the matter of its complaint against 10 railroads and their private car companies, alleging "unjust and unreasonable charges for refrigeration of fruits and vegetables in transit. It is understood the action of the WIFE IS DIVORCED Filipino Woman Succeeds in Su t Against Lieut. S. S. Burbank. MARRIAGE FACT IS SHOWN Precedent Will Affect Score of Other Cases Where Army Officers Are Involved. Iloilo. P. I.. Oct. IS. Judges Bates of the Court of First Instance yesterday granted a divorce and alimony to Con ception Vasquez, the Fiiipino wife of Lieut. Sidney S. Burbank, Sixth infan try, 1'. S. A., formerly ef Leavenworth. Kans. She also gets the custody of her child. Besides being the culmination of a romantic story which has become fa miliar in the United States, the deci sion has a further importance in that it is the first time the status of the native wives of United States army men has been established; The precedent, it is said, will affect nearly a score of cases where Filipino women and children stand in the way of the marriage of officers to American girls, as was the case with Burbank. liurhnnk lle-in.it ourt innrtlalecj. Mrs. Burbank has another suit pend ing at Leavenworth. Kans., which sought the same ends as she obtained here, so she probably will not press it further. Burbank now is being tried by court martial on charges growing out of his desertion of the Filipino wo man and his denunciation of her as ne ver having been his legal wife. member that although the problems tc be solved change from generation to generation, the spirit in which their solution must be attempted remains forever the same. It is in peace as it is in war. Tactics change and weapons change. "This government was formed with as its basic idea the principle of treat ing each man on his worth ?s ti man, of paying no heed to whether he was rich or poor, no heed to his creed or his social standing, but only to the way in which he performed his duty to himself, to his neighbor, to the state. From this principle we can not afford to vary by so much as a hand's breadth. Many republics have risen in the past, and some of them flourished long, bur sooner or later they fell; and the cause most potent in bringing about their fall was in almost all cases the fact that they grew to be governments in in the interests of a class in stead of governments in the interest of all. It made no differ ence as to which class it was that thus wrested to its own advantage the gov ernmental machinery. Mut Have Juatlee. "It was ultimately as fatal to the cause of freedom whether it was the rich who oppressed the poor or th poor who plundered the rich. The crime of brutal disregard of the rights of others is as much a crime when it manifests itself in the shape of greed and brutal arrogance on the one side, as when it manifests itself in the shape of envy and lawless violence on the other. Cur aim must be to deal just ice to each man;no more and no less. This purpose must find its expression and support not merely in our collect ive action through the agencies of the government, but in our social attitude. "Rich man and poor man must alike feel that on the one hand they are protected by law and that on the other hand they are responsible to the law; for each is entitled to be fairly dealt with by his neighbor and by the state; and if we as citizens of this nation are true to ourselves and to the traditions of our forefathers such fair measure of justice shall always be dealt to each man: so that as far as we can, bring it about each shall receive his dues, each shall be given the chance to show the stuff there is in him. shall be secured against wrong, and in turn prevented from wronging others. More than this no man is entitled to, and less than this no man shall have. commission in prosecuting the com plaints has the double purpose of util izing its jurisdiction over private car lines and of correcting of evils com plained of. Honors for Russians. St. Petersburg. Oct. 18. An imperial rescript was published today confer ring on Count Lamsdorff. minister of foreign affairs, the Vladimir order of first class in recognition of his signal services throughout the war. Gen. Lan evitch has been appointed aid-deamp to the emperor. IB, EDMUi JAMES FORMALLY SEATED; NOTABLES ATTEND Champaign, 111., Oct. IS. Dr. Ed mund James 'was today formally in stalled as president of the University of Illinois. The exercises were elab orate and were conducted in the pres ence of a large crowd which included many distinguished