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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-05
SIR THOMAS PLAYMATE.
Woman at Ellis Island Remembers
BarOnet as Barefoot Boy.

Woman at Ellis Island Remembers
BarOnet as Barefoot Boy.
In spite of the change from bare
foot boy playing in the heather to a
baronet, commander of q cup lifting
fiotilla, Mrs. Catharine Murphy, aged
sixty, is sure she would recognize in
Sir Thomas Upton the playmate of
her childhood, says the New York
World.
Il don't know whether he would re-
member little Kittie Lindsay, which
was called in those days, but many's
the good romp we have had together
when we were children" the old lady
said.
Mrs. Murphy is detained on Ellis is
land while the immigration authorities
are trying to locate her two sons, whom
she has travelled across the seas to
visit
Mrs Murphy told Peter Grogan OF
the Irish immigration society, who is
assisting her, that she keeps a little
notion store in Glasgow, Scotland.
After years of saving She got together
enough money to come to this country
in search of her boys, whom she has
not seen in ten years.
my fathers name was Lindsay, and
Sir Thomas Lipton's father kept a
provision store next door to our house."
Mrs. Murphy said. Il used to play
with him when he was a bright, bare
foot boy, but none of us ever thought
he would grow up to be such a great
man.
"All the people in Glasgow think the
world of him, and every one is wear
ing a shamrock there now, am sure,
as they have in years when he came
here to race with your yacht And
maybe, after ALL" the old lady said
Wistfully, che. will remember little Kit
tie Lindsay
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-05
BYRON W. HOLT.
Naming the House.

The custom of naming a ship when
IT is launched with the breaking of a
bottle of wine on the prov is a sur
vival of an ancient practice which had
many forms. In early times, when the
frame of a house was raised, the bot
tie of wine was broken on the ridge
pole. The usage is mentioned in Nc
Lellan's History of Gorham, Maine"
It was the custom at a raising to
break a bottle of spirit on the ridge
pole and to repeat some rhymes, "nam-
ing the Frame" as it was called. When,
in 1889, Jacob II. Clement of West
Gorham raised q stable, John Phinney,
an old Revolutionary soldier who was
present, repeated the following lines,
which he said Were used in naming
the"Trame of Captain John Stephen
sons house and barn, which were
raised about 1875:
FOR THE HOUSE FRAME
Cursed is the Tory's heart
Which from the congress laws depart;
If the laws they do not fear
1 hope they will not prosper here,
And if the laws they do obey
1 hope they will prosper in corn and hay.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-05
BIG ORE LAND DEAL.
Steel Combine Buys Last Great
Tract In Mesaba Range.
NOW Has PRACTICAL MONOPOLY.

Purchase Of the Chemung Iron Com
pany's Holdings Adds 7O,OOO,OOO
Tons to the United States Steel
Corporations SuppIy-LittIe Avail
able Ore Left In Mesnba District.
Officials Of the United States Steel
corporation have announced the pur-
chase of extensive ore lands in Mesaba
range, says the -New York Herald.
This purchase gives the steel trust con-
troll of the last large tract of Mesaba
ore land that has been for sale and
adds at least 100000 tons of ore to
the corporations supply.
The acquisition includes the entire
holdings of the Chemung Iron COM
the purchase of Mesaba ore land from
james J. Hill. 1t is understood that
the purchase from Mr.. Hill, negotia
tons for which were pending for
weeks, was completed several months
ago on condition that ore tonnage from
the district should be routed over the
Hill railroad system as far as possible.
One of the best judges of the iron
ore situation in the United States said
that the significance of the purchase
of the Chemung holdings lies in the
fact that it takes from the market the
last large single block of Mesaba ore
and materially diminishes the POSSIBLE
ity of any extensive competition to the
steel corporation.
The Chemung Iron company's hold
ings, which have been transferred to
the United States Steel corporation, in
clude eleven unmined tracts, the pos
sibilities of which have been fully de-
veloped. The lands were nearly all
held by the Chemung company under
lease. on the basis of % cents a ton
royalty, and it is on these terms that
they have been transferred to the Steel
corporation. 1t is stated that some of
the deposits in the recently acquired
Mesaba tract average up to 60 and 63
per cent iron and down to .035 per
cent phosphorus.
The Chemung Iron company is owned
by Henry w. Oliver of Pittsburg and
Chester A. Congdon of Duluth. At
fiIiated with the company in making
the transfer to the Steel corporation are
the Monroe Iron company of Duluth,
r. II. Palmer, the Niles Land company,
the Minnesota Commercial Loan COM
pany, Pillsbury, Bennett & Longyear,
d. t. Adams and c. NJ. Hill Lumber
company.
1t is estimated that in the whole
Mesaba district there now remain in
the market not more than 100000
tons of ore that is for sale. These de-
posts are very much scattered. The
property acquired is compact and is
said to contain vast quantities of high
grade bessemer which can be easily
mined.
The newly acquired ore is without
restriction as to traffic, which was one
of the points most emphasized in the
Hill deal. The purchase price is with
held.
Steps have already been taken for
opening one of the new mines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-05
SCHWAB PLAYS CHECKERS
Speedily Vnnquishes the Champion
of Pennsylvania.

