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'Iff V THE AND FIFTY-SEVENTH YEAR. NO. 16. THE ARGUS. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 5,-1907. PRICE TWO CENTS. ROCK ARGUS ISSUES ARE NOT GENERAL IN TODAY'S ELECTIONS Reports Show National Politics Cut Little nqure. SEVERAL WARM FIGHTS Offices Being Filled and Ques tions Settled by Voters in 13 State?. Washington, Nov. 5. So far as re ceived returns from various state, mu nicipal and county elections which are in progress In 13 states indicate the interest i in local rather than national questions. Heavy Vote la Place. The early morning prospect was fav orable to large votes in Cleveland, where Mayor Johnson and Representa tive Burton are engaged in a political duel which challenges the attention of the entire country; in New York coun ty, where the perennial fight against Tammany is on; in Salt Lake and San Francisco, where local .conditions are acute, and in Kentucky and Maryland, in both of which states the republicans are making strenuous efforts to dis place the present democratic ( senators with republican successors. IiMuea Not Formulated. The general situation is such as to justify the conclusion the issues for the national campaign are yet to bo formulated. Fair weather prevails in all sections except in parts of the lake region, New York and New England, where there are areas of clouds and Jocal rains. Temperatures everywhere are mod erate. Walt at I'oIIm at 5:.1fl a. in. Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 5. Intense in terest in the mayoralty contest in the city was manifested when the polls opened. At many voting places large numbers of voters were waiting to cast their ballots when the polls opened at 5 : 30 a. m. Weather conditions were perfect lnll at Sifw York City. New York, Nov 5 The quiete:;t election in years so far as general public interest is concerned is pro ceeding in Greater New York today, following a spiritless campaign. Po litical orators tried in vain to arouse the apathetic voters. Slow balloting in the early hours today indicated a light, vote despite fair weather and agreeable temperature. Make Many A treats. New York, Nov. 5. Over one hun dred precautionary arrests for illegal voting were made, - but all prisoners were released because of lack of evi dence. Murh Activity Shown. Boston, Mass., Nov. 5. Voting for state and county officers and mem bers of the legislature began in all cities of the larger towns of Massachu setts early today. With good weathtr in Boston great activity was shown in getting out the vote early. Inter eat in Lacking;. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 5. Becausf. of lack of interest only a fair vote was polled during the morning hours. Vote Fairly Heavy. Trenton, N. J., Nov. 5. Reports from various parts of the state show the vote for governor is fairly heavy. Working; Hard In Delaware. Wilmington, Del., Nov. 5. Early voting is heavy. Interest continues high and both sides are confident of victory. Light In Virginia. Richmond, Va., Nov. 5. A light vote is being polled throughout the state. In rittnburg. Pittsburg, Nov. 6. A fair early vote was polled. '; , Heavy in Baltimore. Baltimore, Mo., Nov. 5. Early morn ing indications pointed to a heavy vote in Baltimore. Fine Weatheivln Ilhoile Itiland. Providence, R. I. -,Nov. 5. Thi weather is flno and the early vote was unusually 'arge. nut One Officer In Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Nov. 5. Throughout the state voting for state treasurer, the only .state office to be filled, li rather light. There are warm contests where judges or other officers are . be elected. ' Vote Early in Louisville. . Louisville, Ky., Nov. 5.- -Not Ii many years has such interest been shown in an election as that whici attends today's election for state and city officials. .At G o'clock long lines of voters were waiting to cast their ballots. The weather is fair and coo Moderate In Mississippi. Jackson. . Miss., Nov. 5. Election day dawned generally fair and pleas aut throughout Mississippi. Little in terest was shown today throughout the state. The vote is expected to dj fairly heavy. Xehraska Vote Heavy. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 5. Reports, re ceived at both republican and demo cratic headquarters today indicated s. heavy vote. , Heavy Hal lot at Salt Lake. Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 5. Heavy balloting indicates a heavy vote will be polled. Interest centers in the ef forts of the American party, anti-Mormon, to defeat the democrats and re publicans. 