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ARGUS VOL. XL VII. 2s O. 154. ROCK ISIiA2I, 1X1.., SATTJEDAY, APRIL 2L 1899. PKICE THREE CENTi. ROCK ISJLAWB LAWTON LET LOOSE, Plucky American General Again Starts Out From Ma nia. HEADS NEW TLYIKG COLUMN. Object Is to Clean Out the Jungles Has An Early Engagement and Puts the Na tive to Boot Emphatic IeniaU a to l'hlllpplne Conspiracy Itefore the Cabi net, and Also as to Vice President Bo. kert'a Retirement. Manila, April 22. Lawton took the field at daybreak with the North Da kotans. two battalions of the 3d in fantry, the 22d infantry, two guns of Scott's battery, and-three troops of the 4th cavalry, and Gale's squadron in Iiirht marchinir order. I he force started at 5 over the Movaliches road traversing the country previously cleared of relels, but subsequently reoccupied by them. It is presume! that Lawton will outtlaok the enemy before joining MArthur on the north of Malolos. The Dakotans lirst encountered the enemy in front of Novaliches at 8:15. The reikis opened lire, but were silenced in 15 minutes, retiring in bad order, the Americans advancing. They were considerably annoyed by the lire of the rebel sharpshooters from the jungle for two hoars, but at 2 o'clock this afternoon the rebeU were in lull llight, leaving many dead. Our troops were compelled to take a brief ret in the shade as the heat is overpowering Lawton'. New Flying Column. Washington, April 22. A cable from Olis announces the information of a new living column under Liwton and the initiation of a new campaign which in expected to result in clear ing the jungles north of Manila up to tlie foothills on the northeast, and tiie limits of the railroad at Iiiilucun. The text of the dispatch is not made public VOWED TO KILL SIX CITIZENS Negroes Take MarderousOaths In Georgia, One of Which Is Etecnt eil. Atlanta. Ca.. April 22. The Jour nal's I'almetto, (Ja.. siecial savs six negroes registered a vow to kill six citizens, each selecting his victim. Sam Hose selected Alfred Cranford. who was cliopjHid to pieces 10 days I :io. ins w lie assaulted, his children brutally treated ami his house roblicd. II. T. Daniels, another prominent cit izen, was threatened with death. He- pcatedlv the r.errocs runir the tloor- Ih-11 anl concealed themselves, the in-1 leiilion.H. it is asserted, being to kill the victim when he appeared at the door, the city has In-en under arms ever since the big lire, which resulted a week later in the lynching of live negroes. A COUPLE OF DENIALS. One as to Vice President Ilobart and One Regarding Cabinet Discussions. Washington, April 22. Upon the highest authority it can Iks staled that there is no truth in the report that Vice l'resident Ilobart has decided not to le a candidate for vice president. He has reached no decision. A cabi net olliccr is authority for the abso lute denial of the story that the cabi net yesterday discussed an alleged cunspiracv in this country to weaken the I'nitcd States in the Philippines. Col. M. Uwll Clark Suicides. Memphis, April 22. Col. M. Lewis Clark, of Imisvillc, the well known racing judge, committed suicide this inoinini; in his room at the Gaston hotel. Cnl. Clark had leen indisnosed sev eral davs, and vesterdav was obliged tu keep his room. The physiciau who attended him last night says he was Miflcrinir from melancholia. He rose catlv this morning, but remained in his room. Alxdit 'J he ordered adrink of iiramly. ana .liorllv afterward a shot was heard, and when his room w:n entered he was found Ivingacross the bed with a bullet hole in his head. and a revolver in hand. He died without regaining consciousness. C.rifon Kamor Ienled. Berlin. April 22. It is semi-oflici- nllv denied that the cruiser Geifon has lfii ordered to Samoa. l ynch Trial Jury Disagrees. Charleston. S. ('., April '.'2. The jury in the Like City lynching case Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards trie food against alum. Alum baking powders ate the greatest mmTT 1 acts to neurit ot the present day. lea.Kvvost this m orainjr. reported to the court its luauunj to agree ana was uiscnargeu. QUIET STRENGTH THE UTILE. In the Business World for the Week Iron Is 6till Booming-. New York, AdHI 22. Bradstreefs eays: The general buMre.-s situation is one of quiet strength, while In Indus trial lines activity continues unabated. The well-nigh universal testimony to damage of the winter wheat crop has had surprisingly little effect on prices M yet, owing partly to improved weath er conditions strengthening the hopes or a larger area in spring wheat, and also to good crop reports abroad and increased visible supplies as compared with a year ago encouraging foreign buyers in their neglect of American of ferings. An enlarged demand fur this I country's manufacture's prospects in some degree counterbalances the falling oft in the value of agricultural exports, notably cereals and cotton, as compared with a year ago. Quotations of pig ..Iron, steel billets and nearly all the cruder forms are firmly held, while for many finished products, such as plates and bars, even higher quotations are asked. Mills and furnaces are reported crowded with bus iness on earlier orders, and the disp si tion of buyers to delay placing their business for the latter tart of the year Is reported as viewed with equanimity 1 he cotton goods situation is still a strong one. though current demand from agents Is light Business failures show a notable fall ing off from those of last week, aggre gating 187, against 243 in the preceding week. 224 in this week a year ago, 216 in 1S97. 