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AROTJ VOL..L.V. NO. 130. THE ARGUS, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 11)00. TWELVE PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. ROCK ISLAWB NO SIGN OF AGREEMENT M MINERS' DEADLOCK Another Day of Fruitless Controversy at In dianapolis. UP AGAIN NEXT WEEK Union Delegates Withdraw to Let Operators Fight it Out. Indianapolis. March 21. When the joint scale committees of the coal op erators ami mine workers met today, there were no indications that the op posing sides, were any nearer an agree ment than when the January confer ence adjourned. I Tnkrn. At noon the committee took a recess until 2. Nothing has been accomplish ed toward reaching an agreement. Th" only thing decided was, there will he no session of the joint conference be fore Monday or Tuesday. Frultlrxa Day. Indianapolis, March 24. The dead lock between the coal operators and miners continued throughout the nieet ings of the two joint committees yes terday and when the meetings adjourn ed in the afternoon no agreement had been reached on the wage scale differ ences, which seemed at the hour of adjournment as far from adjustment as ever. The discussion in the scale commit tee of the central district was confined entirely to arguments among the oper ators and radical differences of views were heatedly expressed by them. The miners representatives were, for the most part, silent auditors. Aak llnrr to Wltlidrntv. The dissentions among the operat ors became so heated, and many state ments were being made, that it was thought probable could be taken ad vantage of by the miners, that the op erators asked them to withdraw for an hour. This was done and at the end of the iK?riod the operators asked for ad journment until today, as they had not finished their discussion. This action was taken. The operators continued in session an hour longer and then ad journed, after arranging for confer ences by states among themselves to night. After the general caucus, the lead ing operators said nothing whatever had been accomplished, and the situa tion was exactly as it was at the be ginning of the joint conference. Havr Xant Stort. New York City. March 21. It was announced today by the anthracite mine operators they have on hand with in a radius of less than MO miles of ' New York City a reserve supply of more than nine million tons of good grades of anthracite coal. Drnlrrx llntr Much. This is in addition to supplies held by dealers and larger consumers. The operators declare should a strike come there will be n inconvenience such as attended the disturbances in the an thracite region in 1902. TURNER'S BODY RECOVERED Remains of Former Aledo Man Saved from Adobe, Col., Wreck. Aledo. March 24. The body of C. G. Turner, who was burned in the wreck near Florence, Col., while being trans ported to this city for burial has been Identified and shipped to this city. ON THE WAR PATH Paroled Watertown Patient Stands Officers Off With Gun Near Peoria. Peoria, III.. March 24. Armed with a double barreled shot gun and 500 rounds of ammunition which he has been collecting for months, William Riggert, a paroled patient from Water town, now violently insane, yesterday afternoon barricaded himself in a lit tle hovel one mile west of Jubilee, Peoria county, and stood off a posse of deputy sheriffs and citizens. George Fusner, a brother-in-law of the maniac, resides near the hovel in which the in sane roan has barricaded himself. Thursday night Riggert became vio lent and taking his stand in the mid dle of the road near his hut and threat ened to shoot any man who tried to pass. Fusner attempted to calm the insane man and was ordered away. Then he notified the sheriff. Riggert was sent to Watertown early last spring and was paroled after a few months. He is about 40 years of age. DENIES CHALLENGE TO LABOR UNIONS Governor Gooding of Idaho Explains Attitude in Cases of Mover, Hay wood, and Pe'ttibone. Boise, Idaho, March 24. The au thenticity of what purported to be a proclamation addressed by Gov. Frank Ii. Gooding to "The Labor Unions of the United States" in relation to the prosecution of Moyer, Haywood, and Peitibone, has been denied by Gov. Gooding. In an interview Gov. Good ing said: H "In an interview with a newspaper writer yesterday I suggested that if the labor organizations in place of passing inflammatory resolutions in which the prosecution is denounced and a vote of confidence in the inno cence