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B R0CEL ISLAND AUGU FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO. 25. THE ARGUS. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1908. PRICE TWO CENTS. T MISSIONARY CONGRESS BY CATHOLICS AT CHICAGO First Meeting of the Kind in This Country Opened With Ceremony. MARKS NEW ESTATE Pope Observes. 50th Anniver sary of His Joining the Priesthood. Chicago, Nov. 1C In the presence of church dignitaries, archbishops, bishops, mltered abbots and a multi tude of laymen the first session of the first Roman Catholic missionary con 'gress in this country opened here to day iu the 1st Regiment armory. Knlrr New Kutate. To communicants who thronged the assembly room the occasion had added significance from , the fact-it marks the passing of the Roman Catholic church in America from the position of a mission field in equality with the nations organized as hierarchical uni ties in the church. The morning session was presided over by Archbishop Quigley of Chi cago and was devoted to foreign mis ss ions. l'op .". Year I'rlext. Rome, Nov. 1C. Pontifical mass was celebrated this morning at St. Peter's by the pope on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of his joining the piiesthood. It was the most imposing ceremony witnessed in Rome since the coronation of the pontiff. There were present not less than 70,000 of the faithful, who had come to Rome from all parts of the world Special Tribune Krecteri. A tribune has been erected only for the pope's sisters, members of the royal family, diplomatic corps and special missions sent by the heads of states. The rest of the people were admitted by ticket. The basilica was radient with thou sands of electric lights and candles. The papal procession was most mag nificent and brought together a large variety of rich and costlf costumes The bishops were clad in purple and the cardinals in red. Iupe'M Chair Above All. Above the heads of the high church dignitaries rose the papal cnair upon which the pontiff, dressed almost en tirely in white, was seated. The chair was flanked by the famous feather fans and as the pope progressed he Imparted his blessing to the kneeling crowds. There were 34 cardinals and 36 bishops in the procession. Received at Entrance. Cardinal Sampolla, arch priest of St. Peter's, received the pope at the en trance of the basilica. The choir of the Sistlne chapel rendered music, which was most beautiful. The pope celebrated mass at the high altar standing above the shine of St. Peter. At the conclusion of the mass he im parted his solemn benediction to the vast congregation. It was an impres sive moment and everyone within the portals of St. Peter's was deeply touch ed by the solemnity of the occasion ihe reported engagement of his daugh-:er. In response he dictated the follow ing statement: "I do not care to say anything fur ther than that my daughter and the Duke of the Abruzzi are not engaged o be married, and that I regret ex ceedingly the annoyance that must 'aave come to the duke and his family by reason of the almost daily discus- ion of the matter in the press and the constant publication of rumors for so long a time rumors which I ven ture to hops will now cease. ' MUSCATINE LOSES SALOONS AGAIN Judge Bollinger Decides Absence Date on Mulct Petitions Ren ders It Invalid. Of Judge Bollinger Saturday afternoon passed upon the Muscatine mulct pe tition, after having it under advise ment more than seven weeks. Because of the absence of date with 596 names he finds the petition insufficient. His ruling reverses the decision of the board of supervisors, who found the petition sufficient. On the strength of the finding of the supervisors Musca tine's city council recently granted permission to sell liquor to 11 saloon keepers thus raising the lid that had been on since last winter. Judge Bol linger's ruling means the petition was never valid and the saloons have not been operating under the law. FLAMES WENT TOO FAR Now ROB POSTOFFICE Smooth Cracksmen Take $18,653 Worth of Stamps From Build ing During Night WHILE EMPLOYES WORKED Used Electric Drill in Adjoining Store to Cut Through Wall in Vault. DOWAGER IS ALSO DEAD Woman Who Has Ruled China So Long Soon Follows Emperor. NEGRO AND RIFLE Result in Eight Being Killed and Ten Injured at Omulgee, Oklahoma. ATTACK BLACK IN HIS HOME REVOLVER SHOT FIRED BY HIMSELF SEALS HAAS' LIPS Owner of Field Is Making Claim for Big Damages. One "day last week the members of the fire department went down to the west end of the city and set fire to a tract of weeds and rushes which from their proximity to the industrial plants were considered a menace and likely