'resilient at Oyster liny. Oyster Bay, Nov. 5. President Roosevelt arrived at Oyster Bay at 10 o'clock this morning. He was met by Mrs. J. West Roosevelt and drove in her carriage to the polling place. A the president stepped from the ca--riage he was greeted and cheered by a throng of his neighbors, with most of whom - he shook hands. He wag then given ballot number St and spent four mimifes in preparing it. Leaving the polling place the president wen: for a drive about the village with Mrs. J. West Roosevelt, leaving for Wash ington at 11 o'clock. To Jersey City by Tug;. New York, Nov. 5. President Roose velt' train arrived at Long Island City at 11:30. Secretary Cortelyou boarded the' train at Mineola and the presiden tial party was conveyed to Jersey City on a tug. FIRE DRILL SAVES HOSPITAL INMATES Sixty Carried Out of Burning Building at Chicago by Nurses and Physicians. Chicago, Nov. 5. Considerable ex citement was caused among the pa tients of the German hospital today by a fire which broke out on the top Moor of the five-story building. A fire drill was formed by the nurses and physi cians of the institution and 00 patients were carried into the new addition which adjoins the main building. No one was injured and the property loss is small. TIMBER FAMINE DUE IN 20 YEARS; PINCH0T Government Forester Says Present Supply Will Be Entirely Con sumed at Present Rate. Washington. Nov. 5. "In 20 vear-s tite timber supply in the United States, on government reserves and private holdings, at the present rate of cutting, will be exhausted, although it is pos sible that the growth of that period might extend the arrival of the famine another five years." This announcement was made yes terday by Cifford Pinchot, the govern ment forester, who had just returned from a six months' inspection trip, on which he traveled 10,000 miles. President Roosevelt expects to call a conference in Washington shortly of governors of states and experts in tha study of natural resources. HOLD THE SHERIFF Official Who Opened Prisoner's Mail Prosecuted by the Pos tal Authorities TO MAKE A TEST OF THE CASE Outcome Awaited with Interest as Bearing .on the Rights f Those Under Restraint. Chicago, Nov. 5. Fred F. Carter, sheriff of Lake county, Indiana, and one or the most prominent residents of Crown Point, was arrested yesterday morning by United States Marshal Da vid C. Rankin of Indianapolis, charged with having opened the mail of Alex ander Poleski, a former prisoner. The case is unusual in the history of criminal jurisprudence. If the gov ernment establishes its contention, it is declared sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, wardens and other officials in peniten tiaries, jails and similar institutions hroughout the country are in danger of a like experience. On the other hand, friends, of Carter point out that if officials in jails and prisons are forbidden to open the mail of prisoners, plots for eape may be hatched with impunity and forbidden articles ranging from cigarets.to the deadliest poisons, may be sent through the mail to prisoners. A r rent CniiNci a Mir. The arrest of Sheriff Carter caused a sensation throughout Lake county. He was taken into" custody at his home on a warrant Issued by United States Commissioner Charles L. Surprise of Hammond. He furnished bond in $1, 000 to appear before the federal grand jury in Indianapolis next Friday. KILLED BY CHICAGO BURGLAR James W. Allaway of Ls Angeles Vic tim ef Thug While Visiting Brother. Chicago, Nov. 5. James W. Alla way, a wealthy commission merchant of Los Angeles, Cal., was killed by burglars early today at the home of his brother, Edward Allaway.. The bur glar escaped from the house without being seen by the family. Negro Lynched in Texas. Cameron, Texas, Nov. 5. Following his indictment by the grand jury on i charge of attempted criminal attac'.:, Alex, Johnson, a negro, was taken from the jail here by a mob of 500 men and hanged to a tree in the court houso square. The governor ordered out the militia, but not in time to save thj negro. SCRIPT If! ; PITTSBURG Takes Place of Money and Relieves the Tension. WORKMEN ARE AIDING Day Brings Further Startling Developments in Field of Finance. Pittsburg, Nov. 5.