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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-31

close call from being minus a diamond
brooch valued at $1,s00 upon her de-
parture from Davenport. The brooch
was lost at the Kimball house and was
found by William Finefield. the genial
and popular clerk at the hotel. who
restored it TO it's owner just as Miss
Chaser was about to take a train out
of the city to cover her next engage
ment.
Mayor Becker has orded the police
to stop the sale of pools on the races
sold at the Eldorado and ether saloons
en- East Third street The places call
ed themselves commission companies,
and had wires strung directly into the
rooms. The pool rooms were operat-
ed by strangers to the city. but with
the consent of the proprietors of the
places. The action of the mayor in
closing the places caused quite little
stir amcng the tin horn cult which
thought all energies in the crusading
business had lapsed.
The invitations and program for
the Husking Bee and Drill contest,
WHICH Will Dc at a .iOiLl
fair by Carnival camp, No. l, Wood
men of the World, and Davenport
Council, No. 20, Mystic Toilers, at
Turner Grand opera house on Nov. IS,
have been placed in the hands of the
printer. and will be distributed short
". Both lodges represent member
ship of 1000, and they are determin-
ed to make the event successful one.
The Davenport d Suburban has be-
gun laying its second track on Fourth
street. The first track has now been
nearly completed to Warren street
and few days will see the north
side of the line in order for the ears.
The work on the second track will be
pushed as rapidly as possible and in
two weeks the track from Harrison
to Warren will be ready for the cars.
As soon as this is completed the men
will be shifted east Of Harrison and
the company will then begin work
from Harrison to the bridge. The
weather is just what the management
of the road wants. and if it holds out
for so days longer the Davenport d
Suburban will have a line ready for
use along the paved streets.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-31

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in all the latest shades, just the thing
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10 pieces colored Zibelines. nothing
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-31

Special drive on $50 titles. IL mo. by
popular authors. Csc values q9fZ~
for Monday. special $500. iZ1ZC
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-31

On the adjournment of court the at
torneys occasionally gather to swap
tales. 1t was in the midst Of one of
these sessions the other day that one
of the best known of the harristers
unbosomed tale that for real hard
luck he was willing to wager there
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-31
Town Tales.


An excited woman rushed into the
police station the other day and asked
to see the chief
Il want you to help me get my
child, chief" she said. mo, she isn't
lost, but she is at the home of my
sister-in-law, and she refuses to let
me have her. Two years ago, when |
was unable to care for my baby, l
gave her over to the care of this wo-
man, and now she says | cannot have
her until l pay the expense of keep
ing the baby during that period. 1t
is awful chief; what am L to dO?"
and the woman burst into tears.
She said her home was in Daven-
port. She always wanted to be near
her child. but until now. did not have
a home of her own in which to keep it.
The chief said it was not case with
in his jurisdiction. and referred her to
justice of the peace.
If the authorities don't act soon,
there is likely to be Il mass meeting
held one of these days to protest
against the pianos that are playing in
several of the saloons in the business
district. The instruments are placed
close to the Goors and are pounded
for dear life in an effort to attract
trade. At any hour of the night the
strains of "Hiawatha." "Under the
Bamboo Tree" and other popular
airs are poured forth from those
boose parlors to the disgust of citi-
zens generally Some of the instru-
ments are operated by electricity and
are about as harmonious as some of
those wheezy grind organs that in
fest the streets with the approach Of
spring. The soft pedal has been cut
out of commission and the whole
works are turned on full force.
ut would seem to me-" remarked a
business man. that from a business
standpoint the piano in saloon would
prove Il detriment. | am sure | would
not go into Il place that had an old
music box poked in the doorway
grinding out some of those latter day
hideous tunes. 1t might attract a
drunken man, but seldom sober one.
\ friend of mine who happened in the
city the other night and was walking
through the business section with me
he had never been here before
asked me if l was taking him through
the Bowery district. l tell you. it
sounds bad, and the police should put
stop to st.
\ couple. with all the carmarllS Of
matrimonial candidates, marched into
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-31

