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? r V ... i ROCK THE FIFJY-EIGIITH YEAH. NO. W: THE ARGUS, MON ) AY. MAY 24, l309.TEN PAGES. . PRICE TWO CENTS. SENATOR HEY GIVES OUT SOME TARIFF FACTS DEEP WATERWAY BILL PUT UNCLE SAM Sec who is returning! TQ SLEEP BY VJM. L0RIH1ER ARGUS Tax is $130,771,00(Lon Sugar Revenue Only $60,135,000. DIFFERENCE TO TRUST Same Conditions in Steel Indus try Costing People $295, 000,000 Yearly. Washington, May 24. That the total wages affected by the tariff amounts to $2,277,848,000 and that the values of the products involved in the consideration of tariff revision ,leg west )f lhe t.,ty slnce tne rob. reach the sum of $13,270,192,000 is'bcry occurred, little progress has been the statement made by Senator made toward arresting the robbers. Monev In showinc tiie vast import- 'J'w'o empty mail pouches taken from ance of the question now being con sidered by the senate. Money has also prepared a statement showing tne cost oi indirect taxation to peopie or tne t nitea states. SuKar an an Kinmple. He states the cost of granulated sugar In l'JOC was 2.05 cents-more in New York than in London and that in 1907 the United States consumed 2,l,uu ions oi sufjur ugaiusii .. ,j..i ,.r ci u- inn n..nn,i.i IV U V. U U UUIJ J 1 y J " 1 a v v V. 1. 1 v. . - . was charged equalling $130,777,000 of the late Queen Victoria, was more while the duty actually collected gf,nerally observed today than since its amounted to $Go,13;". ooo making the . ,. , . . cost to the people above the revenue inauguration The day was selected collected by the government $70,- a,s the occasion upon which the chib 64'' 000 n e CD1P're shall honor the On iron and steel rails, wire nails fla& " was celebrated in every part and steel billets, the difference in for- of Gleat Britain. It is estimated all eign prices and those in the United told not less than 15.000,000 saluted the States equals an additional tax of national emblem. King Edward, sup over $295,000,000, according to ported by the prince of Wales, held a Money's calculations. levee at St. James palace. Anibassa- Sucur Tru Score!. jdor Reid aud J. R. Carter, secretary of Washington. May 24. The so-call- the American embassy, were among ed sugar truJSl Vai I lie subject of'an the"fliplomatic'"g1iefsesen1,' ', -' attack In the senate today by Sena-j !! : "LSi- .Tli?. J"f.I" . RETURNS FROM THE CANAL of the trust published yesterday in a local newspaper. "This account, I said Owen, "points out one of the most evil and insidious consequences of the building up in thi3 country of these gigantic organizations protect ed by this so-called tariff, which has led to poisoning the fountain of in formation of the people of the United States so that millions of dollars have been stolen from the people." Me asked to have the newspaper attack read in order that it might appear in the record, which was done. Hoot In Heard. Washington, May 24. An extend ed plea for a differential duty on f dressed lumber was made intho sen ate today in connection with the con sideration of the tariff bill by Sena tor Root, who cited various lumber interests along the Canadian border and gave reasons why they should be accorded the protection of the tar iff Philippine Tariff FaMMeat HonMe. Washington, May 24. The Philip pine tariff bill was finally passed by the house today after several pre vious efforts had been made to put it through but. which failed because of the lack of a quorum. CEDAR RAPIDS MAYOR IS SHOT BY A BURGLAR Cedar Rapids, Iowa, May 24. A series of sensational burglaries came to a climax early today when an un known thief shot and wounded May or John T. Carniody. . Previous to entering Carmody's house the burg lar robbed Father J. J. Toomey's house, covering the priest with a re volver. It developed today that Mayor Car mody's Injuries are not serious, the bullet having lodged in a fleshy part of tho. abdomen aud not striking a . vital point. CIRCUIT JUDGES SPLIT ON RAIL CASE Four Members of Federal Bench Un able to Decide Suit io , '.I? Dissolve. , St. Louis,? May1 24. Disagreeing two against two on the government's? suit to dissolve the -Terminal Rail road association of St. Louis, the .judges of the United States circuit court have .certified the- case direct to the United States supreme court. Notice was received from St. Paul here today that the complaint that the alleged association is. a consoli dation of parallel and competing roads and ferry and bridge compa nies engaged in interstate commerce and acting in violation of the federal statutes. FAIL TO LOCATE TRAIN ROBBERS