240 In 1896 and 223 in 1895. CANSON WANTS THE GAVEL. Veteran Illinois Statesman Announces Himself for the Speakership. Chicago, April 22. Representative Jo seph G. Car.non came to Chicago from Danville yesterday and told a few of his friends he was an avowed candidate for the speakership of the house of rep resentattves. lie then took a train for Washington. As a result of the grow ing rivalry between the supporters of Hopkins and Cannon for Heed's place there is talk of a confernece probably In Chicago of -Illinois Republican rep resentatives to decide which of the two they will support They feel that a divided delegation from Illinois snight jeopardize the chancts of success, and hope to focus their energies in favor of one man. It Is expected that James R. Mann, Henry Sherman Boutell, George K. Foss; Walter Reeves, and one or two others will move for a conference perhaps next week. VERY HARD MAN TO KILL. He Falls feisty Feet anil Never Stops Smok ing Ills l'lpe. New York. April 22 Falling sixty feet through an air-shaft and escaping with only a broken leg was the expe rience of Aaron Krugson, a framer. who was at work on the sixth floor of an apartment house at Proadway and Kighty-first street. Krugson had occa sion to pass near the air-shaft. He slipped and plunged headlong down a sheer depth of sixty feet. He landed on his feet. His fellow workers rushd to the spot where Krugson landed, ex pecting to find him terribly crushed. Instead they saw him calmly smok ing a pipe, which had not left his tnouth during hisawful descent. "I guess my leg's gone, boys." was Krugson's only observation, as he was lifted into the ambulance which conveyed him to Roosevelt's hospital. He is "4 years old. Unknown Tramp Killed. Cincinnati. April 22. Freight train 38 of the Cincinnati Southern railroad met with a serious wreck at bridge 61, between Greenwood and Slnane's Val ley, Tenn., yesterday. A car broke down on the trestle and 3."0 feet of the trestle and bridge were broken down. An un known tramp was killed, and Conductor J. K. I'epper and Rrakeman Jennings, of Somerset, Ky., were Injured. Admiral Schley to Visit Omaha. Omaha. Neb.. April 22. It is an nounced that Admiral Schley will visit this city about May 1 as the guest of rx-Senatir Manderson. He comes for rest. The admiral will be accompanied by his wife, and after a short visit it is proposed in company with General and Mrs. Manderson to take a trip through the west. Succeeded In Killing Himself. Phillips. Wis.. April 22. Michael Rar- temus, who lives a short distance from this city, attempted to murder his wife by shifting yesterday. He then turned the weapon upon himself, inflicting in juries which caused his death. Mrs. Har- temus is suffering from a severe flesh wound, but will recover. Domestic trou ble. League Dasa Uall Scores. Chicago. April ZZ. Following arejhe records made on the diamond yester day by League clubs; At Washington Boston 7. Washington 3: at Louisville- Cleveland 4. Louisville 11; at New York Baltimore 5. New York 1: at St. Louts. Pittsburg 5. St. Louis 6: at Philadelphia Brooklyn 6. ThKadelpnia 4. steleareU to Ue State SoTraV Fprlngfleld. Ills. .April 22. The mini operate i-s of Springfield the sub-district have acceded to the demands of the miners and will ray the scale asked for outside laborers, paying under protest. pending the' decision of the state board of arbitration. The wages of l.COO men are affected. Mia Scale Trouble Arranged. Nashville. Ills.. April ZZ A meeting of southern IlIinJs mine operators and tr.p mine workers was hld at Ashley. The operators offered II.CO a day and pay for overtime in proportion and this was finally agreed upon. The scale is effective from April 1. IS??, until April 1. 