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VOL L.IV. NO. 297
GREAT LOSS
INFLICTED
Details of Damage by
Philippine Typhoon
Just Received.
MANY VESSELS GONE
Hemp Fields Hit Hard Thous
ands of Natives Left
Homeless.
Manila, Sept. 29. Reports now com
ing in from places along the path of
the recent typhoon In the island of Lu
zon and the -southern Islands indicate
great Josh of life and property. In wa
ters f urrounding Samar and other is
land many coasting vessels and island
transports have been wrecked. The
coast jriiard cutter Leyte is a complete
wreck and 11 Americans and 24 na
tives were drowned.
I.wnn urn llrmp I'lan tut !.
At the town of Sersoon 15 natives
were drownd. The loss on the hemp
plantations is estimated at $1,000,000.
The army transport Juan Rodriguez is
ashore at Legashl. In the interior of
the island of Samar thousands of na
tives are homeless. The same report
comes from many other small islands.
Army posts in the southern islands
have been destroyed.
Civil and military authorities are
rushing aid to the suffering ieople.
Owing to the destruction of the tele
graph system, reports received from
other points are very meagre.
THREE HELD GUILTY
IN LAND FRAUD CASE
Congressman Williamson and His
Partners Are Convicted at
Portland.
Portland. Ore.. Sept. 29. After be
ing ortt for less than six hours the
third jury which has heard the testi
mony of the government against Con
gressman John N. Williamson. Dr. Van
Cessner, Mr. Williamson's partner in
the live stock business, and Marion R.
Biggs, a Prtneeville, Ore., attorney, at
one time United States commissioner
at that place, found all three of the de
fendants guilty of having entered into
a conspiracy to suborn perjury by in
ducing locators to fraudulently file on
government land, providing them with
money so to do. under agreement that
those persons would convey title to
Williamson and Gessner when patent
was secured from the government.
Counsel for the defense stated that the
case would be carried to the t'nited
States circuit court of appeals.
FAVORS TREATY'S APPROVAL
Special Committee of Storthing De
cides on Nature of Report.
Christlania. Sept. 29. The special
committee of the storthing to which
the question was referred decided to
day, 12 to 0. to recommend to parlia
ment the adoption of a government bill
embodying the draft of the treaty pro
viiling for the separation of Norwa
and Sweden, signed at Karlstad Sept.
TWO OLD PARTIES FUSE
Nominate O pimon Municipal Ticket in
San Francisco.
San Frauciseo. Cal.. Sept. 29. A
complete fusion was effected last night
by the democratic and republican mu
nicipal conventions. A joint ticket was
nominated headed by John S. Fart
ridge, republican, for mayor.
ALICE IS GIVEN
EMPEROR'S PHOTO
Korean Ruler Gives Americans Fare-
well Reception Leave for
Japan.
Seoul. Sept. 29. Miss Alice Roose
velt and party left Seoul today by
special train for Susan. Owing to dam
age done by the recent rains the trip
to Kusan will take two days. The par
ty will stop tonight at the Presbyterian
mission at Taiku and tomorrow will
reach Fusan where they will go to
Shimonoseki and Yokohama. The vis
it to Japan will be entirely private
Miss Roosevelt will decline any public
recognition or hospitality. The em
peror of Korea yesterday received Miss
Roosevelt in farewell audience and pre
sented her wib his photograph to
whicn was affixed his autograph.
FIVE BUTCHERED
Woman and Children Meet Hor
rible Fate at Edna,
Texas.
MURDERERS ARE UNKNOWN
Bodies Mutilated in Shocking Manner
Whole District Has Been
Aroused.
Edna. Tex.. Sept. 29. Mrs. A. J
Conditt and four children, a daughter
of 13 "and three boys aged from six to
10, were murdered at their home here
yesterday. The mother and daughter
were assaulted and their bodies horrib
ly disfigured. A baby about two years
old was the only one left alive. Their
heads were crushed and their throats
cut with a knife or razor. The girl
and her mother were killed in the
house, the boys about 10n yards away.
Boy .tlflrd -lkbor.
Mr. Conditt was away working in
the rice fields. A negro boy about
12 years old was plowing In a field
near the house at the time of the kill
ing and heard the children screaming.