The neck Of some people" ejaeu-
lated the usually goodnatured drug
clerk. Here I was working my head
off alCne in the store with half
dozen people standing around wait
ing their turns when the telephone
bell rings. | ans wers: Who is dis? says
4 mans voice in foreign accents.
Blanks drugstore, / beloved. Veil
-haf you anny-a-nny pOstish
stamps y few Veil how-how
many YOU got p Maybe dozen Ven
IL take dem all. YCOs wait 4 min
ute; | pc right down. You can hat
'em all retty' In about five minutes
here he came all out of breath and he
he bought IS cents worth of stamps
with an air as though he was closing
bargain for the store"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-31

the court house arm in arm one after
noon during the week. He wore n big
white string tie and squeaIing shoes,
and a pistol for q watch charm, and
carried a gray square grip not much
larger than a cigar box. She wore a
blue bonnet with bunch of phoney
cherries dangling from either side, Il
yellow skirt, white shirt waist, short
blue jacket. white gloves and low tan
shoes. At the head of the stairs lead
ing to the county clerks office, which
they We're steering for, they ran
plumb into crowd OF jurors, who
were having an hour recess. One of
the jurors proposed a charivari. All
were in fer it, After the license had
been secured the bluShing groom in a
whispered tone asked the clerk if he
could be married in the building. He
was told he could be accommodated.
and he and his bride were led into the
private Office Of the county Judge,
who performed the ceremony The
jurors had gotten a few pans with
which to make noise to give the
couple send-off. but they were foil
ed in their plans by a considerable at
tache of the county clerks Office. who
apprised the groom Of the scheme.
Wien the binding words had been
pronounced the clerk took the bride
and escorted her out door that the
charivari party was not watching.
reaching the street by the way of the
sheriff's office. The groom finally
| marched out alone. and turned the
laugh on the jurors, joining his bride
on Fifteenth street. and going ON
their way happy together.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-31

\ couple. with all the carmarlls of
candidates. marched into
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-18
AFTER 'PHoNE FRANCHISE.
Two Companies Seeking to Gain Foot
hold in Council Bluffs.

Two Companies Seeking to Gain Foot
hold in Council Bluffs.
Special to Times-Republican.
Council Bluffs, March 1S.-Two inde-
pendent telephone companies are seek
ing franchises in this city. The Ne
braska combine which is established
here is fighting the new enterprise.
One of the provisions provided for only
toll line connections without a city eX-
change: the other provided for a locai
exchange and outside connections.
The toll line company is the Western
Independents Telephone. Telegraph q
Terminal company, and is headed by
Il. ID. Metcalf, DR.. Donald Macrae, Jr.,
James E. Price and H. w. Cutshall,
the latter of Shelby. The second prop
osition goes under the name of the
Council Bluffs Independent Telephone
company. and Is headed by Emmett Tin
ley and Henry H. Van Brunt.
The Western Independent Telephone,
Telegraph & Terminal company pro-
poses to solve the telephone question by
the establishment of toll phones In all
of the principal jobbing houses In the
city to the number of at least twenty
five. The toll phones offered by this
company are of the cash slot variety
now in use in the public booths of the
Nebraska company. The subscriber
would pay only when using the phone
and then the toll rate as informed by
the operator In the central toll sta
ton. The Western company e not
D to establish a toll system.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-18
DESERTED HIS WIFE.
Webster City Man Leaves Home After
SAVING He Will NOT Return.

Webster City, March 1S.-After writ
ing his wife a note bidding her and
her child goodbye and telling her tha
they would never see him again, /. L.
1ngerston, a timer, residing in rooms
In the syndicate BLOCK, suddenly disap-
peared Monday night and no word has
been heard from him. since. ~Ingerston
Is a young MAJ who mas been employed
in the F.. r.. Mason & Son hardware
establishment as a timer for some
time. He is industrious and has al
ways borne a good reputation. Was
married about three years ago to Miss
Levenia White of this city. They have
one child about two years of age.
Last Saturday night Ingerston severed
his connection with the II. r. Mason &
Son store. He was away from home
all day Sunday but his wife had nc in
timation of his intentions. This morn
ing the postmaster brought Mrs. Inger-
ston a letter which read:
'I've stood all I AM going to. You'll
never heal from me again. Take the
furniture and do what you please with
it-sell it, Idon't care. Ike"
Nothing vas missing from the house
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-18
AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY.
So Thinks at Least One Travelling Man,