-j-This city is prac tically doing business today with checks. Payments in cash are scarce. Thousands of workingmen have affili ated with the banks and the necessi ties of life are being purchased with script. The excellent manner in which the checking system is being utilized has brightened the local financial situ ation much. It was the one thing needed according tQ the bankers, and ttie success of tha plan is unques tioned. Two niintH llrinK l.MM).0m. New York, Nov. 5. The stcame-'S Kronpfinzessin Cecelie and Lusitanui will reach port during the day, having on board $18,000,000 in gold w hich wi:i be deposited in the various banks of the city. 'Snt OpiioxiiiK (lolil Kxport. Berlin, Nov. 5. President Kock of the Imperial Bank of Germany today authorized the Associated Press to deny the report that the bank had in ierposed difficulties in the way of tak ing gold from that institution for ex port. He said a considerable sum in gold was taken from the Imperial bank today for export to the United States, and further withdrawals are regarded as probable. . Krnncr Aiiltt Knytlnnil. Paris, Nov. ,5. France today made the first shipment of gold amounting to 3,000,000 pounds sterling to lh-i Bank of England in order to relieve the tension there caused by American demands. FORMAL FAREWELL General William Booth Bids American People Adieu for Last Time. SCENE IS MOST IMPRESSIVE Leslie M. Shaw Presides at Meeting at New York City Where Ad dress Is Delivered. New York, Nov. 5. General William Booth of the Salvation Army last night addressed a congregation that filled Carnegie hall. It was the fare well address of what will probably prove General Booth s last visit to America. Leslie M. Shaw, formerly secretary of the treasury, presided, and in in troducing General liooth paid him warm tribute to his work in the cause of Christianity. When General Booth appeared the great audience rose to its feet and cheered. Given Three Cheer. The address of the aged leader was a resume of balvation Army work, and it aliounded in anecdotes and in cidents. At the conclusion of the ad dress, State Supreme Court Justica M. L. Bruce suggested that the audi ence rise and wish the general God speed in American fashion by givinr three cheers; This demonstration was led by former Secretary Shaw, after which the Salvationist leader ex pressed his thanks briefly, formally bidding farewell to the American peo ple with a plea that they would con tinue to cooperate with his army ii its work. ' IS ENJOINED FROM USING STATE COURT George F. Harding Balked in Attempt to Secure Receiver for Corn Products Company. Chicago, Nov. 5. Federal Judge Kohlsaat today issued au injunction restraining George F. Harding of Chi cago from ' prosecuting in the state courts the suit recently started by Harding asking for the appointment of a receiver for the Corn Products company. HOUSE SCORES SENATE FOR WATERPOVER STEAL Schomp's absence. P. I Ileinrich of Davenport, in charge of the freight department of the three cities, states that he believes the order will be in force only temporary while the fall rush of shipping Is on. The Milwau kee has all the freight it can handle at present without soliciting, but the win ter .months will mean a falling off in shipping. TO AWE INDIANS Two Squadrons of Cavalry and Additional Company of In fantry Sent THOUGH SIOUX ARE QUIET Refuses to Concur in Striking Out Emer gency Clause. JltS PRIMARY ACT UP LATER Speaker Cannon Back at the Capital Working for His Own Interests. Feared Sioux Braves Are About Make Common Cause With the Utes. to Pierre, S. D., Nov. 5. Both the Utes and Sioux are quiet according to a tel ephone message received here last night from the Cheyenne Indian agency. A' report was circulated here the Sioux were threatening to that cause trouble out of sympathy for the Utes, who are dissatisfied with the distribution of rations and other mat ters, but the agency authorities prompt ly denied that there was any threat of trouble by the Sioux. M ill Prevent lnlon. Omaha, Nov. 5. It is not known at army headquarters here why additional troops have been sent to the Cheyenne river reservation, but it is thought the idea is to prevent any portion of the Sioux tribe from making common cause with the Utes in their revolt against authority. The Utes, it is pointed out, are in a sense the' guests of the Sioux and the Indian idea .of hospitality might induce some of the younger Sioux braves to' offer aid in resisting any foxpjbje measures adopted for the subjugation of the disaffected Utes. Hurry lu lienor viU Ion. Omaha, Neb., Nov. 5. Eight com SUNDAY CONVERTS 2,300 IN GALESBURG REVIVAL Collection of $6,340 Taken for Evangelist and Aids at the Closing Meeting. the CONFERRED NOT TO SAVE COUNTRY BUT TO GOBBLE UP RICH PROPERTY DEDICATED TO MUSIC CAUSE New Auditorium at University of Illi nois Opened: Urbana, 111., Nov. 5. The