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TE E ROCK AROuS. J I ' 1 I FIFTY-SIXTH YEAH. XO. . ..." SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27. lJ)OO.r-T.VELYE PAGES. PlilCE TWO CENTS. INVITE A GREAT STRIKE; ROADS ANSWER EMPLOYES PEN PICTURES OF PROMINENT PEOPLE FAMILIAR FACES AS SEEN IN ROCK ISLAND'S EVERYDAY LIFE. tCRETARY iETCALF SENT TO PLEAD FOR JAPANESE I 7' 'i f C " 1 . I 1 Demand of Switchmen for Eighl-Hour Day Refused. ONLY 2-CENT ADVANCE Applies Also to Other Organiza tions of Railway Men. Chicago. Oct. 27. The railroads to day informed Grund Muster Hawley of the Switchmen's union the demands of the nun for an eight hour day. uml increase in wages would be refused. Thu offer of an Increase of two cents er hour, which the railroads have al ready made to the switchmen, was re pealed. lllrn t OlUrrn. Tlie refusal of the demands of the switchmen was also made to apply to all other organizations of railroad em ployes which have presented demands for shorter hours or increased wages DIES WITH WOMAN L. C. Hampton. Prominent Trust Company Official, in Tragedy. MAY HAYE BEEN AGREEMENT Had Been Much Together of Late Widow and Two Children Survive. New York, Oct. 27. Louis O. Hamp tin. uged 00.. us&istauL secretary of the 1'ntted 'States Trust company of this city, shot und killed Victoila I. Taez kow, aged oO. a beautiful woman, in Hotel (iriffott late last nlsht and then committed suicide'. Hampton was in fatuated with the woman and they had been together many times during the past month. - JrrriM Iw llavr I - A itrreuiriit. Whether or not the tragedy was the result of a pact between the man and woman to die together has not been determined, but circumstances seem to show the woman had agreed to die with her companion. Hampton leaves a wife and two children. Miss Tacz kow lived with her father and invalid mother, and was employed in a Fifth avenue department store. Hint Uaa PrrMlttmt ( (I'ni'fri. The I'nlted States Trust company, of which Hampton was assistant .secre tary, is one of the largest and strong est trust companies In New Yerk. Ex- Secretary Lyman J. Oage was its pres ident until recently. NEW CONVENTION OFFICERS State Y. M. C. A. Selects Leaders for the Sessions at Aurora. Auroru. II!.. Oct. 27. The state con vtntlon of the Young Men's Christian Association yesterday elected the fol lowing convention officer: Piesident Frank Nay. Chicago. Vice President W. R. Yendall. Au loia. Secretary Dwight Bristol. Am boy. Secretary W. )2. Edmonds. Decatur. Secretary Wright Welst. University tf Illinois. Don O. Shelton. New York, conduct ed the bible studies yesterday, and during the remainder" of the convention will conduct four more. A banquet given by the business nun was held last night. Six hundred delegates are registered. Today the ananual election officers will be held. HITS INDIVIDUALS Oil Trust Heads to be Prose cuted by Moody as Last Official Act. Washington, Oct. 27. Attorney Gen eral Moody Is about to bring proceed ings against the prominent members of the Standard Oil company under the .terms of the Sherman anti-trust law. l- 1 ...).... nilnntllua rt rl 11 ... I VI I prlsoumeut for persons guilty or its violation. This action, wnich will be' the most notable ot auy ever undertak-l en by the government against a com-j mercial organization, will be Mr. Moo-' dy's valedictory to the cabinet. I RUSSIAN ROBBERS SEIZE LARGE SUM Mold Up Wagon in Streets of St. Pe tersburg in Daylight and Se cure $193,000. S;. Petersburg. Oct. 27. A bold at tempt was made at noon today, in the center of the city, to rob a wagou which was conveying cash from the custonu department to the state treas ury. Two bombs were thrown in quick succession at the vehicle. The gendarmes escorting the wagon, although wounded by explosion of the bombs, tired a volley at the robbers. One of the latter was" killed another wounded and a third captured. .Many bystanders sustained slight injuries. Tlie highwaymen got away with TPJo.POO from the wagons. ANOTHER LEOPOLD SUSPECT IS HELD Latest Clew Comes from Fairbury, Neb., Where Traveler Was Arrested. Cliica.no, Oct. 27. Word was receiv ed bv tlie Chicago police last night trom Fairbury, Neb., that a man be lieved to be I.eopoUI. implicated by Nicholas in the murder of Mrs. Leslie, the actress, was taken from a train there and is being held for ideutitica tien. Tlie suspect had a through ticket to San Francisco, which had been pur chased at Sycamore. III.; Thursday night. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT REACHES 48TH MILESTONE Celebrates With Usual Round of Du ties Wireless for Trip to Panama. Washington. Oct. 27. .Mr. Roosevelt today is celebrating his IStli birthday anniversary. It is like any other day so far a his work is concerned, but Mrs. Roosevelt and the children deter mined to celebrate the occasion. They prepared numerous presents for him, and the' White House gardener was in structed to have an exceptionally ex quisite bouquet upon the president's desk and a II oral display in the dining i com. President Roosevelt during his trio to Panama next month will be kept in constant touch with Washington and the world by wireless telegraphy. The battleship Louisiana, on which he will make the trip, will be fitted out with the necessary apparatus and will keep in communication with wireless sta tions going to and from the isthmus. For all practical purposes the presi dent hopes to he in almost as close touch with the members of his admiu istiation while on the trip as he would be in his office at the White House. $50,000 FOR IOWA UNIVERSITY Wife of Late New Yorker Bequeaths Amount to Aid Poor Students. Iowa City. Iowa. Oct. 27. A. Whit ney Carr of Jordan. N. Y., who died suddenly here on Thursday, aged 81 years, has bequeathed the University of Iowa $30,000, to be used in con tinuance of the A. Whitney Carr schol arship fund. For several years the university has had the use of all the income f'tmi that amount, except an annuity of 1.300. which Mr. Carr re served for his own needs. Mr. Carr, though not an alumnus of the univer sity, was a friend of education. Hid gift is for the benefit of poor and am bit Ions students. Mr. Carr was In the Iowa City hospital, but was not ex pected to die. The end came without warning as he was seated in a chair. MARLEOROUGHS STILL APART Mediation by Kiry Fails to Reconcile the Separated Couple. London. Oct. 27. The separation of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough has now become public property and is openly discussed in Mayfair. The On looker declares that it constitutes the greatest society sensation in years. Kink Edward, who. partly from mo tives of pulley and partly out of good nature, always strives to prevent these aristocratic upheavals, useil the utmost personal effort to bring about a recon ciliation. Even an apparent reconcili ation would have satisfied the king, but the duchess displayed what his majesty termed "incredible obstinacy." Editor Victim of Thugs. La Crosse. Wis.. Oct. 27. WUliani E. Rarber. publisher of the Ia Crosse Tribune, was lured into a dark alley at ulght by two men said to be "Bob bie" Fisher aud "Cockle" Crowley and severely beaten. The men ore declar ed to be thugs and henchmen of Harry Palmer, candidate for sheriff, whom Barber has vigorously ' opposed. Palm er. Barber charges, was a silent party to the assault. CAPT I'rt's.ident of the ltoc-lc Lsluod A: liiveni'oKt Ferry company. Cajiaiii Hendersou lxas bet-n on the fixer t lj jrreater poftion of his lifts sim-e at talniny: ilia majority. Ia the old l-riy.of "r-h- ferry, ll.ck Island. he was Iter master for 11 years. Then he became; a land... lubber, and a ranchman, and for 17 years he conducted successfully one. of '.the largest and bast, farms in southwestern lenva. Ten years auo Ills old love for the Mississippi returned and he came back to Rock Island to become - master of the Augusta, after ward named by him the T. -J. Robinson He is now president of the com pany, that recently built from his plans tlm ferry, Davenport. Captain Henderson has proven a popular and enterprising manager He has con stantly improved the service; between the two e'.ties in response to the demand of the public until today he has the linest ferry line on the Qiitire river. Capt. Henderson possesses all the line attributes ef a jolly, good na tured steamboat captain aud his pleastiut smile has beouic part of the treat passengers on his boat enjoy. Captaiu Henderson is a memtier of the Rock Islantl Club. IN TRUST'S GRIP Indtpendtnt Grain Dealers at Mercy of State Organi zation ACCORDING TO TESTIMONY Givei at Des Moines Before the Inter state Commerce Com mission. De. Moines. Iowa. Oct. 27. Sensa tional incidents marked the offering of testimony before the interstate com merce commission iu sessi&u here yes t.erda realtive to the fixing of prices for giain by the De' Moines Cereal club f ir the members of the State Grain Dealers' association, aud the postim: of elevator business at many Iowa ioints..- Several members of the Cereal club testified that they could not nuitrtiiber that the organization had e' er voted to fix prices for grain. R. W. Harper then testified that as a irtiest of the club he had often attended its bauqueU and meetings, which were held at the Grant club weekly, ana that lifter discussion of prices the vote of th meeting was taken on motion by t?ie presiding officer. George A. Wellii. secretary of the Grain Dealers' association, and expressed by lifted hands, as a basis of quotations for the ensuing week furnished to members of the association by Ward G. Case of this city. Central Fact Ulwlmed. The facts disclosed by the testimony in the hearing were to the following effect : The grain dealers' association J is making a fight against the farmers' elevator, which Is not a member ot the association, by restricting its terminal market when uosslhle. I . Extensive rxmlinir