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LAST EDITION.
4:30 O'CLOCK.
ROCK ISLAND, ILL., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1004.
VOL. LI 1 1. NO. 305.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
ADVANCE IS
CHURCH BETRAYED
FRENCH WOULD NOT
TWO DIE TOGETHER
LWART
PLAY GERMAN AIR
AT ASTAND
Mormon Leader Declares Itepubll
cans Hare Bartered fur Elec
toral Vote of Utah.
Sentiment Cause of a Double Suicide
Military Musical Organization Balks
of Girls at Bucking
ham, III.
at "Die Wacht am Rhein"
And is Arrested.
ROCK
TOT
AND
GRAND JURY
IS CHARGED
GEORGIA!
STA
AR
UT
V
-A i
Japanese Reported to
Have Given Kuropat
kin a Check.
POSITION IS RETAKEN
Russians Across the Hun
Mine Sinks Mikado's
Gunboat.
Mukden, Oct. 11. A desperate fight
is now in progress six miles north of
Yentai.
Tokio. Oct. 11. It is reported the
Russians crossed the Hun river and
attacked Kuroki's forces, capturing a
position which Japanese, strongly re
inforced, recaptured and reoccupied.
The Japanese it is reported checked
the Russian advance. It is said the
losses on both sides were heavy. Offi
cial confirmation of these reports is
uuobtaina ble.
V. n kk rmciit (irnrrat.
Tokio, (Jet. 11. It is reported the
Russians have crossed the Hun river
in heavy force and are aggressively
attacking the Japanese forces which
were moving northward. A general
engagement is said to be in progress.
Kuropittkln Hfiiril From.
St. Petersburg. Oct. 11. Kuropat
kin has telegraphed the emperor that
the Russian vanguard is now in con
tact with the Japanese who are within
gunshot. Scouts are skirmishing along
the entire line.
Japn I. it (aunltmit.
Tokio, Oct. 11. The Japanese gun
boat Heyen struck a mine in Pigeon
bay west of Port Arthur Sept. IS and
sank. Nearly V,(Hi, her complete com
plement C'f men, were drowned.
Action nt Yrntnl.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 11. It is report
ed that a severe action has occurred
near Yentai. 12 miles north of Liao
yang. The result is not known,
.la on (live V.
London. Oct. 11. The Japanese ap
parently are giving way at all points
before Kuropatkin's advance south
ward tront Mukden. Oyama has giv
en up nearly every strong position
lie lias held north and east of Liao
yang. almost without a struggle.
It is believed, however, that Oyama
will not retreat farther than his strong
ly intrenched positions around Liao
yang. Ovniiin lln ZUO.tMiO.
According to the estimates of the
war office at St. Petersburg Oyama's
total strength is about 2f,0.(itni men, ot
which llio.noo are posted between the
Hun river, to the west, and Rentsia
putze eastward, the remainder being
held in reserve at Liaoyang. Kuropat
kin has nine army corps, giving him
a slight superiority in numbers.
Think IliiHIc In Nrnr.
St. Petersburg. Oct. 11. A battle
upon which the fate of this year's cam
paign in Manchuria depends seems
only a few days ahead. Advices from
the front are meager. All that is posi
tively known officially is that lien.
Kuropatkin has about faced his army
and is marching against the enemy.
According to unofficial reports Field
Marshal Oyama. at the first sign of
(Jen. Kuropatkin taking the offensive,
began drawing in his line and concen
trating mion fortified positions north
of Liaoyang. According to the latest
reports from Mukden, the Japanese out
posts are being driven in all along
the line.
Kiiropntkin'M IMana Srcrrl.
