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ARGU VOL. LV. NO. 95. THE ARGUS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1900. PRICE TWO CENTS ROOK. SENATORS CLAMOR FOR priest dies hero IS CAUSE OF moody at trial DISCREDITS REPORT OF FULL INDIVIDUAL LIBERTVl Resolution Considered Condemning Party Ac tion on Treaties. REFERS TO DOMINGO Tillman Father of Move to 1 Give. Greater Security to Railway Mail Clerks., Washington, Feb. 5. The senate" to day adopted a -resolution rcappointin former Secretary of State Richard Ol- ney as member of the board of regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Patterson Ilaa Itenolutlon. Patterson caused a sensation by in troducing a resolution relative to the rights of m senators in voting upon treaties. Lodge had prepared a resolution fcimilar to that of Patterson, declaring a treaty like the Dominican should not be made the subject of party action, but withheld it when Patterson had proposed a resolution. Violated Spirit of Conatlt at loo. . The Patterson resolution recited that the action of the democratic caucus in dictating to senators how they should vote was a plain violation of the spirit and intent of the constitution of the United States; that each senator was entitled to one vote and any attempt.to coerce ' him was an invasion of the rights of the state. 'That any senator who permits himself to be so coerced weakens and degrades his high office, and assails the dignity and standing of the senate. The resolution was listened to with great interest by the senators. Patter eon gave notice he would discuss the resolution tomorrow. Would SaVe Mall Clerk. Tillman presented and the senate adopted a resolution calling upon th? postmaster general for Information a3 to the number of postal clerks killed In railroad accidents during past years, and also asking how many steel cars are now used in the postal service and whether, fatalities have been so great in those as in other cars. Many Are Killed. Tillman said he had noticed frequent fatalities to mail clerks in railroad ac cidents and that he wanted to ascer tain whether more security for them could not be secured by means of stronger mail cars. Vote on Skipping mil Feb. 14. Washington, Feb. 5. The senate to day agreed to vote on the shipping bill at 5 p. m. Wednesday, Feb. H. Aarreea on Appropriation. Washington, Feb. 5. An appropria tion of H.83S.933 for fortifications In 1907 was agreed upon today by the house committee on appropriations. Drbalp la Houne. Washington, Feb. 5. The debate on the railroad rate bill was resumed in the house today, Littlcfleld of Maine opening with an hour's speech in oppo sition to the bill. Father Gilbert Simon Drowns While Rescuing Students at Peru, III. AGITATION Attorney General Advises District Attorney Morrison in Beef Case. ASTERN RAILWAY MERGER skaters breakthrough ice Chinese Attitude Toward McFARLAND on the stand ROCK ISLAND TRAIN LEAVES THE RAILS i Saved Three Before Seized With Cramp Fifteen Injured, Two Fatally, in Wreck- Three Boys Lost With Ing of Passenger in New I Him. Mexico. Foreigners Concerns Far East. BIG EAST ST. LOUIS ELEVATOR BURNS Another Denial That Garfield's Evi dence Was Used by Judiciary Million Bushels of Wheat and St Department. I Louis Transfer Stables With 200 Horses Go. Pnni Til I . r L1,, v, o: sons were injured, two of them prob- nion lost h,s life here s"tl,rday after ably fatally, in the derailment of an I noon in an unsuccessful attempt to east boundeast bound Chicago, Rock rescue from drowning Cass Banin of Island & pacific passenger train four champaign, 111., Charles Reuter of Chi ll. S. ARMY PREPARED Chicago, Feb. 5. Attorney General I ! William II. Moody w as an interested St. Louis. Feb. 5. The Union eleva tor at East St Louis 111 nontninini' uuseiver at me opening toaay or me 11,000,000 bushels of wheat was destroy- tnal of the immunity pleas advanced led by fire Saturday night. Loss SI. by the packers. , lie evinced great in- 500.000. The fire spread to the stables miles from Du ran. Two private cars cag0 and Frank Christie of St Louis TWO BOdieS Of TrOODS Kept terest Jn the case, frequently offering of the St. Loiiis Transfer company and carrying members of the Chicago