of the men Is adopted would en deavor to investigate the charges against these men and suspend action until that time, a better understanding would prevail and a better feeling ex ist. I said that if proper committees were appointed to make these investi gations, and the men were acting in good faith, I should favor every oppor tunity to satisfy theni as to whether or not the state was justified in hold ing these men accountable for the crime committed, even to the extent of letting them meet Orchard." II. Hawley. chief counsel for the pro secution, states that under no consid eration will any one be shown the con fession or any other testimony. OLD GET-RICH-QUICK CONCERN DEFUNCT Member of Turf Investment Company of St. Louis, Made Re ceiver. Muskogee, I. T., March 24. Upon the petition of several creditors of the defunct Turf Investment company of St. Louis, a "get-rich-quick" concern. which failed about two years ago. ow ing to creditors distributed over the country close to a million dollars. Judge Lawrence in the federal court here appointed as receiver for the prop erty K J. Arnold, formerly an official of the company and now in business at Broken Arrow. I. T. FEAR A RAGE WAR Chattanooga Citizens Ask Federal Authorities to Drop Lynch ing Case. PROMISE TO PUNISH GUILTY Supreme Court, Left to Decide, Is Not Disposed to Accede to the Request. Washington. IX C March 21. On the ground that there is danger of a grave race war, Chattanooga has ap pealed to the president ana attornej general to cease the federal prosecu tion of the lynchers of the negro jonn son, who was hanged by a mob a few hours after the supreme court of the United States had granted a stay of execution of the death sentence pass ed by the state court. Many telegrams signed by promi nent and conservative citizens assert ed that the local authorities are com petent to deal with the situation and that interference by federal officials will lead to a serious race disturbance, t'p at Cabinet MrctlnK. The messages were carefully consid ered at a cabinet meeting yesterday, and, while the force of the argument was appreciated by the president. and his official advisers, nothing could be determined upon until the supreme court justices were consulted. It is the supreme court which is most con cerned in the matter, as it was the af front to the dignity and prestige of that body which precipitated the pres ent state of affairs. Attorney General Moody consulted with Justice Harlan and other mem bers of the court in regard to the mes sages from Chattanooga. The justices, declined to agree to leave the matter of the punishment of the local officials and members of the mob to the local authorities. Dlame Sheriff. The messages from Chattanooga fur ther offered the assurance to the au thorities here that the law respecting people of that city not only did not approve of the lynching, but that they believed the sheriff failed to take proper precautions to save the negro's life. They also stated that the mem bers of the mob and Sheriff Shipp would be severely punished. SUE FOR MILLIONS Mutual Life Company Attorneys Seek Recovery of $3,370,241.66 . FR0MTHEF0RMER PRESIDENT Jerome Challenges Judge to Issue War rant for Arrest of George W. Perkins. New York, March 24. The complaint in the Mutual Life Insurance company s suit against Richard A. McCurdy has been served on the defendant's coun sel, De Ixncey Nicoll of Nicoll, Anable & Lindsay. Th Mutual seeks to recover from the former president $3,370,341.06. with interest, as damages for his "unfaith fulness and neglect." Kix KeMnHilility for W'nte. Mr. McCurdy personally is held re sponsible for practically all the waste that has been uncovered in the Mu tual. If he did not know of the extra ordinary expenditures made he was, the company alleges, negligent in the discharge of his duties and therefore liable. The complaint served is only one of eight that will be served in actions be gun by the company against the for mer president, his son. Robert H. Mc Curdy, and the members of the Metro politan agency firm of C. II. Raymond & Co.. who include ex-President Mc Curdy's son-in-law. Louis A. Thebaud. Jerome t'hnllenscrN J mine. New York, March 24. District At torney Jerome challenged Judge O'Sul- livan yesterday to issue a warrant for the arrest of George W. Perkins, part ner of J. P. Morgan, as a thief. The district attorn?y declared that inciden tally the test would determine whether Postmaster General George B. Cortel