Omaha Police Baflleri by Gang That Held l'p Union Pacific Train. Omaha, Neb., May 24. Although the police department of this city and the sheriff have had large forces of men scouring the country in the vicinity of the scene of Saturday night's holdup fin the ITninn Pacific railroad, three 'the, train were found some distance from the point where the robbery oc curred. They had been cut open and their contents ' removed, the outlaws overlooking but one package EMPIRE DAY IS OBSERVED Fifu.en Million British Salute the National Flag. ' Ixmdon, May 24. Empire day, which - j comes on the anniversary of the birth I ,.,,, of War Still Weak from KlVects of Illness. Washington, May 24. Weak from the effects of his illness, which com pelled him to cut short his trip. Sec retary of War Dickinson stepped ashore from the government yacht Mayflower at the Washington navy yard at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon after a tour of inspection of the Pan ama canal. Until yesterday Mr. Dickinson had not left his berth since the Mayflower sailed from Havana, where the vessel was when his condi tion began to cause concern. Mr.. Dickinson expressed pleasure at the progress being made in the construction of the Panama canal. CATHOLIC SOCIETIES MEET Three Hundred Attend Three Days State Session at Peoria. Peoria, 111., May 24. Three hundred delegates are in attendance at the an nual convention of the German Cath olic Societies of Illinois, which began yesterday and will continue until to morrow night. Rev. Francis Haase of Joliet opened the meetings yesterday afternoon at the Coliseum and before an audience of 3.000 delivered an ad dress on "Who Shall Help to Solve the Social Problem? During the morning pontifical high mass was held at St. Boniface church. FLOODS STRIKE OKLAHOMA One of Heaviest Uains of Season - Causing Heavy Damages. Vienita, Okla., May 24. One of tlie . heaviest rainfalls in Oklahoma in recent years has swollen the Grand, Canadian and Arkansas riv ers and other streams to flood stage causing much damage to railway prop erty and farms and partially sub merging the town of Afton, 12miles east of Vinita. MANY HURT IN PARIS, RIOT Dismissed Postal Employes and Po lice in Kougli EncouiTter. Paris. May 24. The revolutionary socialists's annual demonstration yes terday before the monument erected in the Pere Lachaise to the commun ists, in which many dismissed postal employes took part, was marked by violent scuffles with the police. A larga number of both sides were in jured and about 20 arrests, were made. . . LakeTug Sunk. Buffalo, May 24 The Detroit1 pas senger steamer Western States, while entering the harbor this morning, sank the tug Princeton. drowning three men, the engineer, 'flrema'n, and a man- who was visiting the fireman. According to government reports, prosperity is returning. News item. STRIKE OF FIREMEN COMPLETELY TIES UP THE GEORGIA RAILROAD . Atlanta, da.. May 24. Governor Smith's offer of arbitration of the Georgia railroad strike was declined by General Manager Scott of the rail road. 1 (inni o Set lie Strike. Washington, May 24. As a result of apjeahJo he federal board of mediation to use its efforts to settle the strike of firemen on the Georgia railway. Commissioner of Labor O'Neill, a member of the board will leave for Atlanta tonight. Augusta, Ga., May 24. The Georgia railroad is completely tied up by the firemens' strike. The management is not trying to move trains, simply an nouncing that it has the men, the means aud the equipment to proceed and will do so when the state an WERE CANNIBALS Dr. ltoyal Dye Tells of Mission ary Work Among the Na tives of frica. ALONG THE CONGO RIVER Kvery Inhabitant Except Chief Is Converted, and He Is on the Fence, Says Speaker. Rev. Royal Dye, M. D., a medical missionary stationed at ISolengi, Af rica, for the past 10 years occupied the pulpit of the Memorial Christian church yesterday morning and eve ning. At the services? last evening he told of his experiences as a mis sionary in the Congo district where he has carried on his work. There are stationed along the Congo river for a distance of 1,000 miles mission stations. When he took up his work there 10 years ago every native of the city of Bolengi was a cannibal but today every inhabitant of the city with the single exception of the chief is a Christian and even he, Dr Dye said, was on the fence and ready almost to accept -Christianity. The chief next below him is a deacon In the church. Out of every 10 members of the church an effort is made to send one missionary to the surround ing districts. There