Com- Mo all of whom were studont8 in at. merciai association urn not leave me tendance at St. Bede college, a Catho- tracks and the occupants of these cars escaped with a severe shaking up, They assisted the trainmen in caring for the injured Ready to Proceed to Scene of Trouble. suggestions to District Attorney Mor-200 horses and as many wagons were rison, who is conducting; the case fori burned, in addition to the destruction WANTED TO POSTPONE DATE Quarrel .Over Day of. Wedding Causes Murder and Suicide. ; Dayton, Feb. 5. Because she wished to postpone the wedding day, set fcr Wednesday, Mrs. Eva Kennedy is dead with a bullet hole in her heart and Roy Mendenhall is at the hospital with two self-inflicted revolver wounds, which will probably cause death. Lady Gray Expires. London, Feb. 5. Lady Gray, wifo of Sir Edward Gray, the foreign min ister, who sustained concussion of the brain by being thrown from her trap at Ellinghain, Northumberland, last Thursday, died yesterday, without .hav ing regained consciousness. BUYS FROM HEIRS Tri-City Pasteurized Milk Com pany Purchases Hender : son Farm. DEAL INVOLVES 800 ACRES SEEMS WHOLESALE FORGER Eugene Elklns Swindled Many in Northern Copper Country. Houghton, Mich., Feb. 5. Eugene Elkins, charged with wholesale forger ies throughout the entire copper coun try for a period covering a year and a half, and who. it is alleged, is wanted for the same crime in Milwaukee. Green Bay, Marinette, Menominee and Iron Mountain, was arrested in Racine on Information from the Houghton au thorities and yesterday lodged in jail here. Sheriff Stays Lynching. Poplar Bluffs, Mo., Feb. 5. In spite of the avowed intention of the mob to lynch Bud Jackson, the negro assail ant of Mrs. Daniel Norman, SherifT Hogg succeeded in removing Jackson from the Jail and started on his way to Hendrickeon, 16 miles distant. DONNELLY MISSING; A REWARD OFFERED Butchers'' Union Trying President Missing. Thursday. to Locate Since Two Hundred Fifty Acres of Timber Land Will Be Cleared-More Im provements on Place. Probably the largest deal in farm land consummated in this locality in several years has been made by John W. Parker, representing the Tri-City Pasteurized Milk company, of which he is secretary, and E. H. Bowman, as agent for the heirs of Matthew H. Hen derson. The property Involved is that now under lease of the company and occupied as a dairy farm in Black Hawk township, including S(0 acres. Negotiations have been in progress for some time, but the magnitude of the deal and the number of persons involv ed, caused some delay. Will Clear Land. Of the 800ftcres 200 is now clear and 250 will have the timber removed soon. Twenty men are now engaged to do this work and a market has been found for the wood. Three hundred fifty acres will remain as timber pas ture. This practically establishes the com pany's interests in Black Hawk town ship permanently, and while $10,000 has already been spent in improve ments this will not be the end of the investments there. It is proposed to so conduct the farm that not only will it produce enough for the cattle and other stock there. but also provide for the many horses used at the plant in this city. lie school one mile west of here. Fath er Gilbert was a member of the faculty of the college. Tnflve lMuuKt'tl Into AVntrr. Twelve young men were precipitated I San Francisco, Feb. "5. Army oflic- into the water. Father Gilbert called I rs who arrived here on the transport to bystanders to keep away from the I Logan yesterday report the prospect of hole made and succeeded in saving ("trouble in China is the chief topic of three of the students before he was discussion m army circles in Manila. seized with cramp and rendered help-1 The 13th Infantry anditwo squadrons less. I of the Sth cavalry have been ordered Charles Reuter, the Chicago boy who I to prepare themselves for'field service. was drowned, saved two of his fellow I i)rMtiiuitim n Secret. students and the others were rescued The destination of these troops re- by swimming to a place where the ice mains a headquarters secret, but the was solid. only explanation of the order is they The bodies of the men drowned were are to be held in readiness for a