Speedily Vnnquishes the Champion
of Pennsylvania.
'Do you mind playing a gamer"
asked one of group of spectators at
the chess and checker games in a pier
reading room of George H. Kearns, the
champion checker expert of Pennsyl-
vania, says the Atlantic City CORE
spondent of the New York Herald.
Kearns assented, and the couple
were quickly seated. The stranger
took the first game easily. "Have an
OtherY' he suggested. Kearns was
willing, and the second game was
fought out. Again Kearns was van
pushed. In the third he rallied and
carried off the honors.
That's enough" said his opponent
you're on to my play"
The man handed twenty dollar bill
to the attendant, waved away prefer
of change and strolled out.
'That was Charles NJ. Schwab," said
some one who recognized him to
Kearns.
Hes a good player" replied Kearns.
Judging from what 1 have read of
him his checker playing furnished a
true Indication of his characteristics.
His game was marked by q blending
of natural skill, audacity and venture
someness, but he never neglected to
leave loophole through which to re-
tire when pressed too hard. He set
the rules of the game at defiance and
by this audacity beat me before
measured him accurately"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-05
THAW'S PROOlGALITY.
Paid $1,000 For Special Train From
Denver to Frisco.

Denver to Frisco.
William Thaw, the wealthy Pittsburg
man who created quite an interna-
tional sensation some time ago by re-
fusing to appear at the wedding of
his sister to the Earl of Yarmouth
spent a day recently in seeing Denver
says the Times of that city. That night
he left in the same style in which he
had viewed the western metropolis.
His time here had been overstayed, and
he wanted to reach California as soon
as possible. He at once chartered from
the Union Pacific a private Pullman
and paid $3.50 spot cash to use it seven
days. He then purchased eighteen tick
cts at $40 each to San Francisco in or
der to have the exclusive use of the
car. When he had paid out 81 .070 in cold
cash he went on board, took his seat
and notified his private secretary not to
let any one take his picture for the pa
pers. The only person on board besides
himself was II. Harvey Hill, his private
secretary.
1t is said that he spent money lavish
" while in Denver. At one place he
left 500 for hack drivers, elevator
boys, porters and walters, who thought
Morgan or Vanderbilt had struck town.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-05
DEER TO RUN AT LARGE.
Herd of One Thousand to he Set
Free In Pennsylvania.


c. G. Worthington of New York will
liberate from Buckwood park, his pre-
serve opposite Shawnee. within a few
days, 1000 deer, permitting them to go
where they please. says a Stroudsburg
(Pa) dispatch. The deer will be safe
for the present, as they are protected
by the game laws until Nov. 1, when
deer may be taken for one month.
There are now more than 1000 deer
in Buckwood, and if not liberated they
will soon starve.
Nineteen deer were placed in the park
eleven years ago. They have multiplied
so rapidly that the army of them now
in the park represents merely the pro-
geny of the original nineteen animals
placed there.
The farmers in the vicinity do not
relish the advent of the hungry four
footed horde, fearing that the animals
will damage the crops.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-05
VALUE OF MAINE SWAMP.
Ten Acres From Which an Ex-
Tramp Expects $1,000 a Year.