All surmises as to where Gen. Kuro
paikin intends to strike are mere
guesswork. Is is not clear whether
Gen. Kuropatkin contemplates a blow
on the left, center, or right of the
Japanese army, but the fact that stress
:s paid upon the capture of Bentsia-
putze. which opens the road and fords
to Bensihu. 2' miles oast of Liaoyang
where Gen. Kuroki crossed, and that
Cossacks are already repotted in the
neighborhood of the stream, might
foreshadow an exact reversal of the
battle of Liaoyang, this time the Ru
sian commander flanking and turning
Liaoyang with his left, as Field Mar
shal Oyama did with his right.
tVrnknrna f Jap l.lnra.
Officers of the general staff, while
not underestimating the heavy task
and severe sacrifices that are involved1
in assuming the offensive, neverthe
Jess express absolute confidence that
Gen. Kuropatkin has found a weak
point in the Japanese armor. The
advance is attributed to a realization
by (Jen. Kuropatkin of the difficulty
the Japanese have encountered in mak
ing good their losses at Liaoyang and
replenishing their supplies and ammu
nition, or possibb- to the drawing oft
of a portion of the Japanese troops
to reinforce Gen. Xogi in a desperate
SIMILAR DEAL MADE IN '96
But Could Not Be Delivered Ad
dress at Meeting of Gen
tiles. Salt Lake. Utah, Oct. 11 In the
most remarkable speech ever deliver
ed in Utah, former Senator Frank Can
non, one of the most prominent Mor
mons in the country, declared that the
republican party leaders had entered
into a bargain with the heads of the
Mormon church whereby the electoral
vote of the state is to be delivered to
Roosevelt.
Cannon was the chief orator at a
meeting of the American party, which
has just been organized by republican
and democratic gentiles to oppose the
domination of the Mormon church in
the political and state affairs of Utah.
His speech has created a panic in
Mormon circles. He said:
Fulled to Carry Out Harnnin.
"In 1S9G a senator of the United
States came to Utah in behalf of the
republican party and bargained with
the ecclesiastical ixjwer for the deliv
ery of the electoral vote of Utah and
surrounding states. It was impossible
to carry out the bargain at that time.
"In 190U another emissary from the
republican national party came to
Utah and made the same bargain for
the electoral vote, and the bargain
was executed and Utah, which four!
years previously had given 51.000 ma
jority for Bryan out of a total vote of
SO.OOO, turned over to the republican
party at ecclesiastical dictation.
II:irt:iin Kt'pcii t'l.
"This year similar bargains have
been made. Before the death of the
lamented Hanna. President Roosevelt
became fearful that Senator Kearns
would take a Hanna delegation to the
Chicago convention, and the bargain
was made by which if Senator Smoot
would take a Rtosevelt delegation to
Chicago the Smoot investigation, then
appointed to be renewed at Salt Lake
City in the summer, would be post
poned until after election. That bar
gain was carried out at both ends. I
.Another Nrfiirlou llnrsiiiin.
"Since that time, and quite recently.
another emissary has appeared, prop
erly accredited from high authority at
"Washington, who has bargained here
for the delivery of the electoral vote
of this state to the Roosevelt ticket.
and the chairman of the republican
party of Utah boasts that he will get
two Mormon democrats to vote that
ticket for every republican gentile who
joins the American party. And this
is the way they will attempt to carry
out this nefarious trade."
BABE BORN TWENTY
MINUTES IS VACCINATED
Mother and Two Other Children
Ill
With Smallpox in Hospital
at the Time.
Chicago. Oct. 11. Blinking and won
dering what all the excitement was
about, a tiny baby, the first ever born
in the Isolation hospital, hail her arm
scratched with a vaccine point 20 min
utes after her birth. Mrs. Lizzie Mor
ris, the infant's mother, and her two
other children were taken with small
pox Sept. 22 and removed to the hos
pital. Wabash Earnings Increased.