China recovered an hour and a half later. (expedition at th first warning of an Father Morris, another priest who outbreak was near the scene of the drowning, administered absolution as the bodies disappeared from view. Father (iUbeit u Younic Mnu. Father Gilbert was 35 years of age and came to the college from St. Vin cent's. Pa., six months ago. Charles Reuter of Chicago was a member of the senior class and would have graduated in June. The two other victims were young men taking the commercial course. The parents of the boys have been no tified of the accident by wire. the government. MrKiirlnnil on StantL C. M. McFarland, office manager of the Fairbanks Canning company, who was on the stand when court adj6urned Friday, resumed his evidence this morning. It related entirely to the of the building. NEW SOCIETY OF TRAVELERS Iowa Salesmen, Dissatisfied With Old Association, Organize. Ottumwa, Iowa, Feb. 5. A new or- number and character of books which I ganization for traveling men was form- Interstate Commerce Com mission's Report Giv en to House. STOCK HELD IN COMMON Less Competition Than For merly Admitted, but It May be Incidental. AMERICA IN LEAD Y. M. C, A. Work in This Coun try in Advance of Rest of the World. he had shown to the agents of the gov- ed at a meeting here Saturday night ernment who made an investigation with more than COO traveling men from under the direction of Commissioner all over Iowa and about 20 from oth- Garfield. er states enrolled as charter members. Moody Deuie imniiiuKy. The society was named the American Chicago, Feb. 5. "Commissioner Commercial Travelers. T. B. Trotter Garfield never gave the department of was elected president and C. C. Porter justice any evidence against the pack-1 secretary-treasurer. Both live In Ot ers. He told them he would not, and I tuniwa. The movement for a new or- he is a man of his .word." Attorney General Moody made this declaration with strong emphasis yesterday after noon in an interview at the Auditorium Annex. At the same time he made it plain that he was satisfied with the present status of the packers' trial. ganization was started by Ottumwa salesmen because they were dissatis fied with the alleged arbitrary methods in conducting the recent election at the annual meeting of the Iowa State Traveling Men's association in Des Moines. SEVERAL ARE NOMINATED! COLDEST OF YEAR DR. KARL FRIES ; AUTHORITY President Sends Batch of Names to the Senate. Washington. Feb. 5. The following presidential nominations were an- L0W6SI I emperatures KeCOrded HOCH APPEALS TO PEOPLE Bigamist Sentenced to Hang Declares Wife Lied on Stand Chicago, Feb. 5. Johann Iloch, con fessed bigamist and convicted murder er sentenced to hang Feb. 23. has made a long statement to the people of Illi- r Makes Two Addresses at Augustarta College Comes to Attend Meet ing of Volunteer Movement. Kali America has left old England behind. Voluoleer Movement. According to Dr. Kari Fries, nation al secretary of the Y. M. C. A. of Swe den, the association work in this coun- nois. declaring himself innocent. Hoch tri" is far in advance,-of that of any asserts his wife. Emilie Flscher-Hoch. oiner - in world. He speaks with now admits that several important por-j authority, having mad a study of it tions of the testimony given by her ,u various countries, ane worK siart during the trial were false, and be- ed in England, but thejrapid strides of miicd f this Tlrh nrniM s to the nen- lur .lasutiaiiou uitu in lueir woik. in pie to prevent his execution. ENGINE SIDESWIPES TRAIN Fivo Coaches Derailed on Lake Shore at Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland, Feb. 5. Five passenger coaches were derailed and the engineer and fireman of the train slightly hurt tend the meeting of the Students' Mie- early today in a wreck on the Lake I sionary Volunteer movement, which is Shore at the foot of Alabama street, held in Nashville, Tenn.; this month. The train. No. 14, westbound, was side- of which he is president. . swiped by a yard freight train. The passengers were considerably shaken TIRES OF CAPERS up, but none was seriously hurt. nounced today: To be placed on the retired list with the rank of brigadier general. Col. P. Henry. Surveyor