to be the means of starting a serious conflagration. The firemen had a line of hose strung as a precaution and there was no chanco Tor their fixe to do damage to the buildings. But the wind was stronger than they had sap posed and in a few minutes tbe fire had been carried out of reach into a field of hay and rushes. Several stacks of fodder and rushes intended as bedding for cattle were destroyed and now the owner of the field claims damages and threatens to take the matter before the city officials if the firemen do not settle with him from their private purses. . The incident may be the cause of some very inter esting litigation. The firemen claim that they were doing all the owners of property in that section of the city service in setting the weeds afire themselves and that the damage, which was small in comparison with the possible damage under other con ditions, should be charged off as an investment for improved fire protec tion. South Bend, Ind.. Nov. 1C The big- jest robbery in the history of South Bend was pulled off Saturday night by safe blowers, who plundered the South 3end postoffice of $1S,653 and made men a succesful getaway that post office inspectors and police are with out a clew on which to conduct their :nvestigation. The plunder was all stamps. The robbery was discovered at 8:30 o'clock yesterday morning by a clerk in the employ of the Household Outfitting- company, one door north of the room temporarily occupied for post- office purposes during the erection of the new $100,000 building. The cler,k having occasion to enter the store found it impossible to open either en trance to which he had keys, and sus pecting that something was wrong. called Patrolman Parker. Throwing their weight against the doors, they forced an entrance, and "examination showed that they had been fastened by large screw hooks. Kleetrle Drill l I hciI. A hole 14 by 14 inches had been electrically drilled through the 14-inch fire-proof wall, forming one side of the postoffice vault, through which one of the robbers had entered the vault and passed the plunder to his confederates. That the robbery was committed by ex perts is shown by precautions used to prevent discovery and that the men worked so skillfully that the nignt force of mailing clerks within 100 feet of the vault had no knowledge of what was taking place. Robber Had Lookout. Marking in the dust of the stairway showed that -a lookout was stationed in a position which would give him a full view of the street through the big window In the front of the store. A print of a revolver was also left on the stairway. As the booty would fill not ieB thaa !ght-8tut ica3es the authori ties state that at least four men were employed in the robbery. The round about method taken to get within reach of the vault shows that the plan of the buildings had been carefully stud ied probably for weeks. At no time during the night was the postoffice unguarded, Frank Rexstrew and Frank Zipperer, mailing clerks, being in the building and sorting room until relieved by the day force. Pa- PE0PLET0LDTHENEWS Prompt Steps in Announcing New Ruler Expected to Avert Trouble. Peking, Nov. 1C Tsze Hsi An, dowager empress of China and the most powerful woman in the world, is dead. The end of this remarkable woman, unrivaled in history, the autocratic head of government during more than half a century of nearly one-third of the world's population, came at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. That is the official announcement from the imperial palace which fol lowed the news less than 24 hours be fore of the death of the emperor, Kuang-Hsu. It is believed here that the deaths of both the empress dowager and em peror occurred some time befure that set down in the official tidings. New Kmperor on Throne. With the announcement of the end of the empress dowager's career of extravagance, cruelty Sheriff, and Assistant Chief of Police Among the Slain Murderer, When Shot, Burns House. Okmulgee, Okla., Nov. 16. Eight persons were killed and 10 others wounded as the veteran's work of a negro desperado who, barricaded in his house and armed with a rifle, held at bay a frenzied mob of citizens, but who finally was shot in by the fusil ade which they kept up, whereupon he fired his dwelling and perished in the flames. The dead are: EDGAR ROBINSON, sheriff of Ok mulgee county. HENRY KLABER, assistant chief of police of Okmulgee. CHAPMAN, two brothers, M0LINE PLOW CO. LOSES BY BLAZE West Half of Omaha Branch Destroy, ed With Loss of $100,000 Fully Covered by Insurance. Omaha, Nov. 16. Fire early yester day morning destroyed the west half of the Nebraska-Moline Plow company plant, together