He saw a man chas,ng the woman
around the house. Being afraid to go
to the house he ran to a neighbor's
and told what he had seen.
KnrrhliK for Murderer.
The neighbor ran to the place and
found the five members of the family
killed. The entire county is out in
search of the murderers. It is sup
posed that there were two of them.
Dogs have been sent for.
TWO ARE AWARDED THE
JEWEL OF THE ORDER
Presentation to Frank Bahnsen and
Ben Hartz Last Night by Ucal
Lodge, I. O. O. F.
At the regular meeting of Ucal lodge.
No. CuS, I. O. O. F.. last evening. Frank
Bahnsen and Hen liartz were each
presented with the veteran jewel of
the order, they having been members
in good standing for 25 years. Mr.
Bahnsen and Mr. Hartz. who were at
that time clerks in drug stores, were
initiated in Ucal lodge. March 9, 1879.
At last evening's session there were
only three members present who. wit
nessed the work that evening. They
were Jonas Bear. W. H. Scott and John
L. South. The presentation speeches
were made by Jonas Bear, the treasur
er of the lodgef and Emmett Reeves,
the secretary. Mr. Bahnsen's jewel
was presented by Mr. Bear, who has
known him from boyhood. With the
two who were added last evening, there
are nine veteran members of Ucal
lodge. Photographs of the two recipi
ents of jewels last evening will be
placed in the 'lodge's gallery assigned
for this purpose.
Following the business session last
evening a smoker and social session
was indulged in by the members.
SUICIDE PACT SUSPECTED
St. Louis Man Arrested After Death of
Fiance in Hotel.
St. Ixmis. Sept. 29. The dead body
of Mrs. Nellie Westlong was found in
a room at the Burlington hotel today.
She had committed suicide with mor
phine. Bert Oram, her fiance, who was
with her. 13 under arrest, charged with
having entered into a suicide com
pact with the woman.
FRANCE WILL TAKE PART
But Formal Reply to Hague Invitation
Awaits on Russia.
Paris. Sept. 29. Officials here say
it is practically assured France will ac
cept the invitation to a second peace
conference at The Hague, owing to
the united efforts of Emperor William
and President Roosevelt, but official
action awaits Russia's communication.
Gold Find Near Ottawa?
La Salle. 11!.. Sept. 29. While strip
ping a sand vein near Ottawa. John
Sharp unearthed a two-pound gold nug
get at a depth of eight feet. The dis
covery has caused considerable excite
ment and search is being made for
other nuggets in the same sand vein.
Tornado in South Africa.
Cape Town, Cape Colony. Sept. 29.
A tornado last night struck Malmes
bury. a town of 3.000 inhabitants. 35
miles from here, and reduced it to
ruins. A number of persons were
killed.
New Lord Mayor of London.
Indon. Sept. 29. Aid. Walter
Vauchan Morean was todav elected
lord mayor of Ixindon for the ensuinj
year. Morgan is a septuagarian. bank
er, bachelor, and a prominent Free
Mason.
Call Money to 6 Per Cent.
New York, Sept. 29. Before noon
today call money advanced to 6 per
cent, the highest rate in many months.
Many financial institutions ent large
sums around that figure.
Sign Commercial Convention.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 29. A new
Franco-German commercial convention,
effective March 1, was signed here today.
BEEF TRUST
IS HIT AGAItl
Judge Humphrey Decides
in Favor of Government
IN ABATEMENT PLEA
Makes Ruling on Broad
Grounds, Apart From All
Technicalities.
Chicago, Sept. 29. Federal Judge
Humphrey today sustained the demur
rer filed by District Attorney Monison
to the plea in abatement made by the
packers seeking to have the indict
ments for an agreement in restraint of
trade declared void.
The judge said he made the decision
on broad grounds without taking into
consideration the technicalities which
the government advanced against the
plea in abatement.
Argument Conc-lutlrd.
Chicago. Sept. 29. Yesterday after
noon. Judge Humphrey heard the clos
ing arguments on the plea ,of abate
ment filed by the packers against the
indictment charging them with illegal
methods of conducting business. The
attorneys for the packers accused Dis
trict Attorney Morrison of illegally
drawing and conducting the grand jury
which indicted them. The redistricting
law was attacked.