of customs, port of Indian apolis, Leopold G. Rothschild. Register of treasury, William T. Ver non, of Kansas. Postmaster, in Illinois, W. E. Puffer, Odell. From Various" Points in North and Wesc. MOVING TOWARD THE GULF Goes to 26 Below at Superior, Wis. Moderating Weather Generally Predicted. St. Paul, Feb. 5! The coldest weath er of the winter prevails today. Ther- n- I , i , i , i ri,-s sl,OKe ai AuSusiana coi- the exposiou of a ltse jeoiriuay uu uuj t,uujeci. i lie of jo persons Can BOMB DESTROYS A HOUSE Twelve Bodies Can Be Seen in Ruins of Building Blown Up in Russia. Berlin, Feb. 5. The Lokal Anzeieer I mometers registered 10 to 16 below today printed a dispatch from Katto zero. Prospects the cpld will be mod witz, Prussian Suecia, announcing aferate tonight private house at Siloe, across the Rus-I s ieio sian frontier, has been destroyed by Superior, Wis., Feb. 5. Street ther bomb. The bodies mometers showed 25 to 2G below zero be seen in the ruin, I at 7 this morning, Fields." In the evening hi subject was. "The Young People of Today." He is in this country at present to at- killed. many others were Indians as Bank Robbers. Tulsa, I. T., Feb. 5. Buck Mansfield, Hudge Hensen, Nat Hines. and Bob Cnlvfn f!hprokp Tnrlinns hnvo )wJn arrested, charged with robbing the Charles City,' where the mercury drop- First National bank at Owasso. I. T. I net to below, and a bigu wind ac !. Ilelow at l.u t'roHMC. La Crosse, Wis., Fob. 5. It was 15 below zero here this morning. 'oldest in Iown. Des Moines, Feb. 5. The cold wave in Iowa reached the maximum at OF, HER COUNT American Wife of Castellane, Said to Have Left Husband, May Ask Divorce. WOULD PIPE THE GAS HERE Davenporters Interested in Fields De veloped Near Muscatine. ACCOruing lo .uuscauue papers ir- p. Vnh K p0,,ntss nnn1 (U. tain capitalists in Davenport are in- rat' 0 frn,.rtv tnnn r.,M tn- natural gas to the tri-cities from the field near Muscatine now in course of development. It is claimed that one of the five wells that have been put Jan. 26. They were taken to jail at Claremore. The bank vault was wreck ed and looted of $2,000. Bandits Terrorize a Village. companied the cold wave, causing con siderable suffering to stock. M(im South. Kansas City, Feb. 5. The cold wave, central in this part of the southwest day entered a plea for divorce from her husband. T i i Tn i w rr" i 1 ivauixaKee, in., reo. a.-inree ro- Mast nluht. is movin toward the irulf bers, who drove Into the village of The coldest point In this section today Bourbonnaise in a stolen rig at 2 is at Springfield, Mo., where it was 2 ocjock yesterday morning, nem tne degrees below zero Moderating weath residents terrorized while they robbed cr is predicted for the next 12 hours, at will residences, tne iostonice ami a safe in Simon Tetreault's barber Mitchell Reuses to Talk. shop, which they blew up. The village Indianapolis, Feb. 5. The national New York, Feb. 5. Countess Boni marshal was notified by telephone from executive board of the United Mine , ' n,ntl( flirnJchp, more eas than de Caste,lane- formerly Miss Anna one of the residences entered, but de- Workers of America adjourned today, is used now in JluMatlne -and all GUld' haS lcft heF husbancl. and U is cided to take no chances with the men President Mitchell refused to discuss three of the tri-cities. on account of darkness. GREATEST RAILROAD MERGER FORMED GOOD REASON FOR BELIEF E. H. HARRIMAN HAS CONSOLIDATED THE UNION PACIFIC AND ILLINOIS CENTRAL WITH MILEAGE OF 22,276. been the taking over of these and oth Chicago, Feb. 5. The greatest rail road merger in the nation's history !s believed to have been consummated. Following merger reports from New York that the Union Pacific railroad had obtained control of the Illinois Central line and that Edward H. Harri man. the dictator in the" former cor poration, had conducted the negotia tions, additional color was lent to the story in Chicago yesterday. Illinois Central officials admitted that the mer er had been talked of for months, though they were noncommittal on the most recent details. Organised VrrnnanWj. It was recalled ' In .this connection that Mr. Harrlnian had personally or ganized the Rail road. Securities com pany, which is a holding concern for Illinois shares, but local officials were unable to reveal the amount of stock gained by the "railroad wizard" through It was declared on good Cincinnati. Feb. 5. A reward will be offered by the Meat Cutters' and Batcher Workmen's National union for this source. Information leading to the location of authority, however, that as high as President Donnelly of that organiza-1 100,000 shares, at a par value of $16.