persons. PARTIAL VICTORY FOR THE PACKERS Judge Humphrey Sustains Monopoly Counts But Rules Out Others. Chicago, Oct. IS. Federal Judge Humphrey today gave a divided deci sion on the demurrer of the meat pack ers charged with illegal conspiracy. He overruled the portion of the demur rer in which the packers attacked the odd numbered counts charging conspi racy in securing trade. The demurrer to the even numbered counts charging monopoly was sus tained. TRIES TO MURDER ENTIRE FAMILY Frakerville, Iowa, Man Shoots Wife, Daughter and Sister-in-Law and Suicides. Oskaloosa, Iowa, Oct. IS. Harry Mc Glasson, who conducted a boarding house at Frakerville, near here, shot and killed his wife, five-year-old daugh ter, and his sister in-law last night. He attempted to find two stepsons, and failing, he shot and killed himse-lf. SAW WRONG TRAIN Therefore Charles Stohl -Was Al most Instantly Killed at New Shops. WALKING ON THE TRACK Boarded in Moline, But Has No Known Relatives in This Vi cinity. Charles Stohl, a Moline young man employed at New Shops as a boiler maker's helper, met almost instant death on the Hock Island tracks near East Moline about JO;ao o'clock this morning. He was walking west along the westbounel track, li is attention cen tered on a train approaching from the west, when an engine frehi the east caught him. He was knocked to the track, his skull badly fractured, and his head otherwise injured. Ue-ath resulted in a very few minutes. The engine was one that had just been repaired, and was being tested before being sent ou the road again. Imiiurat Tomorrow. Stohl was about 2o years ef age, and boarded in Moline. He has no relatives here as far as can be learned. Owing to the absence of Corener Eckhart from the city, the inquest will not be held until tomorrow. FRANCIS USED THE MAILS TO DEFRAUD Man Connected With Storey Cotton Company Held Guilty on Every Coun. Philade lphia, Oct. 18. Stanley Fran cis, who has been on trial charged with using the mails to defraud in connec tion with the defunct Storey Cotton company, was found guilty on every count in the indictment today. LUTHERANS END MEETING Last Act Election of Numerous Com mittees and Boards. Milwaukee. Oct. IS. The general council of the Evangelical Lutheran church of North America, finished its labors today with the ele-ction of num erous committees and boards in whose hands the work of the church is dele gated. QUITS BELOIT COLLEGE Dr. Eaton Resigns Presidency to Ac cept Pastorate in East. Beloit, Oct. IS. Dr. Edward D. Ea ton has resigned the presidency of Be loit college after a successful service of many years. He will probably ac cept a call from a church at St. Johns bury, Vt. Reappointed Premier. Budapest, Oct. 18. The emperor king today reappointed Baron Fejer vary as premier. TORNADO GUTS SWATH THROUGH THE TOWN OF SORENTO, ILL, NEAR ST. LOUIS BRING A FACTORY Automatic Adjustable Wrench Company Seeks Location at Sears. IN THE OLD COTTON MILL Promoted by Chicago Parties Propose to Employ From 50 to 75 Men. A new factory employing from 50 to 73 men is assured for Hock Island if the promoters of the Automatic Ad justable Wrench company meets with anything like the success they antici pate in arranging the preliminary de tails. They have secured a lease of the old cotton factory at Sears with option of purchase at the end of a term of years, and hope to begin the remodeling of the building within two weeks. Several weeks more will be re-quire-d to install machinery and get the plant in operation. This new concern is headed by Rob ert E. Petrie, a practical mechanic, and associated with him are M. H. Murphy and Charles A. Gleason. all the parties being from Chicago. The Adjustable Wrench company was organized a year ago. but has not up to the present time secured a location. The offices have been removed from Chicago to this city. To Ila- tM-k 1 1 -ro. The capital stock is $10o,ooi, of which $;:t,(M)0 is preferred, and it is the desire of the promoters to place $15,000 in this city. The re-mainde-r of the $39,000 will be taken by outside par ties. Mr. IMrie stated today that he was satisfied that financing the com pany will be an easy matter. As a leader, the company, as its name indicates, proposes to manufac ture a line of wrenches invented by Mr. Petrie. Other lines will be taken tip in duo time. The old cotton factory now belongs to S. S. Davis. It has been unoccupied for ever a leid' but is in good con dition and will require little repairs chiefly on the: roof and lloors. It