new $100,- 000 auditorium at the University rt Illinois was dedicated to music yester day. Edward Macpowell, the ill-fated eastern musician, was honored as' the premier American composer when a tablet was unveiled to him. Hamli-i Garland, the novelist, delivered an ad dress, touching especially on MacDow- ell, and Richard Watson Gilder's poem on the composer was read. Last night MacDowell program was given and tonight the Thomas orchestra will plav. LACKAWANNA RAISES WAGES Comes as Pleasant Surprise; Increase Is from 10 to 25 Per Cent. Phillipsburg, N. J., Nov. 5. Notices have been posted all along the line oi the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad to the effect that tne wages of locomotive drivers, firemen, con ductors and brakernen on all trains have been jaised, the increase datin from Nov. 1. The raise of wages was voluntary and amounts to 25 cents day for engine drivers, 10 cents for firemen, 10 cents for conductors anl 15 cents for brakernen. The notice was a surprise to the men. . VICTORY FOR ROCKEFELLER Judge in Common Pleas Court at Find lay Ohio, Quashes Summons. Fiudlay, Ohio, Nov. 5: Judge Dun can in the common pleas court yester day quashed the summons served upon John D. Rockefeller in Cleveland , last summer in the Standard Oil case. H holds that Mr. Rockefeller represents a foreign corporation not doing busi ness in Ohio and that Mr. Rockefel ler's visit to this state was purely personal one and not for the transac tion of any business. New York, Nov. 5. One ef the most important matters discussed at th; conferences of bankers and financiers iturday night, Sunday and Sunday ight was the sale of a controlling in terest in the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad company to the United States Steel corporation or interests allied with that company. The Tennessee Coal, Iron & Rail road company is one of the most suc cessful and most important indepen dent steel companies in the United States. iet AVflNhlK(oil View The United States Steel corporation controls now alout CO per cent of the steel output of the country, and though it was nowhere in the financial district thought that acquisition of Tennessee Coal and Iron would convert the steel corporation into a monopoly, it was assumed in some quarters that officiate of the steel corporation would like to know if Washington would so regard in case the deal went through. In this connection much interest was taken in the conference between E. II Gary, chairman of the board of direct ors' of the United States Steel corpora tion. and II. C. Frick, one of the most influential directors, on the one hand, and President Roosevelt and members of his cabinet on the other, in Wash ington yesterday. Mr. Gary and Mr. Frick left for Washington after mid night yesterday mojning after a con ference in J. P. Morgan's library, at which Grant B. Schley, one of the nie.i in control of Tennessee Coal and Iron, was among the conferees. Holding Are Vnluahln The company's properties are in the Birmingham (Ala.) section with thu largest plant at Ensley, six miles from Birmingham. It has 16 blast furnaces, with a capacity of about 850,000 tons per annum, and owns 450,000 acres oi coal, ore,, limestone and timber lands and developed coal mines with a ca pacity of 20,000 tons a day. Its rail road property is the Birminghari Southern railroad, which has 105 miles of main line, terminals and spur tracks fully equipped and connecting these eral plants of the company. ine company s last annual report, for the year ending Dec. 31 last, show ed gross earnings of $13,2G5,971: not earnings, $2,753,100; surplus, after pay ing 8 per cent dividends on the pre ferred and 4 per cent on the common, $126,SS1. Galesburg, 111., Nov. 5. The fiY3 eoks revival services by Rev. Wil liam A. Sunday closed last night with ,300 converts, which breaks the rec ord for all revivals here. A free-will offering of $fi,310 was given Mr. Sun day and his assistants. Clark E. Carr, ex-minister to Denmark, led off with $100. Among the converts are Sheriff G. Mathews, W. F. Boyes, comity superintendent of schools; Leroy Marsh, prominent horse dealer; Aldc--mau Harry Griffiths, M. E. Sweeney, the contractor who built the taber- acle; Lester E. Lawrence, jeweler: A. Tate, a labor editor, and scores of railroad men were converted. ONE LAW FOR WHITE, ANOTHER FOR BLACK, IS POLICY OF GOV. VARDAMAN Jackson, .Miss., Nov. 4. Governor.' Vardaman in an appeal to the peace officers of . Mississippi yesterday to make an effort to drive crime, from the state, came out