arrnrimf nt s I have existed and now -exist in Iowa, 0 .llSv Y ;v . MARCUS L. HENDERSON. OflC LshlOd eV" UiVeillot FeMTV fdlll which control the amount of business done? by competing elevators. Prices of "regular" elcvaters are I governed more or less by a card issued here by Mr. Case; this card formerly was tlie result of the weekly discus sion and frequent vote of tlie member of the Des Moines Cereal club. Secretary Wells and the members of the grain elealtrs' association regard thU card as the basis for prices to be paid the farmers. Independent elevators are forced into a pooling arrangement with line eleva tors ivyt' penalty of losing business in price; manipulation. GOVERNMENT CROP REPORTS ARE HIT Arterican Society Recommends That They Be Discontinued Of ficfrs Elected. East. St. bonis. III.. Oct. 27. The So ciety of Equity' yesterday condemned the crop bulletins issued by the agri cultural departm ent and recommended that congress order them discemtinucd. It was "oted to establish a press bu reau at Jianapolis whose work wili be iL gt out a ;rp bulltUn and fur nish data to the. press. The fruitt r:i- . produce growers' branch: ;of th' society elected the fol lowing ofBcefs-. ' Pre-siuynr v'. O. Drayton, Green ville, III. ; - Secretary and Treasim r Thomas Emmerton. Bloomer. Wis. , Directors J. B. Whit'nj;, Interlaken, N. Y.: T. U Motrtll. Ccar, Minn.; A. K. Finout, Barryton. Mich. The directors will select this city for the next convention. 12 FIRE yiCTIMS; " FOUR MORE LOST Kansas City. Kan.. Oct. 27. Four ad ditional bodies were removed this fore noon from the ruins of the chamber of commerce building,, making a total known dead 12. Four persous are ftill missing. START TOO YOUNG Michigan School Teachers Told Radical Changes Are Needed IN EDUCATION OF CHILDREN Should Not Begin Arithmetic Till 13 Years of Age Hits at Super intendent. Battle Creek. .Mich.. Oct. 27. Ad dressing 7.500 school teachers at the annual convention of the Michigan State Teachers' association. President Ellsworth Gage of the Laucaster, Oli vette. Mich., college, made a number of radical suggestions for changes in the present educational systems. He declared children are started in school too young, that they should be at least eight years old before taking up school work and contended there should be but four years instead of eight before the pupil entered the high school. Hy giene, he said, is a more important subject than either geography or arith metic for children. Mart ArttbnieM at To master arithmetic it should uot b studied until the children have reach ed their 13th year. He said the state superintendent of public Instruction spends too much of his time in poli tics and too little at work and recom mended, the engagement of a capable educator for the office at a salary of at least $6,000 per year. MANY ADDRESSES FOR DAY Little Routine Business Comes Up Be fore National W. C. T. U. Hartford. Conn., Oct. -This is primarily the day of addresses at the national convention of the Women's Christian Temperance union. Except ing some department conferences at the morlng session, no routine business was transacted. ALL INDEPENDENCE CANDIDATES LOSE But Six Exceptions to Ruling of Court Petitions Were Im proper. New York. Oct. 27. By a decision ef the appellate division of tlie su preme couit every one ejf the Inde pendence League organization candi dates for the assembly and for con gress with six exceptions, were thrown off the ticket and under this decision they cannot run under the Indepen dence league emblem of the scaies. In dependence league attorneys announc ed that an appeal will ba taken at once to the court of appeals at Albany. FIREMEN CARRY OUT FIRE BOUND GUESTS Several Seriously Injured in Hotel Blaze Due to Defective Wiring. Columbus, Ohio. Oct. 27. K'.eve-:i terrified people were rescued eaily to day in a lire in Hie upper rooms of the; Palm hotel.- The lire caught from de feetUe wiring and cut off guests from esc.i-pe - by the stairways. Kireiueu carried the half suffocated wenneu and children elown the ladders in their night clothes. The- seriously injured: Mrs. .1. K. Kush. Columbus. Richard Regan, tireman. William Foster. Columbus. Mary Hoover. LUTHERANS NEED MEN OF THE CLOTH Thousands of Ministers Required to Fill Vacant Charges in Country. Pittsburg. Oct. 27. Thousands 'if ministers are needed to equip vacant charges and.iicw niissiims of the Luth eran church ihroiighout tit:? country. This conclusion was reached :ii a con ference of officers of the Home Misie:ii board and minis-tcrs of the Pittsburg synod now in session here. C0RTELY0U TO QUIT JOB AS PARTY CHAIRMAN Will Retire from the National Commit tee Before Cabinet Change. Washington. Oct. 27. Posi master General George B. Cotteljeu will re tire from the chairmanship of the to publican national committee before he becomes sectetary of the treasury in succession to Secretary Shaw. This statement was made on excellent au thority. It has been generally u title r slootl that Secretary Shaw would re tire from the treasury March 4 next, but an . intimation was given that he might sever his coniu'ction with the department between Jan. 1 and the date mentioned. Harry S. New. the vice chairman of the republican na tional committee, will, it is expectenl. assume the eluties of chairman when Mr. Cortelyou retires. TOLEDO ICE WEN LOSE OUT Judge Kinkade's Sentence of Fine and Imprisonment Upheld. Toledo. Ohio. Oct. 27. The circuit court yesterday handed down a de cision in which it sustained Judge Kin- kade in sentencing the icemen to jail for combining to raise the price of ice. Sentences given the men were a $2,500 fine each and six months in the work house. If the supreme court aJhrnis the lower courts the ice men must serve the sentences. NO HAZING AT ILLINOIS Sophs," Usually Chief Offenders, Lead in Crusade Against Custom. Urbana. 111.. Oct. 27 Hazing f freshineii is branded as undemocratic, un-American, and unfair by the sopho more class-of the University or .Hinois in resolutions .which will be sent to members of the state legislature. Tae cla?3 declares that the custom tends to Injure the name and prospects of the university and advises other methods of supervision for the newcomers. The "sophs" are usually the leading hazers and this action will probably end hav ing altogether at the state university. Boy of Eight Kills Brother. Springfield. 111.. Oct. 27. The S-y ear old twin sons or Cyrus Ccffee. living near Hillsboro. went into the yard yesterday to "play soldier." taking a revolver with them. Charles shtt Rob ert in the right temple. The child died within an hour. Portugal Tobacco Monopoly. Lisbon. Oct. 27. The house of pe ers J today passed a bill establishing a state jiouacco monopoly. President Dispatches Cabinet Member to Frisco. SHOWS APPRECIATION Nothing Left Undone to Con vince Asiatics of Our Good Intentions. Washington. Oct. 27. Secretary and Mrs. Metcalf were guests at luncheon today of the president ami Mrs. Roose velt. The opport unity was embraced by the president and the secretary to discuss fully tlie special mission of the latter to San Francisco respecting the anti-Japanese movement in that city and tlie exclusion from the seheoIs of Japanese children. The secretary Will go to San Francisco as the personal representative of tlie president, ami lie has been given wide latitude as to his actions. This action of the presidt-nt indi cates how thoroughly aroused the a ministi alien is over Japan's resent ment of the discrimination against its subjects in California, and how serious ly it views the situation, which threat ins a continuance of tltv cordial good fee-ling between the twc nations. Mr. Mticalf is a Califomiau. His home is at Oakland, just across the hay from San Francisco. His selection iis the presideiu"s I'tivoj was due iu pan to the geographical proximity of his residence to the seat of the autl .liipanese agitation. M-rt-!y sm t-'mpliuai. lint tlu- president wishes mainly to emphasize that his interest, in iheidt--. uation is great enough to justify senei ing one ef his own cabinet officers to 4 he sctne of the agitation. RAISULI III FIGHT Former Moroccan Bandit Chitf Routs Insurgents and Captures Town. MAKES LEADER A PRISONER Strong Representations of French Gov ernment Leads Sultan to Bestir Himself. Tangier. Oct. 27. Raisuli this luoru ing at lacked and captured Arzilla, re cently held by insurgent tribesmen. The insurgents were routed with the loss of many killeel. Their leader, Uer riani. was captured. -Mill it il iux Mklmtlah. Meilila. Oct. 27. The sultan's forces have been victorious in a skirmish uu the borders of Mullaya. Strong aglta lien against foreigners is reported to be in progress iu Morccco City. Vitrrf to Sruel Aid. Paris. Oct. 27. The Freuc.li govern ment has been advised that th Moroc can authorities, as a result of. the ener getic representations made by French efficial at Morocco City, have agreed to se tiel aiel to Tafalelt. south Morocco, for the purpose of calming the fanati cal tiibes there and persuading them to abandon their project of declaring holy war after the Ramadan festival. " No change is reported in the situa tion f affairs in the northern part of Morocco. L0SESML FIGHT Attorney General of Ohio Gets Adverse Decision In Im portant Case. Columbus. Ohio! Oct. 27. Attorney General Ellis was defeated today In his fight against tlie oil trust in a decision handed down by Judge Dillon in the common pleas:" court. The Manhattan company, which is understood to be a part of the Standard Oil company, was sued by the attorney general for flues amounting to $270,000, this method be ing taken instead of trying to oust the company from the state by ouster suits. The state claimed the above amount under the Willis law. The corporation admitted it had not paid the tax, but 'claimed it was exempt. Tlie case was ' decided against the attorney ge neral. i s . 1 'J. .U :