is. a:; is generally known, a two-story strw ture, 50 by l.'o feet, with power house attached, and is located on the: bank of Rock river just west of the Watch Tower. It is. well adapted to the use to which it is proposed to put it. The location is good, also, as there ate street railway facilities for employes within a block, and it will be an easy matter to lay a switch track from the; plant to the Peoria branch of the Rock Island road. BANK INSOLVENT; CASHIER SUICIDES Controller of Currency Gives Orders on Report of the Ex aminer. Washington, Oct. is. The Enter prise National bank of Allegheny, was closed today by directions of the e;on troller of the currency upon informa tion received from Examiner Cunning ham, that the bank is insolvent, and the cashier had committed suicide. Pittsburg, Oct. IS. H. Lee Clark, cashier of the Enterprise National bank of Allegheny, fatally shot him self today. It Is said he has been suf fering from a nervous afTe-ction. At the bank it was stated Clark's accounts are absolutely correct. KNOWS LITTLE ABOUT HIS FATHER Son of Thomas Jordan Stubborn Witness in Insurance Inquiry. New York Oct. 18. Frank H. Jor- dan, son of Thomas D. Jordan, former controller of the Equitable Life As surance society, was the first witness before the insurance investigating com mittee today. From him efforts wen; made to obtain information as to his father's whereabouts, but without suc cess. He said he had not seen his father since Sept. i and did not know where he is. or whether his father is living or dead. Wanted nit Wllnru. The Jordan senior is wanted to tes tify regarding the mysterious $CS5,uii. loan made to Jordan and James W. Alexander, former president of the Equitable, as trustees. Fruitful roM Kiamiuatlon. New York, Oct. IS. Kir-hard A. Mc Curdy, president of the Mutual Life, was under fire for the entire day yes terday, before the Armstrong legisla BANKERS IN NET Indictments for Men Charged With Wrecking Denver Savings Bank. BY CONSPIRACY TO STEAL Sum of $1,712,587 to Be Accounted For Several Live in Other States. Denver, Oct. IS. Leonard Imbcden James A. Hill. C. li. Witloy, E. R. Hull. H. L. Hull, C. C. Robert. W. T. Camp. D. M. Carey. A. H. Davis and J. H. Edmonson have bee-n indicted by the grand jury on the charge of con spiring to steal $1.712. 5S7 from the Denver Savings bank. Wilflev and Ed- monsem were former presidents of the Denver Savings bank, and Hill was president when the receiver was ap pointed last August. H. L. Hull is president of the Mount Vernon Nation al bank of Hoston, Roberts and Carey are officers of the Cherokee State bank at Enid. Okla.; Camp and Davis are officers eif the Texas State Trust cmn pany of Fort Worth. Tex., and Imboden and E. E. Hull tire promoters. Other t'hiirjt" l. In addition to the general conspir acy indictment, seven indictments were found against Edmonson on charges of larce-ny. embezzlement and converting the funds of depositors to his own use. He is charged specifically with the robbery of $105,000. RECEIVERSHIP IS A POLITICAL PLUM Lieut. Gov. Sherman Allowed to Name Man to Take Charge of Peoria National. I'eoria. III., Oct. IS. The receiver ship of the I'eoria National bank, which suspended business because of the spt-culations of its president, Newton C. Dougherty, has been handed out by Senator CuMom as a poltical plum. It was given to State Senator Orville F. Berry of Carthage, who is perhaps the closest e-onfidi ntial friend of Lieut. Gov. Lawrence Y. Sherman. He is president of the Carthage Dime Sav ings bank. Tlie appoint me-nt is considered a partial compensation for the damage sustained by Sherman's prestige and sensibilities in the re-cent affair of the interstate commerce commission job which he didn't get. FAMILY SEE MOTHER SHOT Crime in Oregon Result of Infatuation For Married Woman. Portland, Ore., Oct. IS. At Marsh field yesterday Mrs..LO. Stoops was shot and killed by J. A. Armifage. Hot h were married and had families. Armitage was madly Infatuated with the woman, but. siie repulsed him. Mrs. Stoops' family, with the e-xce-ption at h-r hus band, witnessed the tragedy. REGRETS THE SEPARATION! King Oscar Speaks at Closing of the Swedish Parliament. Stockholm. Oct. 18. The extraordin ary session of the Swedish parliament closed today. King Oscar, in a short speech expressed regret at the separa tion of Norway and Sweden. tive committee. Hirf cross examina tion proved fruitful. It developed that three former state insurance commissioners have received money from the