flatly for one law for the white man and another for the negro. After saying "The white man is responsible for the good order of society; he must rule the state," th3 governor continued:. - "Justice to the negro does not mean that you must treat the negro in all matters, even in the enforcement of the law, as you would the white man. In spite of the provisions of the federal constitution, the men who are called upon to deal with this great problem must do that which is necessary to be done, even though it may have the ap pearance at times of going somewhat without the law. "The races are not I alike, and the law cannot make thenl alike, nor is it possible to treat them exactly alike before the law. It has never been done. It cannot be don?, and it is silly and criminally absurd to try to do it, Let the officers of the law see that no negro is permitted to walk the streets of the towns or cities or travel the public highways in the rural dis tricts with a gun in his pocket. in tnis connection l want to sa; that I hope to see every saloon in th state of Mississippi closed by a gen eral statute enacted by the next legis lature. If the people of the respective communities of the state will only come together and resolve to convet every negro into a laborer and self- supporter, even though it be necessary to make him a laborer upon the county or the state's property, they will serve Springfield, 111., Nov. 5. (Argus Spe cial.) Speaker J. G. Cannon is here today working with the members of the house to have the senate amend ment tp the Oglesby bill providing fo the election of delegates to the na tional convention by state and con gressional conventions instead of tha direct vote of the people adopted. He will probably succeed. The house deferred action on thi Oglesby bill until this afternoon. It will probably insist on the election of precinct and .county committeemen by the voters. (ioen After the Senate. The house went after the senate and the Economy Light & Power company of Joliet red hot this morning. It voted to non-concur with the senate amendment, striking out the emergen cy clause in Allen's bill authorizing the (governor and attorney general t prevent the Economy company from constructing its dam at Dresden Heights. The absence of the emer gency clause would have given tho Economy company until July 1, 1908, to complete the dam. Adopts ItexolnUon. It went further than this and adopted a joint resolution offered by Lantz oZ Chicago calling on the governor to ab rogate the contract made by the canil commissioners In 1904 whereby the panics oi united states cavalry are Economy company is granted a lease being rushed to Thunder Butte, S. D., in perpetuity to construct the dam at in the fear that the Sioux Indians there Dresden Heights for the purpose oi are jabout to take the war path as al- generating water power for its own lies of the Utes, who are reported to be use. and empowering the governor to about to rise in rebellion. It is feared use the national guard if necessary. the settlers may be massacred unless Avm nv. pnr )rarr, extraordinary haste is made in massing It is claimed that if thls dara is con. in the disaffected region a sufficiently .,.,.,, tho stito will hav tr ,v large number of troops to overawe both the Utes and the Sioux. In addition to the cavalry troops, Company M of the infantry under Cap tain Harry Dalton left Fort Crook to day for Gettysburg, S. D., to take charge of the base of supplies which AFT TO HURRY HOME TO FIX HIS FENCES? EXPENSES $225 IN MONTH Marine Recruiting Office's Report for Month Submitted. The October report of the marine corps recruiting office in the "Rock Is land postoffice building is as follows- Applicants for enlistment, 43. Accepted, 17. Rejected, 26. , The men accepted were sent o Washington, D. C, from which place they will be sent to various posts throughout the world. Of the number rejected 11 had bad eyesight, three failed to toe the mark as to good char acter, four 'were rejected by the doc tor for physical disabilities, seven were under age, while one was color blind. The expenses of the office for th month totalled $225, yhich shows that a marine office is agood asset for any town. Tne marine ranns are verv nearly filled up at present and any young men desiring to enlist will do well to make application at once. There is yet time for ambitious young Rock Islanders to make the cruise around the world on the battleship fleet if they enlist at once. The local offlco is authorized to offer recruiting ser vice to any ex-marines in this vicinity, has been established there for the op- io investigate the action of the canal erations against the Utes, should they commissioners in leasing this property start trouble. without exnress anthoritv. 