is in connection with the church a large Sunday school and a Christian Endeavor so ciety which has a very large member ship. Congregation of l.OOO. ': . , Each Sunday there is an attend ance of 1,000 souls many walking miles and coming by boat to attend services. Dr. Dye-spoke of the great good done by the spread of the gos pel, the men giving up their polyg amous wives,, their drinking, smok ing, lying and thieving because it reminded them of the old life which they were trying to forget. Dr. Dye is a man of great consecration and strong personality and his talk last ecuiuS a ou mwieauiis mai;ui8 ueaicia iutiaieu upon uuu reiaung biones ami experiences long auer nounces it is ready to protect the prop erty and employes. The . striking firemen are standing pat. They assert that they have not been and will not be parties to any violence. Their sympathizers, they as sert, have done all the damage that has been done. J General Manager Thomas Scott at C o'clock last night made the announcement that no trains were moving. Governor Hoke Smith wired the sheriff of McDuflle county to cooperate with the municipal authorities and to summon all deputies necessary to pro tect life aud property. It is in this county that Thomson, where the crowd issued its ultimatum Saturday night that no trains should pass carrying either nonunion firemen or negro fire men, is located. Governor Smith has asked the sheriff there to keep him fully advised of the situation. the hour for dismissal of the ser vices. Money for Steamer. -lie is on a furlough to this country and while here is trying to raise funds to establish a missionary steamer to be used on the Congo in carrying on the work of salvation. He will return to Africa the first of next month to continue his work. FINANCIAL STATE ALARMS CUBANS Question Whether Island Government Will he Able to Meet Obliga tions Is Uppermost. Havana, May 24. Financial prob lems constitute the gravest feature of anxiety on the part of the Cuban gov ernment, and with the protracted de lay in the presentation of the budget for the coming year the general feel ing of uncertainty and lack of confi dence becomes , acentuated. Can the government, in view of its enormously increased expenses, due in great meas ure to the cost of equipment and pay of the new permanent army, the cost of the national legislature and the vastly increased number of civil em ployes arising from political pressure for offices, meet its obligations out of the ordinary sources of revenue, is the question asked on all sides. IS FINEST MASONIC HOME Indiana Members Dedicating Temple at Indianapolis. - f Indianapolis, May .24. The Masons of Indiana unite today and tomorrow in dedicating the new $750,000 Masonic temple which they declare is the finest building devoted to Masonry in the; world. The temple ' is built of steel ; and stone and is four, stories high. Bogus $2 Bill is Afloat. wasnington, May 24. Treasury offi- dais have found a counterfeit $2 sil- ver certificate of he series of 1899. 4 It bears the check letter "A" and face plate Is No. 1110; has the portrait of Washington and lhe signature of W. i. v ei nun, register oi me treasury, ana unaries 11. treat, treasurer of the united States. TAKES DANIEL AS AN EXAMPLE Dr. C. . Dindberg Delivers Baccalaureate Sermon to Angustana Graduates. RITUAL SERVICES ARE HELD Dr. (i. A. Andreen, President of Col lege. Conducts Exercises Ad vice to Young People. An audience that filled Augustana college chapel to overflowing listened to the baccalaureate exercises which opened the commencement week fes tivities last night. The baccalaureate sermon was delivered by Dr. C. E, Lindberg, acting president, and was of unusual interest. He chose his text from the second chapter of Daniel, the 48th and 49th verses. He held np Dan iel as the ideal character, a young roan full of courage and conviction, who dared to follow the dictates of his con science. The services commenced at 8 o'clock when the graduates marched into the chapel from Cable hall to the strains of the pipe organ. Dr. Andreen and Dr. Lindberg led the procession and were followed by the college and sem inary graduates. After these came the conservatory' graduates and. finally the business students. After the hymn; "Bless'd Be the Tie That Binds," had been sung, Dr. An dreen carried out the Lutheran ritual. Mrs. Edla Lund and Carl Bostrom sang a duet, "The Lord Is the Strength of My Life," after which the audience sang another hymn. The baccalaureate sermon by Dr. Lindberg then followed. Wan Leader Anions; Men. Dr. Lindberg said in part: "The