1900. Odin operator refused to agree to the scaie Wosne 8teasraphers Protest. Chicago. April ZZ. Worn nstenograph- ers of Chicago have inaugurated movement which has for Its obleet the abolition of shorthand as a. study ta the pubMc schools. They say it injures their business. HO LACK OF INTEREST In the Proceedings of the Mazet Inquisitors at the Eastern Metropolis. SOME DECIDEDLY WARM INCIDENTS Croker's Partner. Freedman, Proves a Star Witness for Making Thine Lively and Is Bebnked for Impertinence His Final "Defi" of the Committee Croker's Dirt dends Abraham Hlmmelwrieht Is So Defiant That He Is Bounced. New York, April 22. Two sessions of he Mazet investigating committee were held yesterday. One feature was the refusal of the witnesses to give test! mony. Another feature was the defiant attitude of Andrew Freedman on the stand, and still another feature the ejection from the committee room of Abraham Himmelwright, of the Roeb- ling company, when he insisted upon making a statement after he had re fused to answer a great majority of questions put to him by Moss, counsel for the committee. The chief Interest centered In Andrew Freedman, who within recent years had bfen known as a warm personal friend of Crokc-r and associated with him In a business way. Freedman was more than ordinarily forcible In his answers to some of the questions and many of the questions he refused to answer at all. At other times he was rebuked by both Moss and Chairman Mazet for what they termed "impertinence." Freedman He lies the Committee. After Freedman's examination had progressed to a certain ioint, and the witness had refused several times to answer a question which he deemed "a personal matter," Muss excused him for the day. Freedman then got down from the stand, and turning to the newspa per representatives he handed them a paper saying: "Gentlemen of the press, here is a statement of the entire busl ness of the Piatt companies and all of the companies, for publication." This was a paper relating tr the bus iness done by the United States Fidelity and Guarantee company, in which Freedman and Croker are Interested, and contained information which Moss had desired to get at during the course of the examination. . Moss Iter alls Him to the Stand. Moss therefore was very indignant at Freedman's action and he denounced the witness vehemently and , recalled him to the stand. The questions which he rut with regard to the. paper to Freedman were not answered, the wit ness refusing absolutely to state by whom the paper had been prepared. At this juncture Moss took occasion toray that thoe witnesses who were in con tempt would be dealt with later in a regular and logical way. When Croker was on the stand a few days ago he tes tified that he had received ' dividends from the Surety company, while yes terday it developed that the company had not paid dividends. Divided Money with Croker. Freedman explained on the stand that Croker is a stockholder in the com pany and is interested in the business success of the Metropolitan district that he. the witness, received a salary of $15.noo a year as manager for this territory, ard commissi. ins. and that he divided money with Croker. Frredman, however, refused to name the sum that he paid to Croker. and said further that he thought Croker might be under the impression that the money paid him was In the way of a dividend. Nearly the entire examination of the witness cen tered about his and Croker's connection with the Surety company, which has dealings with a large number of city officials. The Himmelwright Incident. Abraham Himmelwright. of the Roeb- llng company, refused at the very out net of his examination to answer ques tions, and entered Into a discussion at the slightest opportunity. After several long wrangles the witness insisted upon making an explanation. He was or dered from the witness stand by Chair man Mazet, but he refused to leave the stand. Then Moss called for the s-r- geant-at-arms and mmmeiwrlgnt was escorted from the room. An exclusive cemetery for pet animals and birds has been established on the Hudson river, near Coxsackie, N. Y. jCynrtf 97ass. (lztteb to ass. rmtBis no. 41,307 " Dear Friexd A jear agx I was a great sufferer from female weakness. M v head ached all the time and I would pet so dizzy and have that all gone feeling In the stomach aid was so nervous and restless that I did not know what to do with myself. My food did me no good and I had a bad case of whites. I wrote to you and after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound as directed, I can truly say that I feel like a new woman and canaot tell you bow grateful I am to you. I have recommended it to all my friends and have given it to my daughter who is now getting along splendidly. May yon live many years to help our suffering sisters." Mbs. C Cakpectzb, 253 Ubaxd St., Eboo&lyx, N. Y. Over eighty thousand such letters as this were re ceived by Mrs. . Pinkham during 1897. Surely this is strong proof of her ability to heip suffering women. that money can buy is Hood's Sarsa parilla. First, Because, it 'com f bines econ omy and Etrength There is more concen t rated merit and medicinal power in a bottle of Hood's Sarsapa- niia man in nan a uuu Domes oi others, h&ch bottle of Hood SarsapartllaVcontains a onehundredlosea . ; an unanswerable ment as to rtren g t h and ecoftomy and will last amonih, while other remedies aver Tgesto last a week or fortnight. Second, Because those who havebought a and taken it nniverXsaUy raise it. It cures r . even x when other remedies fail to dov any good what ever. In fact, it is not what we say but Hood's Sarsaparilla does, thattell the story of ita merit. Its thousands of testimoni- 