you and Cornelius N. Bliss were re ceivers of stolen goods and were felons. Mr. Jerome pledged himself to make a ' vigorous prosecution to determine whether a crime had been committed when Mr. Perkins, as vice president of the New York Life Insurance com pany, contributed $4S,000 of its money to the republican national committee, of which Mr. Cortelyou was chairman and Mr. Bliss treasurer. Judge O'Sulli van refused to cooperate with the dis trict attornej- as the latter proposed. ( liurcnl Ornnil Jury. This remarkable challenge was made after Judge O'Sullivan had given a charge to the members of the grand jury declaring that it was their duty to determine from the evidence placed before them whether or not the offi cials of the life insurance companies had been guilty of crime in contribut ing money of the companies to the campaign funds of a political party. DECLARES NO MONEY USED Secretary Shaw Says Congressman Hull Received No Aid. Des Moines, Iowa, March 24. "All the world knows that Congressman John A. T. Hull never got a cent from Morgan or Rockefeller for use in his campaign," declared Secretary Leslie M. Shaw in an interview. The secre tary's assertion was given in answer to the accusations made by former Secretary of State George Dobson, who is making a campaign for the nomina tion in the Seventh district against Congressman Hull. Dobson' has as serted that corporation money was used freely in previous campaigns in the interest of the present congress man. GETS GIRL OF HIS CHOICE Persistent Alfonso Zelaya Obtains His Marriage License. Washington, March 24. Alfonso Ze laya, son of the president of Nicaragua, has secured a marriage license to wed Margarita Baker, from whom the youth's parents made vain efforts to separate him. IS INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE William Hofer Seeks Reelection as Town Clerk in South Rock Island. William Hofer, whom the republi cans failed to renominate as town clerk in South Rock Island, has decid ed to come out as an independent can didate. Mr. Hofer is now filling that office. At the recent caucus he was turned down and II. K. Cox placed on the ticket. Merchants Want Sane Fourth. Galesburg. 111., March 24 The Galesburg Merchants' association has requested the city council to pass an ordinance against the sale of fireworks on July 4. Former Mayor Dies. Philadelphia. March 24. Former Mayor Samuel II. Ashbridge died to day from a complication of diseases. His age was 57. .Keep Duty on Wheat. Stockholm, March 24. The Swedish parliament today decided to maintain unchanged the present duty on wheat. Franz Josef Seriously III. Paris, March 24. Dispatches report the serious condition of Franz Josef. GUILT FIXED upon lies Man Who Confessed Atro cious Chicago Mur der to Hang. JURY DECIDES CASE Defense on Unusual Grounds Proves of No Avail. Chicago, March 21. Richard Ivens, charged with the murder of Mrs. Bessie Hollister. was found guilty and sen tenced to hang. The murder of Mrs. Hollister occur red the evening of Jan. 12, and was one of the most atrocious and revolting in Chicago's history. ArouKeil l'uhllt FVelinur. Public feeling was stirred as it had not been agitated before in many years. It was a climax to the wave of crime. particularly against women, generally charged to a police force numerically nadequale and inefficient. APPROVES VERDICT AGAINST OFFICERS President Extends No Mercy to Kirk man and Little, Tried in Philippines. Washington, March 24. The presi dent has approved the sentences of court martial in the cases of First Lieu tenant Hugh Kirkman of the Sth cav alry, and Second Lieutenant Horace U. Little, of the Philippine scouts, both of whom were tried in the Philippine islands. Kirkman was convicted on charges of embezzlement and forgery, and sentenced to be dismissed and confined in the penitentiary two years. Little was convicted on charges of drunkenness on duly and sentenced to dismissal. REPUBLICANS OF SENATE AND HOUSE TO CAUCUS Selection of Congressional Committee for Fall Campaign to Be Made April 4. Washington. March 21. A joint cau cus of renublican members of the son- ate and house was called today to bo held in the hall of the house April 4 for the nurnose of selecting a congres sional committee to serve during the campaign of I 90 U. The call is signed by Senator Allison and Representative Henburn. chairmen of the caucus com mittees of the senate and house. Renrescntative Dawson of Iowa is heinsr discussed bv renublican