St. Iuist Mo.. Oct. 11. The annual
report of the directors of the Wabash
railroad shows that the gross earnings
were $2:.O2:?.420. an increase of $1.S2.-
797. The net earnings were $5,340.11.
The total tons of freight carried were
ll.713.oil and the total number of pas
sengers carried wf re "S.l $2,474.
endeavor to end the siege of Port Ar
thur. Whatever the explanation, it is ap
parent from the hasty manner in which
the Japanese withdrew before the first
show of Russian strength, that theit
recent ostentatious preparations for an
advance were largely bluff. The best
opinion here is that the impending bat
tie is likely to develop with startling
rapidity.
Ilnnninnn l.ont 1I.1.000 rn.
Rome. Oct. 11. The Giodnale Di
Roma has a St. Petersburg dispatch
estimating the Russian casualties
about Port Arthur and on the Liao
Tung peninsula and in the fighting p
to the evacuation of Liaoyang were
93.00O- killed, .wounded and prisoners.
At Port Arthur and on the Liao Tung
peninsula the Russian losses were 15.
0d0 against the first Japanese army at
Kaiping and Taschikao, ami Haicheng
I.Oimi. and at Liaoyang 2Vmi. in ad
dition 2.00 sailors were drowned and
lO.ooo soldiers and sailors taken pris
oners.
MILNER GIVES UP
COMMISSIONER-SHIP
l.ondon. Oct. 11. Lord Milner has
resigned the high commissionership of
South Africa on account of ill health.
Federal Judge Refers to
Lynching of Horace
Maples.
LANGUAGE VIGOROUS
Duty to Return True Bills if
Color of Victim Fig
ured. Huntsville, Ala., Oct. 11. Judge
Thomas G. Jones, in opening the 1 nit-
ed States court here today, delivered a
vigorous charge to the grand jury with
regard to the recent lyncing of Horace
Maples, colored, and the firing by a
mob of the jail in which were confined
federal prisoners.
I'olntn to Color Line
Judge Jones said in part: "If you
are fairly satisfied the mob would not
have murdered Maples if he had been
a white man, then every dictate of hu
manity and justice demands that you
return true bills against the members
of the mob." ...
FIFTY MEN DIE
IN A COLLAPSE
Fall of Building Under Construction
at Santiago, Chile, is
Disastrous.
Santiago, de Chile, Oct. 11. By the
collapse of a building in the course of
construction here yesterday 50 men
were killed.
WALC0TT ENTERS POLITICS
Colored Pugilist Announces Candidacy
for Executive of Maiden, Mass.
Boston, Mass., Oct. 11. Joe Walcott.
the colored pugilist, has announced
his candidacy for the mayorality of
Maiden. 12 miles from Boston. He
has been a resident of that city for
some time and pays $lou taxes.
WALTER WELLMAN TAKEN- TO TASK
FOR COLORADO MINE WAR LETTERS
I'llICWCiO I'KDEKATIOX OF I.AHOIl I'lBLlSIIKN A . Kit IKS F I.KTTKHS KXCII A N'fiKIl HV ITS MXHKTAIt V
WITII ItKCOIl-Hi:itAI.I (OltItIIM.M)KXT AMI KKSOLITIONS A IMlTi:il.
Chicago, Oct. 11 Walter Wellman,
the correspondent, who is now in In
diana devoting his time to an effort
to carry the state for the republican
ticket has met with a rebuke at the
hands of local labor organizations.
The Chicago Federation of Labor
through its president, William G.
Schardt. and its secretary. Ed X. Xock
els. with the sanction and approval
of its executive board and the legisla
tive committee, has made public a se
ries of letters between the federation
anil Mr. Wellman. in respect to Mr.
Weliman's statements regarding the
Colorado mining strike as published
in his correspondence to the Record-
Herald last August.
This correspondence between the
Federation of Labor and Mr. ell-
man, saui secretary Aurwis, is
en out for the purpose of exposing the
real intent of Weliman's Colorado
write-up and to prove to the enemies
of labor that its friends can not te
divided when questions of such vital
interest to liberty and mankind are
involved."
Following is the correspondence in
full:
Letter to Wellmna.
