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Rock Island Argus., 1903-09-25
NOT CHICAGO GERM
The One That Is Giving the Peo-
pie of the Bridge City Va
rious Troubles.
KANSAS CITY Is NOW ACCUSED
Expert Witness Says the Chicago Nil
crobe Dies of Shock Before
Reaching Peoria.

Chicago, Sept. 25.-Interrupting the
testimony of Professor John II. Long
for a short time in the hearing of the
Missouri-IllinOis canal injunction case,
Attorney James Todd made a move
which indicated his intention to show
later on that Missouri has done more
to pOllute its own water supply than
Chicago mas. If this contention can be
substantiated by strong evidence, it is
expected TO weaken the standing Of
Missouri and st. Louis as complain
ants in the suit. James Il. Quinlan
and Thomas Burke We're the witnesses
whose testimony gave a hint of this
kind of an attack. Eoth testified that
they We're employed by the sanitary
district of Chicago last May to take
samples of water from the Kaw and
the Missouri rivers.
Kansas City Sewage Present.
Thirty-siX bottles of water which
they filed were sent to Professor
Long. of the Northwestern university,
one of the expert witnesses for the
defense. These witnesses said they
took samples from both rivers above
and below Kansas City. and they dis
covered that several sewers enter the
river from that city. While no test1-
mOny has yet been given as to what
these samples indicated, it is expect
ed that the defense will show the
presence of germs in the bottles. If it
can be shown that communicating mat
ter was allowed to enter the stream
from the stock yards and sewers at
Knasas City the conclusion will follow
that this was responsible for the eX-
istence of pollution in the Mississippi
river at St Louis.
Disputed by st. Louis.
Assistant Attorney General Jeffries
tried to show for the state of Missouri
by crOsS-eXamination OF these wit
nesseS that the samples taken last May
Were not an indication of the normal
condition of the river because the wat
er was then at high flow preceding
the great floods. Attorneys for the COM
plainant say also that the chlorine
found in the Missouri river came from
salt fields above Kansas City, and that
the water does not carry contamina-
tion to st. Louis. They say the evil
dence taken up to date indicates that
the Missouri water is dirty but health
full, and that the Mississippi river is
free from dangerous germs above the
point where the Illinois river enters
with the drainage canal flow.
Chicago Germs Don't Reach st. Louis.
Professor Long gave the results of
analyses made for the Illinois board OF
health in the Illinois river and its tri-
butaries prior to 1890. The summary
of his observations was to the effect
that even before the drainage canal
was opened the Illinois river was prac-
tically freed from Objectionable matter
before it reached Peoria. This, he said
was due to dilution resulting in the
destruction of organic matter by Oxida-
ton. Before the water of the Illinois
reached the outlet at Grafton, he said,
all dangerous germs were practically
destroyed.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-09-25
HANDS NOT CLEAN
Grounds for Deciding Case
Against the Chicago Board
of Trade.
MADE BY JUDGE AT DUBUQUE
Eighty-Five Per Cent. Of Transac.
tiOns Shown to be on
Margins.

Dubuque, Ia, Sept. '2J.-Judge Shiras
has written the opinion for the United
States court of appeals in the case of
the Christie Grain and Stock company
ct al. appellant, VS.. the board of trade
Chicago, appellee. reversing the decis-
ion of the federal court of Missouri
and remanding the case to that court
with instructions TO dismiss the bill at
complainant's cost. The Chicago
board of trade secured an injunction
in the lower court against the Christie
company restraining it from obtain
ing from the telegraph companies any
of the quotations furnished by the
board of trade, alleging that the quo
tatiOns We're private property and
could not be furnished except upon
contract
Gambling Charge Proven.
The testimony developed that 50 per
cent. of the transactions of the board
was gambling in margins, that by ad-
mission of the board it was shown
that it maintained bucket shops On
this evidence the appellate court holds
that the board of trade did not come
into court with clean hands, or for
lawful purpose and clearly it was not
the duty of a court of equity to grant
any relief prayed by it, that the trans
of Illinois and therefore unlawful.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-09-25
COMPLETE TRIUMPH OF PARKS
His Whole Delegation Admitted to the
Kansas City Convention.