So Thinks at Least One Travelling Man.
/ would as soon think of starting u
without my mileage books and griI
as to start out on a trip Without .
box of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets In
my valise, said a travelling man who
represents a st. Louis hardware mouse.
Why? Because I have to put up az
all kinds of hotels and boarding houses
] have to eat good food, bad food n
indifferent food. at all hours of the day
and night, and 1 don't believe any mans
stomach will stand that sort OF thing
without protest; anyway / know mine
won't. 1t has to have something to
break the fall and Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets are the crutch I fall back on.
MY friends josh me about it and tell
me l am an easy mark for patent med
icine fakirs: that advertised medicines
are humbugs, etc, but l notice that
they are nearly always complaining OF
their aches and pains and poor dises-
tion, while / can STAN most any KIM
of fare and feel good and ready foi
my work when it needs me. n l be-
lieve / owe my good digestion ana
sound health to the daily, regular use
Of Stuart's Dyspepsia tablets, year IN
and year out, and all the "joshing IN the
world will never convince me to the
contrary.
I used to have heartburn about three
times a day and a headache about three
or four time a week and after stand
ing for this four or FIVE years ! began
to look around for a crutch and found
1t when the doctor told me the best IN
vestment I could make would be a 80
cent box of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tabiets,
aud / nave invested about so cents a
month for them ever since and when
1 stop to think that that is what spend
every day for cigars. l feel like shaking
hands with myself for I can keep my
stomach digestion in first class
order for so cents a month. ! don't
care for any better life insurance.
My druggist tells me that they are
the most popular of all stomach med
icines and thai they have maintained
their popularity and success because
they do as advertised. They bring re-
suits. and results are what count in
a patent medicine as much as In selling
barbwire.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-18
Congressman Cousins Has Ap-
pointment of Young Man In
This District
WILL HOLD AN EXAMINATION
Candidates for the Place to Undergo
Physical Test at Cedar Rapids April
11-conditions to Be Observed BY
Those Desiring to Take the Examina.
tlon' ---AA-41
pecial to Tines Republican.

SICSioi -
Cedar Rapids, March 1S.-Congress-
man Cousins of the Fifth Iowa District
mas the appointment of a young man
from this district to the position of
midshipman at the United States ma
val academy. While it is within the
power of the congressman to make
the appointment in any manner he may
see fit, Mr.. Cousins has also adhered to
the plan Of a competitive examination,
thus bringing all candidates on an
equal footing. Mr.. Cousins has pre-
pared the following notice, which he
is having published in all the lead
ing PAPER In the district.
Notice of Competitive Examination.
For the purpose of choosing the
most competent candidate for a po-
sition as midshipman at the United
States Naval Academy from the Fifth
congressional district of Iowa, a COM
petitive examination will be held at
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, April
IL, 1908. Candidates should present
themselves at the Office Of DR.. George
r. Skinner not later than 8 a. n. of that
day, where a physical examination will
be held. They must present the writ
ten consent of parent Or guardian to
enter the service of the United States
navy. Also a statement from parents
or guardian certifying the date when
the applicant was born. Candidates
must also present a written statement
either from some county officer or post
master, certifying that the applicant
has been an actual bona-fida resident
of the Fifth congressional district of
Iowa for a period of least w years.
Candidates must be between the ages
OF 10 and 90 years on the first day of
June next. They must be physically
sound and not less than five feet in
height Those who pass the physical
examination will be certified to the
academical board for examination as to
mental qualifications, including what
are known as the common branches,
also general history of the world, al
zebra, through quadratic equations
and plain geometry. such as contained
in the ordinary text books. The one
passing the best examination shall be
appointed principal and the three next
to the highest shall be named in order
of excellence as alternates.
ROBERT G. COUSINS, NJ. c."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-18
PROBABLY AN ACCIDENT.
Erastus Fellows of creston, Died al
Mercy Hospital.