Chicago.. Aug.. 22. lftOL
Mr. Walter Wellman. Chicago Record-
Herald.
Dear Sir: At yesterday's meeting
of the Chicago Federation of Labor the
inclosed resolutions were presented
and passed, and the undersigned in
structed to forward to you a copy
with the request that you immediately
complv with their contents and spirit.
Our position in this matter demand?
that we frankly sate to you that we
shall question your integrity unless
you accept our proposition and make
good your charges. But while this is
our frame of mind we stand ready to
render every aid in our power to en
able you to do so.
Kindly notify us of your position and
intention. Hoping for a rrompt reply
1 am. yours sincerely.
E. X. XOCKELS.
Secretary Chicago Federation of Lalxr
Thr KrnoliitioMM.
Whereas. Mr. Walter Wellman.
well known newspaper correspondent
was delegated by the Chicago Record
Herald to write up the Colorado situa
Xew York, Oct. 11. The republican
Garde, the national military band of
France, will return under arrest to
New York from St. Louis and be quar
tered on board the liner La Touraine.
They are prisoners by order of the
French minister of war for their re
fusal to play the German national an
them on German day at the world's
fair last week.
The band, which is composed of 02
pieces, was to have made a tour of
Canada and the eastern cities of the
United States before returning to Par
is. When the band was asked to play
"Die Wacht am Rhein both leaders
and men laid down their instruments.
Their action was hissed roundly. Com
missary General Picard, representative
of the French government at the fair,
immediately went to the stand where
the musicians were sulking and order
ed them to play the German hymn.
They did so, but with very ill grace,
several of them deliberately creating a
discord.
This angered Gen. Picard, and he tel
egraphed the war department at Paris,
and the following day received an or
der directing the band to return at
once to France. No official of Ger -many
paid any attention to the mat
ter. SESSION BROUGHT TO CLOSE
Illinois W. C. T. U. End a Five Days'
Meeting With Medal Contest.
Carbondale, 111., Oct. 11. The an
nual meeting of the Illinois Women's
Christion Temperance Union yester
day closed a session of five days at
Murphysboro. The diamond medal
was won by Allen Atchison of Upper
Alton, the only male contestant.
The new officers are:
President Miss Marie D. Brehm,
Chicago.
Vice President Mrs. Lucie B. Lyng,
Peoria.
Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Min
nie B. Horning, Evanston.
Recording Secretary Mrs. L. Belle
Goodman. Campaign.
Treasurer Miss Amelia Cram, Hills
be ro.
Auditor Mrs. Ella S. Stewart.
Dies From Effects of Fall.
Grand Junction. Colo., Oct. 11.
Frank Van Fleet, an aeronaut, is dead
from injuries received in falling from
a balloon.
tion ostensibly for said paper, but in
reality for political campaign pur
ses; and.
Whereas, Said Wellman has seen
fit, in the interest of his employers.
to suppress the facts and attempt to
confuse the minds of the American
people as to the principal questions at
issue in that bleeding state; and.
Whereas, Said Wellman also at
tempts very ingeniously and with tre
mendous ability to divide the labor
movement of that state particularly,
and of all other states generally, as
to the responsibility for its present
and immediate past condition; and.
Whereas. Said Wellman loldly
charges President Charles H. Mover
and Secretary William Haywood of
the Western Federation of Miners with
the "moral responsibility" of all that
has transpired and offers to "convict
them before a jury composed of the
leaders of the decent, honorable or
ganizations of the country." therefore.
be it
Resolved, That we call this bluff and
demand that W. Wellman and his em
ployers immediately make good before
the political campaign is on.
Resolved. That we invite these ac
cusers of organized labor to select a
jury of 12 prominent men from the la
bor organizations of the country.
Resolver. That the Chicago Federa
tion of Labor will pay the hall rent for
said jury trial, and, notwithstanding
a jury selected by themselves, we chal
lenge them to prove the charges.