RECKLESS f DRIVER
RUNS DOWN CHILD
Charles Giesenhagen, Moline, Prob
ably Fatally Injured in Ac
cident. Charles Giesenhagen. the 3 year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Giesenhagen
was run over by a delivery wagon of
the Modern Bakery company. Moline,
this morning, and will probably die as
a result of the recklessness of the
driver. The accident occurred near
the child's home, 2529 Fifth avenue,
Moline. The driver of the bakery wag
on, it seems, has been careless in driv
ing in the east end of Moline. and in
making his morning trips to East Mo
line. After the accident a crowd quick
ly gathered, and the driver would un
doubtedly have received rough treat
ment at its hands had he not escaped
from the scene. He did not stop to see
how badly the child was Injured.
The child was injured internally,
and is not expected to live. The fam
ily formerly resided in the southeast
ern part of Rock Island.
KAISER WILHELM
WARM IN PRAISE
Accords Witte Same Honor As Crown
ed Head When Envoy
Pays Visit.
Berlin. Sept. 29. The National Zei-
tung's St. Petersburg correspondent
telegraphed his paper as follows:
"M. Witte told me today Emperor
William said to him, 'I accord to you
the same honor as I would to a crown
ed head. You have accomplished ex
traordinary things, and 1 congratulate
Russia on the possession of sucb a
man. If monarchs had more such true
servants, then one would think better
of monarchs." The German emperor
was described by Witte as most amia
ble and kind."
NEW YORK CITY SHAKEN UP
Fatality Attends Accidental Explosion
in Railroad Excavation.
New York, Sept. 29. One man was
blown to pieces and another had his
arm torn off by a tremendous explosion
last night at an excavation for the
Pennsylvania m railroad terminal. The
city was shaken for a radius of half a
mile around the excavation. People
ran from houses In fright. Several
persons sustained minor injuries.
FORMER AUDITOR
SHERRICKS HELD
Indictment of Indiana Man Makes
Three Separate Criminal
Charges.
Indianapolis, Sept. 29. David E
Sherricks, former auditor of state, was
arrested today on an indictment charg
ing him with grand larceny, embezzle
ment and conspiracy to defraud. He
gave a bond of $20,000.
THE ARGUS. FRIDAY, SEPTKMBER 29, 1905.
STILL IN THE DARK
Henry County Authorities Have
No Important Light on
Streed Mystery.
HE HAD TWO REVOLVERS
But Wife Cannot Identify One Found
Under Body and Has No Sugges
tions to Offer.
Cambridge, 111.. Sept. 29. Baffled in
all their efforts to find a solution of the
shooting mystery which surrounds the
death of Attorney John V. Streed, the
officers admit that they are no nearer
the answer to the questions that con
front them than they were an hour
after the dying man was found at the
door of the outhouse back of the post
office block, in which he had living
rooms.
Close friends of the lawyer scout the
idea that there had ever been an at
tempt to blackmail him or that he had
ever been personally threatened with
assassination. They say that Streed,
whose nature was open and frank,
would have told them if this had been
the case.
Krrird Krar for I. If.
They confess, however, that Streed
recently had had an indefinable fear of
his life and that his conversation fre
quently turned in a general way upon
his danger. He did not. brood over
these fears, but on the contrary seem
ed to be content in the belief that if
violent death was his predestined end
there was no occasion to worry about
it.
Mrs. Streed, who has been inter
viewed closely upon all phases of the
case by State's Attorney Sturtz
reaffirms her belief that her husband
was murdered. She rejects entirely
the suicide theory, to which many
Cambridge people continue to cling.
She says her husband was of wonder
ful mental poise and 'hat no difficulty
or business care, of which lie apparent
ly had none, could have induced him to
take his own life. . She calls it brutal
murder, but her conversation fails to
reveal a motive for the act.
I'lMtol liny lu-.
Considerable 'importance was at
tached by the authorities to the decla
ration of Mrs. Streed that 'ier husband
had two revolvers in his room when
she went away. Oue of them, she says,
had a barrel a little longer than the
other. The revolver found under the
dying man Tuesday had 1 barrel half
an inch longer than that of the revolv
er found in the drawer of his room. In
other respects the two gui.s were alike.