Tramp Expects $1,000 a Year.
Five years ago Bob Carley came to
this town as a tramp too i'll to travel,
says a Glenburg (NIe) dispatch to the
Philadelphia Press. After recuperat-
ing he spent the winter in cutting and
shaving hoop poles, earning a living
and having $40 coming to him in the
spring.
With this he bought ten acres of
alder grown hoop pole swamp and be-
gan to burn rough alder wood into
charcoal. which he sold in Bangor He
used the crooked sticks for making
rustic lawn furniture-settees, chairs
and rude swings-all of which found
quick sales among the summer visitors
who owned cottages.
Later in the season he reaped tons
of cattail flags, the leaves of which
are used by coOpers for thinking in
between their new barrel slaves and
which sold for $50 Il ton, ten times the
price of ordinary meadow hay. The
next winter he again turned his ener-
gies to making hoop poles.
Owing to the rapid growth Of the
alders, he learned that the sprouts
would grow from the size of a lead
pencil TO four and five inches In di-
ameter and be fit for cutting in ten
years. BY dividing his land into ten
lots, each containing an acre, and cut
ting off one every year, he could keep
up a luccession of fuel and charcoal
for all time.
This summer Carley has built a
house costing nearly $1,000. 1t is fin
ished and paid for, and the owner has
money in two banks and is getting an
income of 81 800 year from n strip of
swamp land which was not thought to
be worth returning thanks for and sold
for about enough to pay for making
out the transfer papers.
Just now the citizens think the ex-
tramp Is one of the most successful
men in town and have offered to elect
him to the legislature.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-05
Mnde Insnne by Cra.y Club.

Professor Jabez Burkes, who in a
moment of eccentricity and out of a
spirit of fun started "craZy society
at Pottsville, Pa, says a dispatch from
that place, has become unbalanced by
the success of the venture. Burkes adj
vertised his scheme extensively in
newspapers and received many appli-
cations for membership. The wide no.
toriety he attained in few weeks COM
pletely turned his head, and he insisted
on making speeches, singing songs and
dancing at inopportune times and
places. Owing to these peculiar eceen-
tricities the police have been obliged to
arrest him, and he is now in the county
Jail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-05

ttficat1on in case they are caught, no
sooner does a man take the "Yegg"
oath than he has fanciful designs
pricked into his skin, and always these
gaudy pictures represent something in
his life that he wishes to keep fresh in
his memory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-05
It was n Mean Yankee Trick.


''Send a bloomin' pOhtah to room pa
at Oncey Trembling with fright and
excitement, a wild eyed young man
rushed up to the clerk of the Audito-
rum Annex demanding instant aid,
says Chicago dispatch. The clerk
recognized him as n. F. Hunter. n
member of the All Star British golf
team. He had left his room early for
a stroll along the lake front, leaving
his brother, also a golfer, asleep in
their room. When he returned no
brother was to be seen. Where the
large folding bed had stood chiffonier
appeared. The chiffonier was hollow
sham that did service in the night as
folding bed. 1t had closed UP like a
Jackknife, and Brother Hunter was Sc
curely imprisoned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-05

the burden of its laborers by introduc.
ing wheelbarrows.
The negroes filed the wheelbarrows
readily enough, and then carried them
on their heads as they had been used
to carry the baskets. Many a negro
woman will carry a hundredweight Of
lines on her head for a distance of a
mile or more.-Indianapolis New.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-05
rx-atefuI Girl.

Miss Pechis," began Mr.. Klose, eff
you marry me you can be assured
that
I'm sorry, Mr.. Klose," the girl in
terrupted hastily, "but it is impossible.
1 can never marry you"
what! Well, if that amt ingrati-
tude. Didn't 1 bring you a box Of
candy last week T'-PhiIadelphia Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-05
oners $50, 900 For n CorreggiO.

J. Pierpont Morgan is said by w. G.
Fuchs to have offered $4,000 for a
painting owned by Mr.. Fuchs, says a
Chicago dispatch. 1t is COrreggio's
Cupid Disarmed" Professor Fuchs
paid $1,000 for the painting a few
months ago and soon after discovered
its value He refuses to sell for less
than 100000. The genuineness Of the
painting has been satisfactorily estab-
lished. Foreign art collectors are max
ing bids for the painting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-05
Even win Him.

Mr.. Flirty Cauntingly)-I saw Mrs.
Bergman on the street today. She
looked charming in her mourning
gown.
Mrs Flirty (sarcastically) = Indeed!
It's pity we can't ali be widows.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-05
yotbtur yTore Doinr.