His Whole Delegation Admitted to the
Kansas City Convention.
Kansas City, Sept. 25.-When the
International Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers resumed it's
session in the annual convention it was
again behind closed doors. AS soon
as the convention was called to or
der q fight was started on Joseph A
Mulaney, a Parks follower, and a heat
ed discussion ensued.
I'VE will let the convention fight it
out themselves" said Delegate Parks
and he voluntarily left the hall, fol-
lowed by his associates from New
York. After the matter had been
threshed over thoroughly, the entire
New York delegation, including Mu-
laney. was seated and it re-entered the
convention. AIulaney is a member Of
union No. &c, of New York city, and
a particular friend of Parks. His be-
ing seated made the victory of the
Parks crowd cor1plete.
a dispatch from New York was
read 10 Parks, stating that Justice
Blanchard, in the supreme court, had
Oen1eu GaTKS IUOItOD LOT 1t CHduSe OF
venue in the extCrtion case. Parks
would only say: Really, am glad OF
it. 1 would rather fight the case out
In New York city"
Adjourned to Stop Fight.
Kansas City, Sept. 25.-President
Buchanan shortly before noon today
adjourned the annual convention of
the International Association of
Bridge & Structural Iron Workers
without date to prevent what promis-
ed to be serious fight and probably
IA split over the seating of Daniel Bro
ply, a Buchanan supporter who held
a credential from the Scranton (Pa.)
local. The session was held behind
closed doors Later it was stated
Mulleney, Parks supporter, had de-
clared the credential held by Brophy
had been forged.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08
INTERIOR OF THE LEdRAPH ROOM OF THE TIMEs=DsPATcH

ton and Fine Arts. Of Franco has de-
ciaed that from next Juno women may
take part IL the competitions for the va z.
rious Prix de Rome including sculpture.
painting. music, engraving and architteo.+
ture. i.& "a M q X B ",
Seventeen artists havc sent pla ster
sketch models in; competition for the
prizes offered BY the General Committee
on this n cIkinley Memorial. Among them
are designs from England Germany and
Belgium. The models are In charge OF
the secretary Leslie w. Miller at Philn.
delphia, and the Jury Of awards Ii to ex--5i
anime them and mako Its decision by
May LIST. .s. 81 ~
Antoine Eugene Lambert, whose death
has been announced from Paris com bined
landscape painting with theatre decornt-'
Ing. He Ewas born at D Jon on April rs,
1924, and studied under Thierry and Dau-
bigny. He commenced exhibiting at the
Salon In 1857 with a View In tho forest
Of Fontainebleau, y Souvenir du ,Bas-
Breau.'i' The country scenes OF the DISC.
the neighborhood OF Dion. Picardy, and
Normandy were his chief inspirations.
"A fun In aid Of Ralph A. Blakelocl1,
the eminent artist who IS confined In
all insane asylum. Is to be raised among
the artists and collectors which shall put
Mr. Blakelock and his family beyond 40
tual need until suoh time rs his children
are educated, and he himself shall no
longer have to be cared for. Many have
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08

already subscribed to the fund, Of which
william 4. Dvahs Is treasurer and later
the artists are to be asked to contribute
pictures to be- sold for the benefit Of the
fund KS S
The annual exhibition OF the Riviera
Anglo-American Art Club will be hold
this month In Nice at the Paro 1mperi-
i al. t a 8 n III 5ii IL
4 The patrons OF the club included the
Duke Of Cambridge, Lord BrtuShamS and
svaux Lord savile, Sir Sidney Waterfowl
( Sir William Ingram, Alexander MCMILLAN,
the British Consul. Nice; Harold Van
Buren,, U. 8, Consul, Nice: W. Cunnrd,
Countess Of Scarborough Lady Eden,
Lady Harris and Mrs. Walker, ~
Z The sculptor Joseph Won Kopf, who died
at Rome recently, In his eighty-flfth year,
had romantic history, as London
writer tells 1t. He was born at Unlingen,
in Wurtemberg, and up to his twentieth
year. when he was first admitted TO a
drawing-school, worked as a. stonemason.5
In 1851 he travelled on foot to Rome,
and there earned his daily bread by
wood carving for the furni hre-mnkers,
employing his spare hours upon his edu-
cation as a sculptor. Some 8of his work
was seen by Cornelius and Overlook and
both those masters were. SO struck by
Its merits that they obtained q temper,
airy stipend for him from the King Of
4Wurtemb berg, which abled him to de-
vote his whole tme to his art.
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tslat!ou On the subject Is unconstitu-
GREATLY IMPROVED.