Mrs. Streed. however, will not posi
tively say that this revolver found un
der the body is the one missing from
the room when search was made.
In regard to the letter wiitten to his
wife by Mr. Streed Sept. :5 and left on
his desk, telling her of fears for his
life, Mrs. Streed can offer no explana
tion that will assist the officers in solv
ing the mystery. No names are men
tioned in that letter.
Efforts have been made to connect
this shooting with the incident of sev
en years ago, when Mr. Streed figured
as the target for some one whose iden
tity was never discovered. The bullet
at that time passed through his hat.
Knrmrr Attack ItrrMlletl.
Friends of Mr. Streed say he was
convinced that the shooting then was
the result of animosities aroused when
he obtained a confession from a young
woman to writing-anonymous letters
to many people in Cambridge. That
was long ago, however; the young
woman in the case has been dead many
years and the opinion of most of those
investigating the case Is that nothing
can be gained by reviving that affair.
Mr. Streed's funeral in charge of the
Masons this afternoon was attended by
one of the largest crowds ever assem
bled in Cambridge.
SECURE BIG SUM
Forged Check Gives Strangers
$259,000 Collateral at
New York.
NATIONAL CITY BANK DUPED
Swindlers, Who Had Exact Knowledge
of Details Secured 24 Hours
of Grace.
New York. Sept. 29. By means of a
forged check of Pearl & Co.. ostensibly
drawn on the Hanover National bank,
securities valued at $259,000 deposited
as collateral for a loan were obtained
from the National City bank on Wed
nesday morning.
Had Ei art Kaowlrds?-
Conducted by men who showed they
had an exact knowledge, not only of
the business procedure between Wall
street banks and stock brokerage hous
es and the clearing-house system, but
the specific transaction Involved, a loan
of $300,000 was supposedly taken up
and 24 hours grace obtained in which
I to dispose of the securities jto inno
cent third persons.
HYDE ONLY
OilE BLAMED
Jacob Schiff Says Equita
ble Was at One
Man's , Mercy.
DEFENDS OWN FIRM
Declares Minutes of Purchase
of $500,000 Union Pacific
Stock False.
New York. Sept. 29. Jacob H. Schiff.
head of the banking firm of Kuhn. Loeb
& Co., testified today before the life
insurance investigating committee that
the minutes of the finance committee
of the Equitable Life Assurance so
ciety in February. 1903, were false in
recording the purchase of $500,000 of
Union Pacific preferred stock for "a
holding account."
KvrrythinK IIlc.
Schiff said he was present at the
meeting and no such transaction was
made. Schiff expressed the opinion it
was wrong for James Hyde to partici
pate personally in syndicate transac
tions. He did not know, he said, that
Hyde had done so until these disclos
ures. "The Equitable," said Schiff. "was at
the mercy of one man either Alexan
der or Hyde. It seems to me it was
all Hyde everything was Hyde."
VI ii Wen Mntrmmt.
At t he close of the direct testimony
Sciff asked, and was granted permis
sion, to make a statement. He defend
ed himself from various attacks which
he said had been made against his
firm and himself by the state superin
tendent of insurance and others.
ARE RAISING $1,200
TO SAVE THE $1,000
Subscription That Is Essential to In
sure Long View Park Ap-propriati-on.
With but two days left in which un
der the conditions that the appropria
tion on the part of the city council for
Longview park was made. Mayor Mc-
Caskrin and Aid. J. P. Sexton of thei
park committee started out this morn-!
iug to raise" $1,200 by popular subscrip
tion. The encouragement they met on
every hand, not only gave promise of
the realization of the essential amount,
but indicated the public spirit of the
people and their interests in public im
provements. An hour's canvass re
sulted in subscriptions aggregating
$.150, and b3 hard work between now
and then the entire amount will be
forthcoming by tomorrow night, s'-enis
reasonably certain.
When the council appropriated $1,00
for Iiongview out of this year's funds
it was with.tho provision that $1,200
should be raised by the people by Oct.