- m I AAA A A . tion who has not been . neara irom ; uhu.uuv, were eecurea immeaiaieiy ai since Thursday. National Secretary Homer D. Call made the statement to day. " . - ter the holding company was chartered in New Jersey. ; A later move is reported to hare reported here that she has instructed her attorney to begin suit for a divorce. It is known that the countess left her Paris mansion last Monday after a scene with her husband, in which she accused him of flagrant misconduct. She took her maid and her personal be longings and went to the Hotel Bristol, where she has remained since. It was thought for a time that she would take the next ship for America, but this she failed to do, and the report now has gone out that vigorous attempts are be er shares by the Union Pacific. The ing made by the count s relatives to the anthracite operators are now ac records now show that the western line bring about a reconciliation. cused of responsibility for the break in the work of the board. WALL STREET AIDING GOAL TROUBLE? PITTSBURG OPERATOR DECLARES CAPITALISTS HAVE CHOSEN PRESENT AS FAVORABLE TIME TO BREAK P6WER OF THE UNITED MINE WORKERS. Pittsburg, Feb. 5. Wall street nnd controlled by Mr. Harriman has clinch ed at least 240,000 shares, valued at par at $24,000,000. Iff Made Supreme. Enough friendly aid Is believed to have been promised to Mr. Harriman to make him supreme in Illinois Cen t'ral as well as in Union Pacific ECLIPSE OF MOON FEB. 9 the Indianapolis conference which Is expected to result in the greatest strike Phenomena Visible Throughout United of coal miners in the country's history. States Early in Morning. I One of the largest coal operators in the In the early morning of Feb. 9, a to- Pittuburg district in an Interview said tal eclipse or tne moon win occur His which will be visible throughout the Tir.., (Knmfnm oftmnriP whole of the United States. The moon the following lines, with a mileage far will enter the earth's shadow and the to break up the power of the United greater than any other single group or eclipse win oegin at taree minutes ue- ... railroads In the United States: I tor 2 a. m. ine eenpse win uecome uc i iu w. "" Mileage, total at 2 minutes before 2 and remain coai operators 10 na meir mines 01 Union Pacific railroad 7.0001 total tor 1 nour ana 35 minutes, at iuu 1 uuwu iaum, 1.. "Early in the year we began to find that Wall street interests were anxious Southern Pacific Illinois Central Chicago & Alton 820 Kansas City Southern 84') 9.0161 end of which time the moon will begin 4,500 1 to emerge from the shadow, the eclipse ending at 37 minutes past 5. MAY BE A STRIKE; COAL PRICE HIGHER Chicago, Feb. 5. Because of the pos sibility of a strike of the coal miners, Total mileage 22,276 The Vanderbilt roads have an ag gregate mileage of something over 20, 000, and the Pennsylvania system is slightly below the Vanderbilt group. The Gould, 'Frisco, Hill, Rockefeller! a number of wholesalers in the city to- and other' systems . are considerably! day advanced the price of soft coal 25 smaller. I cents a ton. of the Pittsburg district, would rather work in harmony with the union min ers. There Is an overproduction of bi tuminous coal, and new mines can be opened so readily that we would be glad of a concerted shutdown so as to keep up the prices. Wntl Street Winn. "We do not want to shut down our mines at the same time that the an thracite , operators do, "but from the position the coal miners are taking we are forced into line, and the miners at their convention did exactly what the Wall street financiers wanted them to do, just as if some of the leaders had been paid to do so. The anthracite op erators early in the fall made the boast that they would force us into a strike whether we wanted to or not. It