E. X. XOCKELS,
Secretary Chicago Federation of Labor.
- Approved :
T. P. QFIXX.
JAMES OCOXXOR.
T. F. KEXXEDY.
Resolutions Committee.
AVrlImanM Krply.
Washington, Sept. 1. 1?0.
E. X. Xockels, Secretary.
My Dear Sir: Your letter transmit
ting copy of resolutions adopted by
the Chicago Federation of I-abor has
been received.
You say: "We frankly state to you
that we shall question your integrity
unless you accept our proposition an
make good your charges."
The charges which I made against
the leaders of the Western Federation
of Miners have already been "made
New $3,500,000 Bat
tleship Launched at
Bath, Maine.
AFFAIR IS A SUCCESS
Gunboat Paducah Breasts the
Waves at Morris
Heights. N. Y.
Bath. Maine. Oct. 11. The battle
ship Georgia was successfully launch
ed at the Bath Iron works this after
noon before a large concourse of peo
ple. The Georgia belongs to the most
powerful type of the largest class of
battleships. The contract price was
over $3,500,000.
;inilMiit I'iKliK-iili in AYnUT.
New York. Oct. 11. The gunboat
Paducah was launched at Morris
Heights without a hitch or mishap to
day. The cost of the Paducah when
completed will be I'JT.'.OOO.
PAYNE'S ESTATE
IS ABOUT $750,000
Will
Makes Wife and Sister,
Cameron, Chief Bene
ficiaries. Mrs.
Milwaukee, Oct. 11. The will of the
late Postmaster General Payne was
filed for probate today. The estate is
valued at three-quarters of a million.
His wife and sister. Mrs. Cameron, of
Jamestown, X. Y., are the chief bene
ficiaries.
DAVIS ON SPEAKING TOUR
Democratic Candidate Starts from Bal
timore cn a 10-Days' Trip.
Baltimore. Oct. 11. Henry G. Da
vis, democratic vice presidential can
didate left Baltimore this morning on
a 10-day campaigning tour in Maryland
and West Virginia.
good" to the satisfaction of nine-tenths
of the people and press.
For the Chicago Federation of Labor
I have great respect, but I certainly
shall not take up the Colorado ques
tion again under the auspices of an
organization whose officers so far for
get themselves as to approach me with
an offensive threat. If you or anyone
else wish to "question my integrity"
you are quite welcome to do so.
Sincerely yours.
(Signed) WALTER WELLMAX.
I'el-rnlion' !tt-l.
Mr. Walter Wellman, Chicago Record-Herald.
Dear Sir: Yours of Sept.
1 in reply to our demand that you
make good your charges published in
the Record-Herald against the officers
of the Western Federation of Miners,
received, and submitted to the Chicago
Federation of Labor at its session
Sept. 4; the result being that a com
mittee consisting of the undersigned
was apiM)inted to answer you. :
In your original charges published
in the Record-Herald of Aug. 14 last
you said:
"Hence. I arraign Charles H. Mover
and William Haywood as the men who
are to be held morally tcsponsihlc for
this crime against organized labor, this
offense acainst our civilization. And
I offer to convict them before a jury
composed of the leaders of the decent.
honorable labor organizations of the
country.
In good faith the Chicago Federation
of Labor, at its session of Aug. 21, ac
cepted your challenge, though feeling
that it was as it has turned out to be
a huge bluff for political or mercenary
P'lrjxjses.
We called upon ou to select your
committee from the "leaders of decent.
honorable labor organizations of the
country." and offered to pay the ex
pense of a hall for such a trial. But in
your reply of Sept. 1 you say. l ne
charges have already been mad'- good
to the satisfaction of nine-tenths of
the people and the press."
Xow we submit that this is the
answer of a penny-a-liner of the first
water. Xo self-respecting journalist
with your reputation for ability can af
ford to attempt to maintain such tin
attitude when called iukjii to make
good charges of such a character as
you have made against men of unque s-
(Continu-J on I'ase Six.)