1. The people are doing their part, and
if Mayor McCaskrin and the council ap
ply themselves the work that has been
begun at the park this year will be
completed by the time the snow flies.
ROOSEVELT'S LAST
DAY AT SAGAMORE
Leaves With Family in Morning for
Winter at the Capi
tal. Oyster Hay, Sept. 29. President
Roosevelt spent the last day of his
summer sojourn at Sagamore Hill in
preparation for his departure for Wash
ington. The president, Mrs. Roosevelt
and the children will leave for Wash
ington tomorrow morning at 10. They
will travel on a special train to Ixjng
Island City, tht-nce going by boat to
Jersey City. There they will board a
special train on the Pennsylvania rail
road, scheduled to arrive at Washing
ton at 0:14.
NEW ROYAL ARCANUM
RATES ARE UPHELD
Canadian Court Decides Supreme
Council Had Power to Make
Change.
Toronto, Sept. 23. In the action of
A. Barlow against the supreme council
of Royal Arcanum to restrain the or
der from increasing its rates. Justice
Street today declared the defendants
were within their right in making
the change.
COLLIDE IN IOWA
Passenger and Freight Trains
Come Together With
Fatal Results.
FIREMAN ROGERS MAY DIE
Sustains Crushed Limb, Two Broken
Ribs, Injury to Spine Several
Others Are Bruised.
Iowa City. Sept. 29. (Special). A
head-on collision occurred on the em
bankment in the western part of this
city this noon, between east bound
freight train No. 94. and west bound
passenger train No. 23, on the Rock
Island. Frank Rogers, liock Island.
fireman of the freight train, was prob
ably fatally injured, and A. R: McCul-
lough. Rock Island, baggageman on
the passenger, was severely bruised.
Frank Hogden.. Rock Island, engineer
of the passenger, jumped and escaped
serious injury. A number of the pas
sengers were shaken up and somewhat
bruised.
I nilrr Car.
Frank Rogers, the injured fireman,
was pinioned under a freight car. His
left leg was crushed, two ribs broken.
and his spine injured.
The wreck was due to an error, as
the freight train, it seems, should have
been held at Tiffin to allow the passen
ger train to pass. The engine of the
passenger train was a total wreck, and
the other engine was telescoped. The
baggage car of the passenger was
smashed to pieces, and three of the
freight cars demolished.
The passenger train left Rock Island
at 9:50 this morning.
RARE HONOR COMES
TO WILLIAM B. M'INTYRE
To Address Fire Underwriters' Associ
ation of the Northwest at
Chicago.
William IJ. Mclntyre has been hon
ored with a place on the program of
the ofith annual meeting of the Fire
I'nderwriters" Association of the
Northwest. Oct. 11-12. Mr. Mclntyre is
to address the convention which will
be a representative body of about 1,000
on the topic. "Observations of a Stamp
ing Secretary." It is not surprising
that Mr. Mclntyre's fame as an orator
has leaped the bounds of the city in
which he has shone for so long, and all
that his friends are praying for is an
early frost between now and the date
of the Chicago gathering, to enable
Mac to loosen up. for he is certain not
to get one in Chicago.
ANOTHER MOVE OF THE
PREACHER-POLITICIAN
Chairman Benkert Says State Call
Another Move to Get Control
Struble In It.
"The action in calling a state con
vention of the united christian party
for Chicago is simply a continuance of
the effort of Dr. Struble to get control
of the party machinery," said W. R.
Menken, national chairman, today with
reference to the call published in this
paper last evening. "He has repeated
ly come to me with propositions by
which we could make money out of
the organization, but I have as often
refused to consider any of them."
Among other recommendations is
the one that there shall be no official
organ, that the leaflet and pamphlet
be used. They declare for the aloli
tion of any so-called official seal of
the party. It was the lack of the offi
cial seal that left the proceedings in
this city irregular, according to the
statement of Chairman Benkert.
Case Goes Over.
The mandamus suit against the Rock
Island National bank, the Central Trust
& Savings bank and Mary E. Robinson
and the city of Rock Island, brought
in the name of Harry Elwell, for
whom John Ioney is acting, was
up in court this morning, but
the matter was continued until
Tuesday, when it is probable the
date set for the defendants to answer
will be set. Sweeney & Walker ap
pear for the banks, Hon. C. M. Osborn
and Jackson. Hurst & Stafford are at
torneys for Mary E. Robinson, and Oli
ver Olson represents the city.