leaders to succeed Representative Overstreet of Indiana as secretary of the commit tee. It Is generally conceded tnai Representative Sherman of New York will be named chairman of the commit tee and Representative Tawney of Minnesota is still the most discussed candidate for vice chairman. FOR LIFE INQUIRY IN IOWA State Senate Committee Wants Ap pointment of Commission. Des Moines. March 24. The senate committee on insurance has voted to recommend a legislative commission to investigate life insurance conditions in Iowa and report at the next session in 1907. The committee will have more to do with the remodification of insur ance laws than with the conditions of the companies. The senate voted to adjourn finally on April C. It is believed that the leg islature will complete its work by the second week in April. EPITOME OF DOINGS IN CONGRESS YESTERDAY Washington, D. C, March 24. Follow ing is a brief resume taken from the official records of yesterday's proceed ings in both houses of congress: SKXATK Mr. Spooncr concluded his speech on the railroad rate bill in the senate and Mr. Tillman replied to hla arguments. The fortilications appropri ation measure was taken up and passed. It carries an appropriation of $123,000 for the erection of a government pow der factory and provides for a total ex penditure of 278. 1)93. At 5:20 p. m. the senate went into executive session and adjourned 7 minutes later until Monday. HOl'SK The house continued discus sion of the legislative bill and a j?reat deal of friction developed. By a strict application of the rules Mr. Prince of Illinois and Mr. ITardwick of Georgia wrought havoc with the force of the civil service commission wherever in creases of salary or force were propos ed, as well aa other positions for which the managers of the bill could find no law. An amendment bv Mr. Gaines of Tennessee providing $100,000 for a pri vate car for the president was defeated on a point of order. After one-third of the bill had been considered the house at 5:10 p. m. adjourned until today. AID FOR NIAGARA Urgent Need of Immediate Action to Save Falls Told Congress. COMMISSION MAKES REPORT Prince Gives Lower House a Tedious Day With Enforcement of Rules. Washington, March 24. If Niagara Falls are to be preserved as one of the wonders of the world immediate action by the United States and Canada is re quired, according to findings of the American members of the internation al waterways commission, which has for the past year been studying condi tions at the falls and in tributary Great Lakes. I.eKiklatioii SuKseNtd. This report was submitted to congress by Secretary Taft with a let ter calling attention to the urgency of the cause. legislation is a suggestion that will put a stop to further deple tion of the falls and at the same time inflict the least possible injury upon important interests now depending upon the water power of Niagara river. . In ken I it Anli-Ilnzius Kill. Washington, March 24. The house unanimously adopted a rule making it a special order at 2 today to consider the senate anti-hazing bill. I'mvidm for Powder Kaetory. Washington, March 24. Spooner yesterday concluded his speech in the senate on the railroad bill and the for tifications appropriation bill was taken up and passed. The bill carries an ap propriation of $125,000 for the erection of a powder manufactory, and Daniels spoke at length in support of the pro vision. He declared the nation was at the mercy of the powder trust and urg ed the amendment should be adopted as a safeguard. As passed, the bill carried an appropriation of $5,278.9!:!. Tillman spoke on the rate bill sug gesting the interstate commerce com mittee should have authority to enjoin railroads from increasing their rates. He said the suggestion has been made by a "cornfield lawyer" in Oklahoma. Tried to tio WItli Ilraken On. Washington, March 24. The house again endeavored to legislate with brakes on. The result was some fric tion and heat, and speed in considering the legislative bill was correspondingly slow. The debate threw many side lights on the rules of the house and the vigorous application to the bill in hand by Prince of Illinois and Hard wick of (ieorgia wrought havoc with the force of the civil service commis sion wherever the increases of salary or force were proposed, as well as oth er iKJsitions for which managers of the bill could find no statute law. I'rlnve Knforcetl Itulen. The particular rule invoked provides no appropriation