VERY DELIBERATE ABOUT IT
With Eye to Dramatic Effect, Pair
Make Wills and Write
Notes.
Kankakee. 111., Oct. 11. Lulu Cook,
aged 15, and Minnie I Hand, aged ID,
jilted by the two young men who for a
time had been attentive to them, and
fearful of ridicule from the town gos
sips committee, suicided together Sat
urday night by poison.
The two girls went about preparing
to die with great deliberation and a
care tor details and dramatic effect.
They wrote many letters, made their
wills, and did many other little things
that showed how much importance they
placed upon what they believed to be
public opinion in the little town of
Buckingham, in which they were known
to everybody.
Itotli ;irl Tnke Stryrlininp.
The two jirls killed themselves with
strychnine in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
James Cook, the parents of Lulu Cook,
the younger of the two girls.
The young men. or rather boys, in
the case are James I Hand, a brother of
one of the suicides, and Henry Ferden.
who had been calling upon Miss Bland.
The boys declare they had no inten
tion of wounding the feelings of the
girls, and say they knew nothing of
the suicide compact.
Although they kept their plans a se
cret, it is believed that the young wo
men began to arrange for the suicide
a month ago.
Saturday morning Miss Ifland went
to Buckingham for a day's visit with
Miss Cook. The two spent the day in
their usual manner and seemed to bo
in excellent spirits. In the evening
they mot young Ferden on the street.
He spoke to them, but did not stop.
Shortly after the two girls returned to
the home of Miss Cook and both retir
ed to Miss Cook's room at 10:?,o p. m.
A few minutes later Miss Cook came
down stairs and secured a pencil from
her father. About an hour afterward
Mr. Cook heard a groan from his
daughter's room.
M1M She In l)Illf.
On entering, he saw both young
women lying in bed. apparently asleep.
He asked his daughter if she was sick.
"I'm dying, papa." she replied.
Thinking she was dreaming, he shook
her.
Both young women then explained
that they had taken strychnine. A
doctor was hurriedly sent for, but one
of the girls died before his arrival, and
Miss Cook passed away before he could
ajply any restoratives.
FAIRBANKS HEARD IN
FIRST SPEECH IN IOWA
Gov. Cummins in Introducing Him at
Council Bluffs Makes Some
Large Claims.
Council Bluffs, Iowa. Oct. 11. Sena
tor Fairbanks made his first Iowa
speech of the campaign at Council
Bluffs today before breakfast. Gov.
Cummons presided and presented Fair
banks assuring him Iowa would give
him a larger proportion of votes than
iiny other stnte in the union.
JEWS IN CZAR'S ARMY
ASK SOLDIER'S RIGHTS
Petition Presented to New Minister of
the Interior in Behalf of 27,000
Hebrews.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 11. The Jews
have petitioned Prince Sviatopolk
Mirsky, the minister of the interior,
to exte nd the imperial ukase' of Aug.
24, allowing the relatives of Jewish
soldiers serving at the front to live
in any part of Russia, to the families
of such soldiers who are killed. The
petition claims that 27.oou Jews an
now serving with the army in the far
east .
IN WITH THE ADDICKS CROWD
Republicans of Delaware Agree on
Common State Ticket.
Wilmington, Del., Ocr. 11 The reg
ular i'i 'publicans and union or Addick?.
republicans last evening agreed upon
Preston Lea, of tiiis city as their can
didat" for governor in place of the
men nominated by their respective
conventions. These two conventions
will attempt to agree upon the remain
der of the state ticket Wednesday.
STEAMER AND CREW
OF 17 MEN IS LOST
- Halifax, X. S.. Oct. 11. It is reported
the steamer Call was f-;unk near Xew
London, P. E. I., and that the captain
and crew of 17 were lot.
Millard Sanders Wins.
Lexington. Oct. 11. Millard Sanders
won the unfinished 2:1C trot.