Erastus Fellows of creston, Died at
Mercy Hospital.
Burlington. March 1S.-At 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon a very seriously
injured young mar was admitted to
Mercy hospital. He had been brought
here by No. 13, the train crew having
found him neal the track at Gladstone.
He was badly hurt abou the head.
one arm and several ribs were broken,
and it was evident that little could be
done for him. beyond making his last
minutes as comfortable as possible. He
was about twenty-five years of age,
and wore blue overalls and a sweater.
He was of neat appearance.
He had been struck by a train While
walking on the track, or he may have
fallen from a train. Just how he came
to his injuries may never be known He
recovered consciousness once and gave
his name and address to the watcher,
who was bending over him, as Erastus
Fellows, $40 South Main street, Cres-
ton. Iowa. At about sever o'clock his
sufferings came to an end. Coroner
Unterkircher took charge of the re-
maine
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-18

officers as now constituted is as fol-
lows: President. Mr.. Whiteside Of At
lantic, vice president, George Black
burn, of Shenandoah. treasurer. NJ. G.
Stokesbury, of Red Oak, secretary w.
L. Lundy, OF Clarinda.
TUSCALOOSA.
Will Harrahan. driver for D. l..
Slemmons, was the victim of a painful
accident shortly before noon today,
Monday. He had stopped to deliver
groceries for Mrs. NJ. T. Mitchell, South
Second street and as he came out of the
house one of the horses was lying down.
He called to it to get up and as it
scrambled to it's feet both animals
started to run. Young Harrahan tried
to get into the rig but they whirled
around and he was thrown on the curb
ing on the east side of the street, the
wagon falling on top Of him.
Muscatine.
While digging the foundation for the
new standpipe at the city water works
in the west part of town the workmen
dug into a grave containing the de-
icayed skeletons OF five human bodies.
The smaller bones had nearly all crum-
bled away and it is evident they had
been in the ground many years. The
remains were in a narrow space about
two feet by four, down from the sur
face some eighteen inches. How they
came there is a mystery, and the. sup
position is that some crime in an early
day had been committed.
Muscatine.
There may be a strike Of all the
union carpenters in Muscatine unless
the building contractors concede a
raise In wages. A scale has been pre-
pared and submitted to the employees
but no action has been taken or it
one way or the other. Thu time limit
for the contractors to either accept
or reject the scale has been placed
on the first day of April. Daton keck-
Ter, secretary of the carpenters union,
refuses to say anything about the mat
ter further than to that he
expects to hear from the contractors
within a few days.
Fort Dodge.
Fort. Dodge Council No. 125. of the
United Commercial Travellers of Amer
lea, has taken action with regard to
the fire escape question, which is in
line with that taken by the United
Commercial Travellers all over the
state since the recent hotel tragedy in
Cedar Rapids. Mayor Bennett is In re-
ceipt Of a resolution, passed by the Fort
Dodge lodge, in which his attention is
called to the need of fire escapes on all
buildings. and especially hotel build
ings, Of two stories or more in height
in the city, and is requested to take
immediate action on the matter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-18
Foot Race Fakirs Who Defraud-
ed Council Bluffs Parties
Convicted
MANY PERSONS WERE swlNDLED
Pottawattomie County People Said to
Have Been Caught in the Game for
Sums A~ssresatins s5,ooo-some In
terestine Documents in Evidence at
the Trial.
Special to Times-Republican.