me code was compiled some twenty
years ago by Walter p. Philips Since
then II has been enlarged and improved
Until II nov contains morcthan two thou.
SAND expressions. These expressions s
vary in}length from ore letter. or figure.
70 r. cups Of I'VE letters. They stand for
ono word or phrases composed OF as
many as eight or ten words. The system :e1
wa. devised for the purpose Of both saw
1ine time ana increasing the capacity OF
the wire. It's utility for. press york pc.
came evident upon the Introduction OF
the type writer. An average operator
sending unquoted matter can crowd 1, me =
ycrv best receiving operator taking u
a. manuscript; but most any type-Writer'
onerator can take that kind OF stun
WITH ease and have time TO read MS
morning paper between words. The use use
~ thn code brings the speed Of the sen
der more nearly UP to that OF the fe.
jceiyer, now that press work IS a almost
universally taken on the type-"ri.el;
Tine IN, examples given above are coded
more closely than the ordinary press
Nos The time actually saved N
practical work Is about onethird over
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08
tails. or ice crystals. fioat. He found the
temperature 81 below zero. VI

=
There Is no telling @ how high the
weather bureaus sounding balloons will
go before they burst. but It is confidently
expected that the instruments they
carry will record many facts Of value
to science In regard to conditions OF
moisture. temperature, eto,, in the upper
levels OF the atmosphere 1t is already
known that In those levels the tsinpera-
ture changes hardly at all FROM winter
to summer. At six miles, where the
feathery mares tall clouds fioat. 1t IS
eternal winter. and the wind blows often
one ascendsf from IS tho surface OF the
earth the therm orneter goes down seven
teen degrees per mile. and the density Of
the air Is halved tor each three miles Of
tho Ascent. One-half Of the atmosphere
Is below the three.nile level, and Its
density at ten miles Ii only one-ninth
OF what it is At tho surface, The tom-
perature at ton miles Is 65 below zero,
and at twenty-hvs miles Is probably 200
below. At fifty miles 1t must DO near
to the absolute zero OF space. the tenn
perature OF tho dark aldo Of the moon,
which Is 4s1 degrees below. tho zero of
Fahrenheit. a III u q
Observing stations have been estab-
lished on high mountain5, at levels too
tar nlott for. continued residence. and
In such places self-rccording Instruments
have been placed, operated by clock-s
the temperature. moisture and velocity
Of tho wind. Such automatic stations,
which arc visited at regular intervals
for the purpose Of reminding the clock
work and changing the record Sheets
have been set up on Mount Blanc and
on the summit Of tho volcano of ~
station onftop OF Pixies Peak. but It
was abandoned few years ago. ow-
ing to tho difficulty of maintaining It,
Heights far exceeding even the altt-
tude attained by; DR.. Beraon have been
reached by free balloons carrying auto
matte Instruments. One OF these. the
Aerophile, was sent up In France several
years ago, and, as shown by the baro-
meter In it's basket got UP as high as
ten miles above tho surface OF the earth
OF COURSE. It had no human freight. A
similar balloon. the Cirrus. was lib
Grated at Berlin and attained an eloya-
Thermometer carried registering rs do
grees below zero,
All OF tho seas and other waters on
tho earth were once upon a time part
OF the atmosphere, being held IN sus-
pension. but with the cooling OF the
crust OF the globe much OF the moisture
became condensed. Tho anclents sup
posed that many kinds Of strange mons.-
ters dwelt In the ocean OF the air, All
OF the spirits are AIR dwellcrs, OF course,
and many good folks honestly believe
that the aerial fluid IL full Of such be-
ings. Originally the spirits were ply
sical Screntilres solid and ablo to ba |
touched II caught and to this day the
Australian natives have periodical hunts
In which they catch the spirits. after
ward eating them. But in these modern
times the corporeal attributes OF the
spirits have vanished, and only their
shadows remain. floating unseen IN the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08