with its contents, com posed of a large stock of buggies, -wagons and farm machinery is nearly $100,000, covered ance. The loss by insur trolman Cuttine. a messeneer. and mail wagon drivers were also in and out of!""" are PPrviwbive as to tne iu the postoffice at all hours of the night. TWO OLD GENTLEMEN HURT Dr. Granere and J. P. Lindstrom Are Victims of Accidents. Dr. C. O. Granere, librarian of Au- gustana college, fell off the steps of the porch at his home Saturday and sustained a fracture of a rib. A little ice on one of the steps caused the ac cident. The patient's condition is rather serious as he is well advanced in years. J. P. Lindstrom, father of Mrs. A. G. Anderson, met with a similar accident on Thirty-ninth street, sustaining a dislocation of his hip in a fair on the sidewalk. His condition is made ser ious because of his advanced age. BALLOON RACE A FAILURE ABRUZZI MATCH DENIED Senator Elkins Declares Miss Kath- erine and Duke Are Not Engaged. Washington, Nov. 1C. Senator Sto phen B. Elkins last night made yie emphatic announcement that no en gagement exists between, his daughter. Miss Katherln'e, and the Duke of the Abruzzi. .. The statement was made with the knowledge and consent of Miss Elkins who desired that the statement should bo given to the public, which has man ifested so great an interest in the mat ' ter. . - , Senator Elkina arrived in Washing ton from his West Virginia home yes - terday. He was askad if he cared to make any announcement concerning Contrary Winds Spoil Plan to Sail Across Continent. Los Angeles, Nov. 10. Because of unusual atmospheric conditions the transcontinental balloon, race which was to have started from Los Angeles yesterday was a failure. Only the big balloon America was sent up, and it was carried by a steady current of air south and slightly west and directly towards the Pacific ocean. It is be lieved to have landed somewhere on the beach. The other, balloon, United States, profited by the example of its rival and did not ascend. THANKFUL FOR PROGRESS power came an official edict placing J upon the throne of China Prince Pu Yi, 3-year-old son of Prince Chun, re gent of the empire. Thi. edict came, it is declared, in accordance with a promise given by the dowager em press soon after the marriage of Prince Chun in 1903. An edict issued Friday made Pu-Yi heir presumptive to the throne. The dowager empre?s was 74 years of age, and in every one of the years since she was 17 were crowded start ling evenWrWTlIs fof Jhe entire world in tht years since 1861, and constant uneasiness among the millions in Chirta. Though pronounced wicked, cruel, extravagant, indomitable, she had wisdom, sagacity and diplomacy which astounded all crowned and un crowned leaders of mankind since her dominant authority began. Great Powera UaeaMy. Foreign legations were notified early yesterday of the emperor's death and the succession of Prince Pu-Yi. The given names unknown. JIM DECKARD, negro. Three unidentified negroes. The wounded: Steve Grayson, Indian boy, fatally beaten. Vic Farr, chief of police, shot through shoulder. Deputy sheriff, name not learned, arm broken. Seven others, slightly wounded. Begun at Hallrond Station. The disturbance began at the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad sta tion, where Jim Deckard, the negro, engaged in a fight with an Indian boy Steve Grayson, and beat him into in sensibility with a rock. Friends of Grayson notified the no- and unbridled ; lice, and when Assistant Chief Klaber democratic candidate for governor, was reelected for a third term by over 30,000, and the legislature is 2 to 1 against county option. In Colorado; Wisconsin, Nebraska and Idaho the issues were Identical. The county option question did not enter into the state campaign, but an effort was made bv the anti-saloon forces to capture the legislature. In all three states the attempt failed and a majority of the legislators chosen in each state are opposed to county option. Swenr the lnttue Wm Met. Colorado Not an issue as far as governorship was concerned, but anti- saloon league made bitter fight to elect a legislature favorably to county option. Majority of new logislature opposed to county option. Florida General election ratified state primary result held in June against state wide prohibition, elect ing a liberal governor and legislature. Idaho Not an issue so far as gov ernorship was concerned, but anti-saloon league made bitter fight to elect a legislature favorable to county op tion. Majority of new legislature op posed to county option. Illinois County option the main is sue for election of members of legisla ture. Next legislature strongly op