Virtually Decide to Stop
the Fight in Wis
consin.
ROOSEVELT IS BUSY
Gets Federal Office Holders in
Line for Sake of Na
tional Ticket.
Milwaukee, Wis.. Oct. 1 1. Beforo
the week is ended it is probable that
the stalwart, ticket, headed by ex-Gov.
Edward Seofield. will have been with
drawn, and that the gubernatorial fight
will have narrowed down to Gov. Lh,
Foilette and his democratic opponent.
ex-Gov. George W. Peck.
Senators John C. Spooner and J. V.
Quarles are ready to pull down the
ticket and give La Foilette a clear
field. In the stand they are supported
by all the federal officeholders and
congressmen of ihe slate. The stal
wart siate central committee. E. L.
Philipp. and ex-Gov. Seofield. as well
is many of the rank ?rhd file of the
faction, are against pulling oil ami
want to fight to a finish despite Ihe
fact that they admit they cannot, win.
It ' vi-lt liiwrN SiiIiiiiIm.mIoii.
As the matter, stands it is safe to
predict that the ticket will ronie down.
It is reported that President Roosevelt
and Chairman Cortelyou have taken a
hand in the fight and have advised the
stalwarts to yield in the interests of
the national ticket. It was pointed
out, it is said, with the si al wart ticket
out of the way. the field for the na
tional ticket is clear and nothing can
stop Roosevelt in Wisconsin. Taking
this view of the matter the senators
and federal officials in Wisconsin are
ready to give up.
The question was fully riisciisd nt.
an informal conference held during
yesterday between such leaders as re
mained over after the funeral of H. ('
Payne. Senators Spooner and Quarles,
E. L. Philipp, Congressman Minor,
Charles Quarles, Chairman Goblin ol
the state committee, and Gov. Seofield
were prominent figures in the confer
ence. It was fully derided to call a
formal meeting of the stale o ntral
committee for Wednesday, when the
question will be finally settled.
Mn I twirl Meet With llriiTHix.
The Stalwart movement met with
serious reverses during last week
which has led to the probable with
drawal of the ticket. First came Mr.
Payne's death, then the supreme court
decision, then the withdrawal of Cook,
then the loss of Milwaukee county
then the recognition by the national
committee, and. finally, the demand of
the president to stop the fight.
CONTEST ON THE
CONGRESS NOMINEE
Secretary of State Orders Hearing by
the County Clerks of the Four
teenth District.
Springfield, 111.. Oct. 11. (Special to
The Argus.) Secretary of State Rose
today issued an order to the county
clerks of Rock Island, Warren. Han
cock. Henderson Mclionough and
Mercer counties, comprising the Four
teenth congressional district, directing
them to meet at 2 p. m. Monday, Oct.
17, at Macomb, and decide whether tin;
nominees of the regular or Ioney
factions of the democratic parly in
that district for congress and number
of th" state board of equalization arc-
Hie regular nominees of the party.
A certificate- signed by J. P. Loonoy
of Rock Island, chairman, is on fib; in
the office of the secretary of state cer
tifying that the democratic convention
nominated J. F. Uindinger of Rock Isl
and for corigreos and W. A. Compton
of Macomb for member of the state
board of equalization, while another
certificate is on file signed by John F.
Scott, chairman, certifying that at a
convention held at Bushnell, Oct. ',
David W. Matthews of Milan, Rock
Island county, was nominated for con
gress and F. M. Guthrie of Viola, Mer
cer county, for member of the state
board of equalization, and protesting
that the other convention was not reg
ular. ,
Baby Dies Before Camera.
Macon. Mo.. Oct. 11. With her In
fant in her arms, Mrs. Anton! Randio
entered a photograph gallery here yes
terday and sat for her picture. When
the camera man announced that the
photograph had been taken Mrs. Ran
dio made the horrifying discovery that
1 her child had died in her arms.