the" " 81 for BY which, cto., Tho hg-
uro ~ means where" '5' shat the;"
''7'' that is = ii 4.
The doctrine Of expansion Is observed
in the code. AS q system 1t keeps pace
with the times. and new expressions are.
added as they become necessary: When
Dewey discovered the PHILIPPINES. and
thus new word was incorporated into
current geographical moneclature q con-
traction therefore had to be invented.
what could be more euphonious than
"Pips"7 Porto Rico became ''r,xo'' and
porto Rlcans,' t.Pxons." Upon the 40
cession OF King Edward VII the opera
tors were able to save nine letters by
lnicknamilng Ills Majesty Kevy." This
can scarcely be considered quite so irrev-
erent however, as S'.'6ow', for Secretary
OF War; s5}tt 81 *
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rhe washington correspondent or the
chicago Record Herald writes to that pa
per: s,
Flocks OF rubber balloons, carrying sell
recording barometers and thermometeFs'
ere 10 be sent up BY the Weather Bureau
for tho purpose Of studying the region OF
this upper atmosphere, concerning wh t'
ca m parativsly little Is known at the pres eas'
mi time they will be about three feet
In diameter. and will be much ilk f.' on e
toy balloons ono sees on tho streets e1-s
cept that they will DO fllled with hydro va 70
sen gas.
The instruments to be sent up VIII
weigh only two pounds for each balloon '7l
which, being set free. will rise until IT
bursts. owing to the pressure from With
In and the rarefaotIon OF tho surrounding nal
air. 8a
Each rubber balloon will be provided
with a parachute, In order that when the
little gas bag bursts the instruments may
not be dashed to destruction IN falling.
& 1t ID expected. however, that use Will be
made in similar fashion OF paper ball
looms, which VIII require no paFachutes.
because when they explode they lose their
gas slowly. and thus como down IN
gradual and dignifed manner, Each pa
per balloon will be about six feet in diam
eter, alled with hydrogen and coated
with paraffln varnish to render II gas
tight. Ono advantage OF such balloons
Of paper and rubber Is that they are
quite inexpensive. 80 tlhat the experiments
made with them need not cost much.
such balloons are called sounding bal.
looms" because the Weather Bureau
means to use them for making sound
inRs In the great ocean Of air. On. the
bottom OF which human beings crawl
about. lust as the deep-sea fish dwell
on the Aoor Of the aqueous ocean, The>
atmospheric ocean, instead OF being COM
posed OF water, IS mixture Of gases,
ana out something about it-noW aeep
ii Is, ana what Il Is like - to tempfra-
ture, density etc., in the upper levels.
Curiosity on this subject Is so great
that Within the last few years many AH-
yenturous men have risked their yves
In trying to mako their way as far SKY.
ward - posslbla--a most paF!louns , n;na
Of enterprise. inasmuch as tho thinning
9of the air makes breathing difficult at
three miles above soa level and 9 |ltllo
further no human being can survive for
Any, length OF time Up to date only q
very few individuals have succeeded In
passing the four-mle limit, t
The famous Elffel Tower at Paris.
which Is probably ten times as high as
tho Tower Of Babel, Is the tallest struc,
ture eyer erected by human hands, at-i
tanning All elevation Of 900 feet, A kite
has been flown from Blue Hill, near Ros-
ton, ct a height Of u mile and three
quarters The highest place permanently
ingst is the convent Of Hanle, In Thlbet.
$500 feet above the sea: but the village
of sar. Yincente. IN the Bolivian Andes.
,lsl only 800 feet lower. It IS observed that
dWslsrs at such attitudes ARD hlways
physically weak, the atm N acre at 1900
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:, feet being Of only one-halt the normal
density and supplying s an insufficient
amount OF oxygen to the lungA, y
The highest railroad in tho world, In
Peru. carries the passenger in .1tne hours
from the level Of the sea to two and a
half miles above It, and most people who
take the trip find no little discomfort In
breathing. though they have not been
obliged to exert themselves IN any way
Up to the present time the loftiest point
on the earth reached by a human boing
is Pioneer Peak, IN the Ilimalayas {near,
sly 5000 feet. which was assembled In 1902
by w. M. Conway. The next best record
Is hely by n. "A. Fitzgerald, who, In 1897.
conquered Mount Aconcagua (e9,492 teot,.
In Argentina. which Is supposed to be tho
highest summit In tho Western IIemls-
phere.
Mount Everest. In the Himalayas. Is
ave and half miles high, tho loftiest
peak on the earth, and more than milo
higher than Pioneer Peak. One may as
sert with confidence that 1t will never
be climbed. inasmuch as no human being
could survive for even q few minutes
on its summit, Nevertheless, mon have
gone as high as that and even higher
In balloons. In 1869 two enterprlsng
English aeronauts. Coxwell and Glaisher,
reached an altitude OF five and half
miles In balloon. and managed to dee
sesnd In safety, though both Of them be-
came unconscious and nearly died, Ten
years later, In France, croce-spinelli.
siyel and Tissandier got up In a balloon
to within 1000 feet Of the same level.
and thu first two died for lack OF air.
But the final achievement. which as yet
remains unequalcd, was that OF Or, Ber-
son. In 1898. who, with tho help OF
tank Of oxygen nearly attained the
six.mile level where the highest clouds,
supposed to he composed Of snow cyys'
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that consumed in sending the sanoe mat
ter In an unabbreviated language.
MANY AUTHORIZATIONS