bill shall be reported which contains new legislation, or pro vides for salaries not authorized by law. Prince wanted to see what it was to have rules enforced and Tawney re torted with the statement that a spe cial rule which would be brought later would put back all items struck out. About one-third of the bill has been considered. STEAMER'S CARGO ON FIRE IN STORM Titian, New York to Manchester, in Dire Peril Off Cape Race. St. Johns. N. F., March 24 The British freight steamer, Titjan, from New York for Manchester, England, is off Cape Race with its cargo on fire. A furious storm is raging and it is feared the steamer will not be able to make its way into the harbor. PAY FOR ATROCIOUS DEED Two Colored Men Hanged at Mount Holly, N. J., for Crime of Jan. 18. Mount Holly, X. J March 21. Rufus Johnson and George Small, both col ored, were hanged here today for the atrocious murder of Miss Florence W. Allison, who was assaulted and killed in a barn near Moorestown Jan. IS. Twenty Years for Lawyer. New York, March 24. Henry Huff man Browne, the lawyer who was re cently convicted of forgery in the first degree, was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison. Lowden Files Petition. Springfield, 111., March 24. Colonel Frank O. Lowden of Oregon has filed with the secretary of slate his petition as a candidate for the nomination for congress by the republicans of the Thirteenth congressional district. Mayor of Omaha Dies. Omaha, March 24. Frank E. Moores, aged C6, mayor of Omaha, died yesterday afternoon after an ill ness of several months.. He was serv ing the last year of his third term as mayor and had long been prominent in the republican party of the city and state. ROGERS ADMITS HOLDING OF STANDARD OIL STOCK MANIAC SNOOTS Armed With Three Pistols and Shotgun He Does Execu tion at Funeral. TWO OF VICTIMS MAY DIE Barricades Himself in House and After Fight Sets Building Afire and Kills Self. Baltimore, Md., March 24. Walter Potee, 28 years old, a maniac, armed with three pistols and a shotgun, turn ed what was to have been a funeral into a tragedy yesterday afternoon in Brooklyn, Md.. just across the Patap- co river from Baltimore. - After shooting and wounding eight persons, two of them probably fatally, Potee barricades! himself in the house, held a crowd of firemen, policemen, and citizens at bay, and finally set fire to the building. The firemen dared not enter the burning building to fight the flames, and whenever Potee appeared at one of the windows he shot into the crowd or was shot at. Finally the shots from the house ceased, and the police entered and found Potee dead with a bullet in his forehead. He had shot himself or was killed by one of the bullets fired by the police. I.lxt of YlftiuiM. Here is a list of Potee's victims: John Irwin, chief of police; wounded in left hand. Alexander Johnson, face filled with shot. Mrs. Charles McDonnell. "Bud" McPherson. brother-in-law; shot in the lungs. William H. Miller, brother-in-law; both eyes shot out; may die. John H. Potee, brother; shot through both knees; may die. Frank Schelezki. policeman; wound ed in breast and face. William M. Smith, relative; shot In hand. KILL PRESIDENTE IN SONORA, MEXICO Indians Slaughter Five Members of Prominent Family Within Few Miles of Home. Los Angeles, March 24. News has reached the city of the murder of five members of the family of Pedro Meza, presidente of La Dura in Sonora. Mex ico, and brother-in-law of Frederick Hartman. president of the William Hoege company of Los Angeles, who were massacred by Indians within a few miles of their homes. The bodies were left in the roadway between Or tiz and La Dura until a sufficient num ber of Mexican troops could be sent to overawe the raiding outlaws and bring in the victims. Those killed were Senor Meza. his wife, and three daugh ters, aged IS. 2d and 23. Mrs. Wenceh las Hoff. an old friend of Meza. Theo dore Hon, 24. and three members of the Meza family survived. STRUNG UP FOR ASSAULT Husband of Victim Springs Trap of the Gallows. Poplar Bluff,' Mo., March 24. Curtis Jackson, a 17-year-old negro boy, was hanged yesterday for an assault on a white woman. Dean Norman, husband of the injured woman, sprung the trap. and Mrs. Norman herself witnessed he execution. The crime was commit ted Feb. 2. and the next day the negro was saved from lynching only because he sheriff ordered the arrest of the woman's husband, who led the mob. DRY DOCK NEARS GIBRALTAR Dewey's Tug Potomac