1'annon on Deck. Chicago, Nov. 5. Speaker Cannon will be on deck at Springfield again this week, prepared to use blandish ments, cajoleries and strong swear words on the legislators to get them to stick for a primary law that will not ''compel him to take his presiden tial hopes before ,the people of hia home state. The sage of Danville came to town yesterday on the heels of a report that many of the machine senators are get ting ready to jump the hurdles back ward on the amendments, to the Ogles by bill. He tore over to the federal Reported Secretary of War Will Leave Manila Nov. 9, Abandoning Tour of Europe. Manila, Nov. 5. Secretary Taft, it is r ported, will abandon his European tour and return directly to the Pacific coast, leaving Manila Nov. 9. The po litical, situation In the United States and conditions prevailing at Vladivo-j building in quest of Postmaster Camp stok are reported the cdusc for his re-1 bell who turned the trick at the state- turn to America. house last week-and after spending much time in sulphurous converso AT NEW ORLEANS ALL WINTER h ith his friends Chiding Congress man Howard M. Snapp or Joiiet, io:i- Captain John Streckfua Running Ex-jbyist for the Economy Light & Power SOLICITORS ARE REMOVED Change Effected in Local Milwaukee Freight Office. Following- an order which went, into effect Nov. 1, the positions of solicitors and traveling freight agent on the Mil waukee road are being done away with and the men who occupied those posi tions are being placed in other depart ments. The men affected in this city are John C. Schomp, at present on three months' leave of absence In New their communities and their state weil. I York, who occupied the office of Bolici It will be also the salvation of thvVtor in this. city, ad W". C, Bush, who neero Tiimself." . , ' has . filled . the place during Mr. $S.OOO,ooo when it wants to construct the deep waterway through the prop erty the canal commissioners have leased. The house adopted a joint resolu tion by Flannigan of St. Clair county for the appointment of a committee cursion3 with the J. Captain John Streckfus who has! been at New Orleans with the big ex cursion steamer J. S. for some tiim writes The Argus that he expects to remain there all winter. He' adds: "This is a busy city, many ships ar rive and depart daily with large ca: goes of rice, cotton and cotton see!, sugar and general merchandise. The company, announced mat ne wouiu g- back to Springfield when the assembly gets ready for business again. SajH Motive Are Highr- Ostensibly the speaker of the na tional house is actuated by the noblest of motives in Interfering with the work of the Illinois senate. He in sists that he has the good of the re publican party at heart, and that he steamboats do equally as large a bu"3-j3 not thinking of his presidential am- iness in proportion bringing in many bales of cotton and cotton seed. But the labor is very scarce, they demand ing and getting from $75 to $110 pe: month. We are running two excursions bitions. But back of the scenes, when the paint and powder and the wigs and the rest of the "make-up" are re moved, this idea loses its- beauty. It stands revealed as a pretext, for the inner meaning of the hostility of the daily at 3 and 8 p. m., for a 40 mi'e poticians to the scheme of electins ride around the harbor. The weather national delegates proposed in tha has been beautiful until the last couple 0glesby bill is that it would make it of days, when it .changed to a little fmTJOssilile to get a solid delegation to rain, but this I think will not continue . , for tradinz niirnosea in the as they seldom have very bad weather natlonal convention. at tnis time or tne year. . . ... Hoping Rock Island is among the tv . - . - prospering cities, I am, etc." tu ui u. uluu.u ....vmi Extinguish Small Blaze. has any chance of getting the nomina- The Are department this afternoon tion, and the general belief among the at 12:30 was called to the home of wise politicians is that the "reactlonar Daniel Timm at Twenty-sixth street ies" are desirous of getting control of. and Fourth avenue where the roof was a solid delegation " from Illinois to aBre. The blaze was put out with swing it for a candidate of antl-Roose-little trouble, nominal damage result- velt ideas. But "Uncle Joe", emphatt ing. ... cally denies that he la playing politics.