For almost all the code expressions
employed there is an apparent reason
Tor existence, photographic Of phonetic
or otherwise. Thus. ''ofs"s Is easily. un-
oerstood to mean office, Tho phrases
''shot and instantly killed" 1T ID re-
ported "supren,e Court of the United
States" are coded BY rising the first
letter OF each word; but 1,ist why 'clsx"
should indicate committed suicide"
does not appear. There are some other
arbitrary signs In the code, such as
mag for lin consequences Of and
''kaw~a'I for adjourned sine die but
these are quite limited In number. Tho
code Is arranged generally with view
to burdenlng the memory as little as
possible. Expression for words having
the Same root vary only as to termina-i
ton. For :nstace, receive" Is coded
"rc." Naturally. then, receiving s. Il. Is
reg received" Is ''rcd' and ''recep-
tionH is s'',-cn." Thus q also, starting
with "oj'' for object wo have "ojd,s
dig. DIN. with FOIL" for "object-ed-ing,
ion, live, ionablc.'' ~ fi3 ii
4 Nearly every letter in the alphabet is
employed eingly as a. code expression;
thus, #" for "of the,"5''g'"' "for from
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THE
WORLD OF ART

-,
A chalk drawing BY Puvis dc Chawan-
mes in the Dutuit collection in Paris, re-
presenting woman bathing, has disap-
peared from the Petit Palais.
NJ. Chaumie. Minister OF Public 1nstruo-
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The Delta independent., 1903-09-11
BEAR TRAP CAUGHT A MAN.
Died In It's Clutch, His Hair First Be
ing Turned White.

Died In It's Clutch, His Hair First Be.
ing Turned White.
Herman Kratz, a homsteader, who
hved seventeen miles northwest of Ely,
northeastern Minnesota. mysteriously
disappeared last September, and NO
trace was ever found Of him until .
few days ago. when the skeleton of q
man supposed to have been Kratz was
found by . civil engineer in a deadfall
set for bear five or SIX miles from his
place in the deep woods. The flesh
had practically all disappeared from
the skeleton, but the scalp and hair
still remained in part. The clothing
was rotted away so that it was of III.
tie use for purposes of Identification
One puzzlfng thing is that the hair
seems somewhat gray, while the hair
Of the missing homesteader WIS dark
brown, but 1t is thought that the ter
ror Of his situation in the bear trap
and the knowledge that he could never
escape caused HIS hair to whiten
Theodore Kratz, mother Of the young
homesteader WHO lived on farm
seven miles from EIroy, Wis, is re-
ported here to have become insane re-
Gently over the disappearance and for-
rible death of her son.-DuIuth Dis
patch in New York World.
The Delta independent., 1903-09-11
A Iemple to EriendshIp.

"A Temple of Friendship" said Laura.
enchanted,
I'll build in this garden--the thought
is dvine!"
Her temple was built. and she now only
wanted
An image OF Friendship to place on the
shrine.
She flew to n sculptor. who set down be-
fore her
A Friendship. the fairest his art could
invent:
But so cod and SO dull, that the youth
full adorer
Saw plainly this was not the idol she
meant.
"oh. never she cried. could I think Of
enshrinng
An image whose looks are joyless
and dim:
But yon little god. upon roses reclining,
Wen make. II you Please. sir. a Friend
So the bargain was struck; with the lit
tie god laden.
She joyfully flew to her shrine In the
Farewell" said the sculptor. you're
not the first maiden
Who came but for Friendship and took
away Love-
Thomas Moore.