| Special to TimeS-Republican.
Council Bluffs, March 1S.-The jury
in the famous foot race conspiracy
case pronounced Leon Loser and Ee
Moore guilty of the charge of conspir-
acy to defraud by cheating by false
~pretenses and on Friday they will be
sentenced by Judge Thornell to a term
of something less than three years in
the state penitentiary at Fort Madison.
Loser n Moore were connected with
the famous foot race swindles at Webb
City, Mo-, and are said at different
times to have defrauded half a dozen
Council Bluff parties out of sums rang
ing from $4,000 to $4,000.
Loser had been known as something
of a foot racer over the west for a
number Of years. He is a nephew of
Abraham Simmer, the ,Waverly Iowa,
phi%lanthropist and a cousin of Ben 1.
Sallinger, a prominent attorney and
politician at Carroll, Iowa. Mr.. Sal
niger was the principal attorney for the
defense. Moore is a local character
and has been connected with the gam
bling fraternity here for a number of
years. Their attorney will ask for a
new trial ard that being refused an
appeal to the supreme court will be
taken.
The articles of agreement which was
admitted as al interesting document,
and upon it the defense hoped to prove
that Gregory bet upon the DOT races
and lost his money in that way. 1t
also shows while at Webb City Leon
Loser went under the name of Charles
Standard, ami that he signed his name
to the legal documents with that title.
The contract was between Cash Grim
of Pottawattamie county, Iowa, and
Charles Standard of Jasper county, Mo-,
and called for a rae of seventy yards to
be run between the two men for a
purse of none up n $1,000 offered
by c. Gregory, which was at that time
in the hands of one w. II. Gibson. The
agreement was signed by the two foot
racers, Ed. E. Ellis and C. Gregory
as principals and c.. A. Buckley, (known
in the case as Boatright) and William
Barker as witnesses. Another agree
ment was also filed which provided
that the race was to be run for the
money offered and in the hands of
Gibson. Both agreements We're signed
on Jan. 81. 1902.
A number of interesting figures are
found on the back of one of the instrE-
ments. They are what are p%urported
to be by the defendant an account of
bets placed on the race. The markings
were made by Gibson, SO they claim,
and show, if the figures thus made are
correct, that Gregory bet $4,000 on the
race during Gregory and Bankers sec
ond trip to Webb City. Since these
figures could not be verified they were
not admitted in evidence.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-18
IOWA CLAY PRODUCTS.
An Abundance of Excellent
Raw Materials For All
Glasses of Wares
EIGHTH IN CLAY PRODUCTION
State Has Made Practically Only a
Beginning in the Manufacture of the
High Priced Products-Department
of Geology at Ames Directing Study
in This Direction.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Ames Iowa, March Is. - The
department of geology and min
ing engineering of the Iowa State Col
lege has been engaged in the study of
Iowa clays during the past three years
and finds thai every one of the ninety
nine counties In the state contains suit
able clay for the manufacture OF clay
products.
In 1901 the state ranked eighth in
total clay production. Ninety-three
counties marketed clay wares valued
at s2,737,S25, consisting chiefly OF COM
mon building brick and drain tile, con-
shutting PAS per cent of the production
of the entire country which amounted
to s1lO,211,5S7.
In the cheaper clay wares. building
brick, drain tile, hollow block. n
burnt clay ballast, she produced 4.45
per cent of a production OF about VOL
600, 900 in those lines. OF the remain
ing $4,000, 900 worth OF higher grade
clay goods she produced less h two
thirds of one per cent.
If in addition we cut out paving and
face brick and sewer pipe, Iowa contri-
buted less thai one-twentieth of n
per cent of the remaining $42,1I4,4O0
produced by the country.
The work of the department OF ge-
ology and mining engineering Is espec-
tally directed to the discovery and de-
velopment of clays suited to the man
u~facture Of high price wares. enough
has been done to demonstrate beyono
a doubt that the state possesses an
of raw material, easily ac-
cessible and suitable for the manufac-
tire Of the majority Of the high priced
products.
The shales and clays OF the coal
measures extending almost unlnter-
ruptedly from Fort Dodge to Musca-
tine and C~enterville, and from Eldora
to Corning and Villisca, afford an al
most inexhaustible supply OF excellent
material suitable for h manufacture
of plain and fancy face brick, paving
brick. sewer pipe. conduit ire proof
ing Main and ornamental terra Gotta.
red earthern ware, sanitary ware ana
floor tile In addition to the common
products.
TIE OVER carboniferous shales crop
ping out in Des Moines. Muscatine n
Louisa counties, the Maquoketa shales
exposed or near the surface in Fayette,
Delaware and Dubuque counties q
TO the supply of materials available for
high priced goods. The clay shales OF
age which crop out along
lime Creek from Mason City to Rock
ford are unsurpassed for the manufac-
ture of hollow block and drain tile.
In the investigation of clays the de-
of civil engineering and
agricultural chemistry cooperate with
the department of geology and mining
engineering.