The Mistress-How long were you in
your last place?
Cook-Three wakes, ma'am.
The Mistress-And why did you
leave2
Cook-Sure, ma'am, all the dishes
were gone.-Detroit Free Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-05

The Mayor of Cincinnati Detained
In Kingston and Has to Pay $3.50
to Get His Automobile Driver Out
of the Clutches of the Law.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-01-25
TisON,s HEIRS.

o. Il Said the American Members of tbs
Family WIN Get Nothing.
New York. Jan. 2i-Hopes Of the
American Tisons for share In the
estate OF $4,000. 900 left by James tt
son. the Australian miner. have been
dissipated as the result Of a thorough
investigation ]. Wesley Allison OF
Philadelphia. who married Miss Tison,
retained capable lawyers 10 inyestl'
gate the matter. and obtained docu-
mentary evidence showing that none
Of the Tisons In this country or Eng
land need expect any % the James IT,
son property In Australia, as II was
given to his heirs shortly after his
death In 1898. Scores OF persons on
Long Island. In New Jersey. Ohio and
other parts OF the country at various
times endeavored 10 establish rights 10
the fortune. Members OF the John IT.
son family In New Jersey claimed the
estate In 1899 Then DR. l.. b. Tlson
and sister, Of Kenton, o.. were named
as next kin to the millionaire. Another
heir named was Miss Elsie Tison OF
California.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-01-25
PANAMA CANAL TREATY.
President and M. Cabinet Are satisfied
with the Results Achieved.


Win the Results Achieved.
Washington. Jan. Birthdays meet
ing of the cabinet was one Of IN.
most important held In several weeks
Subjects OF great moment were dis
cussed fully. the session continuing
for two hours. All the members OF
the cabinet we're present. Secretary
Hay leaving his home for the nrsi
time In several days TO attend the
meeting He presented a draft Of the
Panama canal treaty signed Thurs.
day evening. and both the president
and his associates in the cabinet ex.
pressed satisfaction with the results
achieved through the long and difficult
negotiations.
The treaty Is Identical with that
one drawn by this government several
months ago and at that time SUBMIT.
ed 10 the Colombian government with
the single exception OF the amount OF
annuity TO be paid Colombia for the
right OF way OF the canal This gov.
eminent proposed an annuity OF 500.
600. whit Colombia demanded $780,.
600
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-01-25
]. w. BATS,
Real Estate Agsnt
Have IN once the only %, OF abssrso
socks OF BraEoa county land titles.
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE.
About los acres located one mile
from court house, % acres In cultiva-
ton aud balance In pasture. Fenced
with wires. Price $1,000.
About 100 &C es Of postoak land In
north east part OF county at $3.50
an acre.
About re aud one-quarter acres
near scho5 house In southeast part
JftJwn. Small ..-n cottage, tenant
house and we'll on premises. Price
800.
Six room house and two lots OF
-qnd located four blocks from
a. Street. Brick cistern on pre-
misses. Price $3.50.
One quarter block near Allen Aca-
denny. East front. Price $4,000.
Terms easy.
rs feet front on Railroad steet out
Otto Boehme's property. Will
sell part or all.
Lots near school house ut siOO
each.
Also other city property
About i3 acres Of land on south
side Of town, good new 4-room house
with we'll, cistern and out-houses.
Price $1,000.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-01-25
RADICAL MEASURES.
Republican senators wni Abridge Al
thority Of Democrats.