Arrives From Canary Islands. Gibraltar, March 24. The tug Po tomac, one of the vessels conveying the drydock Dewey to the Philippines, ai rived here today from Las Palmas. Her commander said the Dewey, which left the Canaries March IS, would pass through the Straits of Gibraltar Sunday or Monday. Indian Outlaws Have Lon Start. Oaks, Ind. T., March 24. The three Wickliffe Indian outlaws, who are be ing sought by numerous posses, have crossed the Illinois river and are head ed for Lee's Creek, a wild mountainous country west of Stlllwell, settled al most entirely with full blood Chero kees. This gives them a long start. Folk Investigates Child Labor. St. Louis. March 24. Governor Folk has come to St. Louis to Investigate reports that hundreds of children be low 14 years of age are employed In SL Louis factories by virtue of per mission granted by truant officers. But That is About All Hadley Worms Out of Him. HEARD AT NEW YORK Defendant's Attorneys, How ever, Consent to Important Entry In Records. New York, March 24. Henry It. Rogers, vice president of the Standard Oil company, was the first witness to day in the investigation by Attorney General Hadley of Missouri who Is seeking to oust the Standard Oil com pany of Indiana and companies alleged to be allied with it from doing business in Missouri. .ot I inn 1 1 l.i r With CuntllllouM. Rogers said he was a stockholder in the Standard Oil company of Indiana, but was not familiar with the detaile 1 conditions of the sale of oil in Missouri, and did not own or control any stock in the Waters-Pierce company. Ilrnril of Ynn Ilurrn. He said he had heard of N. N. Van Buren. and understood the latter was a son-in-law of John B. Archboid. He did not think II. M. Tilford was a di rector of the Indiana company. He be lieved he was connected with the Con tinental Oil company with an office at 2G Broadway, New York. linn No KooHledK'i Rogers said he had no knowledge that the business of the Indiana com pany was controlled in Missouri by any trade committee with offices at 2j Broadway and denied he had any con nection with the details of the business of selling and refining petroleum in Missouri, that part of the business be ing controlled and managed by others. lonfrrrc.I Willi Moffat. He said D. A. Moffat Is president of the Standard Oil company of Indiana, with offices at 2G Broadway, at which place he had held a conference with Moffat on business connected with tho Indiana company. Let Off for the Tmy After some further examinatic: Had. ley said pending the production of cer tain papers in connection with the sub ject, he would suspend Rogers' exam ination for the day. As Rogers left the stand he thanked Attorney Gen eral Hadley for his courtesy. A Itorkrfrllrr cl. William G. Rockefeller, son of Wil liam Rockefeller, was called to the stand. He said he is assistant, treas urer of the Standard company of New Jersey, and resides in New York City. The witness denied he had any con nection with the Standard company of Indiana, also that he had any knowl edge of any reports having been mado by anyone at 2G Broadway concerning the business of the Waters-Pierce Oil company, Republic Oil company, or Standard Oil of Indiana. Makm More Hrninla. He denied he is director of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey, or a stockholder in either or any of the Standard Oil companies, or that ho had any knowledge of the business af fairs of the three co-respondent com panies. The hearing then adjourned until Monday. Admit the OMorrahlp. New York, March 24. Counsel for the Staudard Oil company at the in vestigation being conducted by Attor ney General Hadley of Missouri, agreed to have noted on the records of the hearing the admission that the stock of tho Republic Oil company and thr Waters-Pierce Oil company of Indiana is held in trust by the Standard Oil company of New Jersey. MORE ARE KILLED This Time Pulajanes Give Bat tle In Philippines Gov ernor Missing. Manila, March 24. A telegram re ceived by the government today from the Island of Samara says an engage ment occurred between the constabu lary and a force of fanatical Pulajanes. Governor George Curry Is reported missing. Details are lacking. The battle ship Wisconsin will fall at midnight for Shanghai to Join the American fleet there. Rush orders to that effect were received from Rear Admiral Train. Patiison Improves. Columbus. Ohio. March 24. The condition of Governor Pattlson today continues to show favorable progress.