'liable aid g worthy .dence las if they from your trusted Third, Be- thereJfno substitute Ilood'sSaroaparilla. Dealers who try to sell something else, general - . . ly say Ours is asVJ m f laoodas nood's" thus really ting that Hood's is the standard and possesses merit impossi ble for others tot-each. There are many other reasons why Hood's Sarsa parilla is America's (Jreatest Medicine, the Best That Money Can Buy. But if you will only buy it ahd try it yourself you will have reasons for faith in it stronger than them all that of jtersonal experience with, and personal Inoicledqe oi, us curative powers, lake it note uet Hood's. It never dtsavvointit. liAVITT WRITES TO A GERMAN rays Chambers Is Nominally an American, but in nglisranan Itcally. Berlin, April 22. HJrr Wilhelm Lieb !r-i;ht. the socialist llader, has received a ietttr from Michaef Davitt, National 1st membctof the British parliament for South Mayo, in wfciei the writer says he is able to confirrh from his own knowledge the charg& recently brought in London Truth attainst the. London Missionary society by Lloyd Osborne, step-son of the late Hubert Louis Ste venson, who characterized the society's antagonism to Mataafa, a ltoman Cath olic. as the "whole cause of the quarrel" in Samoa. Davit t describes Chief Justice Cham bers as "nominally an American, but in reality an Englishman who is anxious to promote an Anglo-American alli ance. He expresses hatred of England, and warns the Germans "against mak ing the American nation answerable for the blameworthy attitude of one or two persons." Davitt says all the trouble is due .to Knglish intrigue and that the United States will act on the square. HISSES FOR GEHT GOMEZ- Old Chief Insnltcd oa the Wharf at Ha- vana by Spaniards. ' Havana, April 22. Several reports are In circulation regarding the affront to Gomez Thursday while he was return ing in a launch after saying farewell to his two sons and daughter who sailed for San Domingo. The exact facts are these: General Gony-z was hissed by some people who were standing on the roof of a house that overlooked the har bor. - - They waved Spanish flags, cried "Long live Weyler" and "Jxng live Spain," and "Death to Gomoz." Death to the Americans," .and "teath to the Cu bans. The passengers and sailors on loard the Alfonso XIII repeated the cries. i.ven the papers that oppose uo- mez denounce the proceeding as an out rage. Flaw in the McLeod Act. Detroit. April 22. The discovery of an olleged flaw in theMcLeod act authoriz ing acquirement by he city of Detroit of the street railwjs has raised an other point .against.' municipal owner ship. The engrofwed bill does not con tain a clause which was in the original providing that nothing In the act shall affect the granting of franchises by the city counciL Governor Pingree says the omission of the clause is of no con sequence. The attorneys of the Citi zens company assert that tne alleged discrepancy ts a strong point in the proceedings they are about to bring to test the act. Ice Gives l"p a Corpse. West Superior, Wis.. April 22. The breaking of Jce In the lower bay slip yesterday resulted in the recovery of the body of a man which has probably been in the water since last fall. The papers on the body identified him as Godfrey Johnson, of Amery. Wis. No foul play is suspected, because $76 in cash was on the body, also $225 in certificates of deposit on the Bank of Amery and oth er valuables. Bryan Speaks at Buffalo. Buffalo. X. Y April 22. Fully 3.000 people crowded Music hall last night to listen to COlonel William J. Bryan. Among those In the tooxes were Mayor DiehU Vicar General COnnery, of the diocese of Buffalo, sad the chief city officials. O. P. H. Belmont also spoe. The best medicine a m r reaffirming his adherence to the will of 3- WHO KNOCKED The people of Rock Island know who did it. They remember well what they paid for their clothing before THE LONDON started the big store. We not only lowered prices but have kept them down. THE LONDON NEVER DID belong to a combination of clothing men to KEEP UP high prices. We Offer This Spring the ues Or We put on sale 200 men's fine all wool suits worth to anybody $13.50. , But to keep prices down we offer them for $10.00 Don't buy until you see these suits, they are not the ordinary $10.00 suits which other clothiers show. gjpi YOU KNOW US. g THE LONDON 1 4 BEEF COURT OF INQUIRY. Some Documents Submitted on Eoth Side of Hie Ivsue. Washing-ton, April 2. The Wade court of inquiry devote! yesteray's ses sion to reviewing testimony and last night held another sersion for the pur puse of reading reports, letters, deposi tions and other papers bearing upon the beef investigation. President Mc Kinley's Instructions to the court of ir.