Republican senators wiu Abridge Al.
thority Of Democrats.
Denver Jan 2f-Radical measures
were adopted Fridoy by the Republi.
can senate which held an executive
session in the lieutenant governors
Office. TO abridge the authority OF the
Democratic senate and accomplish the
removal OF its officers. To this end
resolutions were adopted advising the
state treasurer and auditor that w. II.
Adams. temporary president Of the
Democratic section OF the senate.
Chas. NJ. Sprague. Secretary J. Lool.
ey. sergeantat.arms. and his assist.
ants have been removed from ONCE
and are not entitled 20 any pay for
services as officers and employees OF
the senate after Jan. 10 1903
The motion was unanimously car.
ried that the state printer be warned
not TO take anything to print except az
his own peril from any other body as.
Stunning 20 be the senate OF Colorado
fAAfVA NnhA NhlAh ~ ffINlWfU 10 NN
the president OF the senate. Llouten.
ant Governor Haggott or thet secro.
tary OF the Senate c. +. Haggar.
An additional barricade Is being
perfected for the protection OF the
Democratic senate Carpenters were
NJ work. putting up heavy doors IN
the corridors leading TO the cloak
rooms OF the senate chamber. Part
OF the guard will be placed at these
doors. Should an attack be made on
the chamber with a view 10 securing
possession this obstacle must FIRST be
passed before any outside resistance
could reach the antiroOms
The Democratic members Of the
house met In caucus Friday afternoon
and signed n nagreoment that II any
Democratic member wilfully absented
himself from roll call the others viii
Join with the Republican In unseating
him
The house held only a brief session
Friday.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-01-25
orSALE
LAMAR BETHEA
Successor to Monroe Edge,
Real Estate Agent.

90 acres Of flrstclass land near A. d
NJ. college. good location for dairy
and hog farm, price $1,000.
80 lots on courthouse spare, good
seven room house, newly painted
with barn aud all necessary out
houses. iine well Of water going at
$4,000.
VIII sell the Pochila two story
house cheap.
viii sell lots In north western part
Of city. inside lots at $500, corner
lots at $500.
90 acres on WiXon creek known as
Pearson place, 20 acres I'm cultiva-
ton. All creek bottom land except
5 acres. Good place for party want
ing small farm. Going cheap.
20 acres. Good room house. Two
underground brick cisterns About
- acres In cultivation. One mile
west OF city. /. 4. q. n. II. II. passes
through property. Will sell for
81 5000 or trade for city property.
Other lands too numerous 10 mem
ton.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-01-25
Yaqui-GeOrge
Washington
The "LaredO's'
THE ANNUAL EVENT or TWO
NATIONS

Some years since the citizens OF
Laredo, Texas and New Laredo,
Mexico, conceived the idea OF
fittingly celebrating gorge
Washlngton's Birthday February
22) by suitable Mexican Ameri-
can" flsstas aud parades, and
from small source this has
grown % a MAGNIFICENT AN
NUAL EVENT unsurpassed In
its splendid surroundings and in
teresting particulars by anything
Of u similar nature.
international in It's character,
located on the border line between
the Great Republics, occurring nc
"A season Of the year when bust
ness cares press lightly. and at a
time wnen weather conditions I'm
that locality are ideal, this event
offers unsurpassed Inducements
10 the pleasure seeker.
This year the festivities, will
consist Of two days continuous
festivities, February END and
23rd, and the program, which IL
very elaborate, will comprise
many newand interesting features
among which may be- mentioned
Famous Spanish Bull Fights,
Grand Cattle Roping Contests,
tOrchlight parades, embodylng
typical Mexican and Indian fea-
tnres. Naval fire works, Sham
Rattle and Capture OF the city by
the Indians, Military drills and
display Evolutions, Historical
Pageants and Trades Display,
Flower carnival, band aud must
cal contests, etc.
For this occasion low excursion
rates will be In effect 20 Laredo,
also for the benefit Of those who
desire 10 see more Of Mexican life
and customs, arrangements have
been made for sale 81 excursion
tickets 90 MONTE REY, MEXICO
with ten Ci0l days limit, permit
ting stop-over az Laredo In order
% witness the international
celebration
For further particulars, call on
ticket agents, or write,
ID. J. PRICE,
G.P. 4 r. A., I. a q. y. R,R.
Palestine, Texas.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-01-25
AUDITORIUM BUILDING.
Contract Has Been Let for the strueturs
at New Orleans.

Contract Has Becn Let for the struoturs
at New Orleans.
New Orleans. Jan. 2i-The Confed-
crate reunion committee announces the
contract for the auditorium has been
let for 81 800. and work Is 10 begin on
II as soon as the races are over Il Is
also officially announced through Adiu.
tant General Nickel that May 10 Is the
day for the reunion to begin. Plans
for raising 100000 for the reunion are
being pushed by Chairman Frank T.
Howard. and committees have been ap-
pointed 20 look after various interests
which contribute money. A committee
has been appointed 10 confer with the
navy department through Congressman
Meyer and secure two or three battle
ships for the reunion. In order 10 give
the people OF the south an opportunity
10 see those great hghting machines.