looks as if they knew what they were talking about, as we did not believe it at that time. "The price of bituminous coal, which advanced so rapidly before the holi days, declined to $1 with the beginning of the year. Saturday the price jumped again to $1.30, and it will go higher. The coal operators will make more money through the Idleness than in the operation of their mines because the price of coal has been too cheap to the consumer." IlljC Stock Stored. The anthracite coal operators have stored millions of tons of coal in the numerous coal pocket3 In Eastern Pennsylvania, and the companies by rushing work, except to add 3,000.000 tons td their stocks by April 1. This coal will be doled out so that the strike can be carried on for a year if necessary. Washington, Feb. 5. President Roosevelt today transmitted to the house the report submitted to him by the interstate commerce commission, in response to the resolution regarding the alleged combination of the Pennsyl vania Railroad company and certain other roads named therein, in violation of the anti-trust law. of the anti trust law. The report says: IIued on Iteport. "The only definite facts known to the commission, believed to have any bearing on the subject matter are those appearing in the annual report k. filed by the companies named in com pliance with the act to regulate com merce. From these rejorts of the corn mission, it Is phown the Pennsylvania system includes the Pennsylvania Rail road company, Pennsylvania company, Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington and Northern Central, but does not in clude the Baltimore & Ohio, Norfolk & Western or Chesapeake & Ohio rail road companies. Mm tn ou OtviierNliip of Stock. "It is shown, however, that the com panies constituting the Pennsylvania system controls considerable stock In the three last named companies, but in no Instance do they control or own a majority of the outstanding stock. I.ckh Competition Shown. In conclusion the report says: "From the general knowledge and information of the commission further, the statement is warranted that, since the acquisition by the Pennsylvania railroad and companies controlled by it of stock of the Baltimore & Ohio, Norfolk & Western, Chesapeake & Ohio, published the rates of the several railroads named have been better main tained and in some instances advanced, and that there appears to be less com petition in rares between these lines than was formely the case, but this is also true of competitive rates gen erally in other parts of the country. Ko 1'nwer In Mntter. "As to whether the facts herein be fore stated show or tend to show a vio lation of the act of congress referred to by the resolution, the commission expresses no poinion as it is charged with no duty in connection with that enactment and has not authority to determine a question arising thereun der." NEW BOSTON HAS TWO FIRES Mysterious Blazes do $5,000 Damage ' and Endanger the Town. A mysterious series of fires Satur day morning destroyed William Rla ner's blacksmith shop, Law's storage building and a large two-story brick adjoining the latter that had been used as a billiard hall, at New Boston. Tim loss . was about $5,000. It required hard work to save several other build ings near the ones that burned. Victim from Rockford. Victoria. B. C. Feb. 5. Of throe bo dies taken from the shore near the wreck of the steamer Valencia and brought here by the tug Wyartda, one has been almost positively identified as that of Mark Smith, of Rockford, III. Woman Golfer Suicides. St. Ivouis, Feb. 5. Mrs. Milburn (I. McNair, prominent in society and the champion woman golf player of St. jouls, shot and killed herself today at her home. Bracelet for Alice. Berlin. Feb. 5. Emperor William's gift to Miss Alice Roosevelt on the oc casion of her wedding will be a beau tiful, artistically wrought bracelet. PRIOR FORGERIES AMOUNT TO $500,000 False Paper Put Out on Canton, Ohio, Waterworks Extension Growing. j Canton, Ohio, Feb. 5. It has been discovered by the authorities forgeries of the late L. W. Prior of Cievelaiid In connection with the Canton water works extension bonds amount to half a million instead of $300,000, as previ ously announced.