J. H. BEILER IS REELECTED
To Position of Supreme Commander
Improved Order Knights Pythias.
Washington, Sept. 29. Supreme
Commander J. H. Bieler. of Indianapo
lis, was re-elected to that office by the
supreme lodge of the Improved Order
Knights of Pythias.
Burlington Next Meeting Place.
Rochester, N. V., Sept. 29. The Ger
man Evangelical synod held the final
session yesterday. Burlington. Iowa
was selected for the next quadriennial
meeting in 1909.
Kansas Has Grown.
Topeka, Kans., Sept. 29. The decen
nial censua shown the population of
Kansas in March 1905. to be 1.543,818,
an increase of 209,084 over the census
of 1905.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
TORTURED
BY WIVES
Richard Penticost Met
Fearful Death in
South Sea.
AVENGED BY FRENCH
Learn of Cannibal Feast
American Ships in
Storm.
Victoria. B. C., Sept. 29. From New
Hebrides news has been received by
the Miofera of an attack by natives
upon the French punitive expedition
sent to punish blacks for the outra
geous actions against white settlers
and several murders at Bullies on Mai
leco island.
Vrrratt-al hifa.
The French warship Muerthe landed
a party of marines, who arrested three
chiefs. As the party took their cap
tives from the village a shot fired from
ambush killed a marine gunner. The
party then attacked the village, dis
persing the natives and killed four
men. The landing party burned the
village and returned to the bay, where
it was again fired upon and a tuarinu
wounded.
Horribly Tortured.
Natives allege that the murderers of
Capt. Richard Peticost and six mem
bers of the crew of the trader Petri
were taken to Noumea. They were;
ringleaders of the party which tied
Penticost to a tree and cast spears into
his body, and while he was still con
scious cast him into a shark-infested
water and danced while the monsters
tore the body to pieces.
News of a cannibal feast by blacks
at Mlllicolo was also received by tho
Mlowera.
Damage to Shipping.
Details of the shipping disaster in
the southeast state the largest ship
built in American waters, the Roanoke,
was destroyed by fire at Nehoue, New
Caledonia. The schooner Jones Broth
ers was dashed to pieces near New
Castle, after breaking her two lines
from the steamer Helen Nlcoll. Sept. 1.
Seven men were drowned. The He,len
Nicoll was driven ashore.
ANOTHER NEW YORK
BOMB THROWING
Rear of Crowded Tenement Damaged
and Several Hurt By "Black
Hands."
New York. Sept. 29. A bomb filled
with dynamite and inflammable, oil was
thrown at the rear of a crowded tene
ment house on Kihth avenue and One
Hundred and Forty-third street early
today. Over a score of persons who
were sleeping at the time were hurled
from their beds by the explosion, and
two of them were carried out uncon
scious. The police believe "Black
Hand" Italian assassins threw tho
bomb.
POWDER PLOT AT BUDAPEST
Coalition Leaders in Danger Box of
Explosives in Hotel.
Budapest. Sept. 29. A tin box filled
with powder was found this morning
under the staircase of a hotel in which
the coalition leaders were meeting.
Forty-Niners Wedded 50 Years.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Beunison. who
went to the California gold fields by
way of the isthmus on their wedding
journey, celebrated their golden wed
ding yesterday at Kewanee.
PRESENT SENT TO
EMPEROR OF JAPAN
Gift From Roosevelt Goes on Special
Train Bearing Baron Ko
mura. Ottawa, Out., Sept. 29. A present
from President Roosevelt to the em
peror of Japan was on the special
train passing through here yesterday
bearing Komura homeward. Nobody
knows what It is and will not until it
reaches the emperor.
Appleton Bank Has Claim.
Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 29. The Fhti
National bank of Appleton has filed a
claim of $29,000 against the estate of
Frank ii. BIgelow, the defaulting
banker.
More Fever Cases.
New Orleans, Sept, 29. New cas
es of yel'ow fever today numbered, 16;
deaths, 1.