fa mous Sir Isaac Newton, who explored the firmament and made an apocalypse of the stars, confessed that he was sounding a greater depth and rising to a loftier height when he studied Daniel. Our text introduces us to Daniel and three other men, whose ex emplary lives are worthy to follow. Tills Daniel was of royal blood, but still better of royal character. Among the young exiled or taken captive to Babylon he was the foremost In qual ity both of body and mind, comely in person, skillful in wisdom, cunning in knowledge and quick of understanding. In Babylon he was placed in one of the royal colleges to be educated for the service of the king. He and the other thrte men were offered the meat and wine from tne king's table." But they refused on the principle of re ligions as the king's food always was consecrated to the idol gods. Had Dan- iel been one of the easy-going young men, he would not have "had any scru pies; but then we would never have heard of Daniel as a leader among men. It takes sterner stuff to make saints, prophets and leaders than that which accommodates itself to almost anything. . But Daniel took his stand for God and conscience and laid the groundwork of a character which pass- untarnished through a lone life It was not dletics.' although verv imnor tant. which' made Daniel prosperous and wise but the self-sacrificing devo turn to a sacred principle 1 "You, young men and women, have often indulged in fond hopes of suc cess and honor in this world. And you need ambition to succeed. But al though there may be opportunities that seem to be accidents, there is no real success by mere accident, but the re alization of your ambition depends upon preparation and correct princi ples. All young people long 'for cap ital which they believe will open the gates of prosperity and success. But do not forget- that there is a capital which is not placed in banks and in vested in bonds, the capital of a good character and of a good education. Without such a spiritual and intellec tual capital we would never have heard of a Moses, Daniels, Hannaniahs, Pauls, Luthers, and hundreds of others whose names are inscribed in the temples of fame. -I.eaderMhlp of Good. We therefore desire to direct your attention to the following subject, which is partly illustrated in our text: The Leadership of the Educated and Good.' We all concede that there is a leadership in every sphere of life, and that, therefore, some are leaders and others are led. It is true that in a certain sense all grown persons and even youths are both leaders and led just as each one has some spark of genius. But some are more leaders than others. And there is an ambition with many to be leaders of men. But many desire to become leaders with out preparation and work. But do not forget that there is a crowd at the foot of the mountain of success- and plenty of room at the top. Still you can' rise to the top by effort, if you are wideawake, when opportunities come. The ladder to the height is ed neat ion, application and a sterling character. "You do not fail because you do not become a scientist like Linne; you do not fail if you do not attain to the prominence in the world of poetry like Longfellow; you do not miss the mark if you are not elevated to the pinnacle of statesmanship like Bismarck, the man of iron ; you do not become a fail ure in leadership if you do not reach the fame of Webster as a popular ora tor; as George Eliot in authorship; as Beecjier in the pulpit; asGlads.tpne. en the,floor of. parliament as GrajuT iii generalship; or as hundreds of others who have been shining lights in the world of letters, music, politics and business. There is a leadership de pending upon education and good char acter without becoming noted in the annals of history. Emerson says: Neither years nor books, speaking of his college days, 'have yet availed to extirpate a prejudice then rooted in me, that a scholar is the favorite of heaven and earth, the excellency of his country, the happiest of men.' With all'the natural and acquired wealth of our land, there could not be any prog- ess without education. As necessary as money centers are, the greatest re sults 'depend upon the treasures of knowledge. The cultured men and wo men are richer than the Ignorant wealthy.