Mutual, among them being William A. Fricke, of Wisconsin, whej got $5,um, "to see that the inter ests of the Mutual Life should come to no harm." Politician In uuir. It was brought out that William Barnes, Sr., ef Albany, chairman of the state republican central committee. had appeared before the legislative committee last winter and had receiv ed $1,000 from the New York Life, as well as the saine amount from the Mu tual. Later it was brought out in a let ter to Mr. McCurdy from William Barnes, Jr.. mat iir. Uarne-s. Sr.. was tinder an annual retainer to the Mutual, and that his business is to look after bills which hurt life insurance business. Ilaa a l.llerr Hurra u. An entirely new feature of the bus! nesH was disclosed in the revelation that the Mutual enjoys a "literary" bu reau. to send out to the press of the country news matter that wai of ben efit to the company. Residence Section of Vil lage Catches Fury of Wind. FOUR DEAD, 35 HURT Alton and St. Louis Suffer From Cloudburst With Lightning. St. Louis. Oct. IS. Information has be-e n received here that a tornado swept through the village of Sorento. III.. last night. The report states four are elead and S3 injured, three of whom may die-, ami 25 to 50 house demolished. A complete swath was cut through the town. Evervthing in the track of to elebris or the tornado was reduced blown away. i.ut r imii. The dead: MRS. THOMAS FILE. SX. MRS. WILLIAM STEWARD. t'.O. HARRISON M ANN. IS. Fatally injured: Mrs. William Kirk- land. William Stewart. Thomas File. Others who were injured are: Mrs. William Mann. Frank Shields and two daughters. Mrs. I. J. May, Charle-s Mil ler and wife-, Henry May and wife. Henry Barlow and wife. William Klrk land, Mrs. Poebe Moore, Mr. and Mrs. George Root. Mrs. John Griffith. Wlrea lon. Telegraph communication with So rente is cut off and detail: lire ob tained over th. long distance telephone-. The four killed were in their home's in difTe-re'nt parts rf Sorento. Ail were badly crushed. The sterm approaches! from tin- southwest and swept, through the main residence portion of the town. The work of the wind was quickly deuie and was fellowe-d by a heavy dewn peur of rain accompanied by vivid lightning and deep thunder. Those who escaped injury were for a time panic stricken, but, finally rallied ami set to verk to rescue the injured. Ciirrird Kntlrrly Away. So violent was tho tornado that some residences were swept away completely and the; debris effectually scattered. Houses that remained standing were converted into tempo rary hospitals and refuges. Sorento is a town '.VI miles northeast of St. Louis. The population Is 1.1 no. HlriM-k Alton. St. Lemis. Oct. is. The Ktorm that wre-cked Sorcntei. deluged Alton. Ill, in I he nature of a cloudburst and St. Ioiiis suffered the fury of a terrific thunder storm. Near Alton no loss of life occurre-d but the streets were turned inte temporary rivers. Ten miles north of Alton, a Chicago. Peoria & St. Ixjitis freight train struck a wash out ami plunged down an einbankiue-nt into a branch of a creek. Many cattle and he-rses wer- drowned. Several tramps are believed to have perished. The trainmen escaped. Flood rnr M. I.ouIm. At St. Louis the lowlands of tho iver Despers wi n flooded. The po lice; were busy this morning rescuing people from he-uses. REV. REED TALKS TO STATE BAPTISTS Rock Island Minister on Program at Meeting at Joliet Officers Elected. Joliet, III., Oct. 18. Election of of ficers, addresses, eliscussions and a banquet occupied the delegates to the Illinois Baptist anniversaries conven tion ye-sterday. H. R. Clissold, of Mor gan Park, was ele-cted preside-nt of the general association; A. J. Scroggan, of Le xington, and Kev. J. E. Thomas, of Atlanta, first and second vice presi dents; Rev. H. E. Branch, of Taylors-ville-. Rev. B. C. Tre nt, of Lincoln, first and se-cond secretaries, and A. H. Chau notit of Quint-, treasurer. Addresses were delivered by Dr. H. W. Re-ed, of Rock Island, Rev. Adam Fawcett, of East. St. I.uis, and Rev. George E Burlingame, of Chicago. KILLS BOXING AT CHICAGO Chief of Police Prohibits Participation in Matches by Professionals. Chicago. Oct. 1H. Boxing matt-hen In this city were placed under a ban Jai-t night by Chief .f Police Collins. He announced that prefessional prize; flght erB and boxers will nejt hereafter be al lowed to take part in contests in thhi city. Matches will be allowed only whem that participants are actual mem bers of reputable clubs. This decisieo will atop boxing contests htre.