-.iuiry were read and they cover the case completely. Their spirit is "let no guilty man esvape." Both Major Lee and Colonel Davis submitted a number of reports and a mass of correrpon dncp. Among the documents read by Colonel Davis was a letter from the Washington attorneys of Armour & Co., dated June 17,, 198, after the contract for beef had been let, asking for a re consideration of the subject in the in terest of their clients and an indorse ment by General Eagan as commis sary general opposing the request. In their letter the attorneys repre sented that the Armours controlled the Powell process for the treatment of meal, and that thin fact gave them such an advantage In the preservation of fresh beef as to Justify the war de partment in disregarding the difference in -price and awarding them the con tract. In his indorsement Gen. Eagan referred to the letter of the attorneys as a special, pleauingv and said there was no reason in this plea why the sub- Ji-ct should be reopened. Major Lee submitted a deposition by J. S. Armstrong, president of the Arm strong Packing Company, of Dallas. Tex., which among other things set f irth the substance of a conversation with General Eagan. Armstrong was one of the bidders for beef in block and said that he discussed with Gen. Eagan the question of beef being kept for seventy-two hours after being taken from the refrigerator. Armstrong said he exprssed the opinion that it was im possible, to which General Eagan re plied that Swift & Co. and Armour to:h had knowledge of a process by which beef could be kept for that length of time. Hundred and Klxty-Flrst Indiana Washington, April 22. The One Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana, will come to Washington May 1 and be re viewed by the president and the secre tary of war. The regiment proper is to reach Washington In time for breakfast May 1. The regiment will b:ave for home the same day. NintK Illinois at Savannah. Savannah. Ga April 22 The Ninth Illinois regiment arrived at quarantine last night on the transport Dixie. It will go into detention crmp for five days at Daufuskie island, and on Wednes day or Thursday will go to Augusta to l.e mustered out. Ex-Representative Campbell is in command. Arm'Caaght fa a Shaft. - Lafayette, Ind., April 22. William Rlzer, employed in Bigg's pump factory. caught his arm in a shaft and St was literally torn from his body, which made one complete revolution of the shaft before the machinery could be stopped. Wit bin a Foot of tne Danger I inc. Omaha. April 22. The Missouri river is now within less than a foot of the danger point here and la steadily rising at the rate of about eight - inches In HIGH PRICES? Ever Offered Men's Suits; ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS. Alexander Derring, 2 years old, was drowned in a foot and a half of water near his home at Chicago. The imposition by the ITnited States of a tax on tea almost ruined the tea trade of Formosa last year. The output of pig iron in Germany last year was 7,402,717 tons, as com pared with 6.SS9.067 tons in 1S97. Ex-Secretary Sherman was well enough yesterday to make a call at the White House and see the president. .I'eanut or ground-nut butter flas been successfully made and marketed wholesale, at 15 and 17 cents per pound. The Naval Reserve association, of Illi nois, resolved to offer the government 2f0 men for service in the Philippine isl ands. The Kentucky law under which ne groes have been sold on the block for vagrancy has been declared unconsti tutional. Frederick Widduck's tailor shop at Chicago was held up and part of the stock of spring goods was carried away in a wagon by robbers. Sheriff J. S. Dawson was killed from ambush in the mountains near the North Carolina-Tennessee- line not far from Walkervllle, N. C. Ex-Governor Lord, of Oregon, has de clined the tender of the mission to Per sia. Governor Lord was an applicant for the Peruvian mission. Judge Farmer at Taylorville, Ills., de livered an opinion in which he held that Governor Tanner exceeded his authority in declaring martial law in Pana. Major C. H. Smith. Major E. E. Aus tin and CAptain J. H. Whittle, of the Seventy-first New York regiment, have been found guilty of cowardice at the battle of Santiago. The faculty of the University of Wis consin has sent out invitations to tha Wisconsin Superintendents and Super vising Pria'pals' association to meet with them . rlday. May 26. THEY CARRIED OPEN LAMPS. The Result Was the Death of Fonr Me and a Boy in a Mine. Albuquerque, N. M., April 22. Four men and a boy employed In Cook & White's coal mine at Madrid lost their lives at noon yesterday. Orders are strict to the effect that only safety lamps shall be used in the mine, but two men some time after the foreman had made his rounds carried in open lamps. While the men were ascending for their noon meal a terrific explosion occurred. Four men. John Blenwesky, Adam Jeisewiosl. John Reya and Fred AIra and a boy, F. E. Wapps, were still in the pit. The machinery refused to work and it was not until 2:30 that a descent could be made. Two dead bodies were found at once and about 4 p. m. the re maining three. The men evidently died from suffocation as no bruises could be found. 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