- The rich may lead in so- called society, but the cultured are al ways leaders if they make use of their education. The ministers, professors, teachers and professional men have a greater leadership than the million aires. Money is temporal, knowledge is eternal. The chuches, schools and universities are therefore the strong holds of a country. He Not Impatient. You may feel that you are a nobody and that you have no chance. But even if you should be so situated that you feel as if you belonged to the for gotten living, take courage, because there are suppressed lives which mean much. It is well known that in the business world there are many sub ordinates upon whom the employer de peuds for their skill. The leaders are often behind the throne. Some such persons may not become known, but God knows what is done in secret, aud the reward will come. 'And think of the suppressed life of many a mother. Human life is not like a bird which soars aloft, pointing towards its nest or to a sunnier zone because its wing has not left a ma.k on the blue heavens. Character is most potent. Invisible as the air and inaudible as the light, it is real and a mighty force. Character resttfts from work just as much as from other causes. Uur Christian education ana character should, therefore, become a vital force in our lives and make us leaders .in every good work. . ''And when, you begin the vocation of your life, take heed that you do not become Impatient, if your advancement is slow. God may place you for many years in the school of experience, be fore you Swill be a leader in your call ing and profession. Remember the great leader of Israel, the lawgiver Moses. He was an educated man, bnt he learned many lessons as a .shepherd in the wilderness, and he was what we would call an old maij,when he entered upon his real life work. r "Andisdo not forget that onr Master, Jesus Christ,' although divine, had a long preparation-. Do. not ''hurry, but lay a good foundation. our turn will (Continued on Page Seven.) Measure Originating : in Senate Buried in House Committee KILLED FOR SESSION Governor Said to Have Decided to Call Legislature Again in the Fall. Springfield. 111.. May 24. (Special) -The senate deep waterway bill. which has the backing of Governor Deneen and which provides for the construction of a ship canal without the federal government's aid, went to its fate in the house today when it was referred to the committee on canals, river improvements and com merce. The ship committee is con trolled by friends of Congressman William Lorimer and they are against this Deneen bill. . Mill Qnlt Saturday. It is understood that the legisla ture will adjourn sine die next Sat urday night and that Governor De neen wi(l have them back in the fall when they will,be given an opportun ity to take up the questions pending that have been smothered in ThL session. - " No Senator Present. Springfield, 111.. May 24. Ballot ing for United States "senator today on the 93d joint ballot was without incident. No senators were present. J .Hall, Retired Merchant, Kilhr Self -While Under a -Cloud. ' " "T HAD MISUSED THE MAILS Arrested anil Bound Over, lie Ile- tame Despondent Was Appar ently Losing Mind. Calva, 111., May 24. Brooding over his arrest on charges of send- ng obscene matter through the mails. C. .1. Hall of this place com mitted suicide by blowing his brains out with a revolver Saturday aftei- noon. Thursday afternoon he was arrested by Deputy United States Marshall 'inpp and taken to Peoria. on complaint of the postal author- ties of this .place. At Peoria he gave bail for appearance and hearing on his case. It is said he made a full confession. Saturday- afternoon he was visited by a local minister. When the latter left his home Mr. Hall went upstairs to his son's room and fired the fatal shot. He leaves a wife and one son. The former is prostrated. Mr. Hall was 65 years : of age. He was a former merchant cf Galva. , Three Named la Charges. Charges had been preferred against . Hall by former Sheriff Henry Quinn, and it was said that he had sent mail of an objectionable nature, to Mr. and Mrs. Quinn and to Banker Yocum. Hall and Mr. Quinn were formerly partners in the furniture business. It is believed that the former was insane. CHINA JOB NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR IIADND Washington, May 24. After an hour's interview with the president - today. John Hays Hammond definite ly declined the tender of the minist-, ership to China. - MAY AND SEPTEMBER WHEAT STILL SOAR Both Establish New High Recordr on Bullish Report of Kansas J Shortage. V . Chicago, May 1 24. Both . May an September wheat established new high records today, largely on bullish re ports from Kansas predicting a crop shortage in that state. May early sold at $1.33y4 1 over Saturday: Sep teraber brought $1.10," and July, sold at $1.18. TRAGEDY AT GALVA - 1 1