posed to county option, 73 per cent of members being liberal. Prohibition party has no representation as against three in last legislature. Indiana County option main issue in state campaign. State went 10,000 for Taft, but Watson, republican can didate for governor, was beaten on county option issue by Marshall, dem ocrat, by 1S.00O. New legislature democratic as result of Governor Han- Man Who Attempted to Kill Heney Com mits Suicide. GUN SMUGGLED TO HIM Attorney Submits to Operation for Removal of the Bullet. (Continued on Page Four.) (Continued on Page Two.) went to' the station, Deckard fled to his house near by and barricaded him self. When Assistant Chief Klaber ap proached. Deckard shot and instantly killed him. Sheriff Robinson gathered a posse in a few minutes and hurried to the scene. Part of this po6se was made up of negroes, whom the sheriff com missioned as deputies. As the posse approached the house. Deckard opened fire with a rifle, firing asjrapidly as he oould reload his wea,-i pan. The sheriff fell, almost instantly killed. FIrea Ilia Own Honae. Then five of the negro deputies were slain. Deckard's house was soon surround ed by a frenzied mob of armed men. Fire was set to a nouse just north of Deckard's. Volleys were pourned into Deckard's place and ne was shot down. He was seen to roll over on the floor, strike a match, and set fire to his own house, which was soon a roaring fur nace in which his body was con sumed. GOMEZ PRESIDENT RECENT ELECTION INDICATES LOSS FOR PROHIBITION Chicago. Nov. 1C. Now thr.t the! various party managers have figured out just how the election vent on the national ticket, they are turning tueir attention to an analysis of the vf ta cast at the recent election. One o the most interesting features in this connection is the statement of Eugene Chafin, probibition candidate ar president, who, at the Washington home the other night, said that the prohibition movement on Nov. 3 re ceived a decided setback. Mr. Chafin says: "With the aid of the liquor business the republicans carried New York city, Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati. Ev ery temperance candidate of jT'inl- nence on both sides was knocked out at the recent election, including; Gov ernor Folk of Missouri. Thi3 means that the fight will be between the re publicans and the prohibitionists from now on, and I am confident that a prohibitionist will be elected president in 1912 There are many thousands of voters in both parties who are ready to come with us just as soon as they are con vinced that whisky dominates the present elections. We are sure to win." Made Little Headway. That the prohibition movement made no headway, as Mr. Chafin inti mates, is borne out by an analysis of the votes in the various states. The storm center of the prohibitionists fight in the election was in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, South Dakota, Rhode Iflteid, Minnesota and Tennessee. In each of these states the prohibition ists were , defeated and a number of well, known candidates who cham pioned their causa tailed in election. Probably the hottest content over the probibition question was In Ind! Governor Deneen in Proclamation Re fers to Moral Awakening. Springfield, 111., Nov. 16. In his proclamation issued Saturday setting ana, because of its pivotal character aside Thursday, Nov. 26, next, as. in the national election. Governor J. Thanksgiving day, Governor Deneen J F. Hanly, republican, is a well-known urges that Illinoisans give thanks for prohibition advocate and secured con- the great material prosperity and says trol of the republican state conven- the "Increasing sense of moral respon-! tion. He secured a county option sibility has promoted the growth of plank in the platform. The demo- a healthy public sentiment. In char- cratic party plat om' adrocated. vil acter alone is found the essential con- lage and township option. Governor d it ion of all true progress." ' Hanly, however, was' not satisfied and as the campaign progressed called a special session of the legislature, which was republican, and procurea the passage of a county option law. In this step he was ably assisted by the republican nominee for governor. James Watson, and United States Sen ator Hemenway. The action of the governor caused much criticism and in the campaign county option became the issue. The state went republican on president by 10.000 plurality, bnt the republican candidate for governor, Watson, was defeated by Marshall, democrat, by over 18,000, while the re publicans also lost the legislature, which will now elect a democratic United States senator to succeed Sen ator Hemenway, Governor Hanly's as sociate in the county option fight. Linen Shnrpljr Drawn. In Ohio, the birthplace of the Anti Saloon league, the lines between the prohibitionists and the liberals were snarpiy drawn. Tne anti-saioon ele ment championed the cause of Gov ernor Harris, candidate for reelection Harris had been prominent during his administration as an advocate of p.o hibition and had obtained ihe passage of the Rose county option law by the legislature. In the campaign, he was opposed by Judson Harmon, the demo cratic candidate, who was supported by the more liberal voters of the state. The result was that Ohio gave Taft 65,000 plurality, but in spite of this sweeping republican victory, the re publican candidate on a prohibition platform went down in defeat and his democratic opponent was elected by over 20,000. State Senators Ro.ce, Sites, Meek and Drake, who were lieu tenants of Harris in his anti-saloon campaign, also were defeated. Rose was the father of the county option law and Drake the chairman of the committee of the legislature having charge of all temperance legislation. In Illinois the anti-saloon people centered their fight in an effort to cap ture the legislation lor county option. Returns show that they were over whelmingly defeated, 75 per cent of the members elected to the senate and house being opposed to county option. The leader of the local option forces Leader of Cuban Army Elected Lead Island Government for Ensuing Term. to VICTORY FOR CONSERVATIVES Means That the Revolution of 1906 is Upheld People Express Choice Without Disorder. San Francisco, Nov. 16. The bullet fired by Maurice Haas at Mr. Heney was successfully removed this morn ing. Heney showed no ill effects from the operation. I'aHHPH Restful Right. San Francisco, Nov. 1C. Francis J. Heney passed a very restful night. It is reported from the hospital the prospects for recovery are most en couraging. HIk Crowd In Court. San Francisco, Nov. 16. There was an enormous crowd present today when the bribery trial of Abraham Ruef began, but owing to the large force of police on hand there was but little confusion. Attorney Dozier filed an affidavit signed by Ruef asking for a change of venue to some court in another part of the state as he was convinced he could not obtain a fair trial in this court. Court adjourned" till tomorrow in order to give the prosecution time to make counter af fidavits. Killa Self in Jail. San Francisco, Nov. 16. Maurice Haas, who Friday attempted to assas sinate Francis J. Heney. Saturday night, xamuiii led suicide by atlMioting himself through the forehead with a pistol he had concealed about his per son. Haas went to bed" at 8 o'clock and covered his face with a blanket. At 8:30 a shot was heard from his cell and when the guards entered they found him dead on the floor with revolver in his hand. The weapon had been concealed in his shoe. After he shot Heney, Haas was searched and again at the jail, but at neither time were his shoes examined. Haas went to bed Saturday night with in the last legislature, O. F. Berry, was retired. In South Dakota, the question of county option was squarely presented to the people of the entire state under the initiative and referendum. The prohibitionists and the anti-saloon leaguers had joint headquarters and made a vigorous fight. County option was defeated by 7,000. The defeat of the question is more decisive in South Dakota because it is a purely agricultural state and in recent years had experience in state prohibition. Tent In Rhode Island. The anti-saloon league selected Rhode Island as a point in which to test its strength in New England. Two weeks before the election under a decision of the supreme court, It became necessary for the state as a whole to vote on the question of license or no license. A short but lively campaign followed and resulted In the wets retaining all the towns and cities they had "and regaining seven more towns that had previously gone dry. The aggregate majority of the towns favoring licenses was 20,000 or more. The verdict of the voters of Ten nessee who in the June primaries voted against state wide prohibition, was sustained in the general election. At the primaries Governor M. R. Pat terson, democrat opposed E. S. Car- mack, editor of The Tennesseean of Nashville. Carmack favored state Dro- hibition and after his defeat bolted the primary decision ond the platform and continued his flght for state wide prohibition. Patterson was reelected by 35,000, running 10,000 ahead of the national ticket. A majority of the legislature is opposed to state wide prohibition and will stand by Governor Patterson's policies. The main issue in the election of a legislature in Minnesota was county option. ,Tbe fight, was carried on in nearly every district and as the con test progressed Candidate Jacobson, republican nominee for governor, came out squarely for county option. He declared against the saloon in general. The result was that while Taft car- Havana, Nov. 16. Jose Miguel Go mez and Alfredo Zayas, the candidates of the liberal party for president and vice president of Cuba in the national elections held Saturday, swept the is land. Their opponents. General Mario Menocal and Dr. Rafael Montoro, the his shoes on candidates of the conservative party. His wife called on him Saturday but have been badly beaten. The revolu- two officers were present during the tion of 1906 nas been upheld, and interview and they say she could not Cuba is ready for the reestablishment possibly have slipped the weapon to of the republic and the withdrawal of j him the intervening government on Jan. 28,1 It was not until yesterday morning as promised by President Roosevelt. Ithat Mr. Heuey learned that Haas had People Mont orderly. committed suicide. . When told by Dr The 'orderliness and tranquility of Beasley that the man who made the Saturday's event demonstrate the re- attack uuon n's life nad died by his ceptive mood of the DeoDle and their Pwn nand. before a complete confes abilitv to handle a critical situation. sion couId "e obtained from him by Although the returns are painfully Detective Burns the chief prosecutor slow in enminff in. few of the ennserv- uu,eu i uisappomimeni. ative leaders claim that they have car ried more than the provinces of Cam- aguey and Pinar del Rio. The old stronghold of the conservatives, Ma tanzas, has apparently gone for the liberals. There was not a single row of im- "I'm so sorry," he said. "They could have got some information out of him." Wife May Have Given Gun. The Derringer with which Haas killed himself in the cell was passed to him. it now seems probable, Satur- portance while the votes were being da by 'Mrs. Haas or a policeman. Mrs. naas and a woman mend were admitted to the assassin's cell by Po liceman Kelly, sou of Captain Kelly, who was in charge of the prisoner. cast. From early in the morning offi cial telegrams from all " parts of the island said the reign of tranquility was complete, and when the polls clos ed at 6 o'clock the only trouble report ed was from Cardenas and Matanzas, where two. persons were injured in a cutting affray. TO ORGANIZE NEW CLASS E. B. Of PAY WEEKLY AND IN CURRENCY McKown Is to Be Teacher Bible Study Course. Preceding the meeting of the gym nasium classes at the Y. M. C. A. this Arsenal Workmen Under New Plan evening a Monday evening bible class w.ii ue Benemea. i , . Beginning Saturday afternoon ein- uc s-"cu ployes of Rock Island arsenal will re- as teacher. The class will take sup ceive their pay on what is practically per at the Y. M. C. A. the beginning a weekly basis. There will hereafter of each week and wili 4jjen SDend a P,ay dJayfn,0n'." the short time in study of the bible. A join, zoru ana at me enu or luemomn. I n i i ivi i Another change that is much apprecia- ounuay "lernoun uiuie ciass was or- ted is the payment of wages in cur- ganized yesterday afternoon at a little rency Instead of by draft, thus avoid- supper given for the occasion. A. L. ing the rush to get the paper cashed Burnett led the class yesterday, using, that was formerly experienced. - as his topic "the week, of prayer." Dif ferent men will be secured to lead the WILLS ADMITTED IN COURT c,ass throughout tne inter up pers will be enjoyed before each meet- James A. Harness. Leaves Property tojtng. His Natural Heirs. . I Following the meeting of the gymna- The will of the late James A. Har- sium classes this evening Dr. Ira Crlss- ness of Reynolds was admitted to pro-1 man will give the members the first of bate in the county court today by I a series of lectures on personal puri- Judge R, W. Olmsted. The instru-1 ty. Lectures along the same line were ment gives the personal property to I given last year, and they were so use- the widow and divides the real e3'atelful and popular that they will be de- among the children and grandchildren, i livered again. Judge Olmsted also admitted to oro-l The program for the week Includes bate the will of the late Henry Gulck I the entertainment given by the Youne of Moline. All of the property is left (People of the Baotist church on Tnea- to the testator's widow.- The instru-1 day evening and the Booster banquet w luc icoiAivL o iuu. iue iH&uu-uay evening ana me .Booster banquet . : . . ment was dated March 29, 1907. 'which takes